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Jang Dong Gun and Kim Tae Hee were at the Pink Ribbon Marathon in Busan City last April 20th. That day, my husband also joined a marathon called Inwangsan for the benefit of scholars in Jongro district. The former is for breast cancer research.

Busan City is a 5 hour drive south of Seoul. I’ve been there once in May 2004, four years ago. It’s the second biggest city in South Korea. HERA, the cosmetics company, sponsored the event. Jang Dong Gun and Kim Tae Hee are endorsers of the said brand that’s why their appearance. About 5,600 men and women joined the marathon.

I found exactly twenty-eight pictures of the said event in this blog from Daum. The page loads slowly because of the pictures so you need to be patient. If you want to save the pictures, better use Opera or Firefox.

Jang Dong had made CF with top Korean actresses like Jeon Ji Hyun, Lee Na Young and Lee Mi Yeon. However, I think this is the first time that he’s been paired with Kim Tae Hee. He used to be an endorser for Missha. Here he endorses Hera, a cosmetics brand.

Korean actors Bae Yong Joon and Jang Dong Gun both endorses the Korean car brand “Hyundai” (현대 - which is pronounced as hyeon-dae). BYJ’s CF came out two years ago while JDG’s was just last year. I think Hyundai is just one of the cars that they possess. They could afford to have more than one car.

Who drives the most expensive cars among Korean talents? At number 5, Jang Dong Gun has a Porsche Carrera S. Korean singer Tae Jin A has a BMW 740. Former HOT member Tony An drives a Ferrari, while actor Park Sang Min has the purple Lamborghini Diablo. So who drives a Maybach? Bae Yong Joon. With the kind cars these people drive, I wonder how much do they pay for car insurance.

I just love Jang Dong Gun’s new CF for SK Telecom… I’m now thinking of getting a cellphone from them!

the 30-second CF…

the making of the 30-second CF

JDG is mine!

Netizens are talking about how Jang Dong Gun and his father looked so much like when the latter was younger. A black and white photo of the actor’s father has been posted on an internet portal’s bulletin board and has been drawing a lot of attention.

I was deleting some files in my computer when I saw these photos of a house’s interior. They are of Jang Dong Gun’s bachelor’s pad when it was featured in a famous magazine last year. I don’t remember exactly the website where I got them. Anyway, JDG lives in the same building as Song Hye Gyo. Based on last year’s prices, a unit in their building costs about 3.2 million USD. How I wish I could be their neighbor… I’ll probably stalk them.

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Lucky Kate Bosworth! She will star in a movie with Jang Dong Gun in his first Hollywood movie. It’s a fantasy action film titled “Laundry Warrior”. They will start shooting on the 12th of November. I’m really happy for JDG but… (sigh!) I’m pretty sure there will be more competitors.

Korean article here.