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South China Morning Post
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
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When Life Gives You Tangerines' Park Hae-joon on how the K-drama made him a better husband
By Park Jin-hai Advertisement Park Hae-joon, once infamously known in South Korea as the 'nation's adulterer' for his portrayal of an unfaithful husband in the 2020 drama The World of the Married, is reclaiming his screen persona – this time as the 'nation's romantic lead'. In Netflix's acclaimed series When Life Gives You Tangerines, Park delivers a heartfelt performance as Yang Gwan-sik, a devoted husband and selfless family man. Park shared that he laughed and cried along with viewers while experiencing the story of When Life Gives You Tangerines , adding that portraying the devoted Gwan-sik proved to be more challenging than his previous role as an adulterous husband. Kim Hee-ae and Park in a still from The World of the Married. The actor's role in the series led to him becoming known in South Korea as the 'nation's adulterer'. Photo: Viu 'Portraying a shameless character committing adultery had a certain thrill and catharsis because it allowed me to act out something that I don't do in real life.
South China Morning Post
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
The Korean tiger mum is called ‘Daechi mom' and she's been sent up brilliantly on YouTube
By Park Jin-hai Advertisement The 'Daechi mom', a figure obsessed with her child's education, has become a cultural phenomenon in Korean media. A seven-year-old preschooler effortlessly converses with native English speakers and aces maths tests that stump even Seoul National University undergraduates. This extraordinary child is the product of a Daechi mom, described as a woman sporting a high-end down jacket and a coveted designer bag, who shuttles children between after-school academies in the posh Daechi-dong neighbourhood in Gangnam district in southern Seoul, known as the mecca of private academies called hagwon. Parents wait outside a famous language academy in Daechi-dong, in Gangnam District in Seoul. Photo: captured from KBS's In-Depth 60 Minutes Comedian Lee Su-ji parodies this Daechi mom on her YouTube channel Hot Issue Ji. Lee has turned the character into an overnight sensation, igniting a cultural firestorm.
South China Morning Post
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Korea's ‘Daechi mom', wealthy tiger mum parody viral on YouTube for accuracy
By Park Jin-hai Advertisement The 'Daechi mom', a figure obsessed with her child's education, has become a cultural phenomenon in Korean media. A seven-year-old preschooler effortlessly converses with native English speakers and aces math tests that stump even Seoul National University undergraduates. This extraordinary child is the product of a Daechi mom, described as a woman sporting a high-end down jacket and a coveted designer bag, who shuttles children between after-school academies in the posh Daechi-dong of Gangnam district in southern Seoul, known as the mecca of private academies called hagwon. Parents wait outside a famous language academy in Daechi-dong of Gangnam District in Seoul. Photo: captured from KBS's In-Depth 60 Minutes Comedian Lee Su-ji parodies this Daechi mom on her YouTube channel Hot Issue Ji. Lee has turned the character into an overnight sensation, igniting a cultural firestorm.
South China Morning Post
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
The Glory star Jung Sung-il on Unmasked and nerves around Kim Hye-soo
By Park Jin-hai Primarily known for his work on the stage, 45-year-old Korean actor Jung Sung-il has seen a meteoric rise in domestic and international recognition after his role as the impeccably dressed Ha Do-yeong in the hit 2022 Netflix series The Glory . More recently, he successfully transformed his acting style for the Disney+ thriller series Unmasked , which concluded on February 19. He played Han Do, a new director who was unexpectedly transferred to the fictional 'Trigger' TV investigative news team after causing trouble at his previous workplace. 'Han Do grew up in circumstances that led him to be reclusive and prefer solitude,' Jung explained in an interview this week. 'He is an individualist who loves animals more than people. I wanted to portray him as an isolated person who doesn't act for others.' The series tells the story of a dedicated investigative reporting team as they create the programme Trigger. Han Do joins its veteran leader Oh So-ryong (Kim Hye-soo), assistant director Kang Ki-ho (Ju Jong-hyuk) and writer (Jang Hye-jin).
