Jo In Seong vs. Kim Jeong Hun.
Having been observing the above two Korean heart-trobs who are my No 1 and No 3 Kfavs, respectively, they are as different as chalk and cheese! In Sung is manly, fair, tall and handsome whereas Jeong Hoon is girly, darker complexion, not as tall and pretty!

Jo In Seong is a sweet talker and always politically correct in his replies to the press, to the extent that he almost never gives his opinion, treading carefully so as not to offend or tread on toes of people. At the ’Hanryu Romantic Festival 2007’ was held on 23 June at Japan Goodwell Dome, he was introduced as the one who sweet talks the most. Gong Yoo explained, “although I am not sure how he is towards women, Jo In Sung sweet talks to his seniors and juniors. If you ask him where he is now over the phone, he will reply “I am in your heart, hyung (older brother).” (laughs).

Kim So Ra who acted with Jo In Sung in Madeline, echoed the same comment when talking about Jo In Seong during an interview last year.

After the controversial ending of Korean drama: What Happened in Bali where the character he played Jang Jae Min shot the other two lead characters and then shot himself on his head on the beach in beautiful Bali, Jo In Seong was asked whether he would have preferred the drama could have ended in another way, he said something to the effect that he is a junior in the industry, so the writers ended the drama correctly.

To illustrate his usual non committal replies, Jo In Sung was quoted as saying in the above Hanryu Romantic Festival when he was asked the question “which role does he feel closest to his real self”, Jo In sung threw the question back to the audience and asked them “which role is the most similar to me??” Most of them answered “Jung Jaemin in What Happened in Bali” and he received cheers from the audience when he replied wittingly “yes I feel the same way as everyone”.

The instances where he spoke candidly were his comments about the two female co-actors whom he worked with closely, i.e. the recently married Park Kyung Rim (Jo In Seong played her love interest in the Non Stop series, it was comical just watching them together, he was younger, handsome and tall and she was short and squat in comparison) and Ha Jiwon, (in What Happened in Bali). When he was first introduced to Park Kyung Rim´s fiancé, he thanked (tongue in cheek) him for rescuing all the other Korean men by marrying Park Kyung Rim. On Ha Jiwon, he said that she was like a man (I need to clarify what I think he meant was during the shooting of Bali, the crew went out for drinks and Ha Jiwon had never refused an invitation to drink with the guys) but he respects his Jiwon nuna and both of them mutually agreed during separate interviews that they wish to work with again. They kept in touch even after Bali ended and she advised him on his acting in A Dirty Carnival. (watch these 2 actress in the clips in my previous post, in the link below)

Jo In Sung was told he would not succeed as an actor

Jo In Seong will be celebrating his 26th Birthday this Saturday, 28th July. I do not know how he will be celebrating it but it can be quite sure his side kick, Kim Ki Bang (the short stumpy kitchen helper who did the butt wriggling dance in the Jin Hyeon´s restaurant aka Xman in My Name is Kim Sam Soon) and Gong Yoo (his gym and drinking buddy) could be drinking with him provided he could tear himself away from shooting Coffee Prince.

On the other hand, Kim Jeong Hun bores us with so much details in his lengthly interviews and he loved to regurgitate the story of his mom sending him out of the house naked during winter (before anyone getting excited, he was 5 years old). I liked the best about him being caught using the Ladies Toilet because the Gent´s toilet ran out of toilet paper. So logical and true to life happening that I could related with. I too have used the Gents when the Ladies toilet was occupied. I guess it is his way to tell such embarrassing news himself before they get reported out of context by gossips! Smart strategy. (NB: Baby cheeks has changes his earrings from diamonds with gold settings to sapphire with platinum. Hmm, those dark blue sapphires are typically from Thailand!)

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Original article written by Kwfong exclusively for Shenyuepop
Source: Sweetinsung Forum
KJH Picture credit: Alexx, Soompi
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Is he Jo In Seong or Zo In Sung or Jo In Sung or Cho In Sung or 조인성. By whatever name he is renowned, he is a humble, hardworking and talented Korean actor/model who has a lot of star appeal.

Jo In Sung burst into prominence in the Asian region through his role as Jang Jae Min, a good for nothing and selfish playboy who lived his life spending his chaebol father´s money and willing to live the farce of a chaebol arranged marriage if he could continue with his lifestyle…until he met “poor girl”, Lee Soo Jung (played by Ha Ji won) in Memories of Bali (aka What Happened in Bali, 발리에서 생긴 일) a 2004 Korean drama with an explosive ending. Looking at past Korean dramas written by the husband and wife team who wrote Memories of Bali, the male and female leads always have a Kang and a Lee surnames. However due to In Sung´s characterisation of Jae Min, he wrestled the leading actor role from the Kang In Wook character played by So Ji Sub. Jo In Sung won the best actor for his portrayal of Jang Jae Min in this drama at the Paeksang Awards for that year.

A Dirty Carnival(비열한 거리), a film directed by Yoo Ha, premiered in South Korea in June last year during the World Cup Soccer fever season and inspite of it, it was in the top 10 box office list. In this film, Jo In Sung acted as Kim Byung Doo, a low level gangster who wanted to climb the hierarchy of organized crime and was caught in the vicious web that he himself has created. He won the best leading actor for his protrayal of Kim Byung Doo in the 5th Korean Film Awards (2006), MBC’s answer to KBS’s Blue Dragon Awards.

Jo In Sung is again nominated for the Best Actor award in the upcoming The 44th Annual Daejong Film Festival for his role in A Dirty Carnival. A Dirty Carnival receives another nomination for the Best Picture award. The 44th Annual Daejong Film Festival will be held on 8th June 2007 at Sejong Center.

Jo In Sung took six months to prepare for the stunts and action sequences that he did without a stunt double in A Dirty Carnival. Looking at the many clips during the shooting of this film, it is not surprising as it would have been difficult to find a stunt double who is 186 cm in height for this actor who started his career as a model.

While in High School, Jo In Sung, a Taekwondo black belt, 2nd degree holder, desperately wanted a job as a Taekwondo coach to help meet his family´s living expenses when his father lost his job during the 1997-98 Asia financial crisis. He was injured during the competition for the Coaching job. While recovering from injury, one of his friends sent his resume to modeling agencies and he begun his modeling career at 18, taking public transport and doing his own makeup for the early modeling assignments. He has since come a long way with his own private posy of minders and being chauffeured driven to public events. However, he still hobnobs with his circle of friends from his neighbourhood in Cheon Ho district having lived there since the age of 3. After his success with A Dirty Carnival, a reporter pointedly asked him why has he not moved his parents to a better home in Gangnam, a district south of the Han River in Seoul city. He humbly replied that why should he moved to the swanky Gangnam when all his friends are living in his present neighbourhood. He does not want to waste time traveling everyday to meet up with his friends for drinks!

It is observed that he wishes to be regarded as a serious actor and has been very careful in selecting film and dramas. Especially since Jo In Sung´s subsequent outing after Memories in Bali, in the 2005 Korean Drama, Spring Day was rather forgettable. He rejected the offer to play Shin in the 2006´s very successful Goong aka Princess Hour. All his films prior to A Dirty Carnival were rather mediocre, i.e. Madeline, Love Impossible,

Early in his acting career after being a model, he was told that he would not be a successful actor because of his looks and his funny speaking voice. Hardwork, perseverance and constantly striving to improve himself, has made Jo In Sung in the top five most bankable actor in Chungmuro (South Korea´s equivalent to Hollywood) voted early this year by a group of 12 producers and PR executives who best know the actors’ commercial value as those in Korea who can helm a movie. His 5th ranking comes after veterans Song Kang Ho, Jang Dong Gun, Cho Seong Woo and fellow model turned actor, Kang Dong Won.

Jo In Sung was the male model who clocked in the highest value for Comerciales/TV ads (CFs) and print ads managed by Sidus in 2005.

Original article written by Kwfong exclusively for Shenyuepop
Source: Sweetinsung Forum+Twitchfilm+Chosun
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A Dirty Carnival-Trailer

A fan MV with scenes from Memories of Bali with Ahn Dwe Get Ni sung by Cho Eun

A variety clip with Park who acted as he love interest in the Non Stop series. Park told viewers during the recording of Goong, end of drama show that fans of Jo In Sung left hate messages at her website (Squared face alien, go back to yr planet) for having kissed Jo In Sung!

oh look at those two naughty boys. Joo Ji Hoon and Uhm Tae Woong share a lighter. isn’t that sweet?

Shen, you make me go all back to this smoking issue, and i’m happy you make me do this LOL 

i set my eyes on this matter long time ago, since i saw the fake smoking thing by Kwon Sang Woo in My Tutor Friend (inhale, dammit!) and felt itchy about it. so i tried to find out does he really smoke in the real life (which of course the answer turned out to be no, as i assumed) 

see, i don’t really care about who smokes and who doesn’t. but i found this  one forum where fans are fussing about smoking korean actors, and most of them are talking like it’s so bad that they smoke with,you know, pretty faces and that they are being public figure and people are watching them, smell like ashtray, and bad for health.

LOL  these guys are old enough to buy their own pack of cigarettes and read the warning on the box. i think it’s just a matter of personal choice. that also goes for us the fans.   

as for me, that’s fine. some of them even look hotter when they smoke. even tho i’m not sure how they build those six packs with cigarettes on their mouth. 

so anyway, just in case you haven’t seen any hunkylicious (ewww isn’t that word lame or what) with cigarettes, here i got some for you to see. oh, and about joo ji hoon, after the news spread that he quitted butting fags few months ago, seems like he’s getting back at it coz the picture was taken a month ago. guess this is one of his ways of loosing weight..

and according to the forum some of Kmale celebs that smoke are Kang Ta, Hyun Bin, Won Bin, Kim Rae Won, Shinwha boys except for Dongwan, Lee Ji Hoon, Lee Dong Gun, Lee Jun Ki, Tempo from BigBang, So Ji Sub, Jo In Sung, Kangin from Suju, Kang Dong Woon, and uh the list seems like endless..pfew *wiping my forehead*

And no, Rain doesn’t. 

 credit: azwaeelany @ asianfanatics forum

it’s Kang Dong Woon. doesn’t look that good eh? how bout this one?

credit : azwaeelany @asianfanatics forum

credit for so ji sub goes to princess @meworks. this one looks like a photo session.

Lee Jun Ki, looks like a pro!
credit : jessie song @asianfanatics forum

and dig this one!

credit :glamoroussky @asianfanatics  forum
now, i wouldn’t mind kissing an ashtray if it appears to be like him.

Big Bang member TOP!~

Jo Insung