I liked King's Affection but compared to Pachinko, they are world's apart.
I haven't watched EAW yet but Pachinko was just one of those dramas that make you wish everything was this high quality. Lee Min Ho showed he can have a range and has grown into a quality actor as well.
Hope the best for them. It's about time the foreign community that watches these shows give up some decent appreciation to the entertainment and quality that they provide sometimes far and above what Canada or the USA, who host these awards, have been doing recently.
Please be informed that this article was published while the event was still under investigation by Itaewon's…
I don't understand why you're going off on the writers here who are only giving information that is coming out. Not even the South Korean media can avoid the controversy related to the rumor of "a celebrity sighting" causing a stampede. The investigation isn't even over, and those rumors are coming from somewhere and have to be addressed.
There is no debate on the fact that people in the streets were telling national AND international reporters that either 1 of 2 things happened, depending where they were interviewed, and that was 1) an altercation happened at a hotel party that spilled out into an already overcrowded street and forcing and trapping street goers into a small alleyway where they got crushed, OR 2) there was a swell rush to see a celebrity that come out onto the streets. These statements, erroneous or not, have to be investigated and confirmed untruthful.
OSEN just reported that Yoo Ah In is embroiled in this controversy because he is one of the celebrities being accused as the reason for the stampede and the celebrity sighting. The truth is, he was out of the country at the time... and has had to explain that the information isn't accurate. There are other celebrities being overtly mentioned who have to explain as well... THE NATION IS DOING THAT TO THEMSELVES... Whether right or wrong, again, the investigation into the matter is still ongoing, and the finally results are still not out...
Why you're blaming an site like MDL for 'inaccurate' reporting on this matter is beyond me. Whatever Western publications write means nothing. The ones who have to deal with the entire matter are South Koreans, the authorities that didn't do their job properly, and the families that lost lives of loved ones.
Thank you for updating and fixing the article. It’s really a brave and courageous thing to do especially in…
This has been an ongoing matter and problem for years. The new administration has been attempting to establish a new police bureau under the Interior Ministry in order to establish national rules of interaction & engagement regarding public matters. , Heads of Police & the cops represented by the NPC filed a lawsuit to stop it. Democrats claim it's a power grab by the current president and sitting party.
Why has the new administration felt the need to do this? Because of the lack of proper actions, training, and compliancy with rank & file police officers. Again, this didn't happen this one time... it's been a festering boil that the current NPC and National Police Agency have tried to push under the carpet and not address.
Literally what the members of the police unions are trying to say is that this is just another attempt to do a Gwangju Massacre. They've now politicized the issue...
But this wouldn't have even been an issue if it wasn't for the fact that police officers who come across issues that are "SCARY", "LIFE THREATENING", "PROBLEMATIC", etc... are standing by doing NOTHING, or LITERALLY running away in fear while a person they should be taking to the ground and arresting is stabbing people to death, as one highly visible example. NOW, the idea, is to blame the president for this situation...while all they've done is fight against improving an already deteriorating situation that was taking place LONG before the current president took office. =/
Article is assuming they are dating but it's not really confirmed, well her company denied while his admitted…
Except he said they were dating AFTER her 'agency' said she wasn't. Why would his agency #facepalm him like that? They could have just stayed quiet but instead decided to insult their own artist by issuing the reverse statement HOURS later? You sincerely believe that? Get a clue.
He's an Idol Kpop star & actor. She's a newbie-ish actress with only one main role to her name who is 5 yrs older than him. In Kpop world, idol fans go after their biases' love interests with a vengeance. It's more likely that it was a kneejerk reaction by her agency, during a time of national mourning, to quell any interest in this topic to protect their talent from ridicule.
I actually think it speaks volumes for Fantagio and him that they turn around and admit they're dating so quickly after her agency's denial. It means this dude spoke with his agency and made the decision to go public over her. That means he must have truly strong and sincere feelings for her and is willing to put himself and his career on the line for her. Many Kpop Idol girl fans become angry and demand Idols leave groups for coming out as being involved or, god forbid, MARRYING someone. Based on each of their celebrity status, he has far more to lose doing this than she does, albeit, suffering from the likely online personal attacks saying things like, "..you don't deserve him..." etc etc have got to be hard as well. It's just that, as far as status, he has farther to fall in exposing the relationship. That's just the way today's Kpop industry works, whether you agree or disagree with it.
I'm actually very pleased he came out with the truth. Just means the guy has a good character and is sincere towards her. Good luck to both of them, and I hope they both have bright futures, separate AND together.
Although, not a psychopath, Yeon Seok has played a lead with questionable character, like Lee Seung Yeol in the movie 'Perfect Proposal'. I like him in a thriller type drama/movie. He's such a good actor.
This is today! So.... Happy Wedding Day! May it be the most beautiful and wonderful day ever.
On another note, Hyo Jin has got to be the luckiest woman in the world. She gets to have this man read a bedtime story to her every night. Women all across the world would die to be in her position. LMFAO. Forget his singing, which is so soothing it's like hot chocolate on a lightly snowy day; if you've not heard his speaking voice, lol, even in English, you're missing out. It's perfectly made for radio or audiobooks. hahaha....
with park min young's alleged lover they didn't have any problem in saying he was rich but in this news they don't…
That info wasn't provided as a way to say, 'Hey, look. This actress has got a rich man." It's more about the way that man is rich and his business that's the issue. There are issues surrounding the way that man got rich.
Anyone who follows K-Dramas should know that problematic financial dealings and connections are looked as disfavorable by the South Korean public in general. Hell, many actors/actresses have to answer for their estranged parent's actions and unpaid loans as if they are responsible themselves for other's actions. That's just Korean culture as of this date. Nothing's changed.
As far as I know, Jin Ah Reum doesn't have these kinds of issues nor does Nam Koong Min, so their financial dealings wouldn't be a source of comment by the media.
On another note, after seeing Nam Koong Min in We Got Married, over a decade ago, it's about damn time this guy got married. lol.
LOL. That's the CCP for you. If you check the link you can see that it's been updated to 2023, and only being released in HK... which, you know... is a thing... lol.
This is why the "reviews" on this "MyDramaList" website are so baseless and nonsense... Most of the time it makes…
Those are exactly 3 ratings from 3 people who hadn't even watchd the entire drama. The 3rd rating is from someone giving it a 10/10 after only watching episode 1. LMFAO.
I read the reviews here and most of them are quite lengthy and give a lot of feedback that helps you see how they came to their decision. Nothing dumb or ignorant about their feedback, and not haters disguising their reviews. A lot of them like both actors and were stunned at how bad they both were in this drama. They gave specifics as to why they liked it, and a lot of them beared through the entire thing despite it, which makes them oh so more qualified to review it than the screen shot of IMDb you've given us.
Btw, there are negative reviews that state that it's not necessarily poor acting on their part, but that the script is completely horribly written and boring. So, the hate isn't towards them but the drama itself.
Easy for you to judge her. I think she was very hurt herself, and absolutely didn't want to hurt the people who…
You know what is sad to me? That there are people who think the way to be empathetic and sympathetic is to condone this idea that suicide is a natural way and a proper solution to deal with problems in life for "certain" people. She wouldn't have even brought up god and hell if that thought hadn't crossed her mind as well... and why is that???
Why do we bother to have suicide hotlines, and discuss this around the world as a problem, instead of something beautiful, if it wasn't a sad and horrible fact? That someone expresses there should be another way to deal with issues in life other than suicide but here we are saying it's okay, for those 'certain' people if they feel life doesn't work and it shouldn't be considered a travesty? Then should we not just erase those hotlines and help since they aren't good enough, while people publicly cry that it's a proper solution for some, eh? What's the point to give mixed signals? Does that relay something people struggling can trust? Why would they when you say on the one hand, 'get help', and on the other hand say, '...if help doesn't work, it's okay to kill yourself anyway..'?
This all amounts to excuse making as a way to show some misplaced idea of love and empathy. I see comments like this, that have dozens of likes, and think, '...I've seen people like Stephen Hawking, who was married twice, once for 30 years, and then for 12 years, who lived to be 76 and achieved so much. Could there be a human on the planet who had to suffer and deal with so much difficulties to achieve his dreams and successes???.."
Mental fortitude must be genetic.... when a whole society deems taking your life as a good excuse to solve problems. I'm glad I don't live in that society, but instead one that praises someone like Stephen, who sticks it out in life until the very end and rises above it all, including horrible disabilities, not just merely being rejected for a job you want, showing that, no matter what the issue, if you have the right mindset, you can do and be anything you want in life, and be happy..... How many years have we fought to show certain kinds of people, who once were said to have no value, to be worth more to the world than anyone could have thought at the beginning, when, in ancient history, they were thought of as hopeless and throw aways... and now we're back to saying someone who feels worthless should be respected for taking the option of killing themselves... Wow, it's so sad seeing the cycle of life where history starts repeating itself.... just when I thought society was getting better, we start to revert back to the base level of what humanity was at the beginning -- people who are treated worthless, and feel worthless, are worthless, and thus better off not existing. Because realizing this is what she's saying about herself, and that's the thought that's being condone as a proper excuse for her to end her life, needs to be clear as day. That's what's truly sad here.
Not surprising and kinda expected. Ye Jin sorta outed her at her wedding, so she ended up publicly disclosing who she was dating at the time. Ye Jin's actions were pretty obvious. Ye Jin made sure Hyo Jin was the one to get the bouquet on purpose. They're really good friends, so, I pretty much assumed the action was cause they know they're planning on getting married or she's ready to get married and wanted to give her and her beau the push to do it. lol.
It's not Tencent's fault. If Tencent could air it out right they would. It's the CCP and the censorship board.…
Thank you for bringing up Oath of Love as an example of something you think the broadcasters had control over the airing.... least we forget about the set airdate and the pulling of the drama just 1 day before the scheduling.... during the whole Kris Wu mess and various wiping of other entertainers from the public eye and their social media and past archives wiped, and others being seen in group pictures posted by the authorities regarding their "re-education" back in August, 2021.
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxnoPBz0BYI ] Of course the standard line is scheduling conflicts but even Chinese know and speculate as to the reasons for the postpone amidst a crackdown of the industry. Some are still suffering from that sweep and are still canceled by the govt... so, let's not get cute and say otherwise.
I haven't seen Tencent talk about it. Those I trust to give the list of LICENSED dramas ready to air haven't mentioned it... there are just "rumors" that it's supposed to air this month... but we'll see... but my main point still stands... the decision isn't Tencent's to make.
It's not Tencent's fault. If Tencent could air it out right they would. It's the CCP and the censorship board.…
WTF are you even talking about. If there IS a TV slot issue that is SPECIFICALLY a CCP issue 100%. Why? Because ALL time slots across ALL platforms within the mainland, where this drama is slotted to air, are 100% controlled by the CCP governing Censorship Board. They make the airing schedule, PERIOD. No license is issued without their consent AND a slot. There are many dramas and movies that have opened up a Weibo account and posted trailers, posters, etc without a license and a time slot.
Again, Douban has tenatively indicated it will get an air date this month, but since it's already halfway through the month, and CCP have issued licenses to a slew of dramas this month, it's likely NOT gonna happen. Again, that's not Tencent's fault.
It's not Tencent's fault. If Tencent could air it out right they would. It's the CCP and the censorship board.…
Douban indicates that it's supposedly airing this month on the 'mainland', BUT it hasn't been posted and given it's official registration yet, so that's just rumor/leak from Tencent in hopes to keep interest and push CCP to make the release. All Chinese dramas have to go under strict scrutiny by the CCP. There is no FREE speech in China. You toe the line of their political philosophy and ideology or you don't get out to the public. They need to make sure there are no "subversive" thoughts or ideas conveyed in this drama. Being how conservative the CCP is about airing dramas/movies regarding 'romantic relationships', and the topic of this drama.... I expected the CCP to hem and haw about whether to allow it. ....it's not really matching their template of proper displays of relationships....
If frustrating people is competition then tencent is surely the winner
It's not Tencent's fault. If Tencent could air it out right they would. It's the CCP and the censorship board. They issue the registrations for airing and on what channel and what dates. The CCP don't give a shit about what we, especially international fans, want to see or not. They cannot air it until the CCP gives the go ahead, and more often than not, this takes 2-3 years on average from post-production.
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I haven't watched EAW yet but Pachinko was just one of those dramas that make you wish everything was this high quality. Lee Min Ho showed he can have a range and has grown into a quality actor as well.
Hope the best for them. It's about time the foreign community that watches these shows give up some decent appreciation to the entertainment and quality that they provide sometimes far and above what Canada or the USA, who host these awards, have been doing recently.
I hope he finds himself better management going forward, because, if this isn't legal grounds to end your contract, I don't know what is.
There is no debate on the fact that people in the streets were telling national AND international reporters that either 1 of 2 things happened, depending where they were interviewed, and that was 1) an altercation happened at a hotel party that spilled out into an already overcrowded street and forcing and trapping street goers into a small alleyway where they got crushed, OR 2) there was a swell rush to see a celebrity that come out onto the streets. These statements, erroneous or not, have to be investigated and confirmed untruthful.
OSEN just reported that Yoo Ah In is embroiled in this controversy because he is one of the celebrities being accused as the reason for the stampede and the celebrity sighting. The truth is, he was out of the country at the time... and has had to explain that the information isn't accurate. There are other celebrities being overtly mentioned who have to explain as well... THE NATION IS DOING THAT TO THEMSELVES... Whether right or wrong, again, the investigation into the matter is still ongoing, and the finally results are still not out...
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Why you're blaming an site like MDL for 'inaccurate' reporting on this matter is beyond me. Whatever Western publications write means nothing. The ones who have to deal with the entire matter are South Koreans, the authorities that didn't do their job properly, and the families that lost lives of loved ones.
Why has the new administration felt the need to do this? Because of the lack of proper actions, training, and compliancy with rank & file police officers. Again, this didn't happen this one time... it's been a festering boil that the current NPC and National Police Agency have tried to push under the carpet and not address.
Here are the receipts to prove the point:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/stabbing-sparks-debate-skorea-over-passive-policing-female-officers-2021-11-23/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korean-government-police-clash-oversight-2022-07-25/
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3160136/why-south-korea-one-worlds-safest-countries-losing-trust-police
Literally what the members of the police unions are trying to say is that this is just another attempt to do a Gwangju Massacre. They've now politicized the issue...
But this wouldn't have even been an issue if it wasn't for the fact that police officers who come across issues that are "SCARY", "LIFE THREATENING", "PROBLEMATIC", etc... are standing by doing NOTHING, or LITERALLY running away in fear while a person they should be taking to the ground and arresting is stabbing people to death, as one highly visible example. NOW, the idea, is to blame the president for this situation...while all they've done is fight against improving an already deteriorating situation that was taking place LONG before the current president took office. =/
He's an Idol Kpop star & actor. She's a newbie-ish actress with only one main role to her name who is 5 yrs older than him. In Kpop world, idol fans go after their biases' love interests with a vengeance. It's more likely that it was a kneejerk reaction by her agency, during a time of national mourning, to quell any interest in this topic to protect their talent from ridicule.
I actually think it speaks volumes for Fantagio and him that they turn around and admit they're dating so quickly after her agency's denial. It means this dude spoke with his agency and made the decision to go public over her. That means he must have truly strong and sincere feelings for her and is willing to put himself and his career on the line for her. Many Kpop Idol girl fans become angry and demand Idols leave groups for coming out as being involved or, god forbid, MARRYING someone. Based on each of their celebrity status, he has far more to lose doing this than she does, albeit, suffering from the likely online personal attacks saying things like, "..you don't deserve him..." etc etc have got to be hard as well. It's just that, as far as status, he has farther to fall in exposing the relationship. That's just the way today's Kpop industry works, whether you agree or disagree with it.
I'm actually very pleased he came out with the truth. Just means the guy has a good character and is sincere towards her. Good luck to both of them, and I hope they both have bright futures, separate AND together.
On another note, Hyo Jin has got to be the luckiest woman in the world. She gets to have this man read a bedtime story to her every night. Women all across the world would die to be in her position. LMFAO. Forget his singing, which is so soothing it's like hot chocolate on a lightly snowy day; if you've not heard his speaking voice, lol, even in English, you're missing out. It's perfectly made for radio or audiobooks. hahaha....
Anyone who follows K-Dramas should know that problematic financial dealings and connections are looked as disfavorable by the South Korean public in general. Hell, many actors/actresses have to answer for their estranged parent's actions and unpaid loans as if they are responsible themselves for other's actions. That's just Korean culture as of this date. Nothing's changed.
As far as I know, Jin Ah Reum doesn't have these kinds of issues nor does Nam Koong Min, so their financial dealings wouldn't be a source of comment by the media.
On another note, after seeing Nam Koong Min in We Got Married, over a decade ago, it's about damn time this guy got married. lol.
I read the reviews here and most of them are quite lengthy and give a lot of feedback that helps you see how they came to their decision. Nothing dumb or ignorant about their feedback, and not haters disguising their reviews. A lot of them like both actors and were stunned at how bad they both were in this drama. They gave specifics as to why they liked it, and a lot of them beared through the entire thing despite it, which makes them oh so more qualified to review it than the screen shot of IMDb you've given us.
Btw, there are negative reviews that state that it's not necessarily poor acting on their part, but that the script is completely horribly written and boring. So, the hate isn't towards them but the drama itself.
Why do we bother to have suicide hotlines, and discuss this around the world as a problem, instead of something beautiful, if it wasn't a sad and horrible fact? That someone expresses there should be another way to deal with issues in life other than suicide but here we are saying it's okay, for those 'certain' people if they feel life doesn't work and it shouldn't be considered a travesty? Then should we not just erase those hotlines and help since they aren't good enough, while people publicly cry that it's a proper solution for some, eh? What's the point to give mixed signals? Does that relay something people struggling can trust? Why would they when you say on the one hand, 'get help', and on the other hand say, '...if help doesn't work, it's okay to kill yourself anyway..'?
This all amounts to excuse making as a way to show some misplaced idea of love and empathy. I see comments like this, that have dozens of likes, and think, '...I've seen people like Stephen Hawking, who was married twice, once for 30 years, and then for 12 years, who lived to be 76 and achieved so much. Could there be a human on the planet who had to suffer and deal with so much difficulties to achieve his dreams and successes???.."
Mental fortitude must be genetic.... when a whole society deems taking your life as a good excuse to solve problems. I'm glad I don't live in that society, but instead one that praises someone like Stephen, who sticks it out in life until the very end and rises above it all, including horrible disabilities, not just merely being rejected for a job you want, showing that, no matter what the issue, if you have the right mindset, you can do and be anything you want in life, and be happy..... How many years have we fought to show certain kinds of people, who once were said to have no value, to be worth more to the world than anyone could have thought at the beginning, when, in ancient history, they were thought of as hopeless and throw aways... and now we're back to saying someone who feels worthless should be respected for taking the option of killing themselves... Wow, it's so sad seeing the cycle of life where history starts repeating itself.... just when I thought society was getting better, we start to revert back to the base level of what humanity was at the beginning -- people who are treated worthless, and feel worthless, are worthless, and thus better off not existing. Because realizing this is what she's saying about herself, and that's the thought that's being condone as a proper excuse for her to end her life, needs to be clear as day. That's what's truly sad here.
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxnoPBz0BYI ] Of course the standard line is scheduling conflicts but even Chinese know and speculate as to the reasons for the postpone amidst a crackdown of the industry. Some are still suffering from that sweep and are still canceled by the govt... so, let's not get cute and say otherwise.
I haven't seen Tencent talk about it. Those I trust to give the list of LICENSED dramas ready to air haven't mentioned it... there are just "rumors" that it's supposed to air this month... but we'll see... but my main point still stands... the decision isn't Tencent's to make.
Again, Douban has tenatively indicated it will get an air date this month, but since it's already halfway through the month, and CCP have issued licenses to a slew of dramas this month, it's likely NOT gonna happen. Again, that's not Tencent's fault.