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One of Youn's Kitchen's first customers. They put it on their blog
http://mindanaoadvice.com/2017/11/youns-kitchen-how-i-ended-up-in-a-korean-tv-show/
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In the liberation anniversary celebration President Moon announced that he will honoring the decendants of the people who worked toward liberation from the Japanese. Lee Seo Jin's great grandfather was one of the first and quite famously gave away all of his fortune to the Koreans working toward the freedom of Korea
http://news.joins.com/article/21845818
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Both Lee Seo Jin and Na PD recently were in France at the Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity on Sunday.
This a talk they gave about how NaPD came up with the idea and how LSJ has been central to the success of his shows.
It is the most highly viewed talk of the Festival which features some very famous and creative people from all over the globe. Their talk has received the most attention and views of any of the featured guests and lectures. (Currently around 100,000 views and counting)
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Love, Loan Sharks and Lee Seo Jin
Loan sharks are as necessary to Korean drama as water is to fish. They are cupids with brass knuckles, traumatizing Kdrama heroines into sketchy arrangements, where – after misunderstandings, humiliation, heavy labor, and disheartening setbacks – they ultimately find love and economic security. At least, that is the typical scenario.
The loan shark has been as necessary to Lee Seo Jin’s dramas as to anyone else’s, but with a difference. Check out the twists on the loan shark/love/LSJ triangle in his last three romance dramas.
Marriage Contract
The hero is as mean as the loan sharks. I guess you could say LSJ rescues our heroine from the loan sharks. But he doesn’t do it for love (at least, not for love of her). There’s a steep price indeed! Maybe she should’ve just gotten herself a lawyer.Wonderful Days
The heroine is a loan shark. Sort of. LSJ’s childhood sweetheart works for loan sharks. She is such an effective persuader that their rougher tactics are rarely called for. She has her reasons for this unconventional career choice, but since Lee Seo Jin is a prosecutor… awkward!Alas, her bravado, quick thinking and stellar negotiation skills are dust in the wind once she abandons her unwomanly calling to assume her “rightful” role as wife and daughter-in-law. In fact, for the second half of the drama, she creates one mess after another by impulsively acting on misperceptions. This is utterly inconsistent with her previous street smarts. She’s not really cut out for Korean family life – she was better at debt collecting!
Lovers
LSJ is the loan shark. In one of LSJ’s most popular dramas, we see in flashbacks that he used to be a loan shark. He has moved on to more exalted gang roles and then to rehabilitation by the time we meet him, but his girlfriend remains as a reminder of the bad old days – they met when he was shaking down her father!Loan Sharks in Real Life
On a more serious note, loan sharks are not just a humorous Kdrama plot device. Predatory lending is an actual and serious problem in South Korea. This 2009 article shows loan sharking complaints steadily climbing, and it is clear from this 2016 article describing a crackdown by Seoul’s metropolitan police that the situation has continued to worsen. The U.S. State Department draws a connection between loan sharking and human trafficking. Let’s hope the next Korean President will make predatory lending a priority on a national scale (improving women’s rights and the economy would also help).
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I'm not sure how accurate this information is - there have been some articles that say he is a stakeholder and others that say that he is not. For sure he was there at the opening of the restaurant.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/life/eat_in_eat_out/30312772
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Three things:
1. Am I the only one that noticed that this summer LSJ was doing photo shoots and vacationing in Rome, Italy in July and Choi Ji Woo was doing photo shoots around the same time in Milan, Italy? Coincidence?
2. Does anyone know how to connect with the last two documentaries LSJ narrated. They sound really interesting - one was on the global fishing and the one that is showing now in Korea is about the natural parts of the Korean UNESCO heritage sites. Can't seem to find anything on them.
3. Both LSJ and Choi Ji Woo have now been in Candy in My Ear. Coincidence? And is there anywhere that there are English subs for this?
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LSJ is given the "Golden Hammer" award by Habitat for Humanity for raising over 1 million Wan this year to help build homes for those in need.
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I found all the complete - Talents For Sale/Welcome Show at this site.
http://ikshow.net/shows/talents-for-sale/
It has a full shows and a lot of stuff that isn't on UTube
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Love the Hartman pics.
Not that it should matter - LSJ is an actor - but I couldn't help laugh at the post saying that because a gay man had posted pictures with LSJ the person posting presumed LSJ must be gay. Being gay is not a disease - you can't catch it by association. If that were true I'd be in huge trouble - because my uncle, one of my best friends and many people I've worked with in my life are gay. There are hundreds of photos of me - a flaming heterosexual - with a lot of gay people.
Sexual preference, like eye color, height etc comes with you when your born - you can't catch it. Unfortunately few schools teach the reality of life for fear of offending and the crazy backlash from the uneducated and fearful. There are many different types of sexuality - all of which should be accepted and honored, especially if you believe that the Divine made everything and all divine creations should be treasured.
As an artist and a person - LSJ seems to me someone who accepts and likes someone for who they are and isn't concerned about appearances and other people's opinions
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This is one my favorite LSJ LeCafe ads - especially the middle section with the kids.
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[Variety 2019] Little Forest 리틀 포레스트 (SBS)
in sitcoms, variety & reality shows
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Netcitizens are incredibly cruel - but so are many people. This kind of cruelty is endless and universal and been going on for centuries.
I like LSJ's attitude toward haters - which basically is to recognize that when you are in the profession he's chosen or in public life this is part of the career. The only thing he can control is how he feels about them and he chooses to just let it go past without comment. One person who was in the public eye had this quote on her desk which I always liked - "The only thing you can change about people is how you interact with them."
You should feel sorry for someone like this - they obviously have painful personal issues which they project onto others. The only problem I have with Netcitizens is thinking that they are entitled to control an actor or singer's personal life. Being an dancer or entertainer is a profession and a skill - no different than a good mechanic. You wouldn't think you were entitled to stop going to a mechanic because they were dating and didn't tell you. There are times I want to say - "get a life" instead of trying to control someone else's.
I also have real problems with enslavement of children who want to be entertainers. Taking children and teenagers away from their families and controlling all aspects of their life is what was done for gisaengs and geishas and young Asian boys for Chinese opera. It's more 6th century than this century.