Ah yes, the Crown Prince. I know there is a protocol to being royalty: no sass to the king, no calling people out in court. But really? We didn’t see this coming? These. People. Are. Out. To. Get. You. One of the more annoying things about the Good Guy royalty in this Kdrama is that…
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Kangta
Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: JAPANESE RELEASES BASICS Name Kangta Debut August 19, 2001 Status Active Label SM Entertainment (2001-present) Fan Name None Origin of Fan Name N/A Official Website http://www.kangta.smtown.com Related Websites http://www.kangtafamily.com/
Why Is KPK on YouTube?
As you probably know, KPK does Hallyu. Most international fans of Kpop and Kdrama access their Korean popular through the Internet in general, and YouTube in particular. We know that’s where you are watching Hello Baby and Happy Together! We go where fans go, so we’re now on YouTube! Check out the KPK Channel! Like…
Warrior Baek Dong Soo (2011)
Click to jump to a section: BASICS KPK REVIEW OTHER REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS Title Warrior Baek Dong Soo Genre Historical Episodes 30 Network SBS Main Cast Ji Chang Wook as Baek Dong SooYoo Seung Ho as Yeo WoonYoon So Yi as Hwang Jin JuShin Hyun Bin as Ji Sun Choi Min Soo as Chun Jun…
WBDS: Episodes 1-10, or There Are Two Things I’m Afraid Of….
So like many a historical drama, they just drop you right in the middle of the action. This time, we come across the Crown Prince behaving badly, which wouldn’t be so bad, except everyone else around him seems to pay the price for his nationalism. If you’ve spent some time with Korean royalty in Kdramas,…
Boys Over Flowers: Episode 7
Yes, it was at this point when I decided that Boys Over Flowers was about….well, the boys. I reached my wit’s end with Jan Di (I know, there is more frustration to come!), but just as I was going to throw in the towel, SHE showed up. Oh, you heard whispers about her in earlier…
Queen Seondeok (2009)
Click to jump to a section: BASICS KPK REVIEW OTHER REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS Title Queen Seondeok Genre Historical Episodes 62 Network MBC Main Cast Lee Yo Won as Deok Man/Queen SeondeokKo Kyun Jun as Mishil Uhm Tae Woong as Kim Yushin Park Ye Jin as Chunmyung Yoo Seung Ho and Chunchu Kim Nam Gil as…
I Am Legend (2010)
Click to jump to a section: BASICS KPK REVIEW OTHER REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS Title I Am Legend Genre Romance Episodes 16 Network SBS Main Cast Kim Jung Eun as Jun Seol HeeLee Joon Hyuk as Jang Tae HyunKim Seung Soo as Cha Ji WookJang Young Nam as Oh Seung HyeJang Shin Young as Kang Soo…
Boys Over Flowers (2008)
Click to jump to a section: BASICS KPK REVIEW OTHER REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS Title Boys Over Flowers/Boys Before Flowers Genre Romantic Comedy Episodes 25 Network KBS Main Cast Lee Min Ho as Gu Jun PyoKim Hyun Joon as Yoon Ji HooKim Bum as So Yi Jung Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin Koo Hye Sun…
An Informal Review of Sun Jung’s Korean Masculinities, Part 4, Or Who Are You Calling a Cult?
Crystal S. Anderson, PhD Elon University So now I’m going to tackle Sun Jung’s analysis of fan reaction to Chan-wook Park’s film, Oldboy. Basically, Sun Jung argues that, well, I’ll let her explain it: Chapter 4 focuses on Western cult fandom of the Korean genre film, Oldboy, and discusses how postmodern South Korean masculinitiy is…