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My Lovely Sam Soon Starts Usage of English

January 7, 2006

On Jan. 13, 1903, the first Koreans arrived in Hawai’i to work on the plantation fields as laborers. From here, they moved on to Mexico and the Mainland for other opportunities.

Koreans have been in Hawai’i for 102 years and have become an integral part of the community — so much so, in fact, that our tie with Korea is unique.

For example, did you know:

The state flower, the hibiscus, is also the Korean national flower?

The first Korean democratic president was a resident of Hawai’i and has a church that bears his name (Syngman Rhee)? He also spent his last days here in a care home.
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Korean Fever Still Making Waves

January 5, 2006

THREE years after the Korean fever started spreading, it is still showing no sign of abating.

Just when we were about to chuck out our Winter Sonata VCDs and take a breather from the drama craze that swept Asia as early as 2003, Jewel In The Palace came along last year and turned us into TV addicts again.

Then, there was this curious phenomenon called Rain, who, despite bringing a downpour wherever he goes, still charmed a legion of screaming women both young and old.

K-pop fans in Singapore had it good.

We got to ogle Korean hunks all year round, from Won Bin in January to Jang Dong Gun early this month, as well as Lee Byung Hun and Kim Jae Won in February and Lee Dong Gun in July.

At movie premieres and film festivals, Korean beauties such as Lee Young Ae, Kim Hee Seon, Son Ye Jin and Kim So Yeon and hunks like Bae Yong Joon and Ji Jin Hee have also made their presence felt.
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Actress Kim Sun-a in Top 10 List of Korea’s Top Woman Newsmaker

January 2, 2006

Kim Sun Ah is rated at 6th position in the list of top 10 women of the year in a survey organized by the weekly newspaper Woman Times.

The newspaper released the results of the survey, which asked 725 female members of the Internet job site Joblink (www.joblink.co.kr) to select 10 newsworthy women out of a pool of 22.

It said that Actress Kim Sun-a is no stranger to the average Korean household having turned out one box office hit after another over the years. She was the leading lady in 2004’s “S Diaries” and this year’s “She’s on Duty.”

Kim Sun-a’s delivery of the ever optimistic, 30-year-old single Sam-soon in one of 2005’s biggest prime time hits “My Lovely Samsoon” did more than delight viewers. It is being credited with empowering South Korean women.
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Tough Women Win Audiences’ Hearts

December 7, 2005

Kim Jung Eun and Han Ji Hye

In the war of viewer ratings between tough female characters and dainty princess-like characters, the tough ladies are winning the hearts of television audiences.

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‘Candyrellas’ Return to TV

December 4, 2005

“Candyrella’’ characters are again dominating the TV drama scenes. The two representative dramas of the trend are MBC’s mini-series drama “My Name is Kim Sam-soon’’, which airs at 9:55 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the SBS drama “Only You’’, airing at 9: 45 p.m. on the weekend.

My Name is Kim Sam Soon
Lead characters in “My Name is Kim Sam-soon”