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Lee Hee-joon (left) and Song Joong-ki in a still from Bogota: City of the Lost. Photo: Plus M Entertainment and Watermelon Pictures Co., Ltd

Review | Bogota: City of the Lost – abysmal ‘crime’ movie starring Song Joong-ki

Song Joong-ki stars as an immigrant who becomes a Colombian crime lord in Korean movie Bogota: City of the Lost, a one-star waste of time.

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‘A healing movie’: Song Joong-ki on Netflix’s upcoming My Name Is Loh Kiwan

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Review | My Name is Loh Kiwan: Song Joong-ki plays a North Korean defector in Belgium

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From Joint Security Area to 6/45, top 10 South Korean films about North Korea

North Korean-themed 1999 film Shiri was followed by a succession of South Korean box office hits about North Korea. From Joint Security Area to The Spy Gone North, here are our top 10 picks.

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Jung Woo-sung (left) plays the South Korean President in Steel Rain 2: Summit.

K-drama casting latest: Song Joong-ki in talks to lead My Youth

Vincenzo star Song Joong-ki may lead his first drama since becoming a father, while Pachinko star Kim Min-ha will lead drama series A Week Before I Die. Read on for this and more K-drama casting news.

The 10 most famous K-drama actors of all time, ranked – including Hyun Bin

From Squid Game’s Lee Byung-hun to Train to Busan’s Gong Yoo to heartthrob Hyun Bin, the 10 greatest male K-drama actors of all time ranked.

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Review | Hopeless: Song Joong-ki plays a veteran gangster in brutal Korean thriller

Starring Song Joong-ki, Hong Xa-bin and Kim Hyoung-seo, Korean thriller Hopeless is an impressive debut feature from Kim Chang-hoon that simmers with tension.

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Song Joong-ki in a still from “Hopeless”.

Why Song Joong-ki is ‘excited’ about his first time at Cannes Film Festival

South Korean actor Song Joong-ki and fellow cast members of the low-budget Korean film Hopeless are eagerly awaiting their first visit to the Cannes Film Festival for screenings of the movie.

Review | Reborn Rich: Song Joong-ki fantasy revenge K-drama comes to a sloppy end

Song Joong-ki plays a South Korean salaryman murdered by his employers who is reborn as one of them to exact revenge, until some curveballs throw a wrench in that narrative.

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The best K-dramas of 2022: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Little Women and more

Ranked from good to great, we reveal our top 15 Korean drama series of the year, including Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Alchemy of Souls and Little Women.

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Park Eun-bin in a still from Extraordinary Attorney Woo, the biggest global Korean drama series hit of 2022.

Korean actor Song Joong-ki confirmed to be dating a British woman

South Korean actor Song Joong-ki, star of recent K-drama hit Reborn Rich and Descendants of the Sun, has been dating a British woman ‘for about a year’, his agency says, confirming an earlier report.

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Song Joong-ki in a still from Reborn Rich. The South Korean actor has been dating a British woman ‘for about a year’, his agency said, confirming an earlier media report. Photo: JTBC

Reborn Rich midseason recap: reincarnated Song Joong-ki takes down big shots

Song Joong-ki plays a company drudge murdered on the orders of its tycoon founder’s heirs, then reincarnated as the latter’s grandson and bent on revenge.

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Reborn Rich: Song Joong-ki scores again with fantasy revenge K-drama

Song plays loyal corporate employee Yoon Hyun-woo, who is murdered and reborn in the 1980s as a minor member of Yoon’s employer’s family in this very enjoyable K-drama.

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10 new Korean drama series to look out for in November 2022

Song Joong-ki stars in body-swap revenge drama Reborn Rich, Minho stars in The Fabulous on Netflix and fellow K-pop star Seolhyun appears in a ‘healing drama’.

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Song Joong-ki in a still from Korean drama series Reborn Rich, in which he plays a company employee accused of a crime and murdered, who wakes up in his killer’s body to exact revenge. It’s one of a crop of tempting K-dramas debuting in November.

The 15 best K-dramas of 2021: Vincenzo, Squid Game and more

The Korean drama machine produced some of its most enjoyable and compelling shows this year, from Squid Game to Vincenzo and One Ordinary Day. We rank the 15 best K-dramas of 2021.

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Oh Yeong-su (left) and Lee Jung-jae in a still from Squid Game. Photo: Netflix

How much did K-drama’s biggest stars make per episode in 2021?

As the popularity of Korean shows rises worldwide, so do the pay cheques of stars like Now, We Are Breaking Up’s Song Hye-kyo and One Ordinary Day’s Kim Soo-hyun

Which of Song Hye-kyo’s on-screen love interests did she date in real life?

For those in showbiz, life often imitates art … and some of K-drama queen Song’s on-screen romances became off-screen relationships too

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Explainer | How much are K-drama stars Kim Soo-hyun and Song Joong-ki paid?

Top South Korean actors’ salaries have risen dramatically, yet top actresses earn far less than them and the pay of actors not in leading roles has actually fallen in recent years.

Kim Soo-hyun in a still from It’s Okay to Not Be Okay.

K-drama Vincenzo delights with Kopiko, kopi luwak product placement

Stills from the show featuring the confectionery and the coffee have been widely shared by social media users in Indonesia and the Philippines, where K-dramas are popular and kopi luwak is produced.

Review | Vincenzo: Netflix’s absorbing K-drama ends on troubling note

K-drama Vincenzo is a potpourri of gangster saga, legal thriller, romantic drama, slapstick comedy and much else besides, but in the series’ closing episodes, Song Joong-ki’s character’s cruelty slid into unexpected sadism.

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Song Joong-ki’s road to fame – from speed skating to K-pop scouts

The actor has seen plenty of success from his current role in Netflix’s K-drama Vincenzo to the 2016 military hit Descendants of the Sun, but he was already turning heads even as a high school student

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What was Song Joong-ki like before the fame? Photos: @joongkisource/Twitter, @Kdramalover96/Twitter

Vincenzo midseason recap: Netflix’s overstuffed but fun K-drama

At its midway point, Vincenzo has already broken new ground for Korean dramas, thanks to its slick mob story, a slow-burning heist plot and plenty of colourful asides.

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Song Joong-ki in a scene from Vincenzo. Netflix’s overstuffed but fun K-drama is never less than entertaining.

Back to school: what 5 K-stars were like in their university days

Before Song Joong-ki starred in Vincenzo and Space Sweepers, he appeared on the cover of his school magazine, and do you remember when Kim Tae-ri’s student photos went viral?

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What luxury watches did Song Joong-ki flash in Vincenzo?

In the K-drama’s titular role, Song Joong-ki prowls in tailored suits and elegant watches – and his suave, dapper look has fans swooning

Has K-drama Vincenzo started a bibimbap war?

First came ‘kimchi wars’, now Song Joong-ki eating Chinese brand Zihaiguo’s instant bibimbap is drawing the ire of Korean viewers

K-drama Vincenzo, starring Song Joong-ki, has faced criticism after featuring a Chinese instant version of the popular Korean bibimbap dish. Photo: TVN

At last: 6 Korean stars who are finally on Instagram

Song Joong-ki said he wasn’t ‘tech-savvy’ enough for social media while Lovelyz member Mijoo worried over being too emotional in her selfies – so what made them change their minds?

Finally on Instagram – Taeyong from NCT, Song Joong-ki, Choi Ji-woo and Mijoo from Lovelyz. Photos: @neocityachoo; @songjoongki.kg/Twitter, @choijiwoo_cjw; @queen.chu_s/Instagram

4 original Netflix K-dramas to bookmark in 2021

Netflix will invest US$500 million in K-dramas and K-movies this year – with new titles to look forward to including Hellbound, directed by Train to Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho, and zombie horror spin-off Kingdom: Ashin of the North starring Jun Ji-hyun

The making of Song Joong-ki: six of the Korean superstar’s formative roles

From Song Joong-ki’s film debut in period action-drama A Frozen Flower in 2008, where he had few lines, to a war drama where he moves away from the ruffian romantics he is known for playing, here are six of the Korean actors formative roles.

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Song Joong-ki
Everything you need to know about Song Joong-ki, the South Korean actor and Hallyu star known for his work on Descendants of the Sun, Arthdal Chronicles, Running Man, The Battleship Island and more
Born
19 Sep 1985
Industry
Entertainment, Film
Job Title
Actor
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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