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Posted on: Friday, September 25, 2009

Park Yong-ha in concert here Oct. 17


K-Drama

South Korean megastar Park Yong-ha is returning to Hawai'i for a concert Oct. 17 at the Hawai'i Convention Center.

Park, who is an award-winning actor on TV and in film, as well as a singer, played the Waikiki Shell three years ago to a large crowd of fans from both Hawai'i and Japan.

Next month's Hawai'i concert is his only U.S. concert scheduled this year. The concert is presented by Up-Front Agency and YONA Entertainment, in partnership with KBFD TV.

Park Yong-ha has been in many successful TV series but is most notable for his role in South Korea's hit show "Winter Sonata," alongside Bae Yong-jun and Choi Ji-woo.

This series launched Park in other Asian markets — especially Japan, where he has spent years working on his singing career.

He has many albums and singles released in Japan (singing in Japanese) that have won him awards for best Asian artist and song of the year.

While other hallyu stars ventured into the Hollywood film industry, Park has gained a lot of success in the music industry in Japan.

His most recent TV series, "Slingshot," aired on KBS (Oceanic cable channel 80), and before that he was in "On Air" as Lee Kyung-min, a series that ran here on KBFD.

He also had time to do a Korean film, "The Scam," but unfortunately it will not be shown at the Hawaii International Film Festival this year.

KBFD TV will give away a limited number of Park Yong-ha concert tickets. Simply mail in a postcard with your name, address and phone number for your chance to win a pair of tickets in a random drawing.

You must be 18 or older to enter the giveaway.

Mail your postcard by Oct. 10 to:

KBFD TV, Park Yong-ha giveaway promotion

1188 Bishop St., Suite PH1

Honolulu, HI 96813

THIS WEEK'S K-DRAMA SYNOPSES

'STYLE'

Episodes 3 and 4

Tonight at 7:45 p.m.: Gija questions Chairwoman Sohn's order to pull out Woojin's article, but the editor-in-chief buckles under to a threat and orders Gija to pull it. Gija tells Suhjung to finish Woo-jin's story. Feeling guilty about ignoring drowning Suhjung, Minjoon buys her a pair of shoes. Woojin asks Gija to pick out a pair of women's shoes.

Tomorrow at 7:45 p.m.: Suhjung is outraged when she finds out her Suh Woojin story has been pulled. Gija is furious when she sees Suhjung wearing the shoes she picked out for Woojin. Woojin finds his mother's pictures in Style magazine and storms into the Style office to complain.

'DARE TO LOVE'

Episodes 33 and 34

Sunday at 6:45 p.m.: Poong-ran's soap opera debuts on TV. Gum-ran moves into her in-laws' house. Sul-ran wavers about her feelings for Soo-nam. Meanwhile, Tae-woo wants more from Sul-ran. Soo-nam asks Sae-dol to check out the competition. Sae-dol starts studying for the bar exam.

Sunday at 7:45 p.m.: Soo-nam finds out Tae-woo's intentions. Tae-woo goes to meet Sul-ran's parents, but gets kicked out. Denny and Bong-sun have to get engaged. Poong-ran's career is picking up. Gum-ran is tested by her father-in-law. But she also makes a huge mistake.

'DREAM'

Episodes 3 and 4

Monday at 7:45 p.m.: Je-il's plans to climb back to the top with Park Jung-chul go up in smoke when Jung-chul's chin is shattered in a bar brawl with a waiter. To Je-il's surprise, the young waiter who knocked out the boxing legend is Jang-seok, the pickpocket he ran into during his initial trip to Busan. When Jung-chul has to pull out of a rookie MMA tournament, Je-il persuades Jang-seok to replace him in exchange for not pressing assault charges.

Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.: To everyone's surprise, Jang-seok makes it to the semifinals of the rookie tournament with an awesome display of punching power. After the tournament, Jang-seok wants to quit MMA, but is forced to go on when his hustler father is harassed by loan sharks. Je-il and Jang-seok unsuccessfully try to talk their way into joining the gym run by former boxing champion Park Byung-sam and his beautiful but tomboyish daughter So-yeon. But when the gym's prized fighter and national champion Maeng Do-pil is lured away by Kang Kyung-tak, the Parks suddenly find themselves in need of a fighter.

'SWALLOW THE SUN,'

Episodes 8 and 9

Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.: Jung-woo, Gang-rae and Sae-dol get hired at a Las Vegas hotel as bodyguards of VIP customers. Their first assignment is to guard an African king. Jung-woo meets Soo-hyun and the two go to a car show and a picnic together. When Tae-hyuk sees them together, he warns Jung-woo not to get too close to Soo-hyun.

Thursday at 7:45 p.m.: Sang-mi and Soo-hyun end up seeing the man who lost money to Jackson, kidnapping Amy. Tae-hyuk meets Soo-hyun and mentions the conversation they had in the past about their dream. Tony brings both good news and bad news to Soo-hyun.