Getting popular in another country usually takes one mega hit project and for K-actresses it’s being in a K-drama that happens to be super popular in that country for whatever reason, sometimes even more popular that domestically. But staying on top needs continuous string of good projects after that and for actress-singer IU she’s a double threat with her acting … Continue reading →
Park Min Young routinely tops the Japan polls of favorite K-actresses so it’s no surprise to see her this week in Tokyo for a cosmetics brand CF event. She rocked a cutout black dress with open sides and back and a high slit, it was sexy without being over the top. Her elegant makeup and simple low pony rounded out … Continue reading →
So it’s nice to see a drama line up the cast and actually provide a meaningful synopsis to assess whether it sounds good or not. A new K-drama is coming adapted from an online novel titled Please Marry My Husband. Park Min Young will play a woman who finds out she has cancer AND that her husband is cheating on … Continue reading →
Well my article on the near collapse of three of the four leads in Sungkyunkwan Scandal was prescient by a few days considering some have pointed out that Park Min Young was merely scandal by association for dating an alleged fraudster. Today K-ent is reporting that Park Min Young herself was under investigation for involvement in his financial crimes case … Continue reading →
I thought Sungkyunkwan Scandal was basically un-re-watchable after the Park Yoochun toilet scandal, and even more so with his drug arrest and myriad additional subsequent scandals after. But now K-netizens are saying its unfathomable levels of un-re-watchable with only one remaining non-scandal ridden star among the four leads namely Song Joong Ki. With Yoo Ah In‘s propofol investigation and Park … Continue reading →
Now this is more like it! I was legit concerned for K-actress Park Min Young watching her in the most recent drama Love in Contract, she just looked much skinnier and it didn’t suit her well. The drama was mostly weird and occasionally terrible but overall rather harmless, it don’t hurt or help the career of anyone involved and will … Continue reading →
I can throw reality to the wind with a lot of K-dramas but for some reason Love in Contract just didn’t work for me on set up and then never delivered anything beyond the distasteful premise to make it a worthwhile watch. I was intrigued into to watch through episode 8 and then off-and-on to see how the plot unfolded … Continue reading →
Oh this is an interesting development. Two weeks after Dispatch broke the news that K-actress Park Min Young was dating a rich businessman who Dispatch looked into his background and found him to be shady and sus, that said businessman has now approached Dispatch and given an interview. He said that he met with Park Min Young on the day … Continue reading →
It’s just bad timing for Park Min Young that this dating news came out at the time when she is premiering a new drama. She’s not new to the industry and has has her share of dating gossip and tabloid news good and bad, and this one is particular one is pretty bad but nothing to end a career over … Continue reading →
There is absolutely nothing scandalous about this dating story just dropped by Dispatch, at most it’s rubber necking curiosity and maybe some lament about how she can do better. But then again, better by whose account, perhaps this is her best. Park Min Young just premiered a drama last week with Love in Contract and this week before new episodes … Continue reading →
I’m not sure what the instructions were for filming these character posters but it’s like every person involved were doing disparate things that was later stitched together badly. tvN Wed-Thurs drama Love in Contract with Park Min Young as a contract girlfriend/bride/wife and Go Kyung Pyo and Kim Jae Young as two of her clients released new posters and teasers … Continue reading →
The contract dating/engagement/cohabition/marriage has been a major K-drama rom-com trope for a good two decades but this upcoming drama puts it directly as the center of a job. Park Min Young for Love in Contract (Korean title MonWedFriTuesThursSat) plays a contract marriage professional who gets paid by men to pretend date them so they can live their ideal lives. Her … Continue reading →
A new rom-com has its main trio cast and includes one very hardworking female lead who keeps going back-to-back with her projects. Weeks after finishing up Forecasting Love and Weather, K-actress Park Min Young has accepted her next project the romance drama MonWedFriTuesThursSat opposite confirmed male leads Go Kyung Pyo and Kim Jae Young. She plays a woman who has … Continue reading →
