Category: Special Features
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Friday Drama Review: “Two Weeks”
Hold onto your hankies! Two Weeks is an action packed melodrama that tugs on all the major heartstrings: a (cute-as-a-button) dying child with just two weeks left to live unless a donor comes forward to save her; a father, who didn’t know he had a daughter, who has lived the wasted gangster life of…
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Friday Drama Review: “Sword and Flower” 칼과 꽃
Beautifully scripted and delightfully enacted, Sword and Flower was a moving melodrama placed in a historical setting. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Also known as “Blade and Petal”, this drama recounts a story of two major political dynamos at odds with each other at the end of the Goguryo* period in Korean…
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Friday Drama Review: “Who Are You?” (후아유)
Crime, romance, fantasy and action combine to create an absorbing drama with appealing characters. So what if some of them are not quite alive?… Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Detective Yang Shi-on awakens from a six-year coma to find her memory gone and the ability to see ghosts as an unusual replacement. Her coma…
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Exclusive Interview: Actor Kwon Hyun-sang and Director Jae Soh from “Let Me Out!”
Kwan Hyun Sang and Jae Soh sat down for an hour-long interview with Cheryl Dawley and Jini Shim of KKonnect. Here’s what they had to say about their upcoming movie,”Let Me Out” – coming to San Diego for one day one only – and more! Cheryl: Hyun-sang-씨, congratulations on your first leading role!…
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“Let Me Out” plays Sept. 25. Buy your tickets by the 18th!!!
The Korean Zombie comedy,”Let Me Out” plays for one showing only on Sept. 25. Theater: AMC Fashion Valley 18 Date: 9/25/2013 Time: 7:30pm Buy your tickets by the 18th! Tickets are available for purchase at the following website: tugg.com/events/5388
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[BIBIMBEATS] Track-By-Track: G-Dragon, ‘Coup D’etat’ – Why GD’s Most Polarizing Album Is His Most Important Yet
Back in March at a press conference for his ‘One Of A Kind’ promotional tour, G-Dragon created media buzz for his controversial response to a question asking how he’s changed over the past four years. Four years ago, upon the release of debut solo album ‘Heartbreaker’, G-Dragon considered himself an idol – someone with ‘cute,…
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Fall Drama Watch: What’s New To View This Season
If the reviews have been coming on a less regular basis, it is not for lack of viewing. We are currently in the midst of a whole slew of great new dramas for the fall season. And with nothing ending, it seemed appropriate to report on what is going on in the Korean drama world.…
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All Things Korean for International Fans – Top 25 Korean Drama Cliches
Top 25 Korean Drama Clichés Korean Dramas have reached the point of international fame; with viewers of different ages and ethnicities around the world tuning in to watch a new (subbed) episode of their favorite drama. Of course over time, stereotypes, patterns and clichés have emerged into the plots – and no matter how ridiculous…
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KCON Concert Review: A Lone Voice of Dissent – Is G Dragon Coasting on his Fame and Notoriety?
To say I was underwhelmed is – well – an understatement. I truly had great expectations from the top-billed artist at KCON 2103, the young man everyone was buzzing about. There were omens during KCON that might have foreshadowed a somewhat less-than-stellar performance: An artist engagement that was supposed to include an autograph session for…
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All Things Korean for International Fans: Bekah’s Panel at K-Con 2013
Bekah, the former After School member, was one of the many guest panelists for the weekend K-Pop Convention in L.A, K-Con 2013. On August 24th, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., she attended an interview (moderated by her close friend Ae-young), answered fan questions and signed autographs for the huge crowd that came to see…
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