Here is an interesting video from the Korea Times of a Filipina who has appeared in over 60 K-dramas as a weekend gig job:
Filipina Has Gig Job Success as a K-Drama Background Actor
| September 8, 2021
Tag: K-dramas
Uzbekistan First Lady Thanks Actress Lee Young-ae for Donating Copyright to K-Drama
| July 17, 2020
One of my favorite Korean actresses Lee Young-ae has been recognized by the First Lady of Uzbekistan:
Lee Young-ae, one of Korea’s most famous actresses, has received a letter of gratitude from the first lady of Uzbekistan recently in recognition of a favor she did for Uzbek television viewers.
Korea Times
According to her agency, Ziroatkhon Hoshimova, the wife of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, thanked Lee in the letter in June for helping provide “Saimdang, Memoir of Colors,” a big-budget K-drama she starred in in 2017, for free broadcast in Uzbekistan by donating the copyright.
The first lady wrote that she was “very pleased to hear about Lee’s role” in helping the soap opera’s broadcasting in Uzbekistan.
She called Lee’s action “a beautiful one” and that it is “more meaningful in the time of COVID-19 pandemic.”
You can read more at the link.
