#shim jae-yun

[k-star-holic]

'Romanticism Doctor Kim Master' Season4 Suggestion? Seo Hyun-jin Comeback Ending ⁇ Trauma Center Budget Received

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama May 2023 🧡

1/5: Run Into You with Kim Dong Wook, Jin Ki Joo. 16 episodes; sci-fi, romance, mystery. Trailer

5/5: All That We Loved with Oh Sehun, Jo Joon Young, Song Jae Rim. 8 episodes; romance, youth. Trailer

6/5: Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 with Lee Dong Wook, Kim Bum, Kim So Yeon, Ryu Kyung Soo. 12 episodes; historical, romance, fantasy. Trailer

10/5: Race with Lee Yun Hee, Jung Yoon Ho, Hong Jung Hyun. 12 episodes; business, melodrama. Trailer

12/5: Black Knight with Kim Woo Bin, Esom, Song Seung Heon. 6 episodes; sci-fi, action, adventure. Trailer

15/5: Oh! Young Shim with Song Ha Yoon, Lee Dong Hae, Lee Min Jae. 10 episodes; rom-com. Trailer

24/5: One Day Off with Lee Na Young. 8 episodes; food, life. Trailer

29/5: Delightfully Deceitful with Kim Dong Wook, Chun Woo Hee, Yoon Park. 16 episodes; drama. Trailer

31/5: Happiness Battle with Lee El, Cha Ye Ryun, Jin Seo Yun. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery. Trailer

So many new shows to watch!!!

*REBLOG FOR UPDATES*

[kdramaqween]

To finish off the year, here's my TOP 23 Ships from dramas I watched in 2023

1. Kim Doo Shik ♥ Lee Mi Hyun

Moving

2. Cha Jin Woo ♥ Jung Mo Eun

Tell Me That You Love Me

3. Seo Do Guk ♥ Han Yi Joo

Perfect Marriage Revenge

4. Xin Qi ♥ Min Hui

The Love You Give Me (C-Drama)

5. Choi Kang Ho ♥ Lee Mi Joo

The Good Bad Mother

6. Dongfang Qincang ♥ Xiao Lanhua

Love Between Fairy and Devil (C-Drama)

7. Jung Ki Ho ♥ Seo Mok Ha

Castaway Diva

8. Moon Jang Yeol ♥ Bong Ye Bun

Behind Your Touch

9. Gu Won ♥ Cheon Sa Rang

King the Land

10. Cho Yong Pil ♥ Cho Sam Dal

Welcome to Samdalri

11. Yoo So Joon ♥ Song Ma Rin

Tomorrow With You

12. Kang Hee Shik ♥ Kang Nam Soon

Strong Girl Namsoon

13. Dong Go Yun ♥ Jung Da Eun

Daily Dose of Sunshine

14. Gong Tae Gyeong ♥ Oh Yeon Doo

The Real Has Come

15. Jang Seon Gyeol ♥ Gil Oh Sol

Clean With Passion for Now

16. Cha Min ♥ Cho Se Yeon

Abyss

17. Heo Joon Jae ♥ Shim Cheong

Legend of the Blue Sea

18. Kim Tae Hee ♥ Baek Dong Joo

May I Help You

19. Jung Gu Won ♥ Do Do Hee

My Demon

20. Nam Si Heon ♥ Han Jun Hee

A Time Called You

21. Jang Tae Sang ♥ Yoon Chae Ok

Gyeongseong Creature

22. Lee Kang ♥ Moon Cha Young

Chocolate

23. Cha Eun Ho ♥ Kang Dan Hee

Romance is a Bonus Book

[shinyempirerpg]

A-B-C

An Yu Jin (IVE) — Sugar Rush Cha Eun Woo — sunflower Christopher Bang — bluehour Choi Beom Gyu — LittleJoanna Choi San — sonogong Choi Soo Bin — Bonvoyage Choi Ye Rim — Cherry Choi Yeon Jun — Nahida

D-E-F

Fukutomi Tsuki — Eunoia

G-H-I

Hanni Pham — Kamek Han Yu Jin (ZB1) — Dumpling Hirai Momo — Kamek Hwang Hyun Jin — Némesis Hwang Ye Ji — Dalí

J-K-L

Jake Sim — Darimda Jang Won Young — jellypop Jeon Jung Kook — genos Jeon So Yeon — Bluey Jeon Won Woo — Zag Jeong Yun Oh — Blue Joshua Hong —sonogong Jung Woo Young — wang Kang Seul Gi — bluehour Kang Tae Hyun — shinyland Kim Chae Won — Kamek Kim Jennie — Promqueen Kim Ji Woong — Gaku Kim Ji Soo — Lynx Kim Min Ji— Hype Girl Kim Min Gyu — Than Kim Min Jeong (Winter) — Leixah Kim Seon Woo (Sunoo) — shinyland Kim Tae Hyung (V) — Bonvoyage Kim Yoo Jung — Pebbles Lalisa Manoban — Peach Lee Chae Min — Rotten Lee Chan (Dino) — Gatitos Lee Felix — shinyland Lee Min Ho (Lee Know) — Bonvoyage Lee Hee Seung — badlands Lee Ju Yeon — Nahida

M-N-O

Min Yoon Gi — Gatitos Minatozaki Sana — ReiRei Miyawaki Sakura — soul Myung Jae Hyun — Hype Girl Na Jae Min — poppy Nakamura Kazuha — ReiRei Naoi Rei — Darimda Ning Yi Zhuo — jellypop

P-Q-R

Park Ji Won (ESteem Model) — Gaku Park Jong Seong (JAY) — butch Park Sung Ho — Hype Girl Park Sung Hoon — Dumpling

S-T-U Seol Yoon Ah — kitty Shen Quan Rui (Ricky) — Disaster Shim Ja Yoon — Nahida Shin Yu Na — Peach Sung Han Bin — Sugar Rush Song Yuqi — ReiRei Stephen Yoon (Keeho) — soul

V-W-X

Wang Yi Xiang (Nicholas) — Gaku Won Ji Min — whiskerssmile

Y-Z

Yang Jung Won — caracolcito Yoo Ji Min (Karina) — whiskerssmile Yoon Jeong Han — Darimda Zhang Hao — whiskerssmile Zhou Tzu Yu — darum

[goalhofer]

2023 World Baseball Classic South Korea Roster

Pitchers

#1 Young-Pyo Ko (KT Wijeu/Naju)

#18 Woo-Young Jung (LG Ssangdung-I/Seoul)

#19 Woo-Suk Go (LG Ssangdung-I/Incheon)

#21 Se-Woong Park (Lotte Jaieoncheu/Busan)

#29 Kwang-Hyun Kim (SSG Chaglyugseon/Seoul)

#30 Hyeong-Jun So (KT Wijeu/Suwon)

#34 Won-Jung Kim (Lotte Jaieoncheu/Gwangju)

#45 Yong-Chan Lee (Doosan Gom/Seoul)

#46 Tae-In Won (Samsung Iaionseu/Daegu)

#48 Eui-Lee Lee (Kia Holang-I/Gwangju)

#54 Hyeon-Jong Yang (Kia Holang-I/Gwangju)

#57 Yun-Sik Kim (LG Ssangdung-I/Gwangju)

#59 Chang-Mo Koo (NC Dainoseu/Cheonan)

#61 Gwak Been (Doosan Gom/Seoul)

#65 Cheol-Won Jeong (Doosan Gom/Ansan)

Catchers

#25 Eui-Ji Yang (Doosan Gom/Gwangju)

#56 Ji-Young Lee (Kiwoom Yeong-Ung/Incheon)

Infielders

#2 Hye-Seong Kim (Kiwoom Yeong-Ung/Goyang)

#7 Ha-Seong Kim (San Diego Padres/Bucheon)

#10 Ji-Hwan Oh (LG Ssangdung-I/Gunsan)

#11 Tommy Edman (St. Louis Cardinals/San Diego, California)

#14 Jeong Choi (SSG Chaglyugseon/Icheon)

#50 Baek-Ho Kang (KT Wijeu/Incheon)

#52 Byung-Ho Park (KT Wijeu/Seoul)

Outfielders

#17 Hae-Min Park (LG Ssangdung-I/Seoul)

#22 Hyun-Soo Kim (LG Ssangdung-I/Seoul)

#37 Kun-Woo Park (NC Dainoseu/Changwon)

#47 Sung-Bum Na (Kia Holang-I/Gwangju)

#51 Jung-Hoo Lee (Kiwoom Yeong-Ung/Nagoya, Japan)

#53 Ji-Hoon Choi (SSG Chaglyugseon/Gwangju)

Coaches

Manager Kang-Chul Lee (KT Wijeu/Gwangju)

Hitting coach Ki-Tai Kim (Yomiuri Jaiantsu/Gwangju)

Catching coach Kab-Yong Jin (Samsung Iaionseu/Busan)

Pitching coach Hyun-Wook Jong (Samsung Iaionseu/Goryeong)

Bullpen coach Young-Soo Bae (Doosan Gom/Daegu)

1B coach Min-Jae Kim (Doosan Gom/Busan)

3B coach Min-Ho Kim (Hangug Yagu/Seoul)

Quality control coach Jae-Hak Shim (Hangug Yagu/Seoul)

[yoongimooni]

felicity — shim jae-yun (jake)

/fɪˈlɪsɪti/

noun

intense happiness.

[friends to lovers]

[i was so bias-wrecked while writing this]

jake. your best friend since childhood. you grew up together, and you distinctly remember your parents telling you that the red brick house on the other side of the house was officially occupied. so, you and your family decided to wish your new neighbours a congratulations and offer a few gifts. and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

“i’ve been thinking,” jake began, lying on your bed while you sat at the desk. 

“that’s scary,” you remarked playfully, turning your attention towards him. “what’s up?”

you watched as he sat up, rolling his eyes in the process before saying, “i want to be an idol.”

your eyes widened at his words, “what?”

he nodded, beaming as he spoke, “i really wanna do it. it’ll be fun!”

a small smile settled on your face as you watched his eyes light up while he went on about his dream.

 “you should do it,” you said, “i’ll be rooting for you. you know that.”

“i know,” he whispered, falling back onto the bed. “if i get in—”

“when,” you correct, “you’re going to get in. i know you will.”

“i’m going to miss you.”

you laughed, patting his head, “i’m going to miss you too.”

jake did get scouted, entering a show called i-land and before you knew it, his whole family was about to up and leave for korea. so you stood at the airport terminal, tears in your eyes as you watched your best friend of ten years leave for korea. 

“i thought you said you wouldn’t cry,” jake chuckled, resting a hand on your head. “hey…”

“of course i’m going to cry, you’re leaving…” you sniffed, wiping the tears away with the sleeves at your hands. “i don’t want you to go but… i know you want to.”

he smiled sadly, dropping his hand. “i’m going to miss you so much.”

“don’t forget me when you’re famous, okay?” you laugh, but it was humourless. “i’m going to miss you too, jake. and layla.”

he lets out a breath, looking at the ground before looking back at you. “i’ll call you everyday.”

“as you should,” you said. “until next time.”

“until next time.” jake ran a hand through his hair as he looked from you to the entrance of the plane where his parents were standing. just as he was about to walk to them, he wrapped his arms around you, whispering, “cheer for me, okay?”

you hugged him back tightly, responding quietly, “물론이야 (mullon-iya)*.”

*** 

you yawn, the rough landing jolting you awake. 

“attention passengers, we have landed. please unbuckle your seatbelts and exit the plane.” the flight attendant announces from the loud speaker, and you stretch in your seat. 

the nine - almost ten - hour flight from australia to korea was long enough to knock you out, and you groggily made your way out of the plane.

after retrieving your luggage, you made it into a train, and you plugged your earphones in. a video on your youtube recommendations caught your eye, and you blinked at the title. 

“who is jake’s biggest supporter?” you mumble quietly to yourself, clicking on the video.

the text voice fills your ears with the words, “a few days ago on the vlive, jake said that his biggest supporter is in australia. but engenes say that the way he talks about this mystery person is more than just a supporter.”

“you’re an engene too?” a voice cuts through the video and look up to see a girl, a teenager, looking at your screen.

“uh... something like that,” you say awkwardly.

“that’s so cool! oh, you’re watching about the vlive a few days ago, right?” she grins, brushing her bangs out of her face. “i wonder who they are…”

“what did he say about them?” you ask slowly, “i didn’t have time to watch the live.”

“that’s okay!” she smiles, taking a seat beside you. “jake said that this supporter has been with him since pre-debut days and has always been there to help him. i think he said something about how he wanted to give up but they’ve always helped him persevere.”

you nod slowly, holding the chuckle in your throat. “i see.”

“you’re a foreigner, right? unnie*, where are you from?”

“australia,” you say, just as your phone begins to ring with a facetime call, the name ‘jake’ appearing on the screen, and the train doors open to yongsan station. 

the girl looks from the phone to you, the gears in her head beginning to turn. “wait—”

“that’s my stop, see you!” you wave goodbye, and leave the train.

accepting the call, you smile when you hear jake’s voice, “(y/n), you haven’t been picking up!”

“huh?” you laugh when you see five missed calls from him the duration you were on the plane. “jake, i was busy!”

“obviously,” he snickers, and you roll your eyes, watching as he fixes the mask on his face. “weren’t you the one who told me to keep in touch?”

“oh don’t you start,” you chuckle.

he runs a hand through his hair, a habit he may-or-may-not have stolen from sunghoon, and he squints to stare at your screen. “hold on, where are you right now?”

“uh... the station,” you say, and you technically aren’t lying. “why?”

“it looks familiar— why is there korean on that sign?” 

“multicultural australia, ya gotta love it!” you chuckle nervously, “anyway—”

“wait, wait, are you in korea?” 

“uh... no?” 

“liar!” he exclaims, getting up from his seat. “aiyo, why didn’t you tell me? i would have picked you up! where are you?”

“it was meant to be a surprise!” you whine, “you ruined it!”

“yeah, yeah,” he laughs, saying something to one of the managers in quick korean, “where are you, i’m picking you up.”

“are you allowed to?” you ask quickly, “jake, we can just meet up where i’m staying.”

“sejin said i can,” he says, putting on a bucket hat and a jacket before climbing into the car. “where are you?”

“yongsan station. it’s really pretty here!”

a second later, the call cuts off, leaving you a little confused but you shrug it off. you wonder around the station, buying yourself a well-needed coffee, and looking at the multitude of stores. that is, before someone tapped you on the shoulder. 

“excuse me, i’m looking for (l/n) (y/n), have you seen them?” 

“jake!” you squeal, and he lifts you into his arms, spinning you around. 

he laughs, squeezing you tighter. “i missed you so much, (y/n).”

“i missed you too,” you say, before looking him up and down. “you’re so different now! have you been eating enough? sleeping well?”

he chuckles, mumbling under his breath in korean, “너는 천사다 (neoneun cheonsada)**.”

“huh?” 

“nothing,” he says quickly, “come on, let’s go.”

notes:

*물론이야 (mullon-iya): of course

** 너는 천사다 (neoneun cheonsada): you are an angel

[envirae]

❝ the way you almost loved me ❞ - sim jake

genre: angst, little fluff

pairing: sim jake x gn!reader

wc: 934

warnings: heartbreak, unrequited love

tagging: @bloom-bloom-pow @youreverydayzebra

Falling in love was easy. Or at least, it should have been.

For you, it was a breeze. Especially when Jake made it so easy to fall in love with him. You would intertwine your hand with his and look at him lovingly, and everything was perfect.

For Jake, it was a bit more complicated. For months now, he had caught onto the glances stolen by others, the whispers in the halls of how the two of you were so in love. And Jake being Jake, he believed them. He convinced himself into believing he was in love with you.

So when you told him you liked him, he wasn’t hesitant to say that the feeling was mutual, although the words left a bitter taste on his mouth.

He convinced himself that if he just tried hard enough, he wouldn’t have to lie to you. Besides, you seemed like an easy person to fall in love with. But the more Jake tried to force himself into feelings, the farther he chased an unattainable euphoria.

Jake wasn’t one who did things shamelessly, he felt remorse and regret for fooling you, but what could he do? No matter how hard he tried to fall in love with you, to see you the way you saw him, he couldn’t.

You can’t force love, nor can you love someone into loving you back.

The more Jake thought about it, the more he wondered if he was in love with you, or the idea of being in love with you. He didn’t want to lose you in any way, but it hurts. It hurts you, and it hurts him for hurting you.

Jake’s mind rattles with possible solutions to his unique conundrum, but none of them are foolproof. None of them can guarantee Jake won’t lose you. He scratches at the fabric on his wrist and runs a hand through his hair, he just doesn’t know what to do.

Jake’s acting skills kick in as you and the rest of his friends slowly stagger into his house wearing a smile. Jake strolls up to you and places a chaste kiss on your forehead, before pulling you in closer for a hug. Jake feels incredibly guilty.

And while Jake’s acting is good, the instincts of his best friend are better. Sunghoon asks to speak to Jake outside for a bit, to which he nods before following him out.

“So what’s up with you and y/n?” He finally asks, getting straight to the point.

Jake shuffles uncomfortably as he rubs the back of his nape with his hand “I’m not sure what you mean, me and y/n are fine” He lies, trying his best not to raise any suspicion.

“No, no you aren’t. You’ve been looking at them like you ran over their puppy all day.” He bluntly remarks. Jake underestimated Sunghoon. “Someone is going to get hurt if you don’t fess up, Jake.”

Without Jake even needing to tell him, Sunghoon is aware of the entire situation. The two of them saunter back into the room with everyone else, trying their best not to raise any suspicion.

When everybody leaves his house, Jake and you sit in a comfortable silence. “Are you okay? You seem tense.” You query, taking note of his uncomfortable behavior and guilty looking eyes.

“I can’t do this.” He brusquely states, avoiding your eyes as he does.

You freeze for a moment before calming yourself. “What do you mean?”

Guilt and remorse beginning to overtake him, he decides he has to finish what he started “I can’t do us.”

The silence in the room is deafening.

The gears of your brain begin to turn as you try to even begin understanding what in the world Jake is talking about. “Why not..?” You subtly ask, choking back tears that threaten to escape your eyes.

“You’re a great person, and a wonderful friend, but I think that’s all we are…friends.” The distressing atmosphere is killing him as he tries to think of a sentence that won’t make you hate him.

You stand there, still trying to process the information given to you.

Watching you, the overflow of shame begins to overtake Jake as he begins rambling to fill the silence. “I didn’t- I didn’t mean to hurt you, that wasn’t the plan. I thought that I could convince myself into liking you but it’s just…it’s just too hard. I’m sorry, y/n.”

“Am I really that unlovable? You can’t even pretend to like me?” You ask through fragments of tears, the expression on your face unreadable.

“No, y/n, that’s not what I’m saying. It’s just- you deserve someone who really loves and cares about you. I can’t do that for you.” You remain silent, but your eyes are telling him everything he needs to know. “I still want you as a friend but I just…”

He continues to ramble in desperation of saving the fragments of your friendship, but it’s long gone by now. “I’m sorry y/n.”

You walk out of his house wordlessly, not even knowing what you would begin to tell him. The weight of your heart is heavier with each step you take, the remnants of Jake still floating in your mind. His words begin replaying in your head over and over like a broken record, reminding you of it all.

And you can’t help but think about how loving you was the kindest thing he almost did.

[hellviaa]

[sarasweaterpaws]

I just miss these 5 today… :’)

AKTF! ❤

My gifs/my edits.

[kpopbios2]

TVXQ

Country: South Korea

Agency: SM Entertainment

Number of Members: 2 (formerly 5)

Date of Debut: January 14, 2003

Average age when Debut: 16.6

Current Members

Jung Yun-ho

Also Known as: Yunho, U-know, U-know Yunho

Year Born: February 6, 1986

Zodiac: Aquarius

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger

Position: Leader, Main Dancer, Main Rapper, Lead vocalist

Shim Chang-min

Also Known as: Changmin, MAX, Max Changmin

Year Born: February 18, 1988

Zodiac: Aquarius

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon

Position: Main Vocalist, Maknae

Former Members

Kim Jae-joong

Also Known as: Han Jae-joon, Hero, Jejung   

Year Born: January 26, 1986

Zodiac: Aquarius

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger

Position: Lead Vocalist, Visual, Face of the Group

Why left: Filed a lawsuit to stated that their 13-year contract was too long, the work schedules were not up to them in any shape or form, contracts where altered without their knowledge, and earnings where not distributed evenly among the members.   

New Agency: C-Jes Entertainment

Park Yoo-chun

Also Known as:  Micky Yoochun, Yoochun, Micky

Year Born: June 4, 1986

Zodiac: Gemini

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger

Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist

Why left: Filed a lawsuit to stated that their 13-year contract was too long, the work schedules were not up to them in any shape or form, contracts where altered without their knowledge, and earnings where not distributed evenly among the members.   

New Agency: C-Jes Entertainment

Kim Jun-su

Also Known as: XIA, Xiah Junsu, Xiah

Year Born: December 15, 1986

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger

Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer

Why left: Filed a lawsuit to stated that their 13-year contract was too long, the work schedules were not up to them in any shape or form, contracts where altered without their knowledge, and earnings where not distributed evenly among the members.   

New Agency: C-Jes Entertainment

Discography

South Korea

Studio Albums 

2004

Tr-Angle

2005

Rising Sun

2006

O-Jung.Ban.Hap

2008

Mirotic

Mirotic-Type C

2011

Keep Your Head Down

Before U Go

2012

Catch me

Humanoids

2014

Tense

Spellbound

2015

Rise as God

EP’s

2004

The Christmas Gif from TVXQ

Japan

2006

Heart, Mind and Soul

2007

Five in the Black

2008

T

2009

The Secret Code

2011

Tone

2013

Time

2014

Tree

With

Singles to Hit Number 1

Japan

2008

Jumon -Mirotic-

Purple Line

Beautiful You

Sennen Koi Uta

Doshite Kimi o suki ni Natte Shimattandaro?

2009

Bolero

Kiss the Sky

Wasureunaide

Survivor

Share the World

We Are!

2010

Break Out!

Toki O Tomete

2011

Why? (Keep Your Head Down)

Superstar

2012

Still

Android

2013

Catch Me - If You Wanna-

2014

Sweat

Time Works Wonders

Awards

Number of Awards Nominated: 130

Number of Awards won: 81

Music Show Awards: Total 46

Inkigayo - 20

M Countdown - 17

Music Bank - 8

Show! Music Core - 1

Videos

Video Of their Debut: Hug

Video of their Latest: Suri Suri (Spellbound)

Bio Masterlist

Masterlist

[k-star-holic]

"National Wife" Shim Ji-ho, Su-min Oh knew the The The secret .. "But I can not break up."

[dear-indies]

Best Korean face claims to use? any age and gender.

I'm going to preface this with a very important message to please be mindful of playing Korean characters because the roleplay community tends to fetishize and use racist stereotypes - a Google search will explain things to be careful of and writingwithcolor is also a great resource. 

Here are some Korean faceclaims (mostly actors) with resources at the time of posting.

Non-binary:

Nicky Endres (1982) Korean - she/they - non-binary transfeminine, genderqueer, and genderfluid.

Women:

Youn Yuh Jung (1947) Korean.

Go Doo Shim (1951) Korean.

Sandra Oh (1971) Korean.

Kim Seo Hyung (1973) Korean.

Merle Dandridge (1975) African-American / Korean.

Moon Bloodgood (1975) Korean / Dutch, English, Welsh, Irish.

Kim Joo Ryoung (1976) Korean.

Bae Doo Na (1979) Korean.

Ha Jae Sook (1979) Korean.

Gong Hyo Jin (1980) Korean.

Cho Yeo Jung (1981) Korean.

Kim Min Hee (1982) Korean.

Lee Si Young (1982) Korean.

Son Ye Jin (1982) Korean.

Lee Ha Na (1982) Korean.

Jo Yoon Hee (1982) Korean.

Lee Ha Nee (1983) Korean.

Shin Min Ah (1984) Korean.

Mia Sable (1984) Korean, Choctaw and German.

Claudia Kim (1985) Korean.

Genevieve Kang (1986) Korean, Scottish Irish, Lebanese, Apache, Spanish.

Soo Joo Park (1986) Korean.

Jung Eun Chae (1986) Korean.

Park So Jin (1986) Korean.

Oh Yeon Seo (1987) Korean.

Shin Bo Ra (1987) Korean.

Hwang Seung Eon (1988) Korean.

Go Bo Gyeol (1988) Korean.

Shin Hye Sun (1989) Korean.

Lee Joo Bin (1989) Korean.

Andrea Bang (1989) Korean.

Jeon Yeo Been (1989) Korean.

Alice Lee (1989) Korean.

Kang Han Na (1989) Korean.

Song Ji Eun (1990) Korean.

Lee Sung Kyung (1990) Korean.

Kim Tae Ri (1990) Korean.

Park Shin Hye (1990) Korean.

Kwon Na Ra (1991) Korean.

Kim Go Eun (1991) Korean.

Kim Yong Ji (1991) Korean.

Im Jin Ah / Nana (1991) Korean.

Ashley Park (1991) Korean.

Lee Se Young (1992) Korean.

Kim Ji Won (1992) Korean.

Ha Yoon Kyung (1992) Korean.

Yoon So Hee (1993) Korean.

Park Gyu Young (1993) Korean.

Bae Suzy (1994) Korean.

Park Ji Hyun (1994) Korean.

Lee Yoo Mi (1994) Korean.

Kim Min Kyu (1994) Korean.

Lee Hye Ri (1994) Korean.

Seo Eun Soo (1994) Korean.

Chae Soo Bin (1994) Korean.

Jin Se Yeon (1994) Korean.

Jeon Jong Seo (1994) Korean.

Han So Hee (1994) Korean.

Jung Da Eun (1994) Korean.

Yeri (1994) Korean.

Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German.

Go Min Si (1995) Korean.

Shin Do Hyun (1995) Korean.

Nam Ji Hyun (1995) Korean.

Park Soo Young / Joy (1996) Korean.

Oh Ha-young / Hayoung (1996) Korean.

Moon Ga Young (1996) Korean.

Lee Yeol Eum (1996) Korean.

Yang Hye Ji (1996) Korean.

Han Ji Hyun (1996) Korean.

Seol In Ah (1996) Korean.

Go Yoon Jung (1996) Korean.

Tati Gabrielle (1996) Korean / African-American.

Sydney Park (1997) Korean / African-American.

Choi Yu Ju (1997) Korean.

Lee Ho Jung (1997) Korean.

Shin Ye Eun (1998) Korean.

Lee Su Ji (1998) Korean.

Kang Mina (1999) Korean.

Jo Soo Min (1999) Korean.

Kim Do Yeon (1999) Korean.

Jo Yi Hyun (1999) Korean.

Yoon Seo Ah (2000) Korean.

Taylor T (?) Korean.

Jennifer Cheon Garcia (?) Korean / Mexican.

Men:

Song Kang Ho (1967) Korean.

Lee Byung Hun (1970) Korean.

Kenneth Choi (1971) Korean. 

Rick Yune (1971) Korean.

Will Yun Lee (1971) Korean.

David Lee McInnis (1973) Korean / German and Irish. 

Lee Jung Jae (1972) Korean.

Randall Park (1974) Korean.

Johnny Yong Bosch (1976) Korean / Irish German.

Heo Sung Tae (1977) Korean.

Ji Sung (1977) Korean.

Gong Yoo (1979) Korean.

Daniel Henney (1979) Korean / Irish, English.

Miyavi (1981) Korean / Japanese.

Lee Dong Wook (1981) Korean.

Park Hae Soo (1981) Korean.

Hyun Bin (1982) Korean.

Joo Ji Hoon (1982) Korean.

Sung Hoon (1983) Korean.

Uhm Tae Goo (1983) Korean.

Steven Yeun (1983) Korean.

Lee Je Hoon (1984) Korean. 

Song Joong Ki (1985) Korean.

Lee Da Hee (1985) Korean.

Yoo Ah In (1986) Korean.

Choi Daniel (1986) Korean.

Noh Min Woo (1986) Korean. 

Seo In Guk (1987) Korean.

Kim Ki Bum (1987) Korean.

Christopher Larkin (1987) Korean.

Jay Hayden (1987) Korean / Irish.

Yoon Park (1987) Korean.

Ahn Bo Hyun (1988) Korean.

Park Seo Joon (1988) Korean.

Jung Hae In (1988) Korean.

Kim Soo Hyun (1988) Korean.

Lee Hyun Jae (1988) Korean / Unspecified American.

Lee Soo Hyuk (1988) Korean.

Ok Taec Yeon (1988) Korean.

Im Shi Wan (1988) Korean.

Kim Woo Bin (1989) Korean.

Kim Kyung Nam (1989) Korean.

Lee Jong Suk (1989) Korean.

Kang Ha Neul (1990) Korean.

Justin H. Min (1990) Korean.

Lee Min Hyuk (1990) Korean.

Wi Ha Jun (1991) Korean.

Hwang In Yeop (1991) Korean.

Lee Seung Hyub (1992) Korean.

Jake Choi (1992) Korean - sexually fluid.

Woo Do Hwan (1992) Korean.

Jang Ki Yong (1992) Korean.

Chae Jong Hyeop (1993) Korean.

Yoo Seung Ho (1993) Korean.

Seo Kang Joon (1993) Korean.

Do Kyung Soo (1993) Korean.

Lee Hyun Woo (1993) Korean.

Kim Sung Joo (1994) Korean.

Nam Joo Hyuk (1994) Korean.

Kang Tae Oh (1994) Korean.

One / Jung Jae Won (1994) Korean.

Song Kang (1994) Korean.

Park Jin Young (1994) Korean.

Lee Do Hyun (1995) Korean.

Go Tae Seob / Holland (1996) Korean - gay.

Cha Eun Woo (1997) Korean.

Kwak Dong Yeon (1997) Korean.

Han Gi Chan (1998) Korean.

Kim Moo Joon (1998) Korean.

Hur Hyun Jun (2000) Korean.

Hyun Min Han (2001) Korean / Nigerian.

Peter Thurnwald (?) Korean.

Here ya go!

[leekimdramas]

Juvenile Justice (Spoiler Free Review)

Yet another drama about law and justice but how good is this one?

Shim Eun Seok is a judge who hates juvenile offenders and her colleague, Cho Tae Joo is the opposite of her.

They both have their own beliefs and thoughts about what kind of punishment children should have and it is shown while they work on different cases.

The first episode was incredibly interesting, the case, meeting with the characters and the whole setting was just very good.

However, differently from all the good reviews the drama had, I do not think it is that great.

The strongest part of the drama was the juvenile cases and how they have dealt with them.

They were interesting and almost always I was intrigued about what is going to happen to the side characters (except for the two episodes with those cheating students, couldn’t care less).

But other than that I didn’t see any other pros in this drama, so let’s start focusing on the cons.

The biggest disappointment for me was the characters, the main ones. As much as children had interesting personalities and you can see where they are coming from mostly... Some of them are just evil.

However, Shim Eun Seok and Cho Tae Joo were just bland.

Cho Tae Joo always tries to see good in everyone and seems more like a pushover when he’s next to Eun Seok.

His backstory was alright, it was interesting to see where he’s coming from and why he tries to act kindly with children but other than that he has no personality and is just there.

All we know about Eun Seok for more than half of the drama is that she hates juvenile offenders and that’s her story.

You can see her soft side for a few moments but then she just goes back to her stone-cold face.

This would have been probably fine if we have known something about the character and why she is like that but at the point where they show her background story, I could not care less.

Yes, it is very sad and depressing but so is all of the episodes, talking about serious topics and all, so I had no connection to any of the characters.

I think even side characters, and stenographers (I think that’s what their job was but I’m not completely sure, Park Ji Yun and Shin Jae Hwi’s characters) were way more interesting and for me, they stole the show whenever they were on screen.

Overall, I saw a lot of people enjoying this drama but now I’m just confused because I really disliked most of the things.

As mentioned before, the main characters are just bland and not interesting to watch, doesn’t really help that it’s a law drama and the plot (minus the cases) is just non-existent.

4/10

[kdramacrybaby]

Imitation (2021)

Genre: Music, Romance, Friendship

Synopsis: Lee Ma-ha dreams of becoming a popular k-pop idol and is willing to do whatever it takes to get there. Along with her friends and fellow trainees, she works tirelessly to reach her dreams. But there is a dark side to the glamorous life as an idol, and they will have to learn how to overcome many hardships on the way. Is it worth it in the end?

Episode info: 12 episodes / Runtime around 60 minutes

Lead cast: Jung Ji-so (Lee Ma-ha), Lee Jun-young (Kwon Ryok), Park Ji-yeon (La Ri-ma), Jeong Yun-ho (Lee Yu-jin), Lim Na-young (Shim Hyun-ji), Kim Min-seo (Yu Ri-ah), Kang Chan-hee (Lee Eun-jo), Ahn Jeong-hun (Han Jae-woo), Yuri Park (Bang Do-jin), Hwiyoung (Kang Lee-hyun), Choi Jong-ho (Yoon Hyuk), Lee Su-woon (Kim Hyun-oh), Park Seong-hwa (Nam Se-young), Choi San (Son Min-soo) (I know this is long, but I really thought they all deserved to be here 😅)

Link to watch: You can watch on Viki or Dramacool

Drama rec masterlist | Drama rant thread (beware of spoilers)

This drama is based on a Webtoon of the same name, and I wanted to read it after finishing the drama, but it would be too expensive with more than 100 chapters locked behind separate paywalls. It's available on WebNovel though, if anyone is interested.

From the 10 chapters I did get to read though, I can definitely see why some people might not like this adaptation. It was like trying to compare two completely separate stories that just happened to share characters. I did recognize bits and pieces of the drama in the webtoon, but it was not a lot.

I, personally, prefer the drama, but I might be biased since I watched that first. But anyway, let's get into it.

From what I had seen, I expected a light-hearted drama about some young trainees trying to make it big - and it was largely that as well, but the first 10 minutes or so really surprised me. This is where my first warning comes in as well - though it doesn't show the act itself, it makes it very clear that a young woman commits suicide.

And now that we're in the dark parts, let's just stay there. The drama is overall very cute and funny, but there were two moments that really stood out to me, bothering me quite a bit. It is no secret that the kpop idol world is largely unhealthy behind the scenes, and they do touch on that here, though in a way that usually works. But these two moments just... I'm gonna make it tiny cause I have a lot to say 😅

In one scene, a manager is yelling at his young idols, making them weigh themselves in front of each other and scolding them for gaining (very little weight), which later results in them binging in secret. Now, this is something I know happens, but did they really have to play it off like it was nothing like that? And making the actors go through that as well just feels off...

Another point is where they start hinting at Hyun-ji losing weight and looking too skinny to the point where they comment on her cold hands as well, but no one really does anything about it? And then she is invited out to eat and suddenly all is well, despite the drama showing her struggling a lot mentally. I wish they hadn't just brushed over something like this that could have been a serious problem.

My point is mainly that, if they really want to show the actual struggles of the kpop idols behind the scenes, don't play it off as something normal and something that can just be fixed by a quick meal and some nice words. They handled everything with Annie decently in my opinion, so I wish they would have shown the same care with everything else as well.

Otherwise, I did actually enjoy this drama, though I know it doesn't sound like it. It's cringy and cheesy as hell and has almost every cliché you can think of, but it somehow just makes it work. I even somewhat accept the love triangle in it, and that says a lot.

The romance was pretty cute, but I honestly watched it more for the friendships that developed between all the characters. I absolutely adore the girls of Tea Party and genuinely wanted them to succeed, and the same for the boys in Sparkling. And had I been a part of this universe, I would definitely have been a SHAX fan. La Ri-ma is a queen and I love what they did with her character so so much.

I won't say this drama is perfect, it definitely is a little rough around the edges, but I like that it gave some new faces a chance at acting. (I'm talking mainly about the Ateez members here, as I don't really know much about the other actors/actresses). I really feel like they could be great after some proper experience and training if they want to stay in the acting scene.

But this is pretty much all I have to say. I don't really see why people were so disappointed in it, and I've seen some talking about it getting worse throughout the episodes, but I found it was an enjoyable watch overall.

[fruityforshenxiaoting]

Happy birthday Shim Jae-Yun

[kpopfcs]

kpopfcs masterlist of man faceclaims …

following my recent inspiration to make a few masterlists, i welcome you to one which includes 150 man faceclaims between the ages of 30 to 39 at the time of making this post. all of these men are korean to not complicate anything, and it includes idols, actors, etc. i’m hoping this will encourage the rpc to step out of the comfort zone and explore the use of a wider range of faceclaims, especially those that are unknown and don’t work in western media. some may not have resources. please reblog this to spread the words, and like this if you found it useful! masterlist part 2 of many.

1980

choi dae-hoon (1980) - actor

jo jung-suk (1980) - actor

ryoo seung-bum (1980) - actor

kim dae-myung (1980) - actor

jin goo (1980) - actor

yoon kyung-ho (1980) - actor

1981

jo in-sung (1981) - actor

kim nam-gil (1981) - actor

kim ji-seok (1981) - actor

park hae-soo (1981) - actor

gang dong-won (1981) - actor

kim rae-won (1981) - actor

lee sang-yoon (1981) - actor

park hoon (1981) - actor

ji seung-hyun (1981) - actor

kim jae-won (1981) - actor

lee dong-wook (1981) - actor

jang seung-jo (1981) - actor

lee ki-woo (1981) - actor

lee jin-wook (1981) - actor

jung moon-sung (1981) - actor

kim ji-hoon (1981) - actor

1982

hyun bin (1982) - actor

ha seok-jin (1982) - actor

eum moon-suk (1982) - actor

ju ji-hoon (1982) - actor

jung ji-hoon/rain (1982) - idol and actor

kwon yul (1982) - actor

lee si-eon (1982) - actor

jung gyu-woon (1982) - actor

lee joon-gi (1982) - actor

kim mu-yeol (1982) - actor

lim ju-hwan (1982) - actor

shin sung-rok (1982) - actor

1983

yoo gun-woo (1983) - actor

bang sung-hoon (1983) - actor

jung kyung-ho (1983) - actor

kang ki-young (1983) - actor

kim hee-chul (1983) - idol, tv personality and actor

steven yeun (1983) - actor

kim jae-wook (1983) - actor

on joo-wan (1983) - actor

jo hyun-sik (1983) - actor

kim jun-han (1983) - actor

lee kyu-hyung (1983) - actor

lee hyun (1983) - singer

lee sang-yeob (1983) - actor

park hae-jin (1983) - actor

park jeong-su/leeteuk (1983) - idol, radio personality and actor

1984

kim jong-woon/yesung (1984) - idol

lee je-hoon (1984) - actor

lee joon-hyuk (1984) - actor

yeon woo-jin (1984) - actor

jeon seok-ho (1984) - actor

ji hyun-woo (1984) - actor and musician

yoo yeon-seok (1984) - actor

1985

song joong-ki (1985) - actor

lee dong-hwi (1985) - actor

song jae-rim (1985) - actor and model

lee kwang-soo (1985) - actor and tv personality

lee min-ki (1985) - actor

kim seo-kyung (1985) - actor

park ki-woong (1985) - actor

hyun woo (1985) - actor

lee hyun-jin (1985) - actor

park sung-hoon (1985) - actor

yoon sun-woo (1985) - actor

lee tae-sung (1985) - actor

yoon hyun-min (1985) - actor

shin dong-hee/shindong (1985) - idol, MC and radio personality

1986

byun yo-han (1986) - actor

choi jin-hyuk (1986) - actor

min jin-woong (1986) - actor

ahn jae-hong (1986) - actor

choi si-won (1986) - idol and actor

choi sun-woong/choi woong (1986) - actor

joo woo-jae (1986) - model, DJ and actor

jung yun-ho/u-know yunho (1986) - idol and actor

kim jae-joong (1986) - idol and actor

kim seon-ho (1986) - actor

lee dong-hae (1986) - idol and actor

ki hong lee (1986) - actor

lee sung-hwa/gray (1986) - singer, rapper and record producer

ryu jun-yeol (1986) - actor

choi daniel (1986) - actor

yoo ah-in (1986) - actor

no min-woo (1986) - actor and musician

yoon shi-yoon (1986) - actor

lee hyuk-jae/eunhyuk (1986) - idol, MC

kim sung-gyu (1986) - actor

lee jang-woo (1986) - actor

kim jun-su/xia (1986) - idol and musical actor

1987

lee min-ho (1987) - actor, singer, and model

ji chang-wook (1987) - actor and singer

ahn jae-hyun (1987) - model and actor

im seul-ong (1987) - singer and actor

jung il-woo (1987) - actor

ryu deok-hwan (1987) - actor

shin soo-hang (1987) - actor

kim ryeo-wook (1987) - idol, radio personality and musical actor

kim young-kwang (1987) - actor and model

kwak si-yang (1987) - actor

jang geun-suk (1987) - singer and actor

lee seung-gi (1987) - actor and singer

lee sung-bin/beenzino (1987) - soloist

moon jun-won/joo won (1987) - actor

seo in-guk (1987) - actor and singer

yoon kyun-sang (1987) - actor

yoon park (1987) - actor

1988

kim soo-hyun (1988) - actor

cho kyu-hyun (1988) - idol, musical actor and tv host

jo won-jun/onejunn (1988) - idol

jung hae-in (1988) - actor

lee ji-hoon (1988) - actor

lee soo-hyuk (1988) - actor and model

eric nam (1988) - singer

ok taec-yeon (1988) - idol and actor

shim chang-min (1988) - idol an actor

kim jae-young (1988) - actor and model

yim si-wan (1988) - actor and ex-idol

kim min-jun/jun.k (1988) - idol, dancer and musical actor

lee changsun/lee joon (1988) - actor and singer

park seo-joon (1988) - actor

oh hee-joon (1988) - actor

ahn bo-hyun (1988) - actor

1989

kim woo-bin (1989) - actor and model

lee yi-kyung (1989) - actor

lee jong-suk (1989) - actor and model

jo kwon (1989) - idol, MC, actor and entertainer

jang woo-young (1989) - idol and actor

kim sung-gyu (1989) - idol and actor

lee jin-ki/onew (1989) - idol and actor

baek sung-hyun (1989) - actor

kang bong-sung (1989) - actor

kim kyung-nam (1989) - actor

kim hae-sol/zion.t (1989) - soloist

kwon hyuk-woo/loco (1989) - soloist

kim sangbum/kim bum (1989) - singer and actor

kim dong-hyun (1989) - idol and actor

jung yong-hwa (1989) - idol and actor

lee hak-joo (1989) - actor

han hee-jun (1989) - singer and MC

yoon doo-joon (1989) - idol and actor

1990

choi woo-sik (1990) - actor

kang ha-neul (1990) - actor

kim jung-hyun (1990) - actor

kim min-suk (1990) - actor

hong jong-hyun (1990) - actor

lee hong-ki (1990) - idol and actor

bang yong-guk (1990) - soloist