By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
A court found Korean actor and singer
Ryu Si Won guilty of assaulting and electronically tracking his wife and
ordered him to pay 7 million won (about P282,000) in fine.
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| Photo: www.newsen.com |
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
K-pop Republic leaves fans wanting more
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
As early as 8 a.m. last Sept. 7, many Filipino fans were
already at Araneta Center in Quezon City for the K-pop Republic concert, one of
the most anticipated K-pop events of the year.
One of the
them was 13-year-old Erica Ocampo, who came from Malolos, Bulacan.
Monday, September 9, 2013
SHINee, EXO-K, Dal Shabet on ‘sinigang,’ fans and the Philippines
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
K-pop boy band SHINee’s main vocalist Jonghyun wants to
try “sinigang,” a popular Filipino dish, while EXO-K’s Baekhyun wants to go to
Baguio with other members of the group.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Winners at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
A drama series from Israel won the
grand prize while Hollywood actress Lucy Liu won as best actress in the Seoul International
Drama Awards 2013 held on Sept. 6 at the National Theater of Korea.
“Prisoners of War 2,” which became the
top rated drama in Israel, bagged the top prize selected among all the nominees
for TV movie, mini-series, serial and series categories.
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| Kim Yun-jin, Lee Jun-ki, Suzy and Jaejoong at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013. (Photos by www.newsen.com) |
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Korea's 'Rooftop Prince,' EXO, SHINee, SNSD top Google searches in the Philippines
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| (Clockwise from top left) Cast of "Rooftop Prince," SHINee, EXO and Girls' Generation |
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
The Korean drama "Rooftop Prince"
became the most searched TV show in the Philippines for the first half of 2013,
according to Google Philippines, which released its Google Zeitgeist list for
January to June 2013. It is a list that showed what Filipinos searched online
on Google.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
2013 Hallyu Forum to focus on film, cooperation between Korea, Philippines
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
The film industries in South Korea and
the Philippines and the cooperation between the two countries will be the main
topics at this year’s Hallyu Forum, which will be held on Sept. 17 at Pandanggo
Hall of the historic Manila Hotel.
Korean Cultural Center in the
Philippines (KCC) will be holding the Hallyu (or the Korean Wave) Forum as the
launch pad for the 2013 Korean Film Festival in the country.
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