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K- and C-news Covers Song Joong Ki Wearing Wedding Ring at Script Reading for Arthdal Chronicles, Confirms All is Well in Song-Song Couple Land

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Earlier this year after Song Hye Kyo finished filming tvN romance Encounter, she deleted some Instagram pictures including ones with her and husband Song Joong Ki, and was also spotted at airports and events not wearing her wedding ring. Both of which could be totally innocuous, celebs purge Insta for various reasons and not wearing a wedding ring when traveling … Continue reading →

tvN Sageuk Arthdal Chronicles Releases Drama Poster and Confirms Airing in Season Segments

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It’s a bold gamble for tvN to break from the continuous airing nature of K-dramas for an entire story line and announce that it will air upcoming early era fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles in seasons. This follows the Netflix zombie drama Kingdom which aired season 1 earlier this year with season 2 coming shortly. Arthdal will be split into three … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki, Kim Ji Won, and Jang Dong Gun Radiate Different Charismas in New Drama Stills From Arthdal Chronicles

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Those who haven’t watched K-dramas since the early Hallyu days (2000 onward) when it started the Pan-Asia spread probably don’t realize that sageuks are a HUGE part of the entire industry. Dae Jang Gum isn’t the most popular K-drama of all time without a reason, and many of the top rated K-dramas of all time are period dramas including Hur … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki and Jang Dong Gun Duke it Out to Become Legend in New Preview for Arthdal Chronicles

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tvN dropped a new teaser this weekend for epic warrior sageuk Arthdal Chronicles (Asadal Chronicles) and my guts me it’ll be a rollicking ride because of the budget and the fact that we haven’t had this type of epic sageuk in years. The Legend and Jumong occupy the earlier days of Hallyu and may not be as watchable today so … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki is a Feral Warrior in First Official Drama Stills from tvN Sageuk Asadal Chronicles

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It’s not quite T-minus 30 days but tvN epic fantasy-tinged sageuk Asadal Chronicles is coming soon, on June 1 to be exact. That makes it primed for the summer season viewer surge and a potential to be a ratings winner for the cable network. The first stills are out for male lead Song Joong Ki who plays a warrior and … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki Wraps Brunei Overseas Filming for Asadal Chronicles and Takes Lots of Pictures with Fans

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While K-ent is immolating from within this past week, K-actor Song Joong Ki was pretty darn far away doing his job out in Brunei filming the overseas location shoot portion of upcoming sageuk drama Asadal Chronicles. It looked quite rustic indeed as the production team snapped a group picture after wrap and everyone schlepped back to South Korea for more … Continue reading →

Korean Government Poll of Overseas Hallyu Viewers Puts Lee Min Ho, BTS, Mr. Sunshine, and Train to Busan Top of Respective Categories

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Consider me surprised and impressed that a poll conducted recently landed an actor currently in military service on the top of the list. South Korean government recently polled 16 overseas country viewers interested in Hallyu on their favorites in the categories of stars, idols, dramas, and movies. Lee Min Ho was the number 1 pick in the stars category followed … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo’s Agencies Deny Marital Strife Rumors After C-media Spreads Baseless Splitting Up Conjecture

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These days stars not only use their social media to increase their reach to their fans and share updates, it’s also conversely has become source for potentially negative updates. Last week Song Hye Kyo cleaned out her social media account by deleting a bunch of pictures, including ones of her with husband actor Song Joong Ki. She’s apparently done this … Continue reading →

tvN Big Budget Sageuk Asadal Chronicles to Goes Overseas to Brunei for Location Shoot

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This isn’t huge huge K-drama news but there are K-drama fans everywhere in the world and I’m sure someone will be excited to hear a big budget high profile drama is coming to their neck of the woods to film. tvN sageuk Asadal Chronicles has set out this week for an extended overseas location shoot in Brunei. Male lead Song … Continue reading →

Current K-drama Male Leads on the 10 Year Challenge Have Aged Like Fine Wine

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The current It thing on Facebook is the 10 Year Challenge, to post a picture of yourself today versus 10 years ago on your first post when Facebook started. Some people have aged hard, some hardly at all, but looks are merely superficial to have much everyone has emotionally and mentally aged in a decade. For the K-actors we know … Continue reading →

Kim Tae Ri Up for Sci-fi K-movie Lightning Ship Opposite Song Joong Ki

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It’s been a busy day for casting drama casting new and now there’s a big movie offer to stir up excitement. K-actress Kim Tae Ri is following up her huge 2018 starring in the highest rated cable K-drama of the year Mr. Sunshine with a movie back to her movie roots. She got her start in the high profile arthouse … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki Confirmed for Sci-fi Movie Lightning Ship Reuniting with A Werewolf Boy Director

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This year 2019 appears to be the comeback year for Hallyu superstar actor Song Joong Ki, with not just a high profile K-drama in the works but now also a movie. He’s confirmed for the sci-fi outer space set movie Lightning Ship which will reunite him with the Director of the hit movie A Werewolf Boy. It’s the movie that … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki, Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ji Won Kick Off Filming for Epic Sageuk Drama Asadal Chronicles

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We’re off to the races for 2019 as this year winds to an end, with filming commencing for the massive scale sageuk drama epic Asadal Chronicles. Starring Song Joong Ki, Jang Dong Gun, Kim Ji Won, and Kim Ok Bin, the drama is set in the early days of Gojoseon (Old Joseon), a time period even before Goguryeo. Asadal was … Continue reading →