not exactly
Park Seon Yeong is far more beautiful than Fann Wong ever was in
her entire life
i like Sung Hae Gyo too
they are both top tier on my korean chiobu list 
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20050810p2g00m0dm014000c.html
Controversial comic puts bitter touch to Korean craving
Japan seemed to have developed an enormous love affair for things
Korean over the past couple of years, but now a manga has appeared
on the market to suggest that things have not quite been as they
looked on the surface, according to Shukan Shincho
(05/11-1
.
"Kenkanryu," the manga whose title translates directly as "Hating
Things South Korean," became a bestseller the moment it went on
sale on July 26, topping charts run by Amazon Japan and other
online bookstores.
"Our first print was 30,000 copies and we have already ordered a
second printing of 70,000 copies. It's already a 100,000 copy
print," a spokesman for Shinyusha, publisher of the controversial
book, tells Shukan Shincho.
"Kenkanryu" tells the story of a Japanese high schoolboy who
becomes interested in Japan-South Korean relations when the two
countries co-host soccer's World Cup in 2002. He goes on to
university, where he joins the history club and discusses with a
group of Japan-born-and-raised Koreans prickly issues involving
Japan and South Korea.
The Japanese student accuses his country's leaders of kowtowing to
Korean protests and paying out huge sums of money in connection
with such issues as Japanese colonial rule and comfort women, the
weekly says. It also puts a strong anti-Korean stance on its
handling of disputes between the countries, such as the rightful
ownership of the islands Japan calls Takeshima, as well as Japan's
annexation of Korea in 1910.
Korean media have been outraged by the manga; it's three largest
newspapers already running pieces condemning it.Sharin Yamano, the
little-known manga artist who created "Kenkanryu," is described as
a man in his early 30s, whose star sign is Leo and blood of type B.
He has written a love-comedy manga, but also worked stints as a
designer and illustrator. He has gone on record as saying the work
was inspired by ultra-nationalist comic writer Yoshinori
Kobayashi.
"Kenkanryu" comes with a belt loudly proclaiming it as: "A
controversial work publishing companies deemed too dangerous to
print."
Indeed, several publishers turned it down before Shinyusha agreed
to pick it up.
"Yamano brought in the original work to publishing companies, but
most of them turned him down, saying things like there would be big
problems if he got any of his historical facts wrong and that the
publishing company bosses would have to attend enlightenment
lectures given by (Korean residents groups) Chongryun and Mindan,"
the editor of "Kenkanryu" tells Shukan Shincho.
Other print media has also shunned the manga, with the Mainichi
among the major newspapers to refuse to advertise
"Kenkanryu."
Byon Jil-il, managing editor of the Tokyo-based "Korea Report,"
says he is not surprised that a book like this has come onto the
market.
"Even I thought the South Korean boom that started with (Korean TV
drama) 'Winter Sonata' was too much. The resistance to this boom
has deep roots," Byon tells Shukan Shincho. "This manga has
effectively tapped into this sentiment. And I think that's why it's
selling so well." (By Ryann Connell)
August 10, 2005
Originally posted by miss_soojung:
[b]PARK SEON YEONG
DOB
August 21, 1976
Height
165cm
Weight
46kg
TV Dramas
Goodbye to Sadness, 18 vs 29, Oh! Pil-seung Bong Soon-young, Royal
Story, Splendid Days, Pretty Lady, Mothers & Sisters, Honesty,
Like It Hot
Movies
Addicted
Awards
MBC Character Award 2000
[/b]
