New Drama of Kim Eun Sook after Goblin & Descendant of the Sun

Screenwriter Kim Eun Sook, who has written successful dramas like “Goblin,” “Descendants of the Sun,” “Lovers in Paris,” “Secret Garden,” and “Heirs,” has decided upon her next project.

The drama, which is tentatively titled “Mr. Sunshine,” is set in the early 1900s, before the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945). The drama will tell the story of a Korean man who adopts a new identity as a solider in the United States army after embarking on a battleship from Korea during the United States expedition to Korea in 1871. The man returns to Joseon after being stationed there and falls in love with a woman from an aristocratic family.

Recently, Kim Eun Sook stated, “This is a topic I’ve been wanting to [write a drama about] for a while now. I created a project proposal for this drama a while back: a drama about not independence fighters but actual soldiers from that era. Although it’s not recorded anywhere in history, it’s something that we all need to know about.”

She talked about the difficulties of the drama and explained, “The drama is set in the era before the Japanese occupation of Korea but there are not many places that are representative of this era. So, a set needs to be built, which means that I need to write the script quickly.”

In terms of casting for the drama, Kim Eun Sook stated, “I do have someone in mind. Since the character’s narrative is strong and has a large breadth of emotions, the role needs to be played by someone who is very good at acting.”

Kim Eun Sook will be teaming up with PD Lee Eung Bok again, which is already heightening anticipation for the drama as the two have previously shown great teamwork together on “Goblin” and “Descendants of the Sun.”

“Mr. Sunshine” is currently slated to air in the first half of 2018.

Kim Woo Bin Diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Kim Woo Bin’s agency recently gave an update on the actor’s health.

On May 24, his agency Sidus HQ released an official statement, saying, “Kim Woo Bin recently noticed something abnormal about his body while he was in the midst of multiple schedules. When he went to the hospital to see what it was, he received a diagnosis for nasopharyngeal cancer.”

The agency continued, saying, “Thankfully, they said it’s not too late to receive treatment, so he has started radiation therapy and is taking medication. He will be focusing on treatment so that he can return with a healthier image. We are currently discussing his schedule due to his treatment. We ask for your support and encouragement.”

Why is this happening to him? It feels as if I have seen him as Shin Joon Young in Uncontrollably Fond. Why must this happen to him? Why must it has the same stories, health problem. Seriously, I just can't believe it's happening so real. This is a frustrating and sad news. 

We wish Kim Woo Bin the speediest of recoveries and no ending like his ending in Uncontrollably Fond. Kim Woo Bin is still so young, hopefully he can love longer!

While You Were Sleeping Raise Much Expectations

SBS seems confident that its upcoming drama “While You Were Asleep” (tentative title) will be a great project to look forward to.

During a dinner meeting with press, a representative from SBS, Lee Yong Suk, said, “I don’t know how the viewership ratings will be, but the work will certainly be something that is talked about.”

He said, “The combination of the video, staff, actors, and script are so great. We were watching the first and second episodes and it felt like a dream. We’ve filmed up to the sixth episode now and it’s turning out just fine.”

He complimented the actors as well, saying, “It feels like Lee Jong Suk found clothes that fit him. He’s not awkward and there’s nothing rough [about his acting]. Suzy also has stable acting. I personally praised her and told her, ‘good job.’ [The acting] won’t be a problem.”

Meanwhile, “While You Were Asleep” is a drama that tells the story of a woman who can foresee adverse events before they happen, as well as a prosecutor who tries to prevent those events from happening. It is set to air this September.

With this certainty from SBS, this drama gain much expecations before it's airing date!

Upcoming Drama: Circle - Two Worlds Connected

tvN’s very first sci-fi drama “Circle: Two Worlds Connected” released some more stills of its characters.

The new stills show Yeo Jin Goo and Gong Seung Yoon sitting in front of their laptops and looking like determined college students.

The next still shows Yeo Jin Goo gazing at Gong Seung Yeon in the school library.

The two characters in the drama will try to uncover the truth behind some mysterious deaths. “Circle” will simultaneously take place in 2017 and 2037. Yeo Jin Goo and Gong Seung Yoon will be showing off their chemistry in “Part One: Beta Project,” which is set in 2017.

The drama will air its first episode on May 22 at 11 p.m. KST. So excited! Feels like W:Two World. I just hope that the writer won't drag the storyline just to finish the whole episode.

Fight My Way Released Official Poster

You can see the drama's 4 leads - Park Seo Joon, Kim Ji Won, Ahn Jae Hong, and Song Ha Yoon - smiling triumphantly dressed in pink suits, as well as looking off into the distance in denim blues (except Song Ha Yoon, who goes with a pink dress). 

The first poster depicts the 4 characters' childish, liberal sides, while the second poster reflects on how 4 children who used to dream of becoming admirable adults in the past grew up to be just regular adults. 

'Fight My Way', telling the story of youth who attempt to live their own way despite societal boundaries, premieres May 22 at 10 PM KST!

Family Weekend Drama: Father I'll Take Care of You Impression

I've been kinda free during weekend and found a good family weekend drama. Its title is 'Father, I'll Take Care of You' starring Kim Jae Won, Lee Soo Kyung, Park Eun Bi and Lee Tae Hwan as the main cast. The story revolves around a family with four children. After their four children become independent, an old couple decide to live for themselves. But one day, their four children come back to them.

Director Lee Dae Young said of the series, "It will depict the confrontation between generations and siblings caused by the grown-up children cohabiting with their parents and the story of a family that overcomes those troubles with love and affection", including a romance of the younger characters. He added that the drama portrays current South Korean society where rising housing costs have encouraged young married couples to live with their parents.

Meanwhile, the couple that got my most attention is Park Eun Bi and Lee Tae Hwan as the youngest unmarried couple on the show. Park Eun Bi acts as a heroine in the show, Oh Dong Hee, who grows up without parents and was raised by her grandmother. She did not enrol to college due to financial problem but her dream was to become one of the greatest writer in the film industry. Meanwhile, Han Seong Joon (played by Lee Tae Hwan) was the youngest in the family. He is the most courteous and works for a big company as a Director which makes his parents very proud of him. Seong Joon was liked very much by his company's chaebol, Bang Mi Joo who urged Seong Joon to get married to her. Unfortunately, after his meeting with Dong Hee during his stay in Taiwan, he fell for her right after their first meeting. It turns out that Oh Dong Hee is his family's in-law and she also lives on the rooftop of his family's house and gets to work at Seong Joon's company.

With all the coincidences, both of them starts to develop feelings for each other. I really like how Seong Joon looks at Dong Hee and it seems as if he is really into her. He protects and takes a very good care of Dong Hee. The most memorable one is when Dong Hee is not confident with her work and Seong Joon brings her to a library, telling her how writer from around the world makes effort to even make a great masterpiece. It touches my heart most when he would just advise Dong Hee to take it easy and keep on writting. Practice makes perfect. 

I just watched till episode 29 so far. But it seems as if there is some birth secret of Han Seong Joon, which I suspect that he is actually the brother of Lee Hyun Woo (played by Kim Jae Won), who is the Director of an investment company, Golden Street in US. Lee Hyun Woo comes back to Korea to take revenge for his late father who died unfairly. It happened that Seong Joon's adopted father is the cause of the death. Hopefully everything would turns out well in the end with many complications and cases. 

This is not my first time had watching Lee Tae Hwan with his acting skill. He once played in W:Two World together with Lee Jong Suk. Maybe it's just me who doesn't realize his skills or he was overshadowed by Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo, or maybe he was not given so many scenes. Whatever the case, I missed this guy before and just realized that he is a good actor though, looks manly and handsome, very charming. He has the face of Korean and I just don't believe it that he is just 22 years old! My gosh, he could pull off a 31 years old character really well. Good job, Lee Tae Hwan. 

If you are interested in this drama, you could try and check on this drama!

My Secret Romance First Six Episode Impression

My Secret Romance tells a story of a woman named Yoo Mi, who is quite passionate about cooking and a chaebol of underwear company, Jin Wook. Jin Wook and Yoo Mi meet at a Gangwon-do resort and get caught up in a series of misunderstandings and accidents. Yoo Mi was charmed by Jin Wook's sly and playful personality, and they unexpectedly spend the night together. However, Yoo Mi disappears in the morning, leaving Jin Wook feeling perplexed and irrationally angry.

Three years later, the two meet again when Yoo Mi becomes a nutritionist at the company cafeteria where Jin Wook works. They pretend to not recognize each other, while fighting their attraction for each other. Finally Yoo Mi admits that she remembers the incident. Jin Wook asks her the reason that why she left him and she replies that it was just a one night stand.

From the synopsis, it sounds pretty interesting enough with this type of storyline. Reminding me of Fated To Love You starring Joe Chen and Ethan Ruan. This time, My Secret Romance casts Sung Hoon, an athlete turns actor as the male lead and Secret's Song Ji Eun as the female lead. The first few episodes felt quite entertaining, though I found the story was forced to fit with the storyline. 

Sung Hoon acts quite well in Oh My Venus as a mysterious guy, but he has stiff expression as an actor, which I don't really understand what he is feeling actually, whether he is happy, sad or angry since he always shows the same expression, kinda awkward. I found him kinda cool actually as an idol, not as a chaebol and CEO of the Company. He always wears tight blouse and I found it kinda excessive. But well, considering he is an athelete turns actor, there is no wonder that he has good body structure, but for me personally, he is just not my stype, sorry not sorry....

Well, there are not so many good actor and actress actually and that's when I am glad that Park Bo Gum is one of the best in the industry. On the other hand, Song Ji Eun did quite a good job as a female lead. I don't know whether it is because of her character who is kinda awkward with Jin Wook, or she really is good with the acting. Considering that Yoo Mi is her first leading role in acting world, Song Ji Eun did protray Lee Yoo Mi in such a good way. I guess, more practice and experience may lead her to be better later on, though she has some limitations also in this drama.

Overall, if you have excess time to watch and there are nothing to watch on your weekend night, you could try to watch My Secret Romance.

Rewatch Drama For April 2017

With the end of Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, it's hard for me to withdraw from Ahn Min Hyuk's syndrome, thus I am planning to watch some past dramas which I skipped before:

1. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

With recent news of Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung real dating each other after filming this drama, that makes a reason to watch this drama. Gonna make time for this one!

2. Reply 1988

Not gonna lie, I don't quite like Girl's Day Hyeri, but well, everyone keeps saying how good this drama was about. For the sake of handsome Park Bo Gum, gonna try to watch this ~

3. Drinking Solo

Ha Suk Jin is a handsome and decent kind of gentleman. This drama hits quite big and there is nothing wrong right to try? Maybe I would be able to withdraw from Ahn Min Hyuk's syndrome?

4. Rewatch Full House

Anyone? This is all time favorite ~

Bickering besties Park Seo Joon and Kim Ji Won for Fight My Way

With these two leads, I’m not surprised that we’re in for something cute. The first teaser is out for KBS’s upcoming rom-com Fight My Way, Park Seo Joon (Hwarang) and Kim Ji Won (Descendant From the Sun) star as lifelong friends who specialize in tormenting each other, a dynamic that’s bound to bring on the laughs. And if we’re lucky, it’ll also bring crackling chemistry in a heartwarming friends-to-lovers romance.

The coming-of-age drama is about young adults with third-rate specs just struggling to survive, and the blossoming romance between two immature friends whose childish dynamic hasn’t changed despite reaching adulthood. They tease each other relentlessly, but are also the first to defend their best friend against anyone else.

Park Seo Joon’s character is an aspiring Taekwondo athlete described as a teenager in the body of a man, and Kim Ji Won plays an aspiring news announcer with no filter and a sassy attitude. 

In the show’s first teaser, our two main characters smile for the camera happily, but it hardly takes a few seconds before they start a fight. Kim Ji Won shoves her microphone and script at Park Seo Joon, while he starts tossing parts of his Taekwondo uniform at her. Well if your idea of fighting is undressing, by all means, carry on.

She quickly gains the upper hand with a chokehold, and the whole thing devolves into an embarrassing hair-pulling match. The best part: Once they’ve got their jackets off, we discover that they’re wearing matching couple tees. I think I’m going to like this one.

The fight begins in May following Perfect Wife on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Post Drama Interview with Park Hyung Sik and Park Bo Young on Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Park Bo Young’s recent success on the small screen started with tvN’s drama “Oh My Ghostess,” where she played a lovable aspiring chef that was possessed by a ghost. The drama was very successful, reaching a viewership rating of over 7%. Even more recently, Park Bo Young starred in JTBC’s hit drama “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” together with lead actor Park Hyung Sik which broke JTBC’s record for the drama with highest viewership ratings.

Due to her success with the two dramas, she earned the nickname “rom-com fairy.” When asked about this nickname, Park Bo Young responded, 

“I’m not sure if I deserve to be called the 'rom-com fairy' because I’ve only done two rom-com dramas so far. I think I’m just really grateful that people would even call me that. When I filmed my previous drama, ‘Oh My Ghostess,’ I was really worried that viewers would see me as too young and awkward for the role. I thought that they would critique me and say that it’s hard to focus on the story because of my looks. Now, I am happy with where I am and I don’t think that way anymore, so I would consider that a success.” 

She further stated that she had no idea that her works would be nearly as successful as they were.

Park Bo Young also cautiously opened up about the struggles she faced a few years back. 

“The past me would never be able to imagine receiving this much love for my acting. I always faced obstacles in my career. I had a big lawsuit with my previous company so I was extremely worn out by that. I was upset at all the bad people in the world and no longer felt the joy in acting that I experienced when I first started out. This lead me to consider quitting this profession altogether. I considered quitting and moving back home to the countryside in Korea. My parents saw how much I was struggling and agreed that I should live a normal life. But the sad thing was that when I tried to think about another career path, I couldn’t think of anything that I would want to do besides acting. Coming to this realization, I changed my mindset and started acting again. My attitude towards this profession changed after that,” 

With this chance, she also shares her goals for the future.  

“I want to be an actress that people are always curious about.  I want them wonder what kind of drama I will be working on next and look forward to the next character I will be portraying on screen.  In the past, I always set definitive goals for myself, but I’ve stopped doing that.  Now, I want to focus on putting all my effort into acting and loving myself. That is my goal for the future,” 

Park Bo Young in high school

Regarding her past childhood life, she opened up about the social isolation she had gone through back when she was a student which led her to consider quitting acting back then. Park Bo Young revealed that she acted for the very first time in a short film that her video production club made in middle school. After participating in that project, she took acting classes for a few years and auditioned for several roles. Once she entered high school, she officially made her debut in a youth drama. However, her fellow schoolmates began to treat her differently due to jealousy. “It wasn’t because I was pretty. There were no actors in my neighborhood back then, so I got attention just for being an actress,” she explained.

“Some kids would deliberately knock shoulders with me while passing by. Students from other classes would then put trash all over my seat, and the kids in my class would try to clean it up for me,” 

She further shared that when she got cast in the youth drama, her teacher tried to put up a poster of it. Upon seeing the poster, Park Bo Young broke down into tears and begged her teacher to take it down, scared that it would only make the bullying worse. Even one time, people around her would say things like, “Park Bo Young is becoming a celebrity? I guess I can become one, too.” 

Meanwhile, her chemistry with Park Hyung Sik has been gaining a lot of interest from the netizen, which she confessed finally that she has had her eye on 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon' co-star Park Hyung Sik since his early idol days.

“I’ve been watching Park Hyung Sik since his ZE:A days. I know all of their title songs and even got tested on their songs by Park Hyung Sik. We would even play ZE:A songs on set and Hyung Sik would dance the choreography to their songs.”

Park Bo Young also talked about working with younger actors through 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon' and said, “Park Hyung Sik has a lot of aegyo (cuteness) while Ji Soo, perhaps because he has an older sister, was really good at taking care of others. Ji Soo continued to use a formal tone with me until the very end; however, Park Hyung Sik, talked to me informally right away and said ‘Bong Soon-ah, have you eaten yet?’ They are charming in completely opposite ways.”

Regarding Park Hyung Sik’s signature sweet gaze that partially caused many to believe that the two co-stars were dating, Park Bo Young responded, “I wasn’t the only one Park Hyung Sik looked at like that. He even looks at the male actors like that. He’s just an individual who naturally has a sweet gaze. If he only looked at me like that, I definitely would have swooned but he even looks at the director like that.”

On the other hand, Park Hyung Sik first talked about the ending of the drama and said, 

“I felt a lot of pressure at first, but thankfully, the director, Park Bo Young, and the other actors gave me a lot of support and I was able to enjoy filming until the very end. I am so thankful that we were able to receive a lot of love until the end.”

Next, the singer-turned-actor talked about how it felt to star in JTBC’s most-watched drama of all time. “Before the drama premiered, I had a bet with the staff on the ratings of the show. They promised to send the cast on a reward vacation if the show ever broke a 3 percent viewership rating, so we were all shocked when the first episode recorded a 3.8 percent rating,” he said. “When I went to the set for filming after the first episode, our director has smiling up to his ears! Everyone was so happy and this positive energy carried over until the end of the show. This is my first time getting so much love and high ratings from a drama, so this is all very exciting for me,” said Park Hyung Sik.

Park Hyung Sik also shared what he thinks the secret to the success of 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon' was. He stated, “I think the story was really unique, fresh, and funny. In times like this, it’s important to be able to laugh. I found every scene to be funny. Whenever the gangsters and high schoolers came out, it was hilarious. And the drama also had a scary, thriller component to it. There were just so many different sides to the story.”

Finally, Park Hyung Sik talked about the many overly sweet lines he had to say in the drama. “There were so many lines that were a little too romantic. But I think Ahn Min Hyuk’s personality is very truthful, so saying those lines were true to his character.” The actor also revealed how the director of the drama was able to bring out Park Hyung Sik’s chemistry with Park Bo Young. “Our director doesn’t like to say ‘cut.’ Often times, I would do exactly what was in the script, but our director wouldn’t cut the scene, so I kept going and making up lines. There was one time when the audio director actually thought Park Bo Young and I were dating because of the lines we had improvised,” he said.

Park Hyung Sik: Finding Hilmself Again Through Acting

In a recent interview, Park Hyung Sik opened up about finding himself again through acting after a period of uncertainty as well as co-star Park Bo Young’s unique aura and charms.

Park Hyung Sik, who debuted as a singer in the idol group ZE:A in 2010, has consistently been acting in various projects since his debut. His latest projects, “Hwarang” and “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon,” have put him in the spotlight as the new “king of romantic comedy” and have people saying that he was cut out to be an actor.

He opened up about a period of uncertainty in his life and said, “When I was living an almost mechanical lifestyle as an idol, I was constantly wrapped up in thoughts about who I was. That’s when I entered a phase in which I was trying to discover myself. Because I was able to get past that difficult phase, I now realize how important it is to protect myself and my identity. I think that I’ve now entered a phase of stability in my life and am not as concerned by it anymore.”

Although the actor has found stability and has more self-confidence, he admitted that he was burdened by his first main lead role in “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” and emphasized that Park Bo Young was the one who helped him overcome his anxieties.

“Even at the script reading, Park Bo Young was a powerful presence, especially since she has worked with very experienced and impressive actors like Jo Jung Suk. Park Bo Young was like a teacher to me. Personally, we were good friends but, at the same time, I admired her acting and learned a lot from her.”

Viewers of “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” know that the screen lit up whenever the two actors were on screen together, especially because of the loving way Park Hyung Sik looked at Park Bo Young. Park Hyung Sik insisted that this was all because of Park Bo Young’s overwhelming charms and said, “I’ve never seen a person as lovable as Park Bo Young. Each person has their own unique air or aura and I can only describe Park Bo Young’s aura as just hearts. The moment she stepped foot on set, everyone just fell in love with her and that’s one of her greatest charms.”

Park Hyung Sik also talked about marriage, as “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” ended with Ahn Min Hyuk and Do Bong Soon’s happy marriage, and said, “If I met someone I really loved, like Ahn Min Hyuk did, I would want to get married. It doesn’t matter when that person appears, as long as they do.”

He also talked about his goals for the future as an actor and expressed interest in doing a sci-fi project or a “tough guy” project as well. Park Hyung Sik added, “After the end of ‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’, our director told me that there was something in my eyes that was different and that I should try a melodrama.

Park Hyung Sik Admits To Really Love Park Bo Young?

In a recent interview, actor Park Hyung Sik said the words that virtually every “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” fan wanted to hear.

“I really loved Park Bo Young. She’s that lovable. She really was Do Bong Soon and, because Park Bo Young truly was Do Bong Soon, I loved her. I wanted to love her more but [the drama] unfortunately ended,” expressing his endless affection for his former co-star Park Bo Young.

When asked why he chose to work on “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon,” Park Hyung Sik talked about being drawn to the charming character Ahn Min Hyuk as well as his co-star Park Bo Young and explained, “I felt that it would be stupid of me to say no to this kind of project. And then I learned that my co-star would be actress Park Bo Young, which is when I decided that I absolutely had to do this project. Everyone around me was very jealous.”

The two actors’ chemistry lit up the screen and they perfectly pulled off romantic scenes, including kiss scenes, like a real life couple would, which caused many to wonder if the two were actually dating. Park Hyung Sik added, “[Park Bo Young] is an expert at sweet, romantic scenes and is an expert at kiss scenes.”

“Ahn Min Hyuk fell in love with Do Bong Soon at first sight and I think that, because I followed and felt Ahn Min Hyuk’s emotional trajectory, the first kiss scene naturally came out so beautifully. Because I truly cared for [Park Bo Young/Do Bong Soon],” the actor explained.

Park Hyung Sik expressed satisfaction about his role as Ahn Min Hyuk because he was a character that expressed all of emotions openly, which allowed actor Park Hyung Sik to experience a sense of emotional liberation through his character. He also stated that he was similar to his character in many ways, which is why he was able to pull off the role in such a natural way. Ahn Min Hyuk’s character was notable for lines that, if anyone else said, would be cheesy, to which Park Hyung Sik replied, “I think [being good at saying cheesy things] runs in my family. We’re always telling each other we love each other and things like that.”

When asked if he was the type to express himself a lot when in a relationship, Park Hyung Sik replied with a laugh, “I try to express as much as I can. There’s actually no point in me trying to lie about anything because everyone can see exactly what I’m thinking through my facial expression. It’s ridiculous for me to even try.”

A few weeks ago, it was officially announced that Park Hyung Sik signed a contract with United Artists Agency (UAA), which houses star actors like Yoo Ah In and Song Hye Kyo. Although the actor received a great number of love calls from various agencies, he explained, “I am now just beginning [my career as an actor]. As I moved agencies, I thought my first venture into this part of the industry was the most important and I wanted [to sign on with] an agency that would carefully consider every step in my career. UAA did a lot to meet my wishes, which is why I came to the decision to the join UAA.”

The actor also expressed that fellow actors Yoo Ah In and Song Hye Kyo also played a role in his decision, especially actor Yoo Ah In. Park Hyung Sik explained, “I have been a fan of Yoo Ah In’s for a long time. Every time I watched one of his films, I would think to myself, ‘How does he act like that?’ and greatly admired his acting abilities. I felt that I would be able to learn and improve a lot as an actor, just by observing.

Due to the fact that Park Hyung Sik has had a full schedule since the completion of “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon,” he has not had time to have a welcome party and has not met Yoo Ah In or Song Hye Kyo yet. The actor stated, “I’m both very nervous and very excited [to meet them].”

Interview With Park Hyung Sik About ZE:A

During a recent interview, Park Hyung Sik shared his honest thoughts about his idol group ZE:A. 

He began by discussing what ZE:A meant to him. "ZE:A are people whom I've known since I first came to the company, dressed in my school uniform. I'm 27 years old now, and it's been 10 years. They're just like family. Out in society, you tend to show your good side to people, but at home, you snap at your mom. When I'm with the members, I can be the real Park Hyungsik. We talk about everything, we say, 'This happened and that happened', we can tell one another, 'Drink and die', and open up our heart's secrets when we're together," he shared.

Hyungsik was then asked about ZE:A's failure to succeed as a group, answering, "Of course it would have been great if we'd done well, but I believe it was destined that way. We definitely did our best and were desperate, but it must just have been heaven's will. I think from here on is more important. But that's not to say that the time we spent up until now was for nothing. I think we all learned something from it. Such things will serve as a bigger stepping stone. If we had done well as a group, we may not be where we are now. There may be 9 of us here at this interview [instead of must me]. (Laughter). It's impossible to know the future, but just looking forward is what's important."

Finally, Hyungsik commented on his ambitions as a singer, "I still love singing, so I think I will continue to sing. I want to release a single album, and want to participate and put my own story in it. Because I want to cherish it, I want to take my time working on it. I will be able to greet [you] with OSTs for the time being."

Hyungsik also shared a story about his former group member and good friend Kwanghee!

When asked, "Do you plan on going to see him in the army?" Hyungsik said, "Right before he went in for training, Kwanghee called me 3 times, but because I was filming, I wasn't able to answer. When I saw later, I called him right away, but by then it was too late. But isn't 3 calls too obsessive? Anyway, I feel like if I go see him, I might get my hairs torn out of my head."

He continued, "But then, I have a feeling once he returns from his service, he'll say, 'Hyungsik didn't answer my calls. He's become a big actor now'. I suppose I should [go visit him] to make things right."

Meanwhile, Hyungsik recently signed on with acting agency UAA.