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Joan Vos MacDonald

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Articles: Korean Entertainment

  • Why Older Actresses Are Often Cast With Younger Actors In Korean Dramas

    Korean TV dramas often cast actresses who are older in real life than their leading men. Take the …

  • Lee Je-hoon Explains Why His ‘Time To Hunt’ Role Required Courage

    When Time To Hunt begins, Lee Je-hoon’s character is leaving jail, but his friends don’t offer him …

  • Ju Ji-Hoon Talks About Reviving His Role In The Zombie Thriller ‘Kingdom’

    When the time came to film the second season of the historical zombie drama Kingdom, actor Ju …

  • Bae Doona Creates A Character Brave Enough To Battle Zombies

    Although Bae Doona’s character in the drama Kingdom is brave enough to pulverize zombies, the …

  • Director Lim Sun-ae Discusses Her Debut Film ‘An Old Lady’ And The Cruelty Of Elderly Sexual Abuse

    Rape is never really about sex. It’s an act of violence. When 69-year-old Hyo-jeong, the protagonist …

  • A Degree In K-Pop? The Hallyu Becomes A Popular Research Topic In Academia

    With Parasite winning Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards and BTS breaking music records around …

  • Director Park Hye-ryoung Shares A Warm Story Of Culinary Devotion In ‘The Wandering Chef’

    Celebrity chef Im Ji-ho devoted much of his life to wandering through Korea in search of interesting …

  • Yeo Jin Goo Shares Thoughts On Love, IU, ‘Hotel del Luna,’ And His Busy Career

    Actor Yeo Jin-Goo recently visited Singapore for a fan event timed to coincide with the Singapore …

  • Park So-dam And Choi Woo-sik Discuss ‘Parasite,’ Sibling Chemistry And Career Goals

    When actress Park So-dam got the message that Bong Joon-ho was considering her for one of his …

  • 2019 Korean Drama Trends Featured More Working Women, Fantasy Plots And Webtoon Inspiration

    More dramas about women in the workplace. More fantasy storylines. Bigger production budgets. More …

  • Should Korean Dramas Have Seasons? Or Do Fans Prefer Dramas Because They Don’t?

    At the end of October, Netflix announced that there would be a second season of Love Alarm, the …

  • Steven Yeun in 'Burning'

    Hallyu Influence Is Merely One Trend Making Korean Actors More Desirable In Hollywood

    As the manager of several Korean actors who appear in U.S. productions, Chris S. Lee, CEO of B&C …

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