#kang han ui

[seamayweed]

In Defense of Lady Kang/Queen Sindeok (1/3)

As promised, here's the first part of my defense of Queen Sindeok, explaining her historical political situation + clearing up some common fandom misconceptions about her, which I don't blame anyone for since they originate from the show itself. I must admit that I have a bit of a soft spot for her since history generally tends to be unkind to women - this extends to modern media and MCTNA is no exception:

(more under the cut)

Before we start, I thought I'd give a small refresher on the Yi family constellation - crucial for setting up the conflict and crown prince issue - with the aid of this extremely useful graphic by bodashiri (excluding the daughters for simplicity's sake):

(From here: x)

As you can see, Yi Seong-gye (King Taejo of Joseon) had two wives:

His first wife Lady Han (Queen Sinui) gave birth to six sons: 1. Yi Bang-woo (Prince Jinan), 2. Yi Bang-gwa (Prince Youngan), 3. Yi Bang-ui (Prince Yikan), 4. Yi Bang-gan (Prince Hoean), 5. Yi Bang-won (Prince Jeongan) and 6. Yi Bang-yeon (Prince Deokan).

His second wife Lady Kang (Queen Sindeok) gave birth to two sons: 7. Yi Bang-beon (Prince Muan) and 8. Yi Bang-seok (Prince Uian),

meaning that Seong-gye had eight sons overall.

With that out of the way, let's get started!!!

1. Queen Sindeok was NOT a concubine

(From here: x)

She is referred to as Yi Seong-gye/King Taejo's capital/Seoul wife in the show too:

However, every time Bang-won calls her a concubine and her children illegitimate there is never any pushback or correction by anyone, not even when he calls her younger son Bang-seok/Prince Uian a ‘seoja’ (illegitimate child born to a commoner concubine or royal concubine) in front of Seon-ho:

You'd think Seon-ho would defend Bang-seok by correcting Bang-won... but nope. Nada.

Not even Queen Sindeok (!!!) is allowed to defend herself and her children when they get accused of the same:

Like, what is this madness!!!

Anyone who doesn't know about Korean history would never even SUSPECT that this isn’t actually true, and that Queen Sindeok is in fact a legitimate second wife and queen. By giving no pushback to the (false) claims of illegitimacy, the show seems to implicitly support Bang-won’s narrative of her being a lying, conniving, greedy bitch who wants to push her child on the throne despite having no right to it whatsoever as a concubine and bastard respectively.

Queen Sindeok's tragedy, the one that MCTNA fails to portray, is not that she was a concubine who tried to rise above her station (because she was not); it's that, due to the transition from Goryeo to Joseon, she found herself caught between two conflicting sets of laws:

(From Tombstones without a Tomb by Hildi Kang)

A queen while alive, and unjustly demoted to a concubine in death by Bang-won/King Taejong who used these legal changes and the new Confucian ruling to his advantage, her status was a matter of contention for scholars and kings alike for almost 300 years, until finally, in 1669, the scholar Song Si-yeol managed to amass enough people and put enough pressure on King Hyeonjong to make him give in to their demands and restore Queen Sindeok to her rightful status and honor as queen.

+ Bonus:

(From Tombstones without a Tomb by Hildi Kang)

Turns out that according to the new Confucian ruling, Bang-won himself should have been considered illegitimate too!! Surprise!!!

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NAKU 🫵

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Ji ji fu ji ji

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百家姓在全球各个华语地区的拼音

中文 中國大陸 台灣 香港 澳門 新加坡 馬來西亞 越南 韩国

1 赵 Zhao Chao Chiu Chio Chow Teoh/ Chew/ Tiew Trieu Jo/Cho

2 钱 Qian Chien Chin Chin Zee Chien/Chen Tien Joen/Chun

3 孙 Sun Sun Suen Sun Soon Soon/Sun/Shun/Song Ton Son

4 李 Li Li / Lee Li / Lee Lei Lee Lee/Li Ly Lee / Rhee/ Yi

5 周 Zhou Chou Chow / Chau Chao Chew Chew / Cheu / Chou / Chow / Chiew Chu Ju/Chu

6 吴 Wu Wu Ng Ng Goh Ng / Goh / Ngo/ Ngu Ngo Oh

7 郑 Zheng Cheng Cheng Cheang Tay Ching / Tang / Tey / Tay / Tee / Teh / Cheng / Chin / Chang / Chung / Chiang Trinh

8 王 Wang Wang Wong Vong / Wong Ong / Wong Ong / Ng / Wong / Wang / Bong / Heng Vuong Wang

9 冯 Feng Feng Fung Fong Foong/Fung/Fong Phung Pung

10 陈 Chen Chen Chan Chan Tan / Chan / Ting Chan / Chin / Chen / Tan / Tang / Ting / Sin Tran Jin/Chin

11 褚 Chu Chu Chu Chu Too/Toh

12 卫 Wei Wei Wai Wai Wee/Wei Vi Ui/Oui

13 蒋 Jiang Chiang Cheung Cheong Chiang/Cheong/Chiong Tuong Jang/Chang

14 沈 Shen Shen Shum / Sum Sam Sim Sim/Shim/Shun/Shum Sim

15 韩 Han Han Hon Hon Hon/Hong Han Han

16 杨 Yang Yang Yeung Ieong Yeo / Yong Yong / Yeo / Yeoh / Eow / Yeong / Yew Duong Yang

17 朱 Zhu Chu Chu Chu Choo Chu/Choo/Jee/Jeh Chau Chu/ Joo

18 秦 Qin Chin Chun Chin/Ch'ng Tan Jin/Chin

19 尤 You Yu Yau Iao Yew/You Vuu

20 许 Xu Hsu Hui Hoi Hee / Koh Khu / Khoo / Khor / Khow / Hoo / Hooi / Khaw / Hii Hu Heo/Huh

21 何 He Ho Ho Ho Hoh Ho/Hoh/Hor Ha Ha

22 吕 Lu Lu Lui Loi Loh/Lei/Lui/Lee La/Lu Yeo/Ryeo

23 施 Shi Shih Sze Si See/Sii/Sih

24 张 Zhang Chang Cheung Cheong Cheong Cheong / Chong / Teo / Chang / Teoh / Tiong Truong Jang/Chang

25 孔 Kong Kung Hung Hong Kong/Khong/Kung Khong Gong/Kong

26 曹 Cao Tsao Cho / Tso Chou Cheng/Choo/Cho/Chu/Chao Tao Cho/Jo

27 严 Yan Yen Yim Im Yam/Ngim Nghiem Im

28 华 Hua Hua Wa / Wah Wa Hoa Wha/Wah/Wa

29 金 Jin Chin Kam Kam Kim/King Kim Kim

30 魏 Wei Wei Ngai Ngai Ngui/Gui/Woi Nguy Ui/Oui

31 陶 Tao Tao To Tou Tho/To/Too/Toh Dao Do/To

32 姜 Jiang Chiang Keung Keong Khiang/Kiang Giang Kang/Gang

33 戚 Qi Chi Chik Chek Cheok

34 谢 Xie Hsieh Tse Che Cheah / Tay / Chia Cheah / Chiah / Chia / Seah / Sia / See Ta Sa

35 邹 Zou Tsou Chau / Chow Chao Chew/Chou/Chu

36 喻 Yu Yu Yu U Yu/Yho/Yuh You/Yu

37 柏 Bai Pai Pak Pak

38 水 Shui Shui Sui Soi Shu/Tshui

39 窦 Dou Tou Tau Tao

40 章 Zhang Chang Cheung Cheong Cheong/Chong/Teo/Tiong/Tong

[编辑] 百家姓41-80

中文 中國大陸 台灣 香港 澳門 新加坡 馬來西亞 越南 韩国

41 云 Yun Yun Wan Wan Woon/Wun/Yun/Yung

42 苏 Su Su So Sou Soh Soh / Saw / Soo To

43 潘 Pan Pan Poon / Pun Pun Phua Phua / Pan / Pang / Phang Phan Ban

44 葛 Ge Ko Kot Gal

45 奚 Xi Hsi Hai Kai Hae

46 范 Fan Fan Fan Fan Fung / Fam / Fang / Hwang Pham Bum

47 彭 Peng Peng Pang Pang Pang Peng/Pang/Phang Paeng

48 郎 Lang Lang Long Long Lang

49 鲁 Lu Lu Lo Lou Loo Loo/Loh/Lu Noh

50 韦 Wei Wei Wai Wai Wai/Wei/Vei Vi

51 昌 Chang Chang Cheung Cheong Cheong/Chang/Cang Xuong

52 马 Ma Ma Ma Ma Beh / Mah / Mha / Ma Ma Ma

53 苗 Miao Miao Miu Mio

54 凤 Feng Feng Fung Fong Fong

55 花 Hua Hua Fa Fa Faa/Fah/Fha Hoa

56 方 Fang Fang Fong Fong Pung / Fang / Fong / Phun / Huong Phuong Bang

57 俞 Yu Yu Yu U Je / Yii You/Yu

58 任 Ren Jen Yam Iam Yam/Ngam/Yim/Ngieng/Ngiam Nham Rim/Yim

59 袁 Yuan Yuan Yuen Un / Iun Yuan / Yuen / Ngen Vien Won

60 柳 Liu Liu Lau Lao Liew/Liu/Lew Lieu You/Yu/Ryu

61 酆 Feng Feng Fung Fong

62 鮑 Bao Pao Pau Pao

63 史 Shi Shih Sze Si Sa

64 唐 Tang Tang Tong Tong Thang / Thong / Tang / Tong / Thong Duong

65 費讀「秘」 Pei Pei Pei Pai

66 廉 Lian Lien Lim Lim

67 岑 Cen Tsen Sum / Shum Sam Sim

68 薛 Xue Hsueh Sit Sit Sik / Sit / Silk Seol/Sul

69 雷 Lei Lei Lui Loi Lui / Looi / Lewe / Lei

70 賀 He Ho Ho Ho Hor/Hoo

71 倪 Ni Ni Ngai Ngai Geh / Nga / Ngam

72 湯 Tang Tang Tong Tong Thong / Tang / Thang

73 滕 Teng Teng Tang Tang Thang

74 殷 Yin Yin Yan Ian Yam / Ngam

75 罗 Luo Lo Law / Lo Lo Lo / Lau / Low / Loh La Rah/Na

76 毕 Bi Pi But Pat Tat

77 郝 Hao Hao Kok

78 邬 Wu Wu Wu Vu / Wu Woo / Voo / Woh / Wu / Vu O

79 安 An An On On An An / Ahn

80 常 Chang Chang Sheung Seong

[编辑] 百家姓81-120

中文 中國大陸 台灣 香港 澳門 新加坡 馬來西亞 越南 韩国

81 乐 讀「洛」或「惡」 Yue Yueh Lok/ Ok Lok/ Ok

82 于 Yu Yu Yu U

83 时 Shi Shih See / Sze Si

84 傅 Fu Fu Foo Fu Fu/Foo/Foh

85 皮 Pi Pi Pei Pei

86 卞 Bian Pien Pin Pin Byun

87 齐 Qi Chi Chai Chai

88 康 Kang Kang Hong Hong Gang/Kang

89 伍 Wu Wu Ng Ng Ng Ng/Ngo/Ngoh/Wu/Wuh/Woo

90 余 Yu Yu Yu U Yee/Tsia/Tse

91 元 Yuan Yuan Yuen Un / Iun

92 卜 Bu Pu Puk Pok/Puu

93 顾 Gu Ku Koo Ku Koe

94 孟 Meng Meng Mang Mang Mang/Meng Maeng

95 平 Ping Ping Ping Peng

96 黄 Huang Huang Wong Vong / Wong Bong / Boong / Ng / Ong / Ooi / Wong / Wee Hwang

97 和 He Ho Wo Vo Hoo/Woh/Woo/Wo Hwa

98 穆 Mu Mu Muk

99 萧 Xiao Hsiao Shiu / Siu Sio Seow/Siew/Siau/Siaw/Sew/Siu/Seu

100 尹 Yin Yin Wan Wan Yoon

101 姚 Yao Yao Yiu Io Yeo Yeo / Yeoh / Yew / Yow

102 邵 Shao Shao Siu / Shiu Sio Shaw Shao/Shaw/Sao/Shau

103 湛 Zhan Chan Cham

104 汪 Wang Wang Wong Vong / Wong Wang/Wong/Vang

105 祁 Qi Chi Kei

106 毛 Mao Mao Mo Mou Bo / Boo / Moh / Moo Mo

107 禹 Yu Yu Yu U

108 狄 Di Ti Tik / Dick Tek

109 米 Mi Mi Mai Mai

110 贝 Bei Pei Pui Pui

111 明 Ming Ming Ming Meng Myeong /Myung

112 臧 Zang Tsang Chong

113 计 Ji Chi Kai Kai

114 伏 Fu Fu Fuk Fok

115 成 Cheng Cheng Shing / Sing Seng Sang/Shang//Tshan/Tshang Sung/ Seong

116 戴 Dai Tai Tai Tai Tai/Thai/Dai/Dhai

117 谈 Tan Tan Tam Tam

118 宋 Song Sung Sung Song Song Shong/Song/Sung Song

119 茅 Mao Mao Mau Mao

120 庞 Pang Pang Pong Pong Phong/Pong/Pang

[womanscream]

South Korean writer Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Han, 53, is the first Asian woman to receive this prestigious award and the third writer from South Korea to do so.

The academy praised Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

——

Pitch-Black House of Light

That day in Ui-dong

sleet fell

and my body, companion to my soul

shivered with each falling tear.

Get on your way.

Are you hesitating?

What are you dreaming, hovering like that?

Two-storey houses lit like flowers,

beneath them I learned agony

and towards a land of joy as yet untouched

foolishly reached out a hand.

Get on your way.

What are you dreaming? Keep walking.

Towards memories forming on a streetlamp, I walked.

There I looked up and inside the lightshade

was a pitch-black house. Pitch-black

house of light

The sky was dark and in that darkness

resident birds

flew up casting off the weight of their bodies.

How many times would I have to die to fly like that?

Nobody could hold my hand.

What dream is so lovely?

What memory

shines so brightly?

Sleet, like the tips of mother’s fingers,

raking through my dishevelled eyebrows

striking frozen cheeks and again

stroking that same spot,

Hurry up and get on your way.

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[mochacake2016]

Sweet Home & Cha Hyun Su

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: cha hyun su

Least Favorite character: the pedo guy, kang seug-wan, jae-hwan

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): jisu x jae-heon, yu-ri x sang-wook, eun yu x hyun-su, ( non canon): kang seok-chan x sergeant Kim yeong-hu, cha hyun su x ui myeong

Character I find most attractive: sang wook in s1 with that hairstyle and shirt 😳 , also hyun su in s3 and lee eunhyuk in s1

Character I would marry: Character hyun su or samg wook

Character I would be best friends with: yu-ri

A random thought: yi kyung's daughter has the coolest powers

An unpopular opinion: yi kyung daughter suffered a lot growing up and she deserved a better mother , hyun su did tue best he could but raising a child in an apocalyptic world is hard. Also most of the times she used her powers were to defend herself and the people had it coming.

My canon OTP: cha hyun su x eun yu ( unless s3 ruins it)

Non-canon OTP: ui myeong x cha hyun su in s1.

Most badass character: sang wook or yi kyung

Pairing I am not a fan of: ji-su x cha hyun-su ( sorry I see them as siblings in the show)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): yi kyung I guess??? I really dont know.

Favourite friendship: eun yu and ji su, and cha hyun su with han du-sik

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you

How I feel about this character: he is a cute cibammon bun that did not deserved to be bullied then used as a puppet. He suffered so much and cried so many tears. Writers please give him a happy ending in s3

All the people I ship romantically with this character: lee eun-yu and ui myeong/nam sang won ( this one is for shits and giggles lol)

My non-romantic OTP for this character: hyun su and lee eunhyuk I guess

 My unpopular opinion about this character: cha hyun su could have been a villain and I wouldn't blame him for it. After all the shit he went through, it's understandable

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Have more than one scene where he is happy lol. Especially more scenes with the little girl that he raised, I need more daddy hyun su scenes in s3

My OTP: cha hyun su and lee eun yu

My OT3: friendship wise: cha hyun su and eun yu and eunhyuk

[sabasports]

Nhan dinh bong da Trung Quoc vs Han Quoc ngay 21/11

Ngày 21/11 sẽ diễn ra trận đấu hấp dẫn giữa 2 đội bóng Trung Quốc vs Hàn Quốc thuộc khuôn khổ vòng loại World Cup 2026 khu vực châu Á. Cùng đi nhận định bóng đá và dự đoán tỉ số bóng đá qua bài viết dưới đây nhé.

Trung Quốc đã có chiến thắng nghẹt thở 2-1 trước Thái Lan, tuy nhiên, họ sẽ đối diện với một thách thức lớn khi tiếp đón đội tuyển Hàn Quốc. Với sự vượt trội về đẳng cấp, Hàn Quốc có thể kiểm soát trận đấu. Mặc dù Trung Quốc có lợi thế sân nhà, nhưng khả năng giành kết quả tích cực trước "người hàng xóm" là thách thức lớn.

Hàn Quốc bắt đầu không dễ dàng trước Singapore, nhưng sau đó đã dễ dàng giành thắng lợi. Mặc dù Son Heung Min gặp chấn thương nhưng tiếp tục thi đấu ổn định. Với dàn sao hùng hậu, Hàn Quốc hứa hẹn sẽ tiếp tục thể hiện phong độ ấn tượng. Lịch sử gần đây cho thấy Hàn Quốc thường áp đảo Trung Quốc, việc giữ sạch lưới của Hàn Quốc là một khả năng lớn khi hàng công Trung Quốc cũng chưa thực sự ấn tượng.

Trận đấu giữa hai đội có thể tiếp tục thấy sự chênh lệch về đẳng cấp, và khả năng cao Hàn Quốc sẽ tiếp tục duy trì thành tích không thủng lưới khi gặp Trung Quốc. Điều này có thể khiến cho việc Trung Quốc ghi bàn trở nên khó khăn, đặc biệt trước hàng phòng ngự mạnh mẽ của đối thủ."

Đội hình dự kiến Trung Quốc vs Hàn Quốc

Trung Quốc: Yan Junling, Li Lei, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, He Yupeng, Li Ke, Wang Qiuming, Wang Shangyuan, Tan Long, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao.

Hàn Quốc: Kim Seung Gyu; Kim Jin Soo, Jung Seong Hyun, Kim Jin Su, Seol Young Woo, Hwang In Beom, Lee Soon Min, Son Heung Min, Lee Kang In, Hwang Hee Chan, Hwang Ui Jo.

….

Chi tiết xem tại: https://www.sabavn.com/nhan-dinh-bong-da-trung-quoc-vs-han-quoc-19h00-ngay-21-11-tham-bai-ngay-san-nha-244672.html

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Soi kèo nhận định Hàn Quốc vs Chile, 18h00 ngày 06/06/

Soi kèo nhận định Hàn Quốc vs Chile, 18h00 ngày 06/06/

Trận giao hữu giữa Hàn Quốc vs Chile là một trận đấu phù hợp để hai đội tuyển kiểm chứng sức mạnh của mình. Hàn Quốc bị đánh giá thấp hơn so với đối thủ một chút, nhưng họ đang có cho mình một trong những tiền đạo cánh đáng sợ nhất thế giới lúc này.

Soi kèo Hàn Quốc vs Chile

Soi kèo nhận định Bragantino vs Internacional, 05h00 ngày 06/06/2022

Soi kèo nhận định Nhật Bản vs Brazil, 17h20 ngày 06/06/2022

Soi kèo nhận định Hoa Kỳ vs Uruguay, 04h00 ngày 06/06/2022

Hàn Quốc đang có được cho mình vị trí thứ 29 trên bảng xếp hạng môn bóng đá nam của FIFA. Trong khi đó Chile đang là đội đứng thứ 28 trên bảng xếp hạng này. Khoảng cách không quá lớn khiến chúng ta đánh giá được cuộc so tài tới sẽ diễn ra vô cùng hấp dẫn.

Trong 5 trận đấu gần nhất, Hàn Quốc có được 4 lần dành chiến thắng và 1 trận bị thua duy nhất. Trận đấu mới nhất của mình, Hàn Quốc thất bại với tỷ số 0-1 trước UAE. Thực tế đây cũng không phải một trận thua quá quan trọng khi thời điểm đó Son và các đồng đội đã có cho mình tấm vé tới World Cup.

Đội hình Hàn Quốc có được nhiều cái tên chất lượng như Hwang Hee-chan, Hwang Ui-jo hay Lee Kang-in. Nhưng cái tên được chú ý nhiều nhất thì không phải ai khác ngoài Son Heung-min.

Màn trình diễn 10 điểm của cầu thủ này tại Premier League khiến người hâm mộ càng thêm kỳ vọng vào việc anh sẽ tỏa sáng cùng đội tuyển quốc gia Hàn Quốc gặt hái được những kết quả tốt.

Son trong giai đoạn vòng loại World Cup vừa qua có được 7 pha lập công, xếp sau anh là Shin Wook Kim với 6 bàn thắng.

Soi kèo Hàn Quốc vs Chile

Tuy vậy, đối thủ của Hàn Quốc trong trận đấu sắp tới được xem là có mạnh mẽ không kém gì họ. Không chỉ có vậy, Chile còn có được lợi thế về mặt thể hình, thể lực.

Nhưng Chile trong 5 trận đấu gần nhất của mình đã có được 2 chiến thắng và 3 lần bị thua. Trận đấu mới nhất của đội tuyển này là trận thua với tỷ số 0-2 trước Uruguay.

Đội hình Chile hiện tại có một số cầu thủ nổi bật như Vidal, Alexis Sanchez, Claudio Bravo.. nhưng những ngôi sao này hầu hết đều đã có tuổi và khó để duy trì một phong độ đỉnh cao trong nhiều năm. 

Alexis Sanchez cũng là cầu thủ có nhiều bàn thắng nhất trong giai đoạn vòng loại World Cup vừa qua cho Chile với 5 tình huống lập công.

Lần gần nhất cả hai đụng độ, cả hai đã chấp nhận một tỷ số hòa với không một bàn thắng nào được ghi.

Nhận định kèo châu Á Hàn Quốc vs Chile: Chile -0.25

Chile không phải một đội tuyển quá mạnh, nhưng họ vẫn có nhiều điểm vượt trội so với Hàn Quốc, chẳng hạn như về thể lực. Nhưng phong độ của Hàn Quốc cũng được xem là khá ấn tượng trong những vòng đấu gần đây.

Lựa chọn Chile trận này.

Soi kèo tài xỉu Hàn Quốc vs Chile: Chọn xỉu 2.5

Trong 3 trận gần nhất của mình, Hàn Quốc có được 4 bàn thắng. Trong khi đó Chile trong 3 trận gần nhất của mình có được 3 bàn thắng.

Lựa chọn xỉu bàn thắng trận này.

Dự đoán tỷ số: Hàn Quốc 0 – 1 Chile

Nhận định Hàn Quốc vs Chile

2/3 trận đã qua của Hàn Quốc trong hiệp 1 không có bàn thắng nào được ghi.

2/3 trận đã qua của Chile trong hiệp 1 có ít nhất một bàn thắng được ghi.

Hai trận đấu gần nhất giữa hai đội chỉ có 1 bàn thắng được ghi.

Hai đội được hưởng trung bình 5-6 quả góc/trận.

Hai đội phải nhận trung bình 1-2 thẻ vàng/trận.

Đội hình xuất phát dự kiến hai đội:

Hàn Quốc: Kim Seung-Gyu; Kim Young-Gwon, Won Du-jae, Park Min-gyu, Kim Jin-Su; Kwon Chang-Hoon, Hwang Ui-jo, Kim Jin-Gyu; Cho Gue-Sung, Song Min-Kyu, Son Heung-min

Chile: Sebastian Perez, Enzo Roco, Gary Medel, Benjamin Kuscevic; Mauricio Isla, Claudio Baeza, Arturo Vidal, Charles Aranguiz, Gabriel Suazo; Eduardo Vargas, Alexis Sanchez.

Nguồn: https://soikeoclub.net/soi-keo-nhan-dinh-han-quoc-vs-chile-18h00-ngay-06-06-2022/

[woxihuandramas]

This banter would make a good bed time story for your future kids lol

[gear-project]

Korean Reload / Strive Comparison

Guilty Gear Korean Reload / Strive Comparison

Sol Badguy: Lee Jung Goo / Han Choi

Zato=1 / Eddie: Pyo Young Je / Sang-hyun Um

Millia Rage: Kook Seung Youn / Hye-won Jung

Potemkin: Young-jun Si (Reprised)

Chipp Zanuff: Kang Soo Jin / Hyesung Kim

Anji Mito: Kim Jang / Joo-won Jeong

Axl Low: Oh In Sung / Beomsik Shin

Ky Kiske: An Jong Duck / Myungjun Kim

I-No: Kang Hi Sun / Yunmi Yeo

May: Lee Ji Young / Haru Kim

Faust: Lee In Sung / Bum-ki Hong

Testament: Shin Hae Chul / Jo Hyun-Jung

Baiken: Jung Sun Hye / Bona Kim

Bridget: Yu Min Jung / ???

Dizzy: Yang Jung Hwa / ???

Justice: Lee Joo Chang / ???

Kliff Undersn: Choi Suk Phil / ???

Kuradoberi Jam: Lee Dong Eun / ???

Slayer: Kang Goo Han / ???

Asuka R. Kreutz Youngsun Kim

Venom: Choi Han / ???

Zappa: An Jang Hyuk / ???

Ramlethal Valentine: Harim Song

Lucifero: Hyomin Ahn

Leo Whitefang: Yongsik Yoon

Nagoriyuki: Chaeheon Im

Giovanna: Myungho Lee

Goldlewis Dickinson: Jang-won Lee

Happy Chaos: Yohan Park

Vernon: Jeonghoon Kim

Jack-O' Valentine: Ah-yeong Yoon

Daryl: Shinwoo Kim

Erica Bartholomew: Yuri Yi

Aria: Da-seul Lee

Ariels: Doyeong Kim

Gabriel: Seunghan Sim

Sin Kiske: Doh-hyeong Nam

Delilah: Eun-Jo Lee

April: Sae-ah Lee

Phalanx: Changwook Kwon

Reporter: Ui-han Jung

[joseondemonslayerau]

Full Name: Do Min-Gyu (Real name: Kang Ui-Yoong)

Species: Human

Age: 21~23

Affiliation: Demon Slayers

Birthplace: Hwanghedo Shinju

Family: Kang Ok-Ja (older sister; deceased)

Born from Kang Family with real name Ui-Yoong, he lost his parents at very young age he lived with his older sister Ok-Ja who practically raised him. But at the day before her wedding, the demon attack took place in Shinju as Ok-Ja hid him away where he can escape as she was killed by the demon. No one believed his words when he asked for help and after his older sister’s funeral, his relatives tried to take him away but able to escape Shinju, using everything he have to reach to Jeollanamdo where he met his mentor Han-Ji and befriended another apprentice “Hwa-Do”, getting new name as well, until another tragedy at final selection where his friend was killed by demon who was obsessed with killing Han-Ji’s apprentices.

Informed of another attack at Mt. BongHak, he found the family dead in the house and discovered Gi-Cheol who was protected by AengDu as she has become a demon, yet still possess a heart and memory as human. Min-Gyu decided to send the two to his mentor and since then, he have turned a blind eye at every mission Gi-Cheol goes with his sister hidden inside the box. He is often misunderstood as “cold and arrogant”, but it was most likely due to his lack of proper communication with people and is always roasted by EunJu, getting into occasional arguments with Cheol-Mi. Also among the characters, Min-Gyu is the only leaders of Demon Slayers who always break 4th walls naturally by looking at the audiences/watchers without a word and sometimes silently ask the “picture box” to cut to next scene.

[goalhofer]

2020 Olympics South Korea Roster

Archery

Je-Deok Kim (Gyeongbuk)

Woojin Kim (Iwon)

Jin-Hyek Oh (Incheon)

San Ahn (Pyeongchang)

Min-Hee Jang (Seoul)

Chae-Young Kang (Gwangju)

Athletics

Wilson Erupe (Lodwar, Kenya)

Jong-Seop Sim (Seoul)

Byeong-Gwang Choi (Hwaseong)

Sang-Hyeok Woo (Seoul)

Min-Sub Jin (Busan)

Seulgi An (Seoul)

Kyung-Sun Choi (Seoul)

Badminton

Kwang-Hee Heo (Seoul)

Sol-Gyu Choi (Seoul)

Seung-Jae Seo (Buan)

Se-Young An (Gwangju)

Ga-Eun Kim (Gyeonggi-Do)

So-Yeong Kim (Incheon)

Hee-Yong Kong (Jincheon)

So-Hee Lee (Ulsan)

Seung-Chan Shin (Gochang-Gun)

Yoo-Jung Chae (Suwon)

Baseball

Won-Joon Choi (Seoul)

Woo-Suk Ko (Ganghwa-Gun)

Min-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Eui-Lee Lee (Gwangju)

Tae-In Won (Daegu)

Woo-Chan Cha (Gunsan)

Sang-Woo Cho (Uijeongbu)

Seung-Hwan Oh (Jeongeup)

Young-Pyo Ko (Gwangju)

Se-Woong Park (Daegu)

Jin-Uk Kim (Suwon)

Min-Ho Kang (Pohang)

Eui-Ji Yang (Gwangju)

Joo-Hwan Choi (Gwangju)

Kyoung-Min Hur (Gwangju)

Jae-Gyun Hwang (Seoul)

Baek-Ho Kang (Incheon)

Hye-Seong Kim (Seoul)

Jae-Il Oh (Guri)

Ji-Hwan Oh (Gunsan)

Hyun-Soo Kim (Seoul)

Jung-Hoo Lee (Gwangju)

Hae-Min Park (Seoul)

Kun-Woo Park (Seoul)

Basketball

Ji-Hyeon Sin (Seoul)

Lee-Seul Kang (Sacheon)

Ye-Bin Yoon (Boryeong)

Hye-Ji Ahn (Busan)

Hye-Jin Park (Busan)

Ji-Hyun Park (Seongnam)

Dan-Bi Kim (Bupyeong-Gu)

Hye-Yoon Bae (Seoul)

Jung-Eun Kim (Cheonan)

Min-Jeong Kim (Seoul)

Ji-Su Park (Seongnam)

Han-Byul Kim (Sacheon)

Boxing

Aeji Im (Hwasun-Gun)

Yeon-Ji Oh (Incheon)

Cycling

Ah-Reum Na (Naju)

Hye-Jin Lee (Geonggi)

Diving

Yeong-Nam Kim (Seoul)

Yeong-Taek Kim (Seoul)

Ha-Ram Woo (Busan)

Halim Kwon (Seoul)

Su-Ji Kim (Seoul)

Equestrian

Dong-Seon Kim (Seoul)

Fencing

Young-Jim Kweon (Iksan)

Segeon Ma (Seoul)

Sang-Young Park (Jinju)

Kwanghyun Lee (Seoul)

Bon-Gil Gu (Daegu)

Jung-Hwan Kim (Seoul)

Sang-Uk Oh (Daejeon)

Se-Ra Song (Seoul)

In-Jeong Choi (Geumsan)

Young-Mi Ko (Gwangju)

Hee-Sook Jeon (Seoul)

Soo-Yeon Choi (Ansan)

Ji-Yeon Kim (Busan)

Ji-Su Yoon (Busan)

Soccer

Bum-Keun Song (Seongnam)

You-Hyeon Lee (Gwangyang)

Jae-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Ji-Soo Park (Myungyeong)

Tae-Wook Jeong (Jeju)

Seung-Won Jeong (Jeonju)

Chang-Hoon Kwan (Seoul)

Kang-In Lee (Incheon)

Min-Kyu Song (Chungju)

Dong-Gyeong Lee (Seoul)

Dong-Jun Lee (Busan)

Young-Woo Seol (Ulsan)

Jin-Ya Kim (Daegun)

Dong-Hyun Kim (Seoul)

Du-Jae Won (Seoul)

Ui-Jo Hwang (Seongnam)

Won-Sang Um (Gwangju)

Joon-Soo Ahn (Uijeongbu)

Yoon-Sung Kang (Daegu)

Sang-Min Lee (Busan)

Changi An (Seoul)

Jin-Kyu Kim (Pohang)

Golf

Sung-Jae Im (Jeju Seom)

Si-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Jin-Young Ko (Seoul)

Park Inbee (Seoul)

Sei-Young Kim (Seoul)

Hyo-Joo Kim (Seoul)

Gymnastics

Jun-Ho Lee (Seoul)

Han-Sol Kim (Seoul)

Sung-Hyun Ryu (Seoul)

Hak-Seon Yang (Gwangju)

Jae-Hwan Shin (Jecheon)

Yun-Seo Lee (Seoul)

Seo-Jeong Yeo (Yongin-Si)

Handball

Yu-Ra Yung (Seoul)

Jun-Hui Jeong (Tongyeong)

Yun-Ji Kim (Seoul)

Kyun-Ming Kang (Seoul)

Hui Ju (Seoul)

Seon-Pil Won (Jeongseon)

Eun-Hee Ryu (Incheon)

Su-Min Choi (Seoul)

Hae-In Sim (Seoul)

Eun-Hye Kang (Seoul)

Ha-Rang Jo (Gwangju)

Mi-Gyeong Lee (Seoul)

Jin-Yi Kim (Taebaek)

Ji-In Jung (Busan)

Karate

Heejun Park (Busan)

Judo

Won-Jin Kim (Seoul)

Baul An (Anyang)

Shōrin An (Seoul)

Dong-Han Gwak (Pohang)

Gu-Ham Jo (Gangwon)

Min-Jong Kim (Seoul)

Yu-Jeong Kang (Yeosu)

Da-Sol Park (Seoul)

Ji-Su Kim (Seoul)

Hee-Ju Han (Seoul)

Seong-Yeon Kim (Gwangju)

Hyun-Ji Yoon (Seoul)

Mi-Jin Han (Seoul)

Pentathlon

Ung-Tae Jeon (Seoul)

Jin-Hwa Jun (Ulsan)

Se-Hee Kim (Seoul)

Sun-Woo Kim (Gyeonggi)

Rowing

Hye-Jung Jung (Seoul)

Rugby

Chang Yong (Seoul)

Jeong-Min Jang (Seoul)

Yon-Sik Jeong (Incheon)

Hyun Kim (Seoul)

Kun-Kyu Han (Seoul)

Nam Kim (Seoul)

Seong Lee (Seoul)

Won Park (Seoul)

Jin Lee (Seoul)

Andre Coquillard (Seoul)

Seong-Min Jang (Seoul)

Seong Choi (Seoul)

Gwong-Min Kim (Seoul)

Shooting

Dae-Yoon Han (Seoul)

Mo-Se Kim (Seoul)

Sang-Do Kim (Seoul)

Jong-Jun Lee (Seoul)

Jong-Oh Jin (Chuncheon)

Tae-Yun Nam (Seoul)

Jong-Ho Song (Seoul)

Eun-Young Cho (Seoul)

Ga-Eun Choo (Seoul)

Eun-Ji Kwon (Seoul)

Hee-Moon Park (Seoul)

Bo-Mi Kim (Seoul)

Min-Ji Kim (Ansan)

Min-Jung Kim (Seoul)

Climbing

Jongwon Chon (Seoul)

Chae-Hyun Seo (Seoul)

Swimming

Sungjae Cho (Seoul)

Seungwoo Moon (Seoul)

Yoo-Yeon Lee (Seoul)

Woo-Min Kim (Seoul)

Sun-Woo Hwang (Suwon)

Ju-Ho Lee (Asan)

Ho-Joon Lee (Gwangju)

Eunji Lee (Seoul)

Hyun-Young Jung (Seoul)

Da-Kyung Han (Gwangju)

Seo-Yeong Kim (Gyeonggi-Do)

Se-Hyeon An (Seoul)

Table Tennis

Woo-Jin Jang (Daejeon)

Young-Sik Jeoung (Seoul)

Sangsu Lee (Busan)

Ji-Hui Jeon (Seoul)

Yubin Shin (Seoul)

Hyo-Ju Choi (Busan)

Taekwondo

Jun Jang (Seoul)

Dae-Hoon Lee (Seoul)

Kyo-Don In (Incheon)

Jae-Young Sim (Seoul)

Ah-Reum Lee (Seoul)

Da-Bin Lee (Incheon)

Tennis

Soon-Woo Kwon (Sangju)

Volleyball

Eun-Jin Park (Seoul)

So-Young Lee (Asan)

Hye-Seon Yeom (Mokpo)

Hui-Jin Kim (Busan)

Hye-Jin An (Seoul)

Ji-Young Oh (Daegu)

Yeon-Gyeong Kim (Ansan)

Su-Ji Kim (Ansan)

Jeong-Ah Park (Seoul)

Hyo-Jin Yang (Busan)

Ji-Yun Jeong (Seoul)

Seung-Ju Pyo (Ulsan)

Weightlifting

Meong-Mok Han (Changwon)

Dong-Ju Yu (Jinan-Gun)

Yun-Seong Jin (Goyang)

Eunji Ham (Wonju)

Seon-Mi Lee (Gyeongsan)

Su-Hyeon Kim (Seoul)

Yeoun-Hee Kang (Seoul)

Wrestling

Han-Su Ryu (Busan)

Min-Seok Kim (Busan)

[thekpopgossip]

K-Pop Scandals 2019

This year was brutal for YG Entertainment, the Seungri/Burning Sun scandal + their idols drug scandals, and YG’s prostitution + tax evasion + illegal gambling scandals displayed one of the biggest downfalls in k-pop history. There were also a lot of male idols getting exposed for their shady shenanigans and having to leave their groups, plus Mnet being exposed for their scam reality shows. Some dating news and a lot of idols going on hiatus due anxiety. Here’s my annual list of the most important k-pop scandals of 2019.

Kai & Jennie “New Year’s couple, separated after a month” Kang Sung Hoon “Left YGE and Sechskies” EXO Baekhyun “Called out sasaengs for selling his private information online” B2ST and BTOB “Ministry of Education canceled members University degrees” Burning Sun/Seungri “Assault and drug/rape allegations, embezzlement at his club, snuff films, police coverup/corruption etc.” WASSUP “Disbandment” 9MUSES “Disbandment” BAP “Disbandment” iKON’s Yunhyeong & MOMOLAND’s Daisy “Dating Scandal” SOPA Scandal “School forced students to perform and pocketed their money” Shannon “Left MBK Entertainment” Jung Joon Young “Shared hidden camera footage of sexual acts with unconscious women in group chats” F.T. Island Choi Jong Hoon “Shared hidden cam videos with JJY, bribed police for past DUI that was covered up, left group” BigBang Seungri and Highlight Yong Junhyung “Admitted seeing/sharing JJY’s hidden cam videos, left groups” CNBLUE Lee Jonghyun, Roy Kim, Eddy Kim and others “Part of the hidden camera group chats" Girl’s Day “Members left agency, group hiatus” Kang Daniel "Filed lawsuit to terminate his contract with LM Entertainment and won” Suzy “Left JYP Entertainment” SS501 Kim Hyung Jun ”Accused of sexual assault, filed defamation lawsuit and won” A-Jax “Disbandment” Hwang Hana "Arrested for using drugs and sharing molka videos” AOA Hyejeong & Ryu Ui Hyun “Dating Scandal” Hello Venus “Disbandment” Park Yoochun “Arrested for drug use connected to Hwang Hana, kicked out of JYJ/C-JeS Entertainment” MustB “Tragic car accident” Trax “Left SM Entertainment” EXID “Hani and Junghwa leave Banana Culture Entertainment, group hiatus” TWICE Sana “Posted about new era in Japan, got criticized by k-netizens” AOA “Mina left group and FNC Entertainment” Kang Sung Hoon “Insulted other idols looks online and at fanmeeting” 14U “Disbandment, member had affair with co-worker and fan” Eli and Kiseop "Left U-Kiss” Boyfriend “Disbandment” Ex-JYPE trainee Yoon Seobin “Past underage drinking/smoking and bullying accusations” Hyorin “Old bullying accusation surfaced” BERRY GOOD Daye “Old bullying accusation surfaced” Goo Hara “Suicide attempt” YG “Allegedly provided prostitutes to rich business men and worked with Seungri, tax evasion + money laundering, tempered with evidence” PRISTIN “Disbandment” Lee Soo Man ”Allegedly embezzled money from SM to his private company, disagreements with shareholders” Jang Jae In & Nam Tae Hyun “Cheating Scandal” iKON B.I “Drug scandal, left group and YGE” Han Seo Hee “Admitted being the drug dealer for B.I, said YG colluded with police to get B.I out of trouble” YG Entertainment “Yang Hyun Suk and his brother Min Suk resigned from their positions at YGE, shareholders jump ship + had to pay back LVMH” BAP Himchan “Accused of sexual harassment” Song Joong Ki & Song Hye Kyo “Divorced after a year of marriage” Shinhwa Lee Min Woo “Accused of sexual harassment” Girls' Generation Taeyeon “Confessed about her depression” TWICE Mina “Hiatus due anxiety” PRODUCE X “Voting fraud by Mnet, all their reality shows were manipulated” BigBang Daesung “Owned building that illegally operated brothels” Kangta “Dating and cheating scandal” TWICE Jihyo & Kang Daniel “Dating Scandal” TWICE Momo and SJ Heechul “Dating rumor” Yang Hyun Suk and Seungri “Illegally gambled millions overseas” Som Hye "Bullying scandal, came out as bisexual” Park Jimin and Baek Yerin “Left JYPE, 15& disbandment” MYTEEN "Disbandment” Infinite L “Left group and Woolim, plagiarized letter to fans from other idols letters” Goo Hye Sun & Ahn Jae Hyun “Messy public divorce” Song Yoobin & Kim Sohee “Dating Scandal” CNBLUE Lee Jonghyun “Inappropriately messaged a model, left his group” BTS Jimin "Video of him partying in Paris with girls” IN2IT Sunghyun "Left group and MMO” Amber, Victoria and Luna “Left SME” Baek Ah Yeon “Left JYPE” BTS Jungkook “Dating rumor with tattoo artist” NCT Taeyong “Old bullying accusations surfaced, he apologized to victim” SONAMOO “Members filed lawsuit against TS Entertainment” Sulli “Suicide” The Boyz Hwall “Left group because of health issues” Stray Kids Woojin “Left group and JYPE” Monsta X Wonho “Accused of owing his ex-girlfriend money, has a criminal record for theft, smoked marijuana, left group and Starship” Monsta X Shownu “Had affair with a married woman” Crayon Pop Ellin “Romance Scam” BTS Jungkook “Caused a car accident” Jung Jinwoon & Kyungri “Dating Scandal” TRCNG "Two members filed a lawsuit against TS Entertainment” SEVENTEEN S.Coups “Hiatus due anxiety” Goo Hara “Suicide” Jung Joon Young and Choi Jong Hoon “Charged with aggravated rape and sharing illegal videos along with five other individuals” MOMOLAND “Taeha and Yeonwoo left group, Daisy hiatus” Kang Daniel "Hiatus due depression, panic disorder and anxiety” MYNAME “Disbandment” TWICE Nayeon “Stalked by a German fan” WJSN Dawon “Hiatus due anxiety” Cherry Bullet “Mirae, Kokoro, and LinLin left the group” Stray Kids Han “Hiatus due anxiety” FT Island Song Seung Hyun “Left group and agency” Red Velvet Wendy "Suffered injuries during SBS Gayo rehearsal” Lee Hi “Left YGE”

[lifeofkoreanaddict]

Upcoming Drama in May: Circle: Two Connected Worlds (써클: 이어진 두 세계)

Firs Episode Airs: May 22, 2017

Airing Days: Monday, Tuesday

Network: tvN

Synopsis:

When alien visitors arrive on Earth, humans learn new skills from them and take advantage of them; what ensues is a story of alliance, resistance, and love

Cast:

Yeo Jin Goo - Kim Woo Jin

Kim Kang Woo - Kim Joon Hyuk

Gong Seung Yun - Jung Yun

Lee Ki Kwang - Ho Soo

Kwon Hyuk Soo - Detective Oh

Seo Hyun Chul - Hong Jin Hong

Ahn Woo Yeon - Kim Bum Kyoon

Jung In Sun - Park Min Young

Oh Ui Shik - Dong Soo

Han Sang Jin - Park Dong Gun

Song Young Kyu - Han Yong Woo

Yoo Young - Secretary Shin

Kim Ye Joon - young Bum Kyoon

Jung Joon Won - young Dong Soo

[johnnymundano]

The Age of Shadows (2016)

Directed by Kim Jee-woon

Screenplay by Kim Jee-woon

Music by Mowg

Country: South Korea

Running Time: 140 minutes

CAST

Song Kang-ho as Lee Jung-chool

Gong Yoo as Kim Woo-jin

Han Ji-min as Yeon Gye-soon

Uhm Tae-goo as Hashimoto

Shin Sung-rok as Jo Hwe-ryung

Heo Sung-tae as Ha Il-soo

Lee Seol-goo as Oh Nam-won

Shingo Tsurumi as Higashi

Kim Dong-young as Ha Chul-joo

Jung Yoo-ahn as Hwang Ui-seo

Go Joon as Shim Sang-do

Seo Young-joo as Joo Dong-sung

Kwon Soo-hyun as Sun-gil

Lee Hwan as Park Dae-yi

Kwak Ja-hyung as Seo Jin-dol

Yoo Sang-jae as Hunter Park

Jo Young-gyu as Kim Hak-jin

Choi Yu-hwa as Kim Sa-hee

Han Soo-yeon as Mae-hyang

Nam Moon-chul as Kim Hwang-sub

Kim Soo-woong as Saito

Choi Jang-won as Noh Duk-soo

Heo Hyung-gyu as Jung Woo-sik

Baek In-kwon as Park Woong

Jung Do-won as Woo Ma-e

Lee Soo-kwang as Hideo

Hiromitsu Takeda as Takeda

Shin Sung-il as Park Ga

Kim Ui-gun as Heo Jung-goo

Foster Burden as Ludvik

Izo Oikawa as Umano

Kazuhiko Ikebe as Nakada

Lee Byung-hun as Jung Chae-san (cameo)

Park Hee-soon as Kim Jang-ok (cameo)

The Age of Shadows is a handsomely mounted, lightly melodramatic South Korean period spy thriller, punctuated by superbly staged action set pieces. The Age of Shadows also has a chunky runtime, and is thus able to play the long game; its initial sparkily lightweight approach shifts around the midpoint into a murkier, weightier tone, building towards an emotionally rewarding finale. It’s good watching, is what I’m getting at. But you have to stick with it to get the full effect. The Age of Shadows manages to be both entertaining and also be about the upsetting business of terrorism, while successfully evading the bear trap of tastelessness. I say “terrorism” but it should always be acknowledged that the name for people using violence for political ends always depends which side you’re on; for a South Korean audience these terrorists would be Freedom Fighters.

The Age of Shadows is set in Korea in the 1920s when it laboured under Japanese colonial rule (1910 – 1945). Over here in the UK there is a howling void in the heads of the hoi polloi like I, where the history of the East should be; we spend hours being taught about The Corn Laws but we only find out that Korea was once under Japanese rule by watching The Tiger (2015; awesome, watch it) or The Age of Shadows. Or it might just be me who is an idiot; either way don’t knock the educational content of movies about giant tigers or people in sharp threads planning to bomb an embassy. Anyway, after a few seconds research it looks like Japan, successfully eschewing military confrontation, slowly eroded Korea’s independence with some underhand shenanigans and a bunch of treaties from 1876 onward, tying the two closer and closer together, culminating in the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910. This completed the annexation of Korea by Japan. Why would Korea sign such a thing, you may be understandably wondering. The ridiculous answer is they, or the then Korean regent Gojong, didn’t. Japan annexed Korea anyway. South Koreans have since dubbed this the Japanese Forced Occupation and The Dark Japanese Imperial Period. Korea was well miffed is the message I’m getting here. Hence the freedom fighters.

Since The Age of Shadows is a South Korean movie it is understandably very much not on the side of the Japanese overseers. It is very much on the side of the Korean freedom fighters, who are all plucky, photogenic and brave. You could easily come away from The Age of Shadows believing that they are so awesome that, like The Punisher©®™, no innocents ever get caught in their bomb blasts or crossfire. It’s a measure of the movie’s subtlety that this isn’t true. It wants you to root for the freedom fighters so it does somewhat soft soap the collateral cost; but it can’t bring itself to lie, the bodies of the innocent are there if you watch closely. Innocent isn’t a term the movie extends to the Japanese, who are the bad guys here (and to be honest, Japan of the 1920’s, I’m thinking Korea has a point here).

Surprisingly for an occupying force the Japanese are few in number. They seem to be operating on the Roman Empire model - where you go in, take a place over, and use the locals to police themselves; with the subjugating force occupying the upper echelons and running the martial apparatus. It’s a good model; you can cover a lot of ground with limited resources. But because you are outnumbered on the ground, you have to brutally dissuade any insurgents. Brutally, I stress. Hence all the Japanese characters are nasty pieces of work. There is a range of evil on offer though; the cartoony psychosis of number one goon Hashimoto (Uhm Tae-goo; cartoony, psychotic, good fun) or the quietly vile police chief Higashi (Shingo Tsurumi; supremely reptilian). Now, I wouldn’t take this as an indictment of the Japanese race as a whole, it’s more a reflection of the kinds of people who gravitate to the suppressive end of the police state. Basically, if they weren’t in uniform they’d be in prison. Every country has a rich crop of these sweethearts, not just Japan.

That’s the backdrop against which the epic sweep of The Age of Shadows unfolds. It is a big movie; Korea vs Japan! Freedom versus vassalage! Authenticity vs Inauthenticity! Love vs Duty! But it is also simultaneously a small movie; it’s all about Lee Jung-chool (Song Kang-ho; fantastically sympathetic), a Korean and also a cop working under the Japanese. It’s about how he grows some self-respect, I guess. How he learns that everyone picks a side, even if they don’t realise it; so it’s best to make it a conscious decision. The Age of Shadows opens with a crucial confrontation between Lee Jung-chool and Kim Jang-ok (Park Hee-soon; athletically defiant), a resistance fighter and ex-classmate of lee Jung-chool. This is a  ferociously entertaining thrill of a night-time firefight with much rooftop running, and even a nifty bit of business with a severed toe; the kind of tossed off quirk Korean cinema does so well. Something is stirred within the laissez-faire breast of Lee Jung-chool, something which is positively agitated by his investigation into antique shop owner Kim Woo-jin (Gong Yoo; disarmingly pleasant), and a plot involving the transport of explosives by train. Kim-Woo Jin attempts to turn the copper, while Lee Jung Chool seeks to infiltrate the ambitious cell before their plans bear explosive fruit. But who is fooling who, and, ultimately, is someone fooling themselves?

What follows is a cloak and dagger game of cat and mouse which reaches a climax mid-movie, with a tense and expertly staged train journey/traitor hunt with a hectically violent conclusion. After that the games being played extend beyond the cast to envelop the audience as the The Age of Shadows keeps its cards close to its chest, dealing out revelations at a steady pace throughout this darker, harder half of the movie. It’s discreetly smart film making, so high fives and bear hugs to Kim Jee-woon. But I think most credit is due for segueing so smoothly from the initial Boy’s Own escapades to the quite harrowing consequences of defiance. The Age of Shadows pulls its punches, no doubt, but it still admits the ugly cost of defiance to a quite remarkably unpleasant extent. Ultimately The Age of Shadows is a beautiful, finely acted, whip-smart movie which secretes within its enthralling entertainment a soupçon of brutal truth.

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#KDRAMAWOMENSWEEK Day Five - Favorite Debut

‘An actress whose debut you loved—you saw something in her that made you want her to do more projects, made you root for her; her debut stood out among other performances; her debut changed the landscape of kdramas.

Or a favorite actress who debuted 15+ years ago and is still working.’

Jeong Seon Gyeong, debuting as Jang Ok Jeong in Jang Hee Bin (SBS, 1995)

I didn’t mean to make this #jangheebinweek i swear

I make fun of Jang Hee Bin '95 a lot because of the production errors/camerawork, and deride the writer for the show’s unsavory misogynistic over(under?)tones, but there’s no denying that Jeong Seon Gyeong makes a solid drama debut with this show (ignore the bad ratings it’s a remake!!).

Other actresses who were chosen for the role of Jang Hee Bin would usually have at least 2~3 years of drama experience before being considered; with 2 movie roles to her name at the time, she wasn’t a first choice when it came to casting, being chosen only after Lee Young Ae, Kang Su Yeon and Shin Eun Gyeong [yes, from the Last Empress] turned the role down. She was also the least experienced of the main cast - even the writer’s son had a plethora of minor roles before being given the role of male lead.

Jeong Seon Gyeong delivered nevertheless, portraying a level of charisma that stood strong amidst her more experienced peers, drawing the viewer into Ok Jeong’s character (most of the time). Even now, with increased Internet access, her portrayal of Jang Hee Bin still wows modern viewers. Since then, she’s selected a variety of projects, her most recent being 2017/2018 dramas Viva Ensemble and Sky High*, both aimed to raise awareness for people with disabilities. Other notable works of hers include:

Empress Myeongseong (KBS, 2001) as Lady Youngbodang

Age of Warriors (KBS, 2003) as Lee Ui Min’s wife, Ms. Choi

Seo Dong Yo (SBS, 2005) as Mojin

Cruel Palace (JTBC, 2013) as Han Ok

Bel Ami/Pretty Man (KBS, 2013) as Lee Gim

She’s been in many movies as well, such as The Moon Rises on its Own (1994), Hot Roof (1995), Trio (1997), Busan (2009) and Romans 8:37 (2017).

*personal translation (반짝반짝 들리는)