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Stay connected with Globe’s Virtual Hangouts

Are you missing the fun of hanging out with your crew? With almost everything done online nowadays, it's time to embrace the digital lifestyle and entirely take advantage of it. Now, spending time with your friends is made possible from the comforts of your home with Globe Prepaid Virtual Hangouts!…

Son Ye-jin leaves her mark in a recent interview

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ We’ve seen her as an heiress in Crash Landing On You. Or, for some of us who have gotten our K-drama feet wet way earlier, in shows like Personal Taste (God, was that 2010?) opposite Lee Min Ho. But who is Son Ye-jin behind…

You asked, they delivered: Son Ye-jin is Smart’s newest endorser

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ “Because you asked for it!” This, in not so many words, is how the telco brand's executives described Son Ye-jin’s road to becoming Smart Signature’s newest endorser. Screengrab from Smart When Smart unveiled Hyun Bin’s Giga Life campaign two months ago, excited netizens asked…

‘Game-changing’ Captain Ri lands ahead of time for Smart

"Simple. Smart ako." --- Hyun Bin Screencap from Smart Communication's Facebook Page After days of setting the web ablaze, Smart Communications has finally dropped a 46-second commercial featuring Korean superstar Hyun Bin. The video, which debuted at around eight in the evening on the Smart Facebook page, is an instant…

Hyun Bin says “Mahal ko kayo” in new Smart ad

"We shot it mid-May in Korea." Smart Communications president Al Panlilio told PeopleAsia editor-in-chief Joanne Rae Ramirez that the much-awaited Smart ad that virtually crash landed into Filipino audience's lives was shot in mid-May in Korea. Panlilio also told Ramirez that "the shoot went very well." In case you've missed…

CLOY, K-dramas & why you love them so much

By Hermes Joy Tunac The love story of a billionaire heiress Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) and North Korean army officer Ri Jeong-hyeok (Hyun Bin), Crash Landing on You is, without a doubt, the most talked-about Korean drama series to hit Philippine shores in recent years. And yes, there’s more to its success…

Dreaming of ‘Hyun:’ What are the guys of CLOY up to during lockdown?

By Hermes Joy Tunac It looks like the craze over hit K-drama Crash Landing on You is here to stay a little longer. And with the announcement of the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in the Philippines, more and more people are getting onboard in binge-watching (or re-watching!) the series,…

Seven swoon-worthy designer bags as seen in the hit K-drama series CLOY

Crash Landing on You is without a doubt the most talked-about Korean drama series on Netflix in recent months. Most of us in PeopleAsia have devoured its first season faster than you can say Pyongyang. Engrossed as we were in its riveting plot line, it doesn’t mean that we didn’t catch…

Spoiler Alert: Did this 2018 Netflix K-Drama predict COVID-19?

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Tongues are wagging across the web as Netflix viewers noticed a strange case of art imitating – or should we say, predicting – life in a scene from the 2018 Korean Drama, My Secret Terrius. (The scene from My Secret Terrius, Episode 10)…