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*I love seeing her reading*

Got an informer from HK (",) that LYA will be coming to HK 7 April 05 and will be staying about 4-5 days. Although this is a GOOD news to the HK ppl, but I'm really sad coz even till now (the drama finished feb) its really rare to hear anything anymore about DJG in Malaysia. I was really hoping that they would come to Malaysia too.

To HK, please send her our warmest wishes and success

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Hm,
this is told by someone in the CKDFC(Chicago Korean Drama Fan Club) that after they finished filming DJG, the tv station bring the whole crew (not sure how many but definiately the main char and crews) for a holiday somewhere in Singapore and Malaysia. During that time, DJG is not aired yet in M'sia. Wonder how true is this, I'm very happy that they choose our country though... i did hope they have a great time. However, JJH was said to stay back in Korea doing the filming of his drama Miss Kim's 1 Million Dolar Project.Seems like Madam Jung also stay back I see coz she is in the drama as well ^^

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From Leeyoungae.com
By Momo

A few pieces of news I've read lately: - A Korean entertainment company conducted a poll among ~300 tourists from Japan, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong on their favorite Korean actor/actress. Answer differed with each country: Japanese tourists chose Bae Yong-Joon, Taiwanese chose Young-Ae, Chinese chose Jeon Ji-Hyeon and Hong Kong tourists chose Choi Ji-Woo as their most favorite. (But then, the sample size seems too small to take this survey seriously..) - Hong Kong-Taiwan music awards (IFPI Records) invited Kwon Sang-Woo and Young-Ae as award givers in their ceremony to be held on March 22 (yesterday?). Kwon Sang-Woo apparently accepted the offer and left for Hong Kong, but not sure about Young-Ae. (Most likely turned it down due to her tight schedule with the movie) - A Chinese daily's internet edition (大洋網) featured an article on Young-Ae's cover picture of Hong Kong weekly 東方新地, mentioning that she looks older than she was in DJG, pointing out wrinkles around her eyes and her sagging face countour. (Too straightforward and nitpicking an article to my taste..)

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Some more news on Young-Ae's new film
From Leeyoungae.net
by Momo

First, they are planning to open their filming location to the press, both domestic and foreign, on March 31. This is pretty exciting because the movie was being filmed with as little exposure to the public as possible, which is typical of Park Chan-Wook, the director. Several TV stations and newspapers in Japan and Taiwan have already shown interest in visiting. Usually the film company pays the travel expenses, but this time they are even willing to come at their own expenses. It just shows the level of attention this movie is attracting worldwide, due to the director's and Young-Ae's reputation.

Secondly, here's the translation of the latest article on the news board:

Song Gang-Ho, Yoo Ji-Tae, Kang Hye-Jeong and Bae Doo-Na get together at the summon of Park Chan-Wook



Park Chan-Wook's new film 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' is going to feature an unprecedented group of top celebrities in its cameo roles. The movie, which completes Park's 'revenge trilogy', following 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance' and 'Oldboy', is not only the first attempt to portray the revenge of a female lead, but also the summation of the previous two films.

Therefore, traces of the preceding movies can be found throughout the movie, one of which is the cameo appearance of actors who had performed in these earlier films.

Among these actors who either already filmed or are scheduled to film their scenes are Choi Min-Shik, Song Gang-Ho, Yoo Ji-Tae, Bae Doo-Na, Kang Hye-Jeong, Oh Gwang-Rok and Yoon Jin-Suh. Except for Choi Min-Shik who plays the role of Mr. Baek, the victim of 'Keum-Ja' Lee Young-Ae's revenge, most of their roles are insignificant cameo roles.

Most of them already finished filming their scenes, including Bae Doo-Na who passes by in a TV commercial, and the details are kept as secret to heighten the expectation of the audience.

Oh Gwang-Rok, who had appeared as 'guy #2' in 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance' and the man who jumped from the roof of a building to kill himself in 'Oldboy', took the role of a family member of the child kidnapped by Keum-Ja, thus appearing in all three films of Park's revenge trilogy.

'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' is currently being filmed in Pusan. It is scheduled to finish shooting in April, and open in theaters at the end of June.

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I like this post in the Chicago Korean Drama Club about DJG 2 ^^

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Daejanggum 2??? « Thread started on: 03/24/2005 at 17:48:19 » There is going to be a historical drama by the same P.D. and the writer of Daejanggum~ Currently, they are choosing the actors and actresses for the main characters. Storyplot: it is about a prince who is working to become the king and also a love story between him and another girl. There was a poll considering this issue: Which actors and actresses would fit best for this drama? Out of a survey of 1578 people, 95% voted for Leeyoungae and Jijinhee (Janggum and Jungho in DJK) I am expecting this drama to be a huge hit in Korea too.

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Re: Daejanggum 2??? « Reply #1 on: Today at 04:40:44 » Hm... this is a good news but knowing Leeya's character, she would probably not do the same story. oh well, i really hope she would haha... even though in real life JJH is married with another Lee, but then they could still be together in movie's or drama.. it's really rare for korean drama i'ved seeing showing a more matured looking guy and lady as main actors ^^ go LYA! go JJH! oh ya, been trying to find any pictures LYA and JJH together in a modern cloth together. anyone has any?

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Chicago Korean Drama Fan Club -Dae Jang Geum appears about me.
Thats right, about me not me talking bout LYA.
Anyway... just something to remember ^^

Topic:Hi Everyone

Re: Hi Everyone. « Reply #14 on: Today at 01:09:07 »

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. I wonder if Ms. Cha is a Korean residing in Malaysia

Nope, I'm a Malaysian residing in Malaysia

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and u can try visit Cha Geum's blog on DJG / Lee Young Ae's latest news.. at http://mydjg.blogspot.com

I got a personal add ^^ thanks, give me u're opinion guys

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Han Sang Gung Mamanyim - Her official site (from a post in the link above is): http://loveymk.ivyro.net/

I never able to register for her site, way to tricky for foreigner. filling the form like forever. so sad, i know thats the only way to know her latest news. Not much news i can find bout her

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About Mis_Cha .. i believed that she is a Malaysian Chinese not Korean. Anyway.. u should check her blog for more info.. I'm just interested in Young Ae..

I think my personal life is revealing in here surprisingly ^^ I'm 1/2 chinese, i guess i have to reveal more in my blog eh


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Are you sure Ms. Cha is Chinese? Her name sounds more like Korean. In fact she looks like Korean. I would say her looks is good enough to be an actress. Say, maybe she can appear in DJG 2 .

If that person you meant would apper in DJG 2, I would support 200%, since its LYA
How can I be compare to LYA ... she wash her face with milk! ^^ sometimes
Freecitizen -> thats my nickname, everyone calls me that ^^ sound korean? hehe... kamsam mida

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For Ms Cha's blog, her pic in her profile is definiately the pic of my beloved Ms Lee Young Ae.. u should play around her link there to find her buried treasure.

Em, i'ved answered that part.. its LYA. Guess have 2 put 'me' in there.
and em DarthRaven, whats the buried treasure??
I'm faithfully to Sir Min and devoted to LYA, *sis,don't worry yea*

Hm.. now i felt in the moment like an artist ^^ .. but surely LYA won't have the time to answer all those Q, but i do know she does appreciate us backing her up when the road gets rought eh..

Hm, so thats how it felt if you are missing for a while.lots of surprising things could happen.
Beyonde ppl if there are some confusion there.. we all love JG aka LYA.
I might begin to start actively again in here when everthing is done. as I said.. its all in me blog.

Take care ppl,
Love Cha ^^; /

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絶世美女, 이영애
From Leeyounae.net

For more than 10 years, Lee Young-Ae has maintained her position as a cosmetics model, an ultimate dream for any female actress. What is the secret behind her unchanging beauty?

The silken black dress is from Stella McCartney, the elliptical diamond ring from Fred, and the starfish-shaped ring from Boucheron.

Recently, pretty faces have become so common that people even say young kids these days have different physique from older generations. However, around the time when Lee Young-Ae debuted as a charming detective in a cosmetics commercial under the ad copy of 'Oxygen Lady', her beauty was literally breathtaking. Has her beauty faded since then? Far from it. With the charisma of a mature actress added to her handsome face, she is still the leading beauty easily surpassing numerous artificial-looking new pretty faces.

As a long-time cosmetics model from 'Mamonde' at the begining of her career to the recent 'Iope', she is an eye-witness to the various issues that have come and gone in the cosmetics world. "When I first debuted, fair skin and large eyes characterized a woman's beauty, which I was also led to believe. These days, on the other hand, the essence of beauty is being natural and not artificial. I also think that the real beauty comes from your individual behaviors and attitudes."

A person's behaviors and attitudes are manifest through everyday habits. To prevent her skin from sagging, she rubs her skin up when washing her face, and always uses cold water for final rinsing to keep her skin resilient. She also makes a point of drinking 10 glasses of water everyday along with some vitamin, which helps maintain her thin skin moisturized. Most of all, she says, sound sleep is important, so she recommends meditation and yoga. Yoga, in particular, which she started 2 years ago, is effective for relieving both physical and mental fatigue.

In addition to yoga, she goes on 'one-food diet' whenever her body feels heavy and swollen, where she only relies on grape and water until the body feels refreshed again. To avoid harming her health, she limits it up to 2 weeks, and gradually returns to regular diet, beginning with light food such as broth. After 'Daejanggeum', she also tried a new diet where she drank a cup of walnut, chestnut, black bean, brown rice, Job's tears and pumpkin mixed in milk and honey whenever her stomach feels empty.

Could it be the result of her diet? In the recently released teaser poster of 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance', Lee Young-Ae's facial contour had become noticeably slimmer than that at the time of 'Daejanggeum'. In this movie, her character is largely divided into Keum-Ja of the past and present, where the past version is similar to the usual Lee Young-Ae with long hair and light makeup, while the present version is starkly different. Her hair will change to a wavy style, and while the basic makeup and lipstick will be light and transparent as before, her change will be emphasized by red eye makeup, a very rare color for eyes.

In the poster, Lee Young-Ae looks extremely pale, giving the obsever an almost eerie feeling. Such a dramatic expression was possible because her actual skin is so fair and transparent. Despite her naturally light skin, she alwyas makes sure to keep it that way by using skin whitening products and sun screens. She also regularly uses her own methods such as rubbing her face with milk-soaked cotton or potato-ground juice.

For her lips, she put on Iope Glossy Lipstick Shine Orange Color, then added moisture with Iope Lip Magic Gloss Orange Color. To produce simple and clean-looking eyes, she only wore the white-silver color of Iope Palette 3 Eyes Pink B505.

We met Lee Young-Ae during the production of Iope Whitegen MS135 Intensive commercial. Her skin looked even more lucid and transparent. Although her skin is quite fair, persistent whitening care is necessary to prevent blemishes, she said.

While her skin is fair, it's thinner and drier than that of average people, so wrinkles are formed easily. Therefore she takes special care of eye wrinkles with anti-aging products, such as Iope's Active Firming Eyecream and Retinol 2500. For her body skin which is also dry, she mostly uses L'Occitane products, and in particular their hand cream is a must. She doesn't wear makeup too often, but when she does, her favorites are Iope Truestyle Eyeshadow R101, which softens the eye shape, and Soft Blusher Creamy Orange and Lip Magic Gloss Orange, which give a vivid look to pale skin.

Lee Young-Ae is pretty, in anyone's eyes, at any time. Unlike others who started with the dream of becoming an actor and went through a long training period, she began her acting career somewhat accidentally thanks to her good looks. For a long time, her acting has always been underestimated due to her outward beauty and people's prejudice about it. However, she worked steadily through numerous TV dramas and films, and finally she is being reevaluated as an actress in the past few years.

"Personally I felt the real atttraction of acting through 'One Fine Spring Day', and my selection standards has changed since then. I believe 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' will be yet another turning point in my acting career." She is currently busy visiting the factory of a confectionery company and learning baking skills, in preparation for the movie where she will perform as a baker. Unfazed by the press hype on Lee Young-Ae being the leader of Japan's Korean culture wave in 2005, she says "for now, I'm focusing on shooting the film and nothing else." We, as the audience, are already looking forward to the gruesome revenge by the fairest of the fair.

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Found this article in this person's blog regarding Ji Jin Hee's promoting DJG to Taiwan.. seperate from LYA however.
The original news link is also posted in that blog if you can read chinese =)

Read more

Just don't know what you might get from other ppl's blog eh...

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Just read in an article that Park Chan-Wook, director of Young-Ae's new movie , plans to submit it to Venice Film Festival. The main reason is that he doesn't think it will be finished in time for Cannes Film Festival which takes place in May, so he switched his target to Venice instead. It will be the first showing outside Korea (Korea release date is 6/24). The article also says that they completed shooting ~80% of the movie so far. Another article reports that the crew will move to Pusan early this week to film a scene where Keum-Ja shoots a guy who tries to kidnap her.

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From The Star
Price of fame

LEE Young Ae has been hailed as the new queen of Korean drama serials following her powerful performance in the period show Dae Jang Geum or Jewel in the Palace (the 70-episode TV series which recently concluded its run on 8TV). The 34-year-old made a huge impression on her native South Korean as well as Asian and American television audiences portraying the historical figure of a determined girl who rises from the ranks of a palace servant to be the imperial physician.

According to Nanyang Siang Pau, fans have called it “a Korean drama that is truly meaningful.”

Prior to taking up the demanding role, Lee had been noticeably absent from the acting scene for close to two years. Now some sources claimed that the ultra-sweet actress had been living a life of luxury under the care of an identified wealthy man during her hiatus.

Lee is also said to have pocketed an obscene amount for playing Jang Geum.

Success does come at a price.

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(--) how true is this? aigu aigu...

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He got married Nov last year, sigh... 'Sir Min' found his love
but they looked lovely! Oh..remember a pic of him so handsome in a suite holding a bouquet of rose

found it!

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Youngae be the 'spokewoman' of Woongjin
From Leeyoungae.net

Because of the great success of DJG, Youngae becomes a popular figure among the Pacific region. The Woongjin , a health drink producer, had signed youngae for their new series of the ' juice' advertisements. In order to perform as the 'fresh' and 'healthy' look (coz youngae is the oxygen girl), Youngae dressed as the snow white to take the photoshots.
Since the DJG is very popular in HongKong recently, it encourages the producer (Woongjin) to hit the HongKong's market next week(mid-March). Also, many companies wanted to invite Youngae to be the guest of different ceremonies. However, it is unfortunate that Youngae is busy in the production of 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' which caused her no time for the DJG promotion at HongKong.
Everyone knows that youngae's 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' is possibly to enter the Berlin International Film Festival. At the same time, another Korean actress KimHeeSun also gets the opportunity to enter the Festival because of the current movie with Jackie Chan. Although Kim's six years younger than youngae, both are the graduates of the Korea Central University, the stream of the drama.
It's very happy to know that...Youngae is more and more popular in Hongkong...:)
and I believe that..she would gain a great success from the Berlin International Film festival, Just like the popularity gained by JSA a few years ago.

-->hm... any malaysian companies interested? hehe..

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YA voted most influential actress in Screen's top 100 Korean actor list
From Leeyoungae.net by Momo ^^

March 2005 edition of the Korean film magazine Screen put together a list of 100 most influential Korean actors based on their activities in the past 5 years. Young-Ae was ranked 6 (top among actresses), apparently thanks to DJG's success and her rising popularity outside Korea. Not that everyone would agree with this list--just for fun! :) Here's the top 10 of the list: 1. Seol Kyeong-Gu (Shilmido, Public Enemy, Oasis, Peppermint Candy) 2. Jang Dong-Geon (Chin-Gu, Tae Guk Gi) 3. Song Gang-Ho (Joint Security Area, Memories of Murder) 4. Lee Byeong-Heon (Joint Security Area, Bittersweet Life) 5. Won Bin (Tae Guk Gi) 6. *Lee Young-Ae* ^^; 7. Choi Min-Shik (Oldboy) 8. Bae Yong-Joon (Winter Sonata) 9. Kwon Sang-Woo (Stairway to Heaven) 10. Jeon Ji-Hyeon (My Sassy Girl)

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Favourite DJG off screen moments!!

Young Ae's is just soo beautiful in front of camera.. esp candid!



This is soo sweet!!

There are times even she needs help!

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Ji Jin Hee, Kim Hyun-Joo, Woo Mi-Kyung, Kwon Young-Hoon



From me "muahahahahahahahaha ^^;"
Then "Sob...sob..sob.."

i give **** 1/2 star to this drama
5 star belongs to DJG ^^

Don't be surprise if you see some familar faces in it.
but if you don't then you should look forward to have
a laugh remembering who they are hehe

em..just watched the 4th cd haha

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