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MBC Drama The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract Apologizes After Being Accused of Plagiarizing Hanbok Designs in Latest Episode 6

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This feels like a dumb thing to do and I’m glad there is an immediate apology and acceptance of the transgression. This weekend’s episode 6 of Story of Park’s Marriage Contract showed female lead Lee Se Young designing avante garde hanboks as part of the storyline. After airing, a hanbok designer called out the production for ripping off her designs … Continue reading →

K-netizens Clamoring for K-drama with Lee Se Young, Yoo Seung Ho, and Yeo Jin Gu in a Love Triangle of Former Child Stars Turned Actors

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K-drama fans are too cute as a recent fan fiction script concept has everyone suddenly wanting this K-drama made for realz. The idea is that Lee Se Young, Yoo Seung Ho, and Yeo Jin Gu are all child actors who grew up together and worked together various times. Lee Se Young says in an interview that Yoo Seung Ho is … Continue reading →

Joseon Lee Se Young Finds Her Husband Bae In Hyuk Again in Modern Times in First Teaser for The Story of Widow Park’s Marriage Contract

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So those who watched the weirdo makjang time-travel drama Lady Durian will get the same whiplash feel for the set up of this upcoming MBC drama The Story of Widow Park’s Marriage Contract. The drama stars Lee Se Young as a Joseon newlywed wife whose husband Bae In Hyuk dies on their marriage night and she gets tossed in a … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young and Bae In Hyuk Confirmed for Sageuk Romance Time-travel Drama Park’s Contract Marriage Story

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Oh this looks so promising for me cuz I love both these cuties! Lee Se Young and Bae In Hyuk are confirmed for the sageuk romance time-travel Park’s Contract Marriage Story (The Story of Park’s Contract Marriage) with the drama slated for the second half of 2023. The drama is a time-travel story of Joseon’s most virtuous widow who is … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young Picks Next Drama the MBC Time-travel Romance Park’s Contract Marriage Story

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I’ve long since put Love by Law (The Law Cafe) in the rear view mirror and neither leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young have come out worse for wear with, I just chalk it up to wrong roles in a lackluster story. I’m ready for whatever each has in store for 2023 and Lee Se Young has just … Continue reading →

KBS Rom-com The Law Cafe with Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young Wraps Lackluster Run in Ratings and Buzz

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Fall is my favorite season and rom-coms my favorite genre so it has been such a sad disappointment the last two months to not have fall weather arrive yet and for the rom-com The Law Cafe (Love by Law). It starred two faves of mine Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young who both can act AND had shown great … Continue reading →

KBS Rom-com The Law Cafe with Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young Off to Okay Ratings with an Old School Feel

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Watching The Law Cafe (Love by Law) elicits first the feeling of deja vu. Like, the sense that I’ve seen this or that before, or maybe all of this and that before in other prior K-dramas. The horrible corrupt lawyer dad leading the son to give up (Uncontrollably Fond), the cute cafe boys with different personalities (Coffee Prince), the shrieky … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young Give Off Couple Vibes in New Drama Poster and Stills for KBS Rom-com The Law Cafe

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I’m so thirsty for a K-drama rom-com right now that as uninspired as this poster looks I DO NOT CARE! Give me Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young going from high school bickering classmates to dueling lawyers with emotional issues and budding romantic interest. The first poster is out for KBS drama The Law Cafe (Love by Law) and … Continue reading →

First Batch of Official Stills and Teaser for KBS Mon-Tues Romance Legal Drama The Law Cafe with Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young

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This is a reunion I’ve wanted on the small screen but not a true reunion since the two leads didn’t play leads opposite each other in their previous drama together. I’m talking about Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young going from bickering and got each other’s back pals in Hwayugi (A Korean Odyssey) to now playing opposite personality lawyers … Continue reading →

Rom-com Drama Love by Law Releases First Official Stills of Leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young

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The contrast could not be greater between Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young in their upcoming drama Love by Law, versus each other in this drama and versus their characters in their previous drama that they first worked together on A Korean Odyssey (Hwayugi). She’s all grown up, with a good head on her shoulders as a capable lawyer, … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young Blossoms in Blue for Versace Spread in May 2022 Edition of Marie Claire Korea

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How does one follow up on arguably the biggest role and drama to date, and one that was twenty years in the making. Lee Se Young was a true child actress, starting very young and one of her first roles was as the younger version of a female lead in Dae Jang Geum in 2003. So sageuks are part of … Continue reading →

First Glimpse of Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young in Upcoming KBS Romance Love by Law

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One of my fave rom-coms from last year 2021 was Dali and the Cocky Prince on KBS so I’m excited for the network to pair up two of my faves in the same genre and let the sparks fly. Upcoming rom-com Love by Law released a snippet this week, a picture of leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young … Continue reading →

Junho, Kim Tae Ri, Squid Game, and D.P. are the Big Television Side Winners at the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards

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The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →