Saturday, February 29, 2020

Lee Min Ho Makes Dramatic Return In 1st Teaser For New Kim Eun Sook Drama “The King: Eternal Monarch”


Updated February 29 KST:

In a recent report, a source from production company Hwa&Dam Pictures confirmed that upcoming drama “The King: Eternal Monarch” is set to premiere in April.

The source said, “‘The King: Eternal Monarch’ has confirmed its broadcast schedule for April, and will be officially folding into [preparations]. Please look forward the story about parallel worlds from Kim Eun Sook, how she will write the story in a new way, and how it breaks out of the boundaries of standard fantasy romances.”

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Lee Min Ho is making his much-anticipated return with a new drama!

Friday, February 28, 2020

Lee Min Ho Makes Dramatic Return In 1st Teaser For New Kim Eun Sook Drama “The King: Eternal Monarch”


Lee Min Ho is making his much-anticipated return with a new drama!

On February 28, SBS unveiled the first teaser for the upcoming drama “The King: Eternal Monarch.”

Written by Kim Eun Sook, “The King: The Eternal Monarch” is about two parallel universes of a monarchy and a democracy. Lee Min Ho will play Emperor Lee Gon, who tries to close the door between the two worlds, while Kim Go Eun will take on the role of detective Jung Tae Eul, who works with the emperor to protect people’s lives.

The first teaser clip features Lee Min Ho with his voiceover, “I am the emperor of the Korean Empire, and my name is Lee Gon.”

“The King: The Eternal Monarch” will premiere in the first half of 2020 as a Friday-Saturday drama on SBS.

source: soompi

Lee Min Ho - 'The King: Eternal Monarch' - Official 1st Teaser - 28.02.2020

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

International Survey Shows Who Comes To Mind When People Think Of Korea + Further Evaluation Of Country’s Image


Government agencies have shared the results of their survey of Koreans and foreigners about the country’s image, which revealed that Korea’s most representative figures around the world are President Moon Jae In and BTS.

On February 4, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliate the Korean Culture and Information Service released the results of their survey titled “2019 South Korean National Image.” The online survey gathered the opinions of 8,000 people from 16 countries (including South Korea) in July and August 2019, and it found that 76.7 percent of non-Koreans evaluated Korea’s overall image positively. Korean respondents showed a more than 10 percent increase in positive evaluations of their own country’s image (from 54.4 percent in 2018 to 64.8 percent in 2019).