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Park Kyung-lim
Park Kyung-lim (; born March 30, 1979) is a South Korean entertainer, host, comedian, radio DJ, and businesswoman. In 2001, she achieved several milestones, including winning the Baeksang Arts Awards TV Category Female Entertainment Award, the KBS Radio MC Award, the MBC Drama Awards Radio Excellence Award, and the prestigious MBC Entertainment Awards Grand Prize. This notable accomplishment still stands today, as she remains the sole recipient of the Entertainment Grand Prize in her twenties, a record that has remained unbroken for over 20 years. In 2002, she also won the Golden Disk Special Award and Mnet Music Award New Female Artist Award for her album "Park Gote Project," a highway mixtape-making project with Park Soo-hong. Early life Park Kyung-lim was born on March 30, 1979 in Galhyeon-dong, Eunpyeong District, Seoul, South Korea as the daughter of a disabled Vietnam War soldier. Her father, who served in the Marine Corps, suffered a bullet wound in his arm and had shrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galhyeon-dong
Galhyeon-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) of Eunpyeong District, Seoul, South Korea. It is divided into two sub-districts, Galhyeon 1-dong and Galhyeon 2-dong. The northern boundary is Jingwan-dong, while Bulgwang-dong lies to the east. To the south, it shares borders with Gusan-dong and Daejo-dong, and to the west lies Changneung-dong in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. As of May 2017, Galhyeon-dong spans an area of 1.93km2 and has a registered resident population of 56,047, with 25,550 residing in Galhyeon 1-dong and 30,497 in Galhyeon 2-dong. Etymology The name "Galhyeon" originates from the Chinese character "葛峴", which translates to "Kudzu Pass" or "Galgogae" in Korean. This name was given to the area due to the plentiful presence of arrowroot roots. The Dongguk Yeoji Bigo, a historical record, also refers to this region as "Galgogae". See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Moon-sae
Lee Moon-sae (; ; born January 17, 1959) is a South Korean ballad singer who is often considered a Korean pop icon. Since his debut in 1978, he has released 16 full-length albums, including 1987's ''When Love Passes By'', which sold 2.85 million copies, making it the List of best-selling albums in South Korea, best-selling album in South Korea to date at the time. He is also well known for being the host of the popular South Korean radio show, ''Starry Night'', on MBC Standard FM, MBC FM, from 1985 to 1996. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2007. Discography Awards Broadcasting References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Moon-se 1959 births Living people 20th-century South Korean male singers South Korean folk rock singers South Korean male pop singers South Korean guitarists South Korean television presenters South Korean radio presenters Myongji University alumni Singers from Seoul 21st-century South Korean male singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Hye-ryun
Jo Hye-ryun (; born May 29, 1970), is a South Korean comedian. She is a former cast member in the variety show '' Law of the Jungle W''. In 1992, through 《 KBS University Gag Festival》, she debuted with the Rookie of the Year Award at the Comedy Awards. She is the first Korean comedian to enter Japan, and she is currently only active in Korea. Her agency is JoyCultures. Her stage name in Japan is "Heryon (ヘリョン)". Her main building is Ham-an, and she was born in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, and grew up in Anyang, Gyeonggi. Her current residence is Songdo-dong, Yeonsu District, Incheon. Filmography Television shows Awards and nominations *Won Best TV Star Award at the 2010 SBS Entertainment Awards The SBS Entertainment Awards () is an awards ceremony held yearly, sponsored by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). The awards ceremony is approximately 140 minutes long and is shown in two parts on SBS. This event is held at the end of each year, ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Sunday
''Happy Sunday'' () is a Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's '' Sunday Night'' and SBS's '' Good Sunday'' line-up. Although it has been broadcast since 2003, its line-up of shows has frequently changed, with a complete revamp occurring in Spring of 2007. At that time, three new shows were introduced – ''Are You Ready'', ''High-Five'', and ''Immortal Songs''. Due to its poor reception, ''Are You Ready'' quickly evolved into '' 1 Night 2 Days'', with most of its cast intact. In late November 2008, ''Happy Sunday'' had a revamp of its shows keeping '' 1 Night 2 Days'' as the second segment and bringing back ''Immortal Songs'' which was previously liked by viewers. However, in late March, ''Immortal Songs'' ended once again and was replaced with '' Qualifications of Men'', making ''Happy Sunday'' an all-male cast, with a total of 14 members. In 2013, ''Qualifications of Men'' was cancelled and replaced with ''Star Family Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Broadcasting System
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS; ) is the public broadcasting, national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters under the government of South Korea. The KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television television station, station, KBS1, broadcasts on Television channel, channel 9 while KBS2, an entertainment-oriented network, broadcasts on channel 7. KBS also operates the international service KBS World, which provides television, radio and online services in 12 languages. History Early radio broadcasts The KBS began as Gyeongseong Broadcasting Station () with call sign JODK, established by the Governor-General of Korea on 16 February 1927. It became the in 1932. After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II, this station started using the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoongAng Ilbo
''The JoongAng'', formerly known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'' (), is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''Korea JoongAng Daily'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''. It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group ''chaebol'' (a spin-off from Samsung) as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company JTBC, and movie theatres chain Megabox. History It was first published on September 22, 1965, by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group which once owned the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC). In 1980, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Man (game Show)
''X-Man'' () is a popular South Korean game show that ran from November 8, 2003 to April 8, 2007 on SBS. Its popularity peaked from 2004 to 2006. It was hosted by Yoo Jae-suk, Kang Ho-dong, Kim Je-dong, with Kim being successively replaced by Gong Hyung-jin, Park Kyung-lim, and Lee Hyuk-jae; only the first two were on the program since its inception. ''X-man'' was loosely based on '' The Mole''. History The program first aired on November 8, 2003 as a "Genuine Psychological Reasoning Variety", ''Real Situation: Finding X-man'' (실제상황 X맨을 찾아라), a corner program of '' Real Situation Saturday''. On October 10, 2004, the program was moved to ''Good Sunday'' and simply known as ''X-man''. On November 5, 2006, the program became the sole program airing in ''Good Sunday'' and was officially known as ''X-man Good Sunday'' airing until April 8, 2007. Real Situation Saturday era In the first season of the program, the main host was Kim Je-dong, with team leaders Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Financial News
''The Financial News'' () is a South Korean daily newspaper. The newspaper's motto is "First-Class financial paper". Kwon Seong Cheol, an alumnus of Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university's main c ..., was appointed president of the paper in 2010. A new president was appointed in March 2021. References External linksThe Financial News Korean-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in South Korea {{SouthKorea-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Soo-hong
Park Soo-hong (, born October 27, 1970), is a South Korean comedian and presenter. Career In 1991, Park won bronze in the National College Comedy Contest, making his official debut in the South Korean entertainment industry. In the early 1990s, Park was a part of a group of comedians who called themselves ''Team Potato'' (), composed of Kim Gook-jin, Kim Soo-yong and Kim Yong-man, who all debuted the same year on Korean channel KBS. It was reported that Kim Yong-man had been admitted to hospital due to the comedians' busy schedule, and so Kim Gook-jin tried to convince their producers to lighten their load. However, producers didn't take this well, and ultimately banned ''Team Potato'' from appearing on television. As a result, in January 1993, the four comedians decided to leave South Korea for the United States of America, taking a break from the South Korean entertainment industry, although ultimately, only Kim Yong-man and Kim Gook-jin went to the United States of Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aju Business Daily
Aju News Corporation (; also known as Aju News) is a economic newspaper launched in October 2007 by former ''Korea Economic Daily'' and ' reporter Kwak Young-gil, and published in South Korea. Based in Seoul, it is a major newspaper in South Korea. History ''Aju Business Daily'' was founded in October 2007. In October 2010, it began to cooperate with Hong Kong–based ''Wen Wei Po'' to provide news News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the te ... about the Chinese economy. References Newspapers published in Seoul Newspapers established in 2007 Daily newspapers published in South Korea {{Asia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonstop (South Korean TV Series)
''Nonstop'' () is a South Korean sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show gaining vast popularity. Cast (Nonstop) * Jennifer Lee * Lee Min-woo * Yang Dong-geun * Lee Jae-eun * Go Soo * Kim Jung-hyun * Kim Hyo-jin * Baek Il-seob * Kim Hyung-ja * Yeon Jung-hoon * Kim Ji-young (NEW Nonstop) Returning cast * Jennifer Lee (season 1) * Lee Min-woo (season 1) * Yang Dong-geun (season 1) New cast * Zo In-sung * Jeong Da-bin * Park Kyung-lim * Chun Jung-myung * Jang Na-ra * Kim Young-joon * Lee Do-eun * Yang Mi-ra * Lee Kyung-kyu * Kim Jung-hwa * Seo Kwon-soon * Kim Ki-hyun * g.o.d Special Guest * Kim Sung-eun (ep. 399 and 405) (Nonstop 3) Returning cast * Kim Hyo-jin (season 1) * Jeong Da-bin (season 2) * Kim Jung-hwa (season 2) New cast * Choi Min-yong * Jung Tae-woo * Ha Dong-hoon * Jo Han-sun * Yeo Wook-hwan * Lee Jin * Kim You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
