K-pop stars in Manila in 2020: (clockwise) Eric Nam, Kim Myung Soo, Tiffany Young, WINNER, Seventeen and NCT Dream (Photos: Jonathan Hicap, YG Entertainment) Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread in the Philippines, several K-pop stars were able to visit and perform in the...
Fans of K-pop superstars BTS member V marked his 25th birthday on Dec. 30 by running an ad on Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, in Dubai. The ad was run at 6:50 p.m. in Dubai, or 23:50 p.m. in Korea, on Dec. 29 with the theme song “Winter Bear” by V that was released in August last...
Kim Seon-ho (Instagram) Korean actor Kim Seon-ho got another wonderful Christmas gift: He reached 4 million followers on his Instagram account as his popularity continued to rise. He hit the 4-million milestone at 1:58 p.m. on Dec. 26, an increase of about 2.9 million Instagram followers...
Actor Kim Seon-ho with his trophy for Rookie Award for '2 Days & 1 Night' at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards (Instagram) “Trending actor” Kim Seon-ho and “2 Days & 1 Night,” the Korean variety show he is part of, won at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards held on Dec. 24. Kim...
From left: author, Trinna Legaspi, Paulo Angeles, Kim Chiu and Rafael Rossel Good news for those who hate waiting - that’s practically the entire Philippines - all six episodes of "Bawal Lumabas" can now be viewed in the Iwant Tfc. Since I am part of the cast, I asked my fellow cast members their...
(Clockwise from top left) Park Ji-sun, Go Soo-jung, Moon Ji-yoon, Park Ji-hoon, Yohan, Oh In-hye and Kim Ki-duk (Instagram, KBS News) The Korean entertainment industry mourned the death of several celebrities this year. In Google’s top trending searches in the Philippines for 2020, Korean...
From left: Mari, Rina, Nairu, and Rosa of GAIA Sisters Rina and Mari Fukushi are set to be a part of GAIA, a Korean pop group under AXIS Entertainment, scheduled to debut in 2021. Taking the fashion industry by storm, Manila-born model Rina is now setting foot to the world of music as a part of the...
The top 10 Korean TV stars who shined in 2020 are (clockwise from top left) Kim Hee-ae, Park Bogum, Hyun Bin, Park Seo-joon, Son Ye-jin, Bae Suzy, Jeon In-hwa, Gong Yoo, Cha Hwa-yeon and Gong Hyo-jin (Instagram) Actress Kim Hee-ae and actors Park Bogum, Hyun Bin and Park Seo-joon have been chosen...
The top 10 Korean movie stars who shined in 2020 are (clockwise from top left) Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Ma Dong-seok, Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Gong Yoo, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Hye-soo and Lee Jeong-eun (Instagram, KOFIC) Gallup Korea has revealed its yearly list of the top 10...
Kim A-Lim of Korea poses for a photo with the trophy after winning the 75th U.S. Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course on December 14, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP South Korea's Kim A-Lim produced a stunning finish to snatch her maiden...
Kim Chiu “I am allergic to shrimps." "Bawal ako kumain ng shrimps. So when I got curious about the taste and ate shrimps, my face broke into hives and after that I never ate shrimps. Another 'Bawal' moment I did was to come home late when I was younger. When I arrived late at night in our home in...
Korean TV channel KBS reporting on the death of director Kim Ki-duk (Screenshot from KBS News) Korean movie director Kim Ki-duk, who won at the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals, died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complications in Latvia on Dec. 11. He was 59. Kim arrived in Latvia on...
