South Korea to Make Remakes of American TV series

The long-running series like Criminal Minds, Good Wife and Entourage will be remade in Korea.

Emmy-winning drama The Good Wife will be the first scripted US television series to be remade in South Korea, after CBS Studios International licensed the format to TVN.
One of Korea’s biggest actress, Jeon Do-Yeon – who has won many awards in her career, including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival – in the femal lead role with male leads, with Yoo Ji Tae.
“Good Wife” is about a woman, confirmed to be played by Jeon Do Yeon, who assumes responsibility for her family after her husband, to be played by Yoo Ji Tae, is thrown into prison after a very public scandal.    It will premiere on July 8.

Recently Criminal Minds has been added to the sudden slew of American TV shows that are being adapted into Korean dramas.
Next Entertainment World (NEW) group and Taewon Entertainment group are collaborating to bring us a Korean drama remake of Criminal Minds.
NEW group has a history of producing great movies, from Miracle in Cell No. 7 to Roaring Currents. They recently delved into the drama world, and hit gold with the enormously successful Descended From the Sun. Taewon Entertainment group also has an impressive record, producing internationally-loved dramas like IRIS and movies like the Marrying the Mafia trilogy.

USA Network's Suits will be getting a South Korean remake as well.

“Entourage” is a another remake of the American drama of same title that ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011. starring Seo Kang-joon, Lee Kwang-soo, Sohee and Cho Jin-woong, the drama will revolve around the lives of Korean celebrities. Cho will portray the head of a management agency while Lee is set to play Cha Joon, an actor past his prime.
The broadcast date of the Korean version of “Entourage” has yet to be announced.

Two actresses in beautiful and unique dress at SBS' upcoming drama "Doctors" press conference

Actress Park Shin Hye and Lee Sung Kyung radiates charms that are different from each other with classic and office look respectively at the press conference of SBS drama 'Doctors' held in Seoul, Mok dong SBS hall on June 15.

Park Shin Hye wore a see-through dress from head to toe which was more classical and alluring rather than sexy.
Lace tights added a touch of sophistication to her dress and white open toe heels helped her to look better in proportion.

The patch detail was what made Lee Sung Kyung's dress shined on this day.
Glossy patch detail on the chest, waist, collar and sleeves of the vivid blue colored shirt added fun to her office look while pencil skirt with attached burgundy color patche added formal feel to her style. Strap heels which exposed ankle to toe make her overall look cooler as well.

The two are currently starring in the romantic medical drama series “Doctors,” set to premiere on June 20.

Daedong Yeojido, National Treasure of Korea will be put up for auction on June 28th.

On June 17th,  Daedong Yeojido, a map published in 1861 by Kim Jeong Ho, the most famous geographer in Korean history, was shown to public before the auction which it will be put up on 28th.

The map is a National Treasure of Korea (no. 850), it is 360 cm wide and 685cm high, with a scale of about 1:162 000.
Estimated sale price at auction is between KW 2.2 billion ~ 2.5 billion (about 2 million dollars).

Little is known about the cartographer, Kim Jeong Ho but he is said to have walked the entirety of the Korean peninsula in order to collect the information for his maps. The circumstances of his death remain uncertain. However, a popular hypothesis holds that he died in prison after being arrested for including politically sensitive details in his maps.

There is an anecdote that, in 1898, the Japanese occupation army, unaware of the existence of the Deadong Yeojido, ordered over 1000 Japanese technicians and 300 Koreans to create a map of the peninsula that would be used for the construction of the Seoul-Pusan train line. After learning about Kim Jeong Ho's work, they noticed that the map they had achieved with modern technology and over a thousand workers was no better than the one created by one man almost 40 years earlier.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ‘Injustice Edition’ frenzy in Korea : Who is benefiting?

Samsung Electronics has released a Batman-themed Galaxy S7 Edge called the ‘Injustice Edition’ in Korea on June 13th.
The 1,000 limited-edition models sold out just 10 minutes after they were released on Monday morning at 10 a.m. via Samsung’s online store.

While some devout Galaxy s fans are seeking the limited-edition phones for their own use, many of the people who bought the phone online tuned out to be scalpers seeking to profit off the new devices by reselling them at huge premium in Korea.

"Batman Phone Sale" posts were put up one after another on Korean online used marketplaces only within 30 minutes after batman phone was sold out at Samsung's official store.

The secondary market is offering between ₩1,650,000($1450) and ₩ 1.800,000($1600), against Samsung’s official selling price of ₩ 1,199,000($1000). Thus, a reseller can make up to 0,6 million won on a unit, a gain of more than 50 percent.

This is nothing new, as we have seen the same thing during Samsung’s previous ₩ 1,199,000 Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man Edition launches last year in Korea.

Industry insiders said "limited edition galaxy series tend to be sold higher than official price oversea as well", "seeking to profit off the new devices by reselling them at huge premium is not against the law here but some seller's excessive sales gimmick can cause customers to raise an eyebrow."

5 Korean Foods Foreigners Find Most Challenging in Korea

Cosmojin tour, travel agency specializing in tours for foreigners conducted survey about most difficult Korean food to eat on 782 foreign tourists who visited Korea during April to May.

Ganjang Gejang (raw crabs marinated in soy sauce, 65%)was Korean food which foreigners find most challenging followed by Cheonggukjang (fermented soybean paste soup, 19%), Snnakji (live octopus, 10%), Dotorimuk (acorn jelly salad, 4%) and Beondegi (steamed silkworm chrysalis, 2%)

One foreign tourist said "I wanted to try seasoned raw crab in soy sauce ever since i saw people eating it deliciously in Korean dramas and reality variety shows but it was hard for me to eat since black thing was too salty and red thing was too spicy with little bit of fishy smell."
"I loved the Bibimbap and Samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly) and Chimek (Korean style fried chicken with beer) was better than my expectation too." he added.