TVN’s newest Monday-Tuesday drama, “Nine (나인)”, has reached their fourth episodes this week. So far, I like this drama and I think it’s good to recommend you guys to also watch it. Just like the title, the story is about time traveling experience of a rich anchor man who is suffered from a brain tumor named Park Seon Woo. The time travel destination is specific: to the year of 1992. And the means of his time traveling is an incense.

Park Seon Woo is played by the handsome actor Lee Jin Wook. His story began with the death of his brother, Park Jeong Woo (played by Jeon No Min), who was in a journey in Nepal. Along with his dead body there were a note, a lighter, and an incense which he held so tight even after the body became lifeless. Park Seon Woo remembered a year before his brother said that he was going to Nepal to search something that could bring them to their live in the past, the life when their father was still alive. Park family is wealthy, for the father was a doctor, Jeong Woo was also a doctor, and they lived happily in a very big house. The life Park family had after the death of their father is very gloomy. The big brother became obsessed with something about getting back to the past, the mother is suffered from mental problem that she can’t speak and hospitalized, and Seon Woo grew up to be a bleak character. The only moment where he looks a bit relax is when he was with his junior slash co-worker girl friend, Joo Min Yeong (played by Jo Yoon Hee).

As he noticed that whenever he burned the incense he experienced a weird journey to the past, to 20 years before, and even had a contact with the younger him (played by ZE:A’s Park Hyeong Shik), he tried to find out more about the incense. In short he got the information that his brother journey to Nepal was in the quest to search for the legendary 10 incenses that can bring people to the past. Jeong Woo was just given one by someone he met and told that with that one incense he could travel back the time and took the rest of nine incense hidden by the original owner in a guesthouse.So Seon Woo traveled back to Nepal and managed to get the nine incenses. As he changed bit by bit of the past, his present time also changed. And this is when the story gets more and more interesting.

Romance part of this drama between Park Seon Woo and Joo Min Yeong is an adult type. I mean, just like in Lee Jin Wook’s previous drama “I Need Romance 2012”, you will find a lot of kissing and making out. But I like the way Seon Woo and Min Yeong go with their relationship, casual in some way…pretty much because of Seon Woo’s stern personality. But in the fourth episode last time, we just found out that their relationship had started long before they “officially” met in their adulthood. So as Seon Woo changed one bit in the past related to his brother’s issue, he also changed the present of Min Yeong.

And do you think Park Hyeong Shik resembles the young Lee Jin Wook well in their character of Park Seon Woo?

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On InStyle Magazine for August issue the good looking actors are gathering and showing their support for The 2012 London Olympics, they are, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Sun Gyun, Lee Min Ki, Lee Jin Wook, Lee Sang Woo,  Park Geon Hyung, and more.

On this special edition, each actors appeared representing each kind of sport, Lee Dong Wook holding the paddle for canoeing, Lee Min Ki looks seriously for fencing, while my favorite pic,  Lee Sun Gyun, looks rebellious on shooting, i like his mischievous expression. Then Lee Jin Wook as the goal keeper wearing the neat suit, Lee Sang Woo shows his strength for boxing, and I think Park Geon Hyung ready for gold medal on Tennis. InStyle chose the right actors for this pictorial.

Through this pictorial these actors wish  victory for South Korea on the olympic games, and give support for the whole Korean athletes.

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The last time we saw the acting of these two actors were on 2008. Eric Moon (Moon Jeong Hyeok) and Lee Jin Wook make their come back after finishing their two years military service. Just around last April, Lee Jin Wook was on the news about his break up with Hallyu Star Choi Ji Woo after their 3 years relationship.

Eric Moon, was the leader of KPop band Shinhwa, plays as Kang Woo, a top Korean Hallyu Star whose life can be described in one single word: PERFECT. He has the fame, the wealth, the looks, the body, the style…everything. His minus point was only his cold heart when it comes to women. He plays with them easily, breaking up with no hesitation at all.

However, behind his perfect life, he has a very tough history. Growing up as an orphan, he is self stricted and a very hard worker. What he has now is actually the fruit of his big effort.

His life then change when he becomes the target of North Korean spies’ action, Han Myeong Wol and Choi Ryu. He is set to fall in love with Myeol Wol in order to make these two spies’ plan to disrupt Korean Wave succeed. Kang Woo becomes a different man with Myeong Wol.

On the other hand, Lee Jin Wook, plays as Choi Ryu. He is a North Korean top agent, a special force, who gains respect from his men because of his compassion and loyalty. He probably has deep stern eyes, but his heart is soft. His characteristic when it comes to love is the exact opposit from Kang Woo. His main order is to help Han Myeol Wol to gain Kang Woo’s heart so they can marry. But as you may  have guessed, Choi Ryu turns out to fall for his partner.

Playing as Han Myeol Wol is actress Han Ye Sul. It’s also a come back for this actress in the small screen. Her last drama was SBS 2009’s “Will it Snow on Christmas?”

“Spy Myeong Wol” will replace “Baby-faced Beauty” slot in KBS monday-tuesday drama, starts on July 11th 2011.

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