Lee Jae-jin of boy band FT Island will return to the small screen with MBC every1’s upcoming drama “Four Types of Houses” (literal translation). The four-episode drama will tell the story of people accustomed to being alone. They end up sharing their feelings with one another and finding true love while living in a share house.Lee will play the male lead role of Sun-min, the owner of the share house who is an ex-idol group member.  Lee Jae-jin of FT Island (FNC Entertainment)Lee debuted as an ac

Comedian Kim Saeng-min, who has risen to popularity for his humorous penny-pinching habits, will attempt to scrape by on a shoestring-budget travel plan in “Salt Tour,” which begins airing on tvN Saturday. “It is actually my first reality show,” said Kim at a press conference for the show in Mapo-gu, Seoul on Thursday. 　The veteran television presenter who debuted in 1992 recently became popular for his advocacy of the frugal life. His KBS pilot program “Receipt,” where he analyzed and criticize

It has become uncertain whether the highly anticipated annual year-end awards ceremonies from two of Korea’s biggest TV networks, KBS and MBC, will take place, due to their respective long strikes. MBC, which recently ended a two-month strike, told The Korea Herald on Monday, “As the company is still under the normalization process, we are discussing whether to hold the year-end awards ceremonies.” The broadcaster, however, will still hold its traditional year-end music show “MBC Gayo Daejejeon”

Next up on cable channel JTBC is a bleak drama series that centers on three generations of a wealthy and powerful family.“Untouchable,” set to begin airing Friday, stars Jin Goo as Jang Joon-seo, a police detective seeking revenge on his wife’s murderer.After witnessing his father engaging in ruthless murder, Joon-seo comes to despise the immoral upper class and severs ties with his family. “He loses his wife and becomes lost in life. I’m working hard to express agony and conflict,” said Jin at

The popular financial self-help program “Kim Saeng-min’s Receipt” has been scheduled for regular programming twice a week beginning Sunday, KBS announced Tuesday. The show, originally a podcast hosted by comedian Kim Saeng-min, became popular after running on a trial basis of 15-minute episodes last month on KBS. Episodes of “Kim Saeng-min’s Receipt” will air every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Special episodes will air Wednesdays at 11 p.m. Song Eun-yi (left), Kim Sook and Kim Saeng-min star in KBS’ fin

TV personality Christian Burgos talks about Korean entertainment industry from foreigner‘s perspective

Night talk show “Get It Beauty” on cable channel OnStyle, which handles subjects related to beauty, discussed the prevalence of lookism in Korea. The four female hosts of the show all agreed with the statement, “Appearance can give the person a competitive edge.” They revealed episodes of where they were discriminated for their appearances. (Screenshot of OnStyle)Comedian Park Na-rae started, “I didn’t get invited to a party once. It turns out that those who were invited were all young and beaut

Suho of EXO will play the lead role in a remake of the 2012 Japanese drama “Rich Man, Poor Woman,” his agency S.M. Entertainment said Friday. It will mark the singer-actor’s return to the small screen in 10 months since he appeared on the MBC drama “The Universe’s Star” in January. Starring Shun Oguri and Satomi Ishihara, the original Japanese drama tells the love story of a young IT entrepreneur and a college girl who has trouble finding a job though she went to the prestigious Tokyo University

K-pop singer-turned-actor talks about filming ‘The Package’ in France

Top star couple Lee Min-ho and Suzy have broken up after being together for about three years.JYP Entertainment, which represents Suzy, confirmed a media report of their recent breakup. The agency, however, declined to reveal the details of the breakup citing privacy issues. Lee’s agency MYM Entertainment also confirmed the breakup.  (Herald DB)Suzy and Lee went public with their relationship in March 2015 after photos of the two spending time in London together surfaced. Rumors about a breakup

Public broadcaster MBC resumed airing variety programs Wednesday as a two-month strike came to an end.Unionized workers at the major terrestrial network decided to end the strike, which began in September, following the removal of MBC’s President Kim Jang-kyom on Tuesday.　The Foundation for Broadcast Culture, a majority stakeholder in MBC, passed a motion to dismiss Kim, citing overt political bias in programming.　Programming for most shows will return to normal this week at MBC, which aired rer

Singer BoA and actor Joo Won recently put an end to their romantic relationship, with their respective agencies, S.M. Entertainment and Huayi Brothers, confirming the reports Monday. The two had first met in 2015 through acquaintances and became close, as they had similar interests. During the latter half of 2016, BoA and Joo Won’s relationship turned into a romantic one. They publicly acknowledged they were dating in January 2017.  (Yonhap)BoA has kept herself busy juggling jobs as a singer and

The largest shareholder of the nation's second largest public broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation on Monday voted to fire the company president Kim Jang-kyom for his "politically biased" control of the company's news coverage.The Foundation for Broadcast Culture passed a motion on the dismissal of Kim through its eighth extraordinary board meeting in Seoul. Of six FBC board members present, five voted in favor of the motion with one abstention. MBC unionists rejoice at the news of Kim Ja

Eight years after CNBLUE began in Japan with live performances, the band’s four members have all parlayed into prominent individual careers away from the stage. Kang Min-hyuk, who played a lead role in MBC drama series “Hospital Ship” that just ended, said he wants to keep growing as an actor but his heart will always belong to that passionate band of youngsters that performed in the streets of Japan.“There are those who love us for our acting and those who love us for our music. At any rate, th

After a long hiatus in Korea, Singer-turned-actress Yoon Eun-hye will begin promotions for tvN’s variety show “Dear Pet, We Need to Talk,” according to the program staff.According to tvN Thursday, Yoon will feature in the cable channel’s program that shows the ordinary lives of celebrities with their pets, with a focus on how they communicate and bond with each other. The program will start featuring the actress from Nov. 15. Yoon Eun-hye (Herald DB)The program will mark Yoon’s first local varie