...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....
25.4.12
[News] Taiwan photo mix-up angers Lee Ji-ah.
[News] Taiwan photo mix-up angers Lee Ji-ah.
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A major mix-up at a Taiwanese newspaper had a gigantic picture of actress Lee Ji-ah set alongside a story about a womanizing Chinese politician, leading to outrage from the star’s agency.
On April 12, UDN Press printed an article about the former mayor of Dalian, Bo Xilai. The newspaper linked him to countless women and emphasized his relationship with newscaster Jang Wei Jie.
However, instead of printing Jang’s photo, the newspaper placed a large picture of Lee on its front page. It apparently took the image from a drama in which she starred some time ago.
“As you can guess, E is as shocked as we all are,” the actress’ agency said yesterday. “The newspaper did announce the misprint on the following day, but Lee’s reputation has already been tarnished. Furthermore, officials from the newspaper haven’t even called us to apologize.”
The agency added that it is contemplating whether it should pursue legal action to remedy the harm done.
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