Silent Epidemic: Suicide is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in Korea

Korea’s suicide rate is estimated to be the highest among advanced countries, according to the National Statistical Office yesterday.
Issuing its annual death report, the NSO said a total of 12,858 people, or 24.3 people for every 100,000 Koreans, took their own lives last year, equivalent to 35 people killing themselves on average every day.
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Haeundae Distributor Vows Action Against Illegal Uploaders

The largest investor and distributor of “Haeundae” vowed strong legal action against digital thefts of the Korean blockbuster Sunday, claiming the recent illegal circulation of the film on the Web is expected to cause it a “colossal amount of damage,” Yonhap News said.
The big-budget disaster flick, portraying a fictional tsunami that hits a popular beach [...]

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Rain Starts 2009 Asian Tour

Korean singer and actor Rain kicked off his Asian tour, “Legend of Rainism,” at the Saitama Super Arena, Japan, Saturday and Sunday.
Unlike other performances for which the stage is symmetrical, 27-year-old Rain took a different approach, using an asymmetrical design with additional stage blocks and props on one side. Rain’s agency, J.Tune Entertainment, explained that [...]

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Success of Haeundae Invigorates Korean Film Industry

The massive popularity of the disaster movie “Haeundae”, which has drawn more than 10 million viewers so far, has ramifications that reach beyond the film’s producers and investors. After falling into a rut since the success of the monster film “The Host” three years ago, the Korean movie industry has finally scored another unequivocal hit. [...]

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Lee Young-ae’s Secret Hawaii Wedding Details

The actress Lee Young-ae, one of the leading stars of the Korean Wave, has shocked fans with her secret marriage to a Korean-American businessman at the Kahala Hotel and Resort in Hawaii on Monday.
There are rumors that Lee’s original plan was to get married somewhere else. According to a source who witnessed the wedding, the [...]

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Actor Lee Byung-hun Teams Up with Karl Lagerfeld

Actor Lee Byung-hun, currently starring in the Hollywood blockbuster “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” as Storm Shadow, has joined hands with world-famous fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld in an ad campaign. Also a renowned artist, Lagerfeld will host a photo exhibition in Japan with Lee as his main model. Slated to open for [...]

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Ha Ji-won: Hard Work Is Everything

The success of the film “Haeundae”, which became only the fifth movie in Korean film history to attract over 10 million viewers just 33 days after it was released on July 22, is in no small part due to Ha Ji-won, who plays the heroine. So convincing is Ha’s Busan accent that even locals believe [...]

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