Lee Chae Yeon was born on 1978-12-7 in Korea. She comes from a big family; she has a father who is a soldier, a mother who is a writer, a big brother who is her fans. Lee Chae Yeon, at the very beginning, became famous not because of her beautiful voice, but because she played a computer game called Star War very well.
Then she started her career in Japan as a singer in 2000. The Japan journey was not successful and she stared her Korean career in 2003. It is her sexy body, beautiful face and lovely voice made her the most famous female star in Korea.
KANGIN, as known as Kim Young Eoon, was born at 1985-1-17. He is a very strong dancing star and he uses lots of time swimming to keep figure and to keep a good health because he wants to keep his dancing steps as usual.
KANGIN is also a very funny famous star. Though dancing is his favorite show, he acted some roles in many famous series and he brought his funny behavior into his emcee career. So his fans loves him so deeply because they can see KANGIN from different aspects every day.
The Wonder Girls have been named as Koreans’s favorite singers for the second year running, the Seoul Shinmun reported Wednesday. According to the paper, Gallup Korea conducted interview with 4,330 people aged 13-59 nationwide from June to November to select the top 10 singers, and the manufactured girl group ranked first with 22.2 percent of the vote.
Boy band Big Bang took second place, also the same as last year, with 21.2 percent. The top 10 list includes three trot — a retro form of Korean pop — singers: Jang Yoon-jung, in third with 9.9 percent, Tae Jin-ah and Park Hyun-bin. Meanwhile, diva Lee Hyo-lee ranked fifth, while world star Rain and TVXQ took seventh and ninth.
The Wonder Girls were popular with all age groups, chiefly with those in their teens and 20s. There was a larger gap between age groups in terms of preference for Big Bang. While the boy group won overwhelming support from teenagers at 56.2 percent, and a rollicking 63.9 percent of teenage girls and gained more votes than the Wonder Girls among those in their 20s, the tally plummeted to 16.7 percent among those in their 30s.
Those in their 40s picked Jang Yoon-jung as their favorite, and those in their 50s Tae Jin-ah.
Actor and singer Choi Jin-young, younger brother of late actress Choi Jin-sil, appeared on the KBS “Park Jung Hoon Show” on Dec. 21, and spoke of his sister. “There were times when I resented her for passing on this huge burden to me,” said a tearful Choi.”I decided to come to the show because I wanted to show my sister in heaven that many people are still remembering her,” he added.
Choi said after the divorce his sister suffered from malicious comments posted online — and once decided to immigrate to the U.S. for the sake of her children. Choi also told how the late actress returned to the spotlight via KBS drama “My Rosy Life” after undergoing personal difficulties.
“I hope she visits my dreams and tell me that she is doing all right,” said Choi.
Choi Jin-sil committed suicide last October after suffering from extreme stress over a rumor that she may have lent money to actor Ahn Jae-hwan, who also committed suicide due to business failure and consequent financial difficulties.
The anonymous donor of W850 million (US$1=W1,392) over the last six years to the Community Chest of Korea stands revealed as 21-year-old actress Moon Geun-young.
The Community Chest of Korea on Thursday said the actress denied online rumors that she was the donor, but her agency okayed the disclosure, so the organization decided to make it public.
Since Nov. 2003, Moon has been donating all or part of her earnings from commercials, films and soap operas. Her donations were used to build children’s libraries and subsidize hospital costs for children suffering from leukaemia or cancer. Apart from the Community Chest of Korea, Moon has also given several hundred millions of won to scholarship foundations.
amooActors, Moon’s agency, said, “For Moon’s family, charity seems a natural part of life rather than a special event. Because she has always made the donations with her mother, not through the agency, we do not know how much she has given.
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Moon made her debut in the movie “On the Way” in 1999, and became a child star as the heroine of mega-hit soap opera “Autumn in My Heart” in 2000. She was nicknamed the “nation’s little sister” as she gained popularity through the movie “A Tale of Two Sisters” in 2003, and “My Little Bride” in 2004. Currently, she plays Chosun-era artist Shin Yoon-bok in the TV soap “The Painter of Wind.”