Stories by Jeff Chung

Queen Dowager sets a trap; In Joon is appalled

K-pop groups BlackPink and BTS had a busy week in the U.S. K-pop idol group BlackPink was live on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last Monday, performing at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.

Bok Su is confused; Lee Hyuk is dumbfounded

The South Korean action-packed film of 2018, “The Villainess,” directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Kim Ok-vin, aka Kim Ok-bin, will be adapted and remade into a TV series by Skybound Entertainment for the U.S. market.

Yu Ra gets entrapped; Woo-jin is torn

Local Korean American amateur golfer Peter Jung will make his PGA debut next month at the SONY Open. Maryknoll School junior Jung is 16 and has been golfing since age 8 when his father Sung Yup Jung introduced him to the game.

Sung-guk runs into Hye-soo; Tae Gyu receives a death threat

The Hawaii International Film Festival ended last week and here are the award winners: Korean actress now director Moon So-ri received the 2018 Halekulani Career Achievement Award. Moon was in town for her premiere of “The Running Actress.” The Best Made in Hawaii Feature Award winner is “Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable,” directed by Aaron Lieber.

Soo Yeon gets injured; Mi-ran calls Hye-soo

Vietnam and South Korea are enjoying cultural, financial and social prosperity in recent years. There have been over 5,000 South Korean companies investing and opening offices in Vietnam. South Koreans are learning Vietnamese and Vietnamese are now flocking to South Korea to learn Korean.