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Korean stars Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo were in Japan to promote the animated version of popular Korean drama Winter Sonata. The duo is lending their voice for the anime project.

Korean stars Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo

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Korean actress Choi Ji-woo recently donated W100 million (USD78,500) worth of scholarships for poor students in Busan, her hometown.

Korean actress Choi Ji-woo

The actress has previously donated W300 million to her high school in Busan to provide scholarships for needy students since 2000.

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Korean drama Winter Sonata, starred Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, is voted the best TV program shown on Japan NHK satellite channel in the past 20 years.

Korean drama Winter Sonata

The Japanese TV station held a poll to pick the top 30 TV programs in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their satellite channels. The 2002 Korean drama got 20,750 out of the total 160,533 votes.

Popular Korean actress Choi Ji-woo has been dating Lee Jin-wook, her co-star in Air City, after filming the drama series in 2007.

The news was first exposed by SportsSeoul, and Choi’s agency later confirmed the relationship.

Choi Ji-woo and Lee Jin-wook dating

Korean star Bae Yong-jun will voice act in the animated version of popular drama series Winter Sonata.

Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo in Winter Sonata

The actor will take on the role of Jun-sang in the animated series jointly being produced with Japan, which will go into joint production in late March.

The preview of the animated series as well as a video message from Bae will be screened during a press conference in Tokyo on March 28.

Winter Sonata, which aired in 2002 on KBS, became a phenomenal hit in both Korea and Japan. The series was aired in Japan on NHK in 2004, and the huge success of the drama series made Bae one of Asia’s biggest stars.

[KBS]


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