Saturday, October 6, 2007

Shin Mina






Shin Mina is a regular kind of girl who pops out of nowhere. She is a 2002 Ms. World Cup Korea who participated in World Cup Korean Soccer games for cheering up the KOrean soccer team. Her age is 25. Height 5'5". And she's ultra super sexy HOT gorgeous lady. She evidentally became a singer right away. Her popularity gain really fast by her beauty and personality. Her 1st album, the main title PICK UP THE PHONE is a jazzy & dance music. It sounds pretty good if you put some remix in it. To tell you the truth, almost everybody is crazy about this girl. Kind of like Hyo Ri from FIN.K.L but alittle bit better. She got the body, abs, bossoms, pretty face. Mostly not all good looking girls can sing. But Shin Mina, should give a big effort for her first singing career.
Shin Mina profile
South Korea's World Cup babe has released her first album. While she was cheering up the South Korean national team of Guus Hiddink, the Dutch trainer. Shin Mina was spotted by a few of the photographers during the 2002 soccer World Cup. Little did she know that o­nly a few months after the World Cup she would become a big hit in South Korea. She's good looking, fine, cute and pretty. What about her song talent, writing skills and feeling for rhythm? Let's find out in this review...South Korea became 4th during the Soccer World Cup of 2002, a splendid achievement for an Asian country. During the WC there were a few photographers with good zoom lenses took a lot of shots of this Korean beauty, and here her national fame started. Shin Mina is just a regular Girl who became popular out of nowhere. She is 25 years old, 1,67 meters long (5,5) and pretty sexy.
After her popularity rose in South Korea, it was evidently that she became a singer right away. Shin Mina already was connected to the music industry, she has been a backdancer for some Korean artist called "Park Ji Yoon". J Company, her Korean entertainment company signed Mina. And after some delay with her album it was released in December.
Lets' talk about the album: The "Intro" and "Middletro" are definitely the best tracks o­n the album, it's not because she's not singing o­n this track, but they're catchy and sound trendy with a bit of the 2step/garage feeling. The main title "Answer the Phone" is a typical Korean Dance/Jazz song, with a dance beat and kind of awkward vocals, this song is her first single released with a music video. The music video is really professionally done by J Company. The choreography in the video is very upspeed but still right and cool.
My favourite song o­n this album is definitely "Accident", a ballad with the right speed and samples.
Her album rendezvous tracks are:-
01 - Intro
02 - Something Happened
03 -Answer the Phone
04 - Dreams Come True
05 - All the Days of the Week
06 - Middletro
07 - Butterfly
08 - Who's Gonna Look
09 - I'll Do Whatever I Want
10 - It's a Problem
11 - Accident

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Song Hye Kyo









Song Hye Kyo is a South Korean Model and actress. Before getting her arts degree at Sejong University, Song made her debut by winning the Grand Prize in model search in Sunkyung Smart and starring in a Sunday morning drama called Happy Morning (KBS, 1996). She starred in number of hit dramas including All In, Autumn Fairy Tale, and Full House. Due to her popularity she can be seen frequently on advertisements when she is not acting. She is currently signed to the Sidus HQ label.
Career
Song debuted in the entertainment industry when she won the Grand Prize in SunkyungSmart, a school uniform company in 1996 when she was finishing her third year in high school. It was not long until she starred in her first drama, Happy Morning. Since then she continued to star in various dramas and sitcoms.
Her first big break came when Song co-starred in the KBS drama Autumn Fairy Tale in 2000 with Song Seung-hun and Won Bin. The show quickly became popular as a tragic love story.
Her popularity continued to climb when she played a leading role in the poker drama All In, alongside Lee Byung-Hun. The drama was so popular that the title of the show itself entered everyday vocabulary in Korea. They soon were involved in a relationship off-camera which gave both of them heavy publicity. Rumours regarding their possible marriage circulated. However, the relationship survived for less than a year.
Another big break came when she played a major role in the very popular TV comedy series Full House in 2004. Another popular star Rain co-starred in the drama. They were rumored to be a couple, but they denied it and said they were just good friends.
She will release her video album in 2007 by StarM Planning entertainment company because she has been pursuing her dream of becoming a "hallyu queen" in Japan.
She became known in computer graphics circles when Indonesian 3D artist Max Edwin Wahyudi created a remarkable quality 3D picture of her. Song Hye Kyo is currently starring in the movie version of Hwang Jin-i, released in South Korea on June 6,2007, as the Kisaeng Hwang Jin-i.
Television shows
2004 KBS Miniseries: Full House with Bi (풀하우스)
2004 SBS Miniseries: Sunlight Pours Down (also titledSunshine of Love) (햇빛 쏟아지다)
2003 SBS Miniseries: All In (올인)
2001 MBC Miniseries: Hotelier(호텔리어)
2001 SBS Miniseries: Guardian Angel (수호천사)
2000 KBS: Host of Music Bank 2000 KBS Miniseries: Endless Love (가을동화)
1999 SBS Comedy: Soonpoong Clinic (순풍 산부인과)
1999 SBS Sunday Morning Drama: Sweet Bride
1998 SBS Situation Comedy: Who am I? (나 어때?)
1998 SBS Special Drama: A White Night 3.98 (백야 3.98)
1998 SBS: Host of Gippeun Toyyoil (Happy Saturday)
1998 SBS Situation Comedy: Marching
1998 SBS Special Summer Evening Drama: Lively Eyes
1998 MBC Week Drama: Five Siblings
1997 KBS: Dalkomhan Sinbu
1997 MBC: Jack (Couple match)
1997 KBS: Wedding Dress
1996 KBS Weekend Drama: First Love (첫사랑)
1993 KBS Sunday Morning Drama: Merry Morning
Movies
2007 Sidus: Hwang JIn-i (황진이)
2005 Sidus: My Girl and I (파랑주의보)
Awards
2004 KBS Drama Awards: Best Actress (Full House)
2004 KBS Drama Awards: Most Popular Actor in Asia
2004 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple (with Rain)
2003 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress (Full House)
2003 SBS Drama Awards: Top 5 Star
2002 CE (China Entertainment) TV Awards: Top 10 Asian Entertainer
2001 SBS TV Awards: SBS Top 10 Star
2001 37th Baeksang Art Awards: Most Popular Award (TV category)
2001 Gold Song Awards(Hong Kong): Top Korean Star
2000 KBS Drama Awards: Photogenic Award (Endless Love II)
2000 KBS Drama Awards: Most Popular Actress (Endless Love II)
1998 SBS TV Awards: Best Newcomer Award (Soonpoong Clinic)
1996 First Prize for MTM (Model Talent Management)

Gong Yoo







Gong Yoo (Hangul: 공유) is a South Korean actor and model.
Profile
Screen Name: Gong Yoo (공유)
Birth Name: Gong Ji Cheol (공지철)
Birth Date: July 10, 1979Birth Place: South Korea
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Watching movies, playing basketball, and exercising
TV Series
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (MBC, 2007)
One Fine Day (MBC, 2006)
Hello My Teacher (SBS, 2005)
Kim Sung-Joon Meets Lee Yoo-Jung (2003)
Internet Drama Screen (SBS, 2003)
20 Years (SBS, 2003)
Hard Love (KBS, 2002)
When Ever (KBS, 2002)
School 4 (KBS, 2001)
Movies
She's On Duty (2005)
S Diary (2004)
Superstar Mr. Gam / Mr. Gam's Victory (2004)
Spy Girl(2004)
My Tutor Friend (2003)
Awards
SBS New Rising Star Award (2003)

Choi Ji Woo





Choi Ji Woo (birth name: Choi Mi-hyang) (born June 11, 1975 in Paju, South Korea) is a South Korean Actress and Model. Her parents are Choi Woon-yong and Yun Gil-ja, and she has one older brother.
Biography
Choi graduated from Pusan Sooyoung Elementary, Sooyoung Girl's Jr. High, and Dukmoon Girl's High School, and majored in aerobics at Pusan Woman's Professional College's Dance Department. She was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, and made her debut in the 1995 drama series War and Love, after which she adopted the stage name Choi Ji Woo.She also appeared in the popular drama First Love, where she was the first paired with actor Bae Yoong Joon.
In 2001, Choi gained popularity with her role as an orphaned girl suffering from leukemia in the series Baeutiful Days, in which she starred alongside Lee Byung Hun.That same year, she enrolled in Hanyang University's Department of Theater/Film Studies. Although Choi completed her first year, she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.
In 2002 Choi co-starred again with Bae Yong Joon in the popular drama series Winter Sonata, produced by KBS and directed by Yoon Suk-ho. The second installment of Yoon's seasonal dramas (collectively referred to as "Endless Love"),Winter Sonata has been credited as one of the initiators of the Korean Wave in Japan.As a result, Choi has gained a wide Japanese following, and her Japanese fans sometimes refer to her as "Princess Ji Woo".She continued her success by appearing in the 2003 drama Stairways to Heaven with Kwon Sang Woo.
Choi's most recent work is the MBC weekend drama "Air City", her first series in three years.In the series, she plays Han Do-Kyung, Chief Operating Officer of an airline company, a role that requires her to be multi-lingual. Her co-stars include Lee Jung-jae and Lee Jin-wook, and the trio completed their photo shoot for the series poster in February 2007. The 20-episode drama made its debut on MBC on May 12 and will conclude on July 15.
TV drama
2007: Air City (MBC)
2006: RONDO (TBS)
2003: Stairways to Heaven (SBS)
2003: 101 Proposal
2002: Winter Sonata (KBS)
2001: Baeutiful DAys (SBS)
2000: Mr Duke (MBC)
2000: Truth (MBC)
1999: Message-Love Stories 2000 (SBS)
1999: Love In Three Colors
1998: Love/Sarang (MBC)
1997: Happiness is in our heart (SBS)
1996: First Love (KBS)
1995: War and Love
Film
2006: Now and Forever
2005: Shadowless Sword (cameo role)
2004: Everybody Has a Secret
2002: The Romantic President
1999: Nowhere to Hide
1998: First Kiss
1997: The Hole
1996: The Adventures of Mrs Park
Awards
2006: Timeless Beauty Acting Award (Seoul)
2005: Korean Movies Association - Special Award
2005: 41st BaekSang Arts Awards - Special Award (cont. to Hallyu wave)
2004: 40th BaekSang Arts Awards - Most Popular Actress in TV Part
2003: Golden Film Awards - Most Popular Actress Award
2003: SBS Acting Award - Best Actress Award for Special Production Drama Stairway to Heaven
2003: SBS Acting Awards - Top 10 Popularity Award
2002: KBS Acting Awards- Popularity Award
2002: KBS Acting Awards- Best Actress Award - Winter Sonata
2002: Best Dresser Awards- TV Talent Category
2002: 38th BaekSang Arts Awards- Popularity Award
2001: SBS Acting Awards- Best Actress Award for Special Production Drama Beautiful Days
2001: SBS Acting Awards- Top 10 Popularity Award
2000: MBC Acting Awards- Great Female Performer Award Mr Duke
1999: Video Music Awards- Golden Video Actress Award For Your Soul
1998: 34th BaekSang Arts Awards- Newcomer Actress Award The Hole
1998: 21st Grand Bell Film Awards- Newcomer Actress Award The Hole
1995: Korean Isabelle Ajani Award

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Jeong Ryeo-won







Profile
Jeong Ryeo-Won born January 22, 1982 birth name Jung Yeo Won is a South Korean singer turned actress. She is the ex-member of now disbanded girl group Chakra.
Religion: Christian
Nicknames: "Hot Dog","DaRamJue"(squirrel)
Childhood dream: to be a college professor, pharmacist, judge
Hobbies: Music, watching movies, sketching, drawing *Things she does well: Playing the piano, gymnastics
Personality: Casual, happy, peppy
Habit: Shakes her legs
Early life
The second of three children, Jeong was born in Korea but emigrated to Brisbane, Australia at 12 with her family (her father has a retail business), she was an ordinary girl next door who wanted to be either a translator or a professor.
“In the first few years in Australia, I couldn’t get along with Australian students,” Jung admits. “Since there were few Asians in the neighborhood, the Australian students were very curious about me, but they also bothered me. When I was in sixth grade, I was standing at a pedestrian crossing one day and a car stopped. The driver rolled down the window and spat at me, shouting, ‘Go home!’
“At first, I didn’t even understand what he said. I had never been abused for being yellow before.” Since then, she studied English hard. “I thought, ‘Hang in there and you’ll soon be able to hold your own in English,’ and I made progress quickly. One year later, I gave a speech as a representative of Asian graduates and talked about my experience of discrimination. I got a big round of applause.” Jeong was an international business major before she came to Korea, but it was the day she was cast on the street while visiting her mother's country in the summer of 1999 that changed her life, and her career path.
Grade School: JoongPyun Elementary
High School: MacGregorState High School
University: Griffin University --> GoRyu University
Career start
She originally wanted to be a translator or a professor, but on a trip to Korea in 1999, was discovered by an agent who cast her into the K-pop group Chakra. She was one of the exotic female foursome Chakra, but she confessed she felt like she was wearing uncomfortable clothes all those years when she was in the group. After the girl group disbanded, the sexy, attractive former K-pop star, made a successful debut as a full-time TV actress in MBC's "My Lovely Samsoon." She said she had to go through 11 auditions in the last year, in which she was cast in none of the roles. She even doubted her decision to become an actress.
TV Series
Cain and Abel (SBS, 2008)
Which Star Are You From? (MBC, 2006)
Autumn Shower (MBC, 2005)
My Lovely Sam-Soon/My Name Is Kim Sam Soon (MBC, 2005)
Hello Franceska (MBC, 2005)
Saxophone (KBS, 2002)
Filmography
Hello Ani (2007)
My Boyfriend is Type-B (2005)
Emergency 19 (2002)

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Eugene Kim







Kim Yoo-jin (born March 3, 1981), professionally known in English as Eugene, is a South Korean singer and actress, known mostly for her musical career as part of the hit K-pop group S.E.S..
Early life
Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent her childhood in Guam moving there after finishing elementary school. She returned to Korea with her parents and younger sister sometime in high school, and eventually graduated from Korea Kent Foreign School [1]. She is fluent in English, and her native Korean, [2] and is a Christian.[3]

Career start
Main article: S.E.S. (group)
By way of an audition tape, Eugene was able to be part of a music group for SM Entertainment in South Korea, even though she was still in Guam. Debuting in 1997, S.E.S. became one of the biggest Korean groups of all time, having the record for biggest selling album by a female group in Korea. While in S.E.S., Eugene became known for her beauty and was part of the reason why S.E.S. had many advertising contracts. In fact, for certain print campaigns (like for Korean cosmetics company Etude), Eugene had the leading role, being the focus of the advertisements. Though vocally weaker than Bada and Shoo, Eugene became the face of SES in advertising.

Solo career
Eugene's second solo album, 810303.
After the split of S.E.S. in 2002, Kim has appeared in four Korean dramas: Loving You, Save The Last Dance, Wonderful Life, and I Really, Really Like You. She has also appeared in commercials and advertisements, most notably for Korean cosmetics company Cathy Cat. In addition, she has released two solo albums. My True Style, her first album, has sold nearly 65,000 records and had one hit ballad, The Best. Her second album 810303 sold a disappointing 19,000 copies. Although sales were low, Eugene still had a very successful single with Windy, mostly due to her new "sexy" image (compared to her previous girl next door image). This song was performed on all the music video programs in Korea for many months, in addition to her second single. Promotions were stopped near the end of the year. Eugene did some promotional work in the Philippines in mid-2006.[citation needed]
As of 2007, she is one of the co-hosts of KBS's Happy Together: Friends, taking over from Lee Hyori. Also, she has become part of the musical version of the film Innocent Steps[4].
She also co-starred in her movie debut in "Unstoppable Marriage"(May 10, 2007 Korean) Starring Kim Soo-mi, Im Chae-mu, Yu Jin (Eugene Kim), Ha Seok-jin, Yun Da-hoon, An Young-hong. [5]

Filmography
2002: Loving You
2004 SBS: Save the Last Dance for Me
2005 MBC: Wonderful Life
2006 MBC: I Really Really Like You
2007 Unstoppable Marriage

Han Ji-Hye







Profile
Name: 한지혜 / Han Ji Hye
Real name: 이지해 / Lee Ji Hae
Profession: Actress and model
Birthdate: 1984 June 29
Birthplace: Kwangju, South Korea
Height: 170cm
Weight: 47kg
Blood type: A
Education: Sejong University
TV Series
I Hate You, But It's Fine (KBS1, 2007)
Cloud Stairs (KBS, 2006)
The Secret Lovers (MBC, 2005)
Island Village Teacher (SBS, 2004)
Sweet 18 (KBS, 2004)
Blinded by love in my life (MBC, 2003)
Man and Woman / One more step than love (SBS, 2003)- epsiode 134
Summer Scent (KBS, 2003)
Scent of a Man (MBC, 2003)
Great Luck Family (SBS, 2002-2003)
Movies
My Boyfriend is Type-B (2005)
Love Me Once Again (2002)
Singles (2002)
Awards
2004 40th Baeksang Arts Awards: TV연기부문 "신인상" 수상
2003 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress
2001: 한국슈퍼모델 선발대회 "특별상" 수상 (도도메이크업상)

Friday, September 28, 2007

Son Ye-jin






Son Ye Jin (손예진, born Son Eon-jin) on January 11, 1982 in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean actress. After graduating from the Film Art Department, Seoul Institute of the Arts, Son made her debut in the MBC drama Delicious Proposal (Sweet Proposal) in 2001, and also later went on to films.
She is noted for her acting roles in the film The Classic, as well as the 2003 KBS drama Summer Scent, co starring Song Seung-hun and 2006 SBS drama Alone in Love.

Filmography
2007: Open City
2007: Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (voice)
2005: The Art of Seduction
2005: April Snow
2004: A Moment to Remember
2003: Crazy First Love
2003: The Classic
2002: Lovers Concerto
2002: Chihwaseon
Drama
2006 SBS Alone in Love (연애시대)
2003 KBS Summer Scent (여름향기)
2002 SBS Dae Mang The Great Hope (대망)
2001 MBC Sun-hee & Jin-hee (선희진희)
2001 MBC Delicious Proposal (맛있는 청혼)
Awards
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Leading Actress (Alone in Love)
2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top 10 Stars (Alone in Love)
2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top Excellence
2006 Asia-Pacific Film Festival: Best Actress (April Snow)
2004 9th Moscow International Love Movie Awards: Best Couple (The Classic)
2003 Paeksang Arts Awards "Best New Actress"(The Classic)
2003 DaeJong Awards "Best New Actress"(The Classic)
2003 Blue Dragon Awards "Popular Star Award"(The Classic & Crazy First Love)
2002 Korean Federation of Film Critics Award "Best New Actress"(Lover's Concerto)
2001 MBC Acting Awards "Best New Talent"(Delicious Proposal)
















Moon Geun Young






Profile
Name: 문근영 / Moon Geun-young (Mun Geun-yeong)
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1987-May-06
Birthplace: Gwangju, South Korea
Height: 164cm
Weight: 43kg
Blood type: B
TV Series
Wife (KBS, 2003)
The Lost Empire (KBS, 2001)
Life is Beautiful (KBS, 2001)
Autumn Tale (KBS, 2000)
Potato (KBS, 1999)
Movies
Love Me Not (http://www.lovezero.co.kr/) aka I Don't Need Love (2006)
Innocent Steps (2005)
My Little Bride (http://imdb.com/title/tt0395140/)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Lover's Concerto (2002)
On the Way (2001)