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The main cast of Korean drama Painter of the Wind, including Park Shin-yang and Moon Geun-young, meet with the press in Seoul on September 17 to promote the drama.

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Korean star Kwon Sang-woo and his wife-to-be Son Tae-young is going on an early honeymoon. The couple left the airport to London on August 31.

The popular actor shocked his fans when he announced their wedding plans in July. Many people didn’t know about their relationship, and some of the fans voice their disapproval for the relationship.

Regardless, the wedding will go on… and those fans will have to accept it. The couple will tie their knots on September 28.

[Image credits to Newsen.com]

Popular Korean actress Kim A-jong will be starring in movie 29 Years, which will be her first movie since making her breakthrough with 200 Pounds Beauty.

The movie is based on a popular Korean comic 26 years. Kim will star as an archer whose parent was killed in the Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980. Her co-star Ryu Seung-beom will star as a gangster who also suffered lost during the movement.

The two characters got together and plan to revenge and assassinate the ex-president of South Korea who caused the bloodshed during the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

The comic was produced in 2006, 26 years after the incident. The movie title is changed to 29 Years to reflect the timeline.

Popular Chinese actress Li Bingbing is appointed as the Korean culture ambassador.

She received a certificate from Korean ministry on August 20. She will help promoting Korean culture in China and improve interaction between the two nations.

[Image credits to Xinmin.cn]

Korean actor Lee Un, famous with TV drama Coffee Prince, had passed away on Thursday morning after crashing his motorbike into a guard rail.

The actor was on his way home after a party to celebrate the ending of TV drama Mighty Chilwu, but met with the accident.

RIP Lee Un.