Why Lee Young-ae Gets to Keep Her Ad Contract

Korean builder GS Engineering and Construction will extend the advertising contract with actress Lee Young-ae for another year. The contract will likely be signed at the end of this month. The company was unsure whether to renew the contract with the star since it was concerned that her secret marriage to a Korean-American businessman in [...]

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Kim Ok-bin Wins Best Actress at Spain’s Sitges Film Fest

Actress Kim Ok-bin shared the award for Best Actress with Spain’s Elena Anaya at the 42nd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Spain.
The 23-year-old won the award, the festival announced Sunday, for her role in Park Chan-wook’s “Thirst”. Kim shared the award with Anaya for her role in “Hierro”, a psychological thriller.
“Thirst”, a thriller that won [...]

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Lee Young-ae Makes First Public Appearance Since Wedding

Actress Lee Young-ae gave an impromptu press conference yesterday at Hanyang University in Seoul, her first public appearance since her marriage.
Trapped in a circle of traveling reporters, Lee addressed the crowd as she arrived to attend class for her doctorate in theater and film arts.
“I apologize for taking all of you around in a wild [...]

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Newlywed Lee Young-ae Expected Back in Korea

The actress Lee Young-ae, who shocked fans with her secret marriage to a businessman last week, is expected back in Seoul this weekend. Lee’s parents returned to Korea last Saturday, four days after Lee’s wedding at the Kahala Hotel and Resort in Hawaii on Monday last week.
Because the star actress is starting her doctoral studies [...]

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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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Hallyu Queen Lee Young-Ae Secretly Gets Married in U.S.

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean actress Lee Young-ae, widely popular across Asia, has married a Korean businessman in the United States, her legal consultant said Tuesday, surprising fans everywhere.
Lee, 38, was married on Monday in the United States to a 54-year-old man from an IT firm, Dongin Law Group said in a press [...]

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Korean Dramas Carve a Niche in Japan

The full force of the Korean Wave hit Japan in 2004. Four years later, the phenomenon known here as “hallyu” has succeeded in creating a comfortable niche for itself in the Japanese TV and music world.
In November, 2004, the initial frenzy clogged Narita Airport, as thousands of Bae Yong-joon fans flocked to welcome him to [...]

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