Bae Yong Joon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Bae.
Bae Yong-joon

Bae Yong-joon in Hong kong, in November 2008
Born August 29, 1972 (1972-08-29) (age 39)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Actor, model
Years active 1995–present
Korean name
Hangul 배용준
Hanja 裴勇俊
Revised Romanization Bae Yongjun
McCune–Reischauer Pae Yongchun

Bae Yong-joon (born August 29, 1972 in Seoul, South Korea), is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in numerous television dramas and one of the first kkonminam icons. He is known as Yon-sama (ヨン様) to his Japanese fans.

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Early and private life

Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, he was educated in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. He eventually went to study in PaiChai Middle School and Hanyoung High School.[1]

Bae Yong-jun acknowledged that he had a girlfriend named Lee Sa-gang (aka Sagan Lee, Sagang Lee, 이사강), and a photograph of her has since been distributed on the Internet.[2] However, according to a 2005 edition of the I-weekly, a MediaCorp owned magazine in Singapore, Bae has since separated from Lee, citing personal reasons. He has since decided to keep his marital status private.[3] Sources, notably HanCinema, maintain that Bae is still single.[4]

Bae's agency, KeyEast, reported that Bae's apartment at Samseong-dong, Seoul caught fire on May 7, 2006 around 8:00 p.m., due to a short circuit. The house was empty when the fire broke out, thus causing no injuries. However, the fire caused damages costing up to 10 million won.[5]

August 2005 Taiwan visit

During an August 2005 visit to Taiwan on a 3 day visit to promote April Snow.[6] Bae went to the hospital to see a cancer-stricken fan, who is a mother and who has drawn hundreds of Bae's portraits[7]

Filmography

Films

TV series

Animation

Television commercials

Books

Awards

Wikipedia controversy

In 2006, Koh Gyudhae of Hankooki, along with a segment of Bae's fans criticized Wikipedia's article on Bae, citing privacy reasons. Koh went further by voicing his view that "unnecessary" information should be removed. Following the publication of the newspaper, edits included the removal of "incorrect" information.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Profile of BYJ's quilt
  2. ^ Endless Love Web Portal
  3. ^ I-Weekly
  4. ^ Bae Yong-joon (배용준)
  5. ^ Fire Breaks Out at Actor Bae Yong-joon’s House
  6. ^ China Post South Korean star Bae arrives for 3-day visit 20 August 2005
  7. ^ (Chinese) China Times [1] 20 August 2005
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ Article about Bae Yong-joon and Wikipedia factuality concerns BYJ "Oops! My privacy...", affronted with exposure (Note: Information was taken from this site, but the article has since been removed.)

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