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Namgoong Min Takes Home the Daesang at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards for The Veil and the Cast of The Red Sleeve Cuff Wins Big Across Multiple Categories

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The first of the three network drama awards was the 2021 MBC Drama Awards which was less about the depth and breadth of offerings (slim pickings this year) but about the veteran versus the youngster for Daesang. It was a genuine competition with two very compelling acting performances that were nevertheless a comparison of a great orange with a great … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min Disappears into the Role of Revenge Driven Elite NIS Agent in New Promos for MBC Drama The Veil

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If there is ever a chance of MBC getting its ratings act together then upcoming action thriller The Veil (Black Sun) is its best shot. The drama is a 12-episode tightly paced in length and the male lead is award winning Namgoong Min who has once again transformed into this role. He looks buff and angry here as a NIS … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min is Bulked Up and Pissed Off in First Stills from MBC Revenge Action Thriller The Veil

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I still get annoyed when drama productions pick a Korean title and then choose an English one that isn’t either a direct translation or at least an approximation in meaning. Upcoming MBC action thriller Black Sun is now called The Veil which could point to whatever shadowy organization that male lead Namgoong Min is trying to topple. He’s been bulking … Continue reading →

Son Ye Jin, Youn Yeo Jung Among the First Actresses Released in the Korean Actor 200 List

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Here comes the first look at some of the ladies in the Korean Actor 200 list and hoo boy it’s a great cross-section of age, experience, and charisma. The actresses in the first batch of stills include living legend Youn Yeo Jung and Ssangmyundong cheetah Ra Min Ran and with these two I’m already swooning. Then comes the hit-making leading … Continue reading →

Namgong Min Gets His Black Sun Drama Leading Ladies in Park Ha Sun and Rising Actress Kim Ji Eun

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It feels like Awaken (Night and Day) all over again, with Namgong Min holding down the fort along with a veteran actress and a younger fresh faced actress. Before Awaken even finished airing Namgong Min already signed on for his next drama, the MBC thriller Black Sun where he plays the top operative for the overseas NIS unit. I’m guess … Continue reading →

Park Ha Sun in Talks to Join Namgong Min in Thriller K-drama Black Sun

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K-actor Namgong Min is on roll, he rolled from Stove League into Awaken (Night and Day) and is rolling onto his next drama Black Sun. The drama is around the NIS targeted organized crime, with Namgong Min playing a top NIS agent. Now K-ent is reporting that actress Park Ha Sun is in talks for the female lead, and while … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki Hosts the 2020 MAMA Awards in Seoul with Many K-acting Stars in Attendance

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Aaaaahhhhh this feels nice, a sense of normalcy and nostalgia for how big this awards got in recent years and perhaps a nice slimming down to focus on just the core competencies. The 2020 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) went off this weekend with a huge red carpet and many stars walking it in person. This is foremost a music … Continue reading →

Lee Sang Yeob and Park Ha Sun Change Up Their Image with Steamy Romance Drama Love Affairs in the Afternoon

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Consider me pleasantly surprised and curious about upcoming cable network Channel A drama Love Affairs in the Afternoon. The literal title is translated as Weekday at 3PM Lover and is the remake of the same name J-dorama. It’s pretty illicit and steamy based on the story synopsis alone, a housewife and biology teacher start an adulterous affair living in the … Continue reading →

K-ent Baby Update: Park Ha Sun-Ryu Soo Young Welcome First Child, Bae Yong Joon-Park Soo Jin Expecting Second

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The second baby arrival of K-ent baby boom of 2017 is here and a big congrats to new parents Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun. The couple have been dating since meeting on the set of K-drama Two Weeks and after dating for three years got married earlier this year so 2017 is double the happiness for them in … Continue reading →

Ryu Soo Young Shares Beautiful Additional Shots from Wedding Shoot with Park Ha Sun

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Married Korean stars Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun have been enjoying the newlywed life for the last few months, or enjoying as much as they can during Ryu Soo Young’s free time from filming the weekend drama Father is Strange. I find it funny that stars are considered working too hard if they do a drama after getting … Continue reading →

Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun Tie the Knot in Beautiful Seoul Wedding

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It’s the second of the double weddings that hit K-ent this third week of January 2017, right before lunar new year so maybe the couples were aiming to tie the knot in the year of the monkey before the year of the rooster arrives. Who knows but all I know is that both weddings infused me with content happiness to … Continue reading →

Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun Announce January Wedding After Two Years of Dating

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Looks like K-ent is back in the races with respect to wedding bell news, what with the Chinese-speaking entertainment world deluge of weddings last year. This will be a great month of January and a happy 2017 for long dating Korean acting couple Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun. The couple announced that they will be tying the knot … Continue reading →

Ha Suk Jin and Park Ha Sun Lead Adorable Cast at Press Conference for tvN Drama Drinking Solo

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Starring in a drama called Drinking Solo, I wonder if the casting criteria for all leads was the ability to convincingly act drunk. Almost every K-drama has the requisite drunk scene but this one is going to be so jam packed and spread across all characters, with the narrative set in a studying institute where instructors and students congregate to … Continue reading →