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Lee Si Young Announces Divorce With Restaurateur Jo(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Lee Si Young, best known for her role in Netflix hit Sweet Home, is embarking on a new stage of her life. After 8 years of marriage, she has announced her divorce with restaurateur Jo. As per the latest report, the two are currently in the process of getting a divorce. They also share a son together, whose custody arrangement is being discussed now.

On March 17, Korean media outlet Ytn exclusively reported that Lee Si Young and her husband are currently in the process of getting divorce. As per the report, earlier this year, the couple submitted the necessary documents to the Seoul Family Court. Now they have already reached a mutual agreement, as per the latest update. The actress and restaurateur Jo are currently discussing on custody arrangements and asset division.

Lee Si Young’s agency, Ace Factory, also confirmed the reports,...

Boys Over Flowers featured several actors whose careers were only going to get bigger after the 2009 K-drama. Adapted from Yoko Kamios Japanese manga of the same name, Boys Over Flowers sees Geum Jan-di, a working-class girl who falls for Gu Jun-pyo, the richest boy at Shinhwa High. Boys Over Flowers is not only one of the best romantic K-dramas of all time, but it also played a huge role in the Korean Wave.

While the actors in Boys Over Flowers worked on other TV shows before and after starring in the beloved series, they are mostly recognized for their roles in the high school K-drama. Since Boys Over Flowers is a romance, there might be an expectation that the actors in its cast have mostly starred in similar TV shows. While that is true in some cases, actors like Koo Hye-sun and Kim Hyun-joo have gone on to work in several other genres,...

Love Next Door sees Jung So-min return to the genre that made her famous and gives the perfect opportunity for fans to revisit another of her best rom-com K-dramas. In Love Next Door, Jung So-min flexes her comedy muscles as Bae Seok-ryu, who suddenly returns to South Korea after unexpectedly quitting her job abroad. While Love Next Door's confirmation of a Bae Seok-ryu theory sees the series take a more dramatic route, it the same healing route that is beloved by another of her best K-dramas.

Jung So-min rose to fame in 2010 in the rom-com Playful Kiss, an adaptation of the manga series "Itazura na Kiss". Since then, Jung So-min has continued to thrive in rom-coms, with The Sound of Your Heart and My Father is Strange being some of the funniest K-dramas of her career. Her rom-com return in Love Next Door has been well-received, as Jung So-min's...

Love Next Door brings back Jung So-min's comedic talents, echoing her previous K-drama roles like Playful Kiss. Alchemy of Souls showcases Jung So-min's range in a fantasy setting, featuring a complex dynamic with Lee Jae-wook. Love Next Door and Alchemy of Souls differ in tone, with the former highlighting Jung So-min's comedy strengths.

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Love Next Door.Jung So-min has had many incredible roles in her career, but her latest K-drama Love Next Door revives one of the best features of another of her well-beloved characters. After starting her career in 2010, Jung So-min rose to international fame after starring as Oh Ha-ni in Playful Kiss, the Korean adaptation of the manga "Itazura Na Kiss". She has since become a regular face in the K-drama industry, having fronted popular series such as Because This Is My First Life and The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.

Have you checked out Love Next Door on Netflix yet? It's easily the best K-Drama to be released in August, so we strongly recommend adding it to your watchlist. Not only does it have an interesting premise that'll grab your attention right away, it also stars two well-known South Korean actors in the leading roles.

It's a Korean romantic comedy series coming from Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha creators Yoo Je-won and Shin Ha-eun. You might also recognize Je-won from his previous directorial work on the hit Netflix K-Drama Crash Course in Romance, while Ha-eun can be recognized for previously writing for the Korean shows Argon and The Crowned Clown.

It tells the love story of a project manager named Bae Seok-ryu, who decides to return to her hometown, hoping for a fresh start in life, and an old childhood friend and young architect, Choi Seung-hyo, with whom she shares a complicated past.

Netflix recently released a new Korean drama titled Love Next Door, and people can't stop talking about it. In fact, it's currently ranked on Netflix's top 10 TV shows list as of Aug. 19. The first two episodes dropped on Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, and there are still so many more left to be released. If you’ve added this show to your watchlist and are looking forward to checking it out, we must share with you all there is to know about it, including the release schedule.

Love Next Door is of the romance genre, like most Korean series usually are. Actually, it's a romantic comedy series that was helmed by Yoo Je-won from scripts written by Shin Ha-eun. They had previously worked together on the hit K-Drama Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.

The rom-com tells a frenemies-to-lovers story between Bae Seok-ryu, a product manager who returns to Korea to reboot her life, and Choi Seung-hyo,...

Love Next Door is a chaotic romantic comedy with a stellar cast portraying vibrant characters. The K-drama reunites writer Shin Ha-eun and director Yoo Je-won, promising a hit. Jung So-min, Jung Hae-in, and the supporting cast bring life to the adult characters dealing with unexpected changes.

Love Next Door is a chaotic romantic comedy K-drama with a spectacular cast that portrays various vibrant characters. The series follows Bae Seok-ryu and Choi Seung-hyo, who have known each other since childhood due to their mothers' close friendship. However, when the perfect Seok-ryu suddenly returns to their hometown after an unknown crisis, they find themselves navigating uncharted territory now that they are adults.

The K-drama is a reunion project for writer Shin Ha-eun and director Yoo Je-won. The duo previously collaborated on Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, which received a critical appraisal for its K-drama romances and heart-warming subplots set in the coastal town of Pohang.

A major characteristic of k-dramas is their focus on romantic relationships, and for the most part, these connections are adorable, kind, and enough to warm the heart of any cynical audience member, however, there are certain k-drama couples that miss the mark completely. K-drama stands for Korean drama, or television series that come from South Korea. While they typically range in genre from historical and action to comedy, the majority of the shows include at least one sweet romance.

The following k-drama couples are the worst for a variety of reasons. One significant factor that comes into play is chemistry. A pair of actors can be shoved into the perfect, romantic circumstances, but if they don't have a palpable romantic connection, then their on-screen romance can quickly become a flop. Furthermore, there are many k-drama couples who are simply too problematic and toxic to be together. Although the series markets them as a likable couple,...

Chicago – Opening Night at Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) Season Six was extra exciting on March 13th, 2018, as popular Japanese film star Yuki Furukawa came to the Windy City to represent his starring role in the magical romance “Colors of Wind.” The film, a co-production of South Korea and Japan, was directed by Kwak Jae-yong and co-starred Takemi Fujii.

Japanese Actor Yuki Furukawa on Apuc’s Opening Night for ‘Colors of Wind’

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“Colors of Wind” is a highly romantic film about the “doppelganger,” the notion of twin souls in the world. In this case, it is Furukawa portraying Ryo, a heartbroken man who has lost his lover Yuri (Fujii). Before she left, she spoke of going to Hokkaido, a wintry town in Northern Japan. There Ryo finds Aya (also played by Fujii), who is an exact twin of his lost love, but she has lost a lover of her own.