[Drama 1997] Beautiful My Lady 아름다운 그녀

[Guest richie86]

^ Hi! Sorry about the missing links, hope you can download these instead. Let me know if Sendspace/Filesend are easier for you.

Beautiful My Lady - mv 1.wmv (6.03 MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JC7TEALY

http://www.mediafire.com/?6b5xngsebfj

Beautiful My Lady - The Classic.asf (6.47 MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PS0GG7T0

http://www.mediafire.com/?3gbng1egimg

Beautiful My Lady - clip1.wmv (2.56 MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=08RAKXDF

http://www.mediafire.com/?bbsjvb3t1y4

Hey can you please upload these songs again ^^

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February 15, 2010

[10LINE] Lee Byung-hun

Senior Reporter.Kang Myoung-Seok Editor.Lee Ji-Hye, Lucia Hong

Lee Byung-hun

He grabbed people's attention as soon as he made his acting debut. And he did great. He would then encounter a crisis but everytime, he would somehow find his way back. And he went around the world to look for new work. This is the life of this top star whose life is like a drama or drama turns out to be what his life is.

Related excerpt only, for full article please refer the source provided

Song Seung-heon

Lee's co-star of SBS drama "Happy Together." The two teamed up for "Happy Together" after having become close while filming SBS series "Her Beautiful" where Lee played a boxer and Song his sparring partner. At the time, Lee had said, "When I come to think about it, I'm not handsome so I think I'm better suited for characters who have simple and rustic personalities." Hence he had played Seo Tae-poong, a baseball player who had no skills nor future, in “Happy Together.” He then started showing different sides to him by playing a man who stammers in film "The Harmonium in My Memory" and a chef with a split personality in SBS omnibus drama "Love Story."

Senior Reporter : Kang Myoung-Seok two@10asia.co.kr Editor : Lee Ji-Hye seven@10asia.co.kr Editor : Lucia Hong luciahong@asiae.co.kr

<ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved> 10.asiae.co.kr

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Captures full credit to fan-sharing at GBW cafe.daum 5674 as stated on the images

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May 18, 2010

Ex-Actress Shows Up at Husband's Seoul Campaign Office

The former actress Shim Eun-ha on Sunday showed up for the first time at the campaign office of her husband Ji Sang-wook, the hard-right Liberty Forward Party's candidate for Seoul mayor.

Shim (38) visited his campaign office in Jongno, Seoul to celebrate her husband's 45th birthday. Her appearance prompted speculation that she has started lending a hand in her husband's campaign.

Shim had planned to attend the opening of Ji's office last month but relented for fear of violating the election law if fans rushed to the scene. /Newsis

Source: englishnews@chosun.com

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June 2, 2010

Ji Sang-wook, the Liberty Forward Party's candidate for Seoul mayor and his wife, former actress Shim Eun-ha, cast their votes in local elections at a polling station in Sindang-dong, Seoul on Wednesday.

Ji Sang-wook, the Liberty Forward Party's candidate for Seoul mayor and his wife, former actress Shim Eun-ha, wait to enter a polling station in Sindang-dong, Seoul on Wednesday. /Newsis

Source: englishnews@chosun.com

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September 11, 2010

The BML little boy.. all grown up?

The child-actor playing the son of Shim EunHa and Lee ByungHun in SBS 1997 'Beautiful My Lady' is now a 19-year old actor, recently appeared in 2010 drama series 'Coffee House.'

Source: news.nate.com 1 l 2

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November 12, 2010

Founder of largest English K-pop site 'Soompi'

Korean-American web developer creates first global online community devoted to K-pop, Asian entertainment

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

Main page of the ultimate K-pop site “Soompi”

If you’re looking for news about a SuperJunior concert, reviews for a 2NE1 album, recaps of Korean drama "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" or simply anything about Korean entertainment, chances are you’ll find it on Soompi.com.

Soompi.com is the oldest and currently the largest English-language online community devoted to Korean and Asian entertainment, with a million unique visitors every month.

Soompi has come a long way from its early days as a personal online shrine devoted to K-pop started by Korean-American Susan Kang in 1998.

"I had recently graduated from college with nothing much to do. As a recent fan of both K-pop and the Internet (AOL was all the rage), I noticed that there weren't any English-language sites devoted to Korean pop music or TV dramas, so I purchased a book called `Make Your Own Website with Microsoft Word '97’, and the rest, as they say, is history," Kang said, now a 35-year-old mother living in Irvine, Calif., in an email interview with The Korea Times.

Kang’s original site, Soompitown, was fairly simple. She would just upload photos of her favorite K-pop acts like H.O.T., S.E.S., Shinhwa and FinKL and English translations of Korean magazine articles, as well as post CD audio samples and her own album reviews. Basically, Kang ran the website out of "love" for K-pop.

(If you’re wondering about the meaning of Soompi, it simply refers to a nickname that a roommate’s family gave Kang in college.)

In the early 2000s, hallyu or the Korean wave began spreading around Asia and international fans discovered Soompi, the first website that actually provided English-language information about their favorite Korean stars.

Soon Soompi became more and more popular, requiring more servers and more technical expertise. A team of volunteers helped moderate the forums and post content on the website, but Kang, who also worked full-time as a web developer, was running the website on her own as a hobby and it was starting to feel burdensome.

For one, it was getting expensive to pay for the server fees out of her own pocket, although it was partially funded by member donations and small ad buys.

Then came the fateful day, Oct. 5, 2005, when the entire Soompi website crashed. Its entire database of 80,000 members and millions of forum posts was gone. "I seriously thought of just making that the end of Soompi, as I'd been running the site as a hobby for seven years at that point, and was paying for the servers completely out of my own pocket," she said.

"The turning point was when we re-opened an empty forum with 0 members and 0 posts, and within 5 days, we already had 40,000 members. That's when I knew that Soompi was bigger and more important than just one person's hobby."

Soon, it became apparent that a more serious, business-oriented approach to Soompi was needed.

In 2006, Joyce Lan Kim, a lawyer then working for technology firms in Silicon Valley, joined Soompi to handle the business side, albeit on a part-time basis.

"I joined the company, working on advertising and thinking of ways the company can break even. Susan never started this with business in mind. It was always just about fun. It was about bringing K-pop to the people. But how we make this sustainable is our job," Kim told The Korea Times at a coffee shop in downtown Seoul, last week.

Last year, Kang and Kim both decided to leave their full-time jobs and focus on Soompi.

The 33 year old Kim, who studied at Cornell and Harvard universities and received a law degree from Columbia University, had no second thoughts giving up a law career. She sees Soompi as a good business opportunity with K-pop’s potential to expand around the world.

Soompi is may not yet be profitable, but there is no doubt it is an Internet success with 500,000 registered members, and attracts over one million unique visitors every month ("That's like a small city," Kim quipped.) Revenues are currently generated from ads, premium membership and affiliate programs, but not enough for the company to break even.

There may be other K-pop websites that attract more hits, but Soompi has the most activity among community members, such as posting content and comments on the site. "Our success comes from covering such a wide variety of topics - not only the latest K-pop news, but Korean dramas and variety shows, original fan fiction, our own member-run shops, beauty & fashion, among so much more," Kang said.

Aside from sections on entertainment news, fan clubs and beauty & fashion, Soompi also has its own weekly music chart and annual contests, such as Soompi Idol, Soompi Dance Idol, Soompi Ulzzang, fan fiction writing and graphics contests.

All contests were originally started by Soompi members themselves. This year, Soompi Ulzzang Contest, a modeling competition for Soompi members, has become an official event and sponsored by Korean entertainment company Sidus HQ.

Member feedback is invaluable to keeping Soompi relevant. Whenever new features are launched, Soompi looks at the comments from members and makes the appropriate tweaks. Members can also vote for which Soompi fan clubs should be created next, as well as recommend new forums and sub-forums.

Soompi is working to make the site more user-friendly. "It's not a hobby anymore. We have to do it for real. Functionality is very important for us. We are definitely working on making it easier to use, and on getting great content," Kim said.

In terms of technical innovations, the Soompi Street Teams Twitter application is being launched. This will make it easier for fans to get their favorite K-pop idols on Twitter’s top trending topics.

"We wanted to make it easier for everybody to join together and tweet in support of their celebs. Twitter is not just for K-pop, because it's for everyone... Each time a K-pop celebrity ends up as a Twitter topic, people go, `who is this guy?’ Like when (SuperJunior member) Kim Hee-chul was trending on Twitter, everyone was talking about him... We can expose more people to the world of K-pop," Kim said.

An Asian website

Soompi is no longer just devoted to Korean pop music, but Asian pop and entertainment in general. It is also very much a global community, with most members from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia.

The majority or 81 percent of Soompi members are Asian, while 8 percent are white, 5 percent are multi-ethnic and the rest are African-American, Hispanic and other ethnicities. The most surprising fact was 60 to 80 percent of the non-Asian groups said they "know some Korean."

"It’s mostly non-Koreans, as opposed to 7 or 8 years ago when majority were Korean-Americans. Now Korean Americans are a minority on the site. We have ever growing number of people who are not even Asian. We have Caucasians, African-Americans, Middle East, Latin American, South East Asians," Kim said.

Soompi stands out because of its tight-knit community and its members. "Soompi is very community-focused, not just information or gossip-focused. It feels like home to many, and there are many members who have literally grown up on the site ― from Junior High to High School to College to getting married and having children," Kang said.

Noticeably, the Soompi forums are relatively free from the anti-fans and trolls who frequent K-pop websites to post vitriolic comments that rile up fans.

"I think our biggest defining feature is our members. Our members are the ones who do the subtitles, episode recaps and organize fan meetings," Kim said. "We have good members."

Future of Kpop & Soompi

Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to say that Soompi has helped give a boost to K-pop and Korean entertainment’s popularity among English speakers.

But while K-pop is undeniably big in Asia, there is yet to be a real K-pop breakthrough in the U.S., despite attempts by Rain, Wonder Girls and Se7en. "Honestly, I'm not sure if the U.S. is ready to accept Asians as idols, as Asians are still widely portrayed as awkward geeks or kung fu masters on TV and film, but I do believe it's just a matter of 'when', not 'if'. I hope it's sooner than later," Kang said.

Looking back, Kang admitted being constantly amazed and inspired by the level of commitment and amount of time people will willingly volunteer to support their favorite idols. "Passion will drive people to do crazy and wonderful things," she said.

In the future, Soompi hopes to leverage its brand value as the oldest K-pop online resource, and to continue fanning the flames of K-pop and Asian pop fever around the world.

"In 10 years, I'll be 45 years old. I hope by then, the Soompi community will still be going strong, with the love for Korean and Asian pop being passed to a much wider audience. We'll still be providing the best place for people to express their fandom and meet others who share their passion," Kang said.

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January 2, 2011

Soompi.com shows Hallyu where to go

By Yang Sung-jin (insight@heraldm.com) koreaherald.com

Soompi.com is the world’s biggest English-language online community dedicated to Korean pop culture. It boasts some 1.4 million visitors daily. More importantly, 90 percent of its members are non-Koreans.

The website is widely regarded as a promising social network venture that has secured a solid user base on the strength of Korean cultural content. Softbank of Japan has already invested in Soompi.com and other investors are lining up amid the outlook that the website will emerge as a key gateway to Asian pop culture for English-speaking audiences.

Soompi.com CEO Joyce Kim, who lives in San Francisco, said in an interview that Hallyu is still in the early stages of growth internationally and the website would help foster its development online as “the central online activity hub for all fans of Hallyu and Asian pop.”

Joyce Kim

As for Hallyu, Kim noted that the near absence of a legitimate distribution of Korean pop content is a serious problem that is often neglected by Koreans.

The following are excerpts from the e-mail interview with Kim.

Korea Herald: How did Soompi.com start, and how did you get involved in the site?

Joyce Kim: Soompi was started by my co-founder Susan Kang in 1998 as her own personal website dedicated to her interest in Korean dramas and music. During the initial first few years, Susan would scan Korean entertainment magazine articles, translate them into English and post them on the site. Slowly, a community began to grow around the site and Susan soon had people volunteering to help with the site. As the first Hallyu wave began to grow, the site also began to grow. Soon, there were hundreds of thousands of visitors each month.

I met Susan because she is the older sister of my best friend from law school. We initially started to work together on Soompi in 2006 when the site growth was really taking off which meant server expenses were also taking off. I was helping Susan set up the advertising system on the site and eventually we decided to officially create a company and work on Soompi together. At first, we both kept our full-time jobs (Susan as a coder and me as a lawyer) and worked on Soompi during our nights and weekends. But by the end of 2008, the site was so active that it was obvious that the site needed more support. We made the decision to leave our jobs in 2009 and work on Soompi full-time.

KH: If you define Soompi.com, what is it?

Kim: Soompi is an online fan community for Hallyu. Soompi’s greatest strength lies in our members. Ninety-nine percent of the content on Soompi is user-generated content so our members are the ones who find the information to share and discuss. They spend a great deal of time online answering each other’s questions. No amount of money or marketing can create the organic community that sites like Soompi have.

KH: Who are Soompi members?

Kim: Soompi members are mostly young Americans of many different backgrounds (Asian, Caucasian, black and Latino) followed by people in their teens and 20s in South East Asia (Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, etc). They are typically very fashionable and up on the latest trends since they follow entertainment so closely. When they come to Soompi, they are often looking for the latest news about Hallyu and to meet other passionate fans. Hallyu fans love to work together to do events and share their love for their idols.

KH: What aspect of Hallyu appeals to Soompi members?

Kim: Soompi members love the celebrities ― their personalities, their visuals, their songs ― all of it. In fact, many of our members (90 percent of whom are not Korean) have started to learn Korean to better understand the music and dramas. Hallyu has definitely started to grow beyond its typical Asian boundaries. I think we will see Hallyu spread to the U.S., Latin America and Europe in 2011. However, for Hallyu to be truly successful abroad, Korean entertainment companies need to better understand international fans better ― this is important for creating new fans and reaching out to new markets.

KH: What can Korean websites and firms interested in Hallyu learn from Soompi?

Kim: I would say two differences between Soompi and Korean sites are 1) we really take into consideration the community’s desires when we build new products ― meaning oftentimes we look at community feedback first when thinking about new features and 2) we push out features before they are 100 percent perfect ― sometimes it means it has bugs, but it also means we can get our full community reaction quickly and fix or change things as needed.

For entertainment firms working in the Hallyu industry, it is important to make the music and drama content easily available for international fans. People in Korea do not realize how hard it is for international fans to buy the music and dramas legally ― there are not good options available. If entertainment firms made their content for easily available for international purchase, then more international fans would buy the content. But at the moment, we cannot even easily register on Korean websites.

KH: To create new and successful services based on social network service, what should and shouldn’t Korean venture startups do?

Kim: I see many Korean startups that are testing or half-heartedly targeting the global market. The decision whether to go global should be made early as it significantly impacts the kind of team that needs to be built and the product. If you are building an SNS service targeting the international market, then you should create your team abroad.

KH: What was the purpose of your latest visit to Seoul, and what did you feel when you were in Seoul?

Kim: I visit Seoul at least once a year to meet with Korean entertainment companies and Korean Internet startups. On the entertainment front, there is strong interest in online and social media strategy from the entertainment companies. This is one of the big growth opportunities for Hallyu. But I think Korean entertainment companies will need to hire people with international Internet experience to really open that opportunity.

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A wonderful clip by Ayu to share..

Lee Byunghun & Shim Eunha in Beautiful My Lady.. Youtube

Captures from the clip by EverythingLBH.com

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Lee Byung Hun - Shim Eun Ha 'Beautiful My Lady'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V6G6LORKOAU

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LBH Birthday Fan-Poll held between July 6-31, 2012 Source: EverythingLBH.com  

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March 1, 2013
A multiple-answers poll but voting can be done once every month with no time limit. It's probably better for fans who had finally catch up with the dramas or movies listed and can choose their favourite pairings again. 
If interested, please check out the fan poll to vote for the best Lee Byung Hun on-screen pairing at EverythingLBH.com, any discrepancies is purely our own shortcoming.
Choose one or more that you felt the best and most memorable. 
Fun Fan Poll: Best BH On-Screen Chemistry (click here)

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Is't nice idid'nt see it????????????? :-?

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January 10, 2014
Shim Eun-ha back on radio
By Lee Sun-min INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily


Actress Shim Eun-ha, famous for her roles in the 1998 movies “Art Museum by the Zoo” and “Christmas in August,” is hosting a radio program for the first time in 13 years. 
She has been hosting “A Tea with Shim Eun-ha” since Monday, on radio channel FEBC, a station that focuses mostly on broadcasting religious information, the station said yesterday.
The program, which goes on air at 1:45 p.m. every day, is about three to five minutes long. 
Other celebrities, including actress Kim Hye-ja, have also hosted the program.
However, fans wishing to see Shim become more active in the entertainment scene might be disappointed. Shim is only participating in the program as a religious person who wishes to spread the good word, not to signal a comeback.
Shim appeared in her last movie, “Interview,” in 2000, then announced her retirement from acting the following year.

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January 11, 2016

Will Shim Eun-ha return?

Retired actress Shim Eun-ha drew media attention on Monday amid growing speculation that she may make a comeback after a 12 year hiatus. 

The 43-year-old, who gained huge popularity in the 1990s starring in a number of highest-rated Korean dramas, suddenly retired in 2001 at the height of her fame, and announced her marriage with politician Ji Sang-wook in 2005. 

Speculation about the top actress’s possible return has constantly cropped up in the intervening years, but they ended up being just rumors.

Local entertainment media Sports Donga reported on her possible comeback Monday, saying, “Some agencies are cautiously sounding her out,” citing a source familiar with the matter, adding, “One production crew reportedly delivered a script to her.”

In December, Shim was also spotted at the shooting for upcoming film “Operation Chromite,” in which her two daughters briefly acted. 

If she decides to return, the date will probably be after April when her husband is expected to run for the National Assembly, according to industry watchers. 

However, some online users dismissed the media buzz as Shim and Ji’s attempts to play the media for his upcoming election. 

Shim, who tried to keep a low profile after retirement, recently sent a New Year’s card including a photo her husband, seemingly to support Ji’s political career. 

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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June 21, 2017

Retired actress hospitalized for taking medication for PTSD

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with Shim's comments)

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- A former actress said Wednesday she has been hospitalized after she took medication to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

Shim Eun-ha -- a popular TV and movie celebrity in the 1990s -- said in a text message that she is now OK and will be soon discharged from a hospital in the affluent southern Seoul district of Gangnam.

The message came amid rumors that she was treated for an overdose of benzodiazepine, a common type of sleeping pill, at the hospital's emergency room.

The 44-year-old former actress was catapulted to stardom in 1993 after her debut in a drama series became a hit. She retired in 2001 and later married Ji Sang-wuk, a professor-turned-lawmaker who now belongs to the Bareun Party.

On Tuesday, Ji withdrew his candidacy for the party's leadership, saying that he needs to be with his family to take care of their health. He didn't elaborate.

Shim married Ji in 2005 and they have two daughters.

Post-traumatic stress disorder occurs when a person is exposed to traumatic events and exhibits symptoms that include depression, anxiety and insomnia. These symptoms can also occur up to three months after the experience.

The file photo, taken on April 14, 2016, captures Shim Eun-ha (L), a retired actress, holding hands with her husband Ji Sang-wuk (R), then a candidate for the Saenuri Party, after he won his parliamentary seat in the general elections in Seoul. (Yonhap)

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