116-528: Kakao M ( Korean : 카카오M ; formerly Seoul Records , YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment ) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company operated as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management, concert production company, and music publishing house. As of 2015,
232-527: A child actress in 2006, playing a supporting role in the Drama City special "Ten Minute Minor". Then, she diligently increased her appearances from A Happy Woman (2007), Que Sera Sera (2007), Hometown of Legends (2008), My Name Is Pity (2008), Wife and Woman (2009) and Ja Myung Go (2009). She signed a management contract with SidusHQ in 2010. That year, she would go on to be cast in Becoming
348-515: A drama production company that Kakao M co-owned with CJ E&M subsidiary Studio Dragon Corporation ). Just almost a week after its name change, Kakao M (through Krispy Studio) acquired a majority (65.7%) stake in Nylon Media Korea , publisher of the Korean edition of beauty and fashion magazine Nylon , from Seoul Cultural Publishers. In April 2018, Kakao M and its parent company formed
464-475: A spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and
580-554: A "rich and stable" acting performance in the series. Forbes 's Joan MacDonald said that Kim fit well with the character Jojo. Further, the Netflix series was ranked the platform's 8th most loved work in South Korea in 2019. The same year, she was cast alongside Jang Dong-yoon in a romantic comedy drama set in the Joseon period, The Tale of Nokdu as a clumsy and hot-tempered Kisaeng trainee. Chon Kye-young and Hye Jin-yang,
696-455: A Billionaire and King of Baking, Kim Takgu . Kim was confirmed to make her big-screen debut in Man of Vendetta (2010) as Joo Hye-rin, a daughter of a well-respected pastor who gets kidnapped. Kim was cast through a competition of 500:1. She continued to portray the child counterparts of the female protagonists in television series such as The Thorn Birds (2011), The Duo (2011) and Sin of
812-509: A Family (2011). She then starred in a family comedy film, Spy Papa , about parents and children's relationship during inter-Korean relations in 1974. In 2012, Kim appeared in six works in the first half of the year: a romantic fantasy television series , Padam Padam ; a historical comedy film, I Am the King ; a fantasy-period drama Moon Embracing the Sun , in which she gained recognition as
928-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
1044-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
1160-448: A fantasy-comedy Rooftop Prince in the role as an evil sister; Love Again and a high school student whose roommate is a female idol star in Ma Boy . Kim reunited with co-stars from Rooftop Prince ( Park Yoo-chun ) and Moon Embracing the Sun ( Yeo Jin-goo ) respectively, in a melodrama Missing You . Being dubbed the "Queen of Child Actors" ( 아역퀸 ) by the Korean press, she
1276-754: A heroine. She felt lost and started losing confidence in herself as an actress. As everybody was praising her acting and visual, she felt embarrassed because she could not come to a full understanding of who her character was. Kim held her first domestic fan meeting "Lovely Day" on 3 June. She made a special appearance in drama While You Were Sleeping to show her support for scriptwriter Park Hae-ryun, who she worked with on KBS's Page Turner . In August 2017, she ended her contract with SidusHQ after seven years. On 11 November, Kim completed her second Taiwan fan meeting Sweet Dream with Allets. In December, Kim launched her one-person agency, E&T Story Entertainment , in partnership with LOEN Entertainment . The agency
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#17328988090821392-655: A lot of advice about many heart-fluttering points. As a senior actor he saw on TV, he was worried that it would inconvenience her. Still, she contacted him whenever there were difficult scenes and congratulated him at the end of the day. Lee Na-jung, her director in Love Alarm , said, "the acting skills were as important as the synchronisation rate. Jo-jo was a difficult role and needed great acting skills." She continued, "I saw Jo-jo's eyes in Kim So-hyun's eyes." According to director Kim Dong-hwi of The Tale of Nokdu , "Kim So-hyun
1508-513: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
1624-835: A representative and model since 2015. In April 2020, Samsung Electronics introduced Bixby Celebrity Voice, an AI voice assistant with Kim as their speakers. Kim's "Celeb Alarm" gained popularity in South Korea and overseas, and topped the Popular Download Ranking in the Galaxy Store . In August 2022, she was selected as the global ambassador for skin care brand JM Solution. Kim has cited Son Ye-jin and Canadian actress Rachel McAdams as her main influences because of their sophisticated and graceful look. She has also cited Moon Geun-young as someone who inspired her to digest various roles after watching Moon's acting in Painter of
1740-501: A statement that Plan A Entertainment and Fave Entertainment will be merging into Play M Entertainment on April 1. On January 6, 2020, Kakao M established a new label, EDAM Entertainment , to manage their long-time soloist IU . Video Content Company ( Korean : 영상콘텐츠컴퍼니 ; RR : yeongsang keontencheu keompeoni ) was Kakao M's media production company, which included Krispy Studio (a web content production company) and Mega Monster (formerly Story Plant,
1856-519: A surprise appearance on Iris II: New Generation as the childhood counterpart of the female protagonist and starred in The Secret of Birth as a girl with a genius-level brain. Then, she played the younger version of Lee Bo-young 's character in the popular Korean drama I Can Hear Your Voice . On 20 June, Kim co-host MBC 's music program Music Core along with Minho of SHINee and Noh Hong-chul . The three received much attention because of
1972-626: A top Hallyu star. For her performance in River Where the Moon Rises , she was nominated for Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television , becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award. Kim consistently promotes her television work on Instagram . She was awarded the '2018 Most Grown Instagram Account' with 7.1 million followers. At the age of 21, Kim became the youngest South Korean actress to have more than 10 million followers on social media, alongside actor Lee Min-ho . Kim So-hyun
2088-447: A women's clothing brand, Soup because of her "girl's liveliness and a romantic lady's vibe". Kim was selected as the 25th "Pocari Girl" for Pocari Sweat due to her "pure innocence and cheerful image". A photograph went viral on social media after Kim retweeted and left a comment, "Graduation (Graduation Photo) ㅋㅋㅋ" of a Uijeongbu High School male-student who recreates Kim's signature drinking pose, wearing short shorts and almost lying on
2204-476: Is My First Twenty - Kim So-hyun's YOLO Solo California , where she challenged herself and discovered her true identity in a foreign country. On October, she was named as one of the first tenth generation MCs to host a survival reality show Under Nineteen on MBC. Kim received positive feedback from viewers of the premiere for her strengths as a host, as noted by Korea Economic TV — audience engagement, her "steady" voice, charisma, as well as her styling, which
2320-472: Is a rainbow-like actress. She is pretty, cute and cool, and has colourful charms from laughter to tears. I am always admiring her detailed and sincere acting while filming". Kim was given various nicknames throughout her career, such as " Nation's Little Sister ", "Queen of Child Actresses" and "Korean Wave Fairy". Kim earned the nickname, "Little Son Ye-jin ", due to the resemblance of Ye-jin's early works, Lover's Concerto and The Classic . Besides,
2436-537: Is also set to star in the webtoon-based romantic comedy-drama Is It Fate? by Song Hyun-wook , where she will play a woman who meets her first love again after ten years. In 2014, Kim joined in the HAPPY Together Briquette Donation Campaign to donate 1 million briquette for the elderly, disabled families, and low-income families for heating during cold season. In 2017, Kim and Ji Chang-wook donated their dubbing fees for Your Name to
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#17328988090822552-443: Is amazing. When we were filming, her schedule was very hectic. At first, I would play around with her after we were done filming, but she looked more and more tired as the days went on, and I couldn't do that anymore." She continued, "But when the camera starts rolling, she puts on a smile and acts really well. As I saw her doing that, I just thought, she's amazing." Despite the freezing temperatures during filming The Emperor: Owner of
2668-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
2784-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
2900-406: Is currently led by Park Chan-woo, Kim's manager in her SidusHQ days. In 2018, Kim was cast in the romance drama Radio Romance , which began airing on 29 January. She played a radio scriptwriter who isn't exactly talented in writing. On 24 January, a photo was shared on SNS saying that Kim was shooting underwater. The photo shows a woman wearing a hanbok in the water on 21 January. On this day,
3016-682: Is currently the most used online music sales site in South Korea. In 2012, the company signed a deal with streaming site Viki so that content from their artists (such as IU , Brown Eyed Girls and Drunken Tiger ) would be featured on their site. In August 2012, the recording artists under LOEN collaborated to release a collaborative EP titled LOEN Tree Summer Story under the collective title 'LOEN Tree'. On July 18, 2013, Affinity Equity Partners , through its subsidiary Star Invest Holdings Ltd., bought 52.56% of LOEN Entertainment's shares, leaving SK Group with only 15%. Five months later, Star Invest Holdings acquired RealNetworks, Inc. 's 8.83% stake in
3132-421: Is led by her long-time manager Park Chan-woo. Upon approval by the company's board of directors in a December 20 meeting, the company is known as Kakao M Corporation ( Korean : 주식회사 카카오엠 ) since March 23, 2018. The letter M in the new corporate name stands for three things: Melon (the company's flagship online music service), Music (the company's core business) and Media (another business that
3248-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
3364-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
3480-627: Is one of many Kakao M-affiliated artists who received stocks from the company, which, according to reports, is preparing to rejoin Korea Exchange through a re-IPO . On 29 October, Netflix confirmed that Kim would reprise her role as Kim Jo-jo in the second season of the drama series Love Alarm . In 2020, Kim's travel reality show Because This Is My First Twenty surpassed 6 million views as of May 2020 on YouTube , Naver TV and Facebook . On 15 January 2021, E&T Story Entertainment released an official statement stating that Kim would be leaving
3596-532: Is polite and always looks strong. So Hyun possesses such an outstanding charm that I believe she might become the greatest actor of this era." Actor Nam Joo-hyuk also praised, "Like an adult and trustworthy. She is a positive person that never shows any hints of negativity even when facing hardship. I have a lot to learn from her." As an experienced former child actress, Kim So-hyun has acted with many actors who are older than her. Many of her co-stars described her as an "older sister" to them. Such as, Yoo Seung-ho, who
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3712-467: Is six years older than her, confessed he couldn't stop speaking to her like she was older: "She seems like an older sister. She's extremely mature." L said, "So-hyun is very mature. Though she's seven years younger than me, she sometimes feels like an older sister", and the same goes to Yoon Do-joon. Various actors, actresses, and film crew praised Kim for her acting skills, strong mentality, work ethic, and kindness. Actress Jo Soo-hyang , "Kim So-hyun
3828-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
3944-454: Is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only
4060-449: The CSR venture Kakao Impact Foundation . As of 2021, the following companies were the subsidiaries of Kakao M: Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea,
4176-675: The Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
4292-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to
4408-561: The Post cereal Honey Oh's, and Korea's school uniform Elite. Kim became the longest Elite endorsement model from 2014 until 2016. She has worked alongside Winner , Shin Ae-ra , and BtoB . By April 16, 2016, Kim was selected for two consecutive years to become the 2016 Pocari Sweat model to commemorate the brand's 30th anniversary. It is the first time in 15 years since Son Ye-jin in 2001. The same year, G-Market announced Kim as their model for
4524-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
4640-949: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
4756-502: The 2013 KBS Screenplay Contest. In 2015, Kim made a special appearance as the sister of the male lead in A Girl Who Sees Smells , played by Park Yoo-chun, whom she reunited with for the third time after Rooftop Prince and Missing You . On 18 April, Kim stepped down from her Music Core MC posts after two years. Kim starred in KBS 's school series Who Are You: School 2015 , playing dual roles as twins Lee Eun-bi and Go Eun-byul. She
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4872-862: The 79th entrance ceremony held at Hanyang University in Seongdong District , Seoul on 28 February 2018. In 2016, according to Singapore's national newspaper The Straits Times , Kim revealed in an email interview with the paper why she chose homeschooling instead of enrolling in high school. She said that while managing her acting career, she barely had time to study during her middle school days (which made her have to take her exams unprepared) and missed out in activities with her classmates, and this similarly occurred in her elementary school days. Kim chose homeschooling for her high school education because she did not want to give up her education and career. With this decision, Kim felt it would allow her to dedicate more time to both filming and studying. Kim debuted as
4988-677: The Glow Peak Beauty Awards mascara category. In August 2019, Korean media reported Soup to become Korea's first young casual brand to record ₩100 billion sales in Korea after commissioning Kim as their promotional model for their 2019 Fall/Winter collection. Kim continued endorsing various products that ranged from food to clothing and cosmetics such as, Norwegian fashion shoes brand Skono, chicken brand Pelicana Chicken, Samsung Securities , naturalism-oriented cosmetics Hanyul , colour contact lenses Bausch & Lomb 's Lacelle, and Soup as
5104-563: The Korea Barrier-Free Film Commission. On 21 April 2018, Kim participated in S.E.S 10th Green Heart Bazaar held by the first generation K-pop girl group , S.E.S . Kim and many other celebrities gave generous good deeds by selling items at the bazaar. The proceeds that were collected are donated to the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation and KARA . On 5 April 2019, Kim donated ₩10 million to help support
5220-551: The Korean medias as the " Nation's Little Sister ", "Queen of Child Actresses", "Goddess of Historical Drama " and also the " Sageuk Goddess", after starring and appearing in various acclaimed historical period dramas throughout her career, and having gained experience working as an actress from childhood to the present day. Korean medias also recognised her as the next generation of "Nation's First Love" from her performance in Pure Love (2016) movie. She has established herself as
5336-470: The Mask (2017), romantic comedies Radio Romance (2018) and The Tale of Nokdu (2019), teen suspense romance Love Alarm (2019–2021) and Korean folklore River Where the Moon Rises as an assassin. Pure Love (2016) was her first movie as a lead. She was the regular host of MBC 's music program Music Core and survival reality show Under Nineteen in 2019. Kim has been nicknamed in variety by
5452-486: The Mask , Kim gave affection for the child actor that was working with her, be on set at a very early time and showed no signs of tiredness while on set. A staff member said, "Kim So-hyun is cheerful and kind both on and off-camera, making her the best energizer. Kim So-hyun's bright smile helps everyone on set have a good time while filming." Jung Ga-ram describes her as "very serious and a really great actress". Song Kang talked about working with Kim, saying that she gave
5568-668: The Wind . In 2019, Kim expressed that she has no role models. She commented, "I don't even know myself. I think it's time to get to know myself more than the role model. If I find myself, I can find my role model then." Kim's work has influenced numerous child actresses, including Kim Ji-young , Lee Ja-in, Hwang Yeon-ji, Busters ' Jisoo, Jeon Yu-lim, and Park Da-yeon. "I always try to learn because I don't know how to do it. I try to act plainly because I want to look pure. Acting that should be calculated or technologically expressed by expressing emotions as I feel may be lacking. It seems that
5684-470: The agency. On 18 January, Kim signed an exclusive contract with the Culture Depot . In February 2021, Kim starred as the alter-ego protagonists in the historical drama River Where the Moon Rises which premiered on 15 February. She plays as a female general, who was born as a princess but raised as a general, and chases for her goal to straighten the ruined status of her country, Goguryeo . The drama
5800-496: The album's release on MelOn also disappeared from LOEN's social media accounts. C-JeS subsequently threatened to remove mentions of LOEN from Junsu's upcoming showcase and to file for a civil appeal to the Fair Trade Commission and Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. In response, LOEN Entertainment stated that they were still in discussions regarding the album's promotion and that nothing had been confirmed prior to
5916-475: The author of both webtoons named Kim as their first choice in casting the leading woman. Shin Ji-won of Hankyung said that Kim So-hyun's character was able to mesmerize the viewers because Kim blended well with her character. Jang Dong-yoon stated, "I was convinced that there would be no better actress to play Dong Joo other than So-hyun, I was very grateful to have met my best partner in her." The pair were donned
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#17328988090826032-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
6148-497: The character Mitsuha Miyamizu in the anime drama film Your Name . She switched back to live-action and co-led the historical and political drama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask with Yoo Seung-ho , which premiered on 10 May. This marked her first adult historical drama after five years since Moon Embracing the Sun . Despite its high ratings, the time of the drama's original run coincided with her slump period — Kim expressed how she made efforts to understand her character as
6264-455: The character like a real person and try her best to express the character genuinely. Kim prefers having many projects because she feels more comfortable and happy continuing acting rather than resting. In particular, the charm of Kim's tone shines in the drama from a plump romantic comedy to a complex, subtle feeling of conflict between the family's revenge and the love she felt for the first time in her life. A broadcast official said, "The deeper
6380-525: The combination of singers, actors, and broadcasters even though they initially showed a bit of immature progress, but amplified expectations of how they expressed their charms despite having different careers. She then was cast in The Suspicious Housekeeper , a Korean remake of the Japanese drama , Kaseifu no Mita . In the same year, Kim was reported along with Kim Yoo-jung and Yeo Jin-goo as
6496-414: The compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean
6612-581: The companies under its Music Content Company, including LOEN Tree (2012) and Collabodadi (2014). Collabodadi artists were moved to LOEN Tree in September 2015 and later LOEN Tree was renamed as Fave Entertainment in February 2017. Kakao M acquired independent label Starship Entertainment in 2013 and Cube Entertainment subsidiaries label A Cube Entertainment (which later was renamed Plan A Entertainment ) in 2015, as well as King Kong Entertainment (which
6728-624: The company was the leading record company in South Korea by net revenue according to the statistics compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCIA) through the Gaon Music Chart (30.4%); it was also the second leading company in terms of album sales (25.4%). LOEN Entertainment became a subsidiary of Kakao in January 2016 and was subsequently renamed two years later. Online music sales accounted for most of
6844-443: The company will advance to in the future). The company will now also have a corporate catchphrase , We Entertain . Barely a month before the company's relaunch under its new name, Sean Seong-hoon Park resigned from both his positions as CEO of the company and chief strategy officer of its parent company , and later moved to Netmarble Games . He was replaced by Melon division head Lee Jae-wook. On February 28, 2021, Kakao M's music
6960-540: The company's name was changed to YBM Seoul Records and it began to operate on KOSDAQ . The company joined the IFPI in 2003. Korean conglomerate SK Telecom bought a 60% share of the company in 2005, and YBM Seoul Records subsequently became part of SK Group. As of 2008, the company was known as LOEN Entertainment. LOEN stood for: Live On Entertainment Networks and LOve + ENtertainment LOEN took charge of SK Telecom's online music distribution service, MelOn , in 2009. MelOn
7076-405: The company's profit, with 93.9% of revenue coming from online music sales. The label also distributed CDs of some other entertainment agencies in South Korea through its branch 1theK , but made less than 5% of its revenue through them. On March 2, 2021, the company became defunct upon merging into KakaoPage . The merger resulted in the formation of a new company, Kakao Entertainment . Kakao M
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#17328988090827192-595: The company. The company was reorganized to include two labels: "LOEN Tree" (Jo Yeong-cheol) and "Collabodadi" ( Shinsadong Tiger ). On December 18, 2013, LOEN Entertainment acquired 70% of shares in Starship Entertainment , making it an independent subsidiary of the company. On January 11, 2016, LOEN Entertainment was acquired by Kakao Corporation. On May 11, 2017, LOEN Entertainment announced its strategic drama production alliance with CJ E&M 's drama production subsidiary Studio Dragon Corporation . Among
7308-481: The early 2000s. Kim was named "Teardrop Goddess" for her deep sensitivity and dense tears in The Emperor: Owner of the Mask . Following the release of hit dramas Love Alarm and The Tale of Nokdu , the press gave Kim "Come-out-of-manhwa girl" (만찢녀 (만화 찢고 나온 여자)) due to the perfect sync rate with the original characters and emotional performance. After starring in several historical period dramas, she received
7424-430: The emotions in the play, the more shining of Kim's inner space will be". Kim plays a role in stimulating her colleague actors. Who Are You: School 2015 co-star Yook Sung-jae shared, "Despite her young age, [Kim] So-hyun leads the entire drama. When seeing her with a smile on her face during working in spite of the exhaustion due to lack of sleep, I feel and learn a lot." Chun Jung-myung gave her his recognition, "She
7540-471: The end of the year, Kim became the MC of the 2021 KBS Drama Awards with Sung Si-kyung and Lee Do-hyun This is a return to MC in 6 years since 2015. In 2022, Kim signed with Ieum Hashtag. In July 2023, she returned to the small screen with the tvN romantic comedy series My Lovely Liar , in which her performance and chemistry with Hwang Min-hyun was acclaimed by Joan McDonald of Forbes as appealing. She
7656-453: The face of Nintendo 3DS real-time pet simulation video game , Nintendogs + Cats with Kim Yoo-jung, Yuhan-Kimberly's "Teen's Nature" brand, Union Bay with Park Seo-joon and Lee Hyun-woo , and Nongshim 's Shin Ramyun with Yoon Doo-joon. In 2015, Kim has become one of the most in-demand endorsers after her hit drama Who Are You: School 2015 . She was chosen to become the face of
7772-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
7888-535: The floor for his graduation photo. In response, Dong-A Otsuka gifted the student several Pocari Sweats, Oronamin C and named him the "Pocari Man". In 2015–16, she was featured in Domino's Pizza 's advertisement with Kim Woo-bin . Two of Kim So-hyun's costume in Domino's Pizza advertisement went on for an online-auction and the donating proceeds to the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation. She also appeared in commercials for
8004-452: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it
8120-544: The future. On 25 February 2020, Kim donated ₩10 million through Hope Bridge Association of the National Disaster Relief to prevent the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea . According to the organisation, the donation was to help the vulnerable people and purchasing health and hand sanitisers to prevent the spread of the disease. On 5 August, Kim donated ₩20 million to help flood victims who suffered from
8236-461: The heavy rain. In October, Kim participated in the "MANNA Charity Bazaar" to support the treatment costs of children suffering from rare diseases. A representative official said, "People who have been consistently sponsoring and volunteering have been together under the name of Manna." Kim is an active celebrity endorser for several brands and products. Her first endorsements were fabric softener Downy and junior apparel brand, Apple Pink. She became
8352-573: The heroine of the film who has a beautiful voice but suffers from a leg injury. Kim then starred in a mystery-school web drama Nightmare Teacher alongside Lee Min-hyuk , playing a class president who discovers mysterious secrets of the school. The drama was filmed and featured nine students at Hosan University. The same year, Kim starred in Park Hye-ryun 's three-episode drama special Page Turner opposite actors Ji Soo and Shin Jae-ha . She played
8468-473: The historical accuracy of portraying the princess: citing she acted "perfectly" with the life of a girl during the Korean Empire. She had a recurring guest role in the hit fantasy drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God . Kim showed an overwhelming presence and increased audience immersion in the early stage of the show, making a big impact as a cameo . In 2017, Kim participated in Korean dubbing for
8584-423: The horror-comedy Hey Ghost, Let's Fight with Ok Taec-yeon , and played as the 13-year-old Princess Deokhye in the film The Last Princess , for which Park A-reum of K-pop Herald praised Kim for her in-depth emotional acting in the scene before her farewell to her mother (which Park called heartbreaking), as well as the high sync rate with Son Ye-jin . Also, Jung An-ji of Sports Chosun praised her for
8700-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
8816-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
8932-570: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
9048-639: The language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form
9164-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
9280-429: The launch of Korea's first integrated brand lift package through cable channels and online. In 2015–17, Kim was appointed as the face for young girls' makeup brand Peripera . In three days, Peripera "Ink Airy Velvet" has sold 30,000 quantities. Kim's image was the main contributor that leads a successful product to sell 700,000 quantities in two months, sold out "Ink Airy Velvet No. 2" and "Ink Color Cara" winning in
9396-458: The lead role in Netflix 's original production Love Alarm , based on the popular webtoon of the same name. Kim explained her character is experiencing the emotion of love for the first time, and it reminded of herself. She decided to tap into those feelings as she wanted to portray a living and breathing character with Jo-jo. Kim Yoo-jin of Exsports News said that Kim showed a high sync rate and
9512-462: The lead. [She] accepted and continued filming [...] For this, I am nothing but thankful." Co-actors Lee Ji-hoon , Lee Hae-young, Kim Jung-young, Ki Eun-se, and writer Han Ji-hoon also conveyed their gratitude towards Kim and Na In-woo ( Ji Soo 's replacement) who endured the difficult situations. In an interview with Y Noblesse magazine for the July 2021 edition, Kim revealed she did not get paid for
9628-448: The lowest temperature was recorded below minus 16 degrees. During the press conference for the premiere of Radio Romance held on 25 January, the PD addressed online criticism regarding the outdoor water filming, despite the weather warnings. He issued an apology stating that "Kim So Hyun's outdoor water filming wrapped up on Sunday [21 January]. We debated on it a lot since she would be getting in
9744-596: The name "M Company" there. The company name was Kakao M, the letter M standing for: As of 2015, Kakao M used two types of catalog number codes for its releases: the L10000**** series (later at the -5000 suffix) and the L20000**** series (later at the -1000 suffix). 2011 LOEN Entertainment, along with then-parent SK Telecom , was one of the 15 companies fined and sued by the Korean FTC for price rigging in 2011 . The company
9860-598: The nickname " Manhwa tearing" chemistry by the viewers for capturing everything from laughter to excitement and adding their colours to the original characters. Her role as Dong Joo earned her the Excellence Award at the year end KBS Drama Awards . The series was the 10th most talked primetime Korean dramas aired in 2019. On 1 October, an official statement from Kakao M revealed that Kim received 815 shares (about 100 million won) of it to resolve issue rights to strengthen solidarity with affiliates and entertainers. Kim
9976-634: The plans under the alliance is producing dramas based on web novels and webtoons on KakaoPage and Daum Webtoons (which copyrights are managed by Podotree , the web literature subsidiary of Kakao). (LOEN Entertainment first entered the drama production industry three years ago through the cable-web drama Another Parting , which starred Seo In-guk and Wang Ji-won .) On August 25, LOEN Entertainment announced that its joint venture with Studio Dragon will be called as Mega Monster . The company has also signed actress Kim So-hyun through setting up her own independent label, E&T Story Entertainment , which
10092-631: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of
10208-671: The publication deemed "colorful". By early-2019, Kim So-hyun, Kim Hee-chul and Shin Dong-yup were selected for two consecutive years as the MCs for the Seoul Music Awards, hosting the 28th ceremony. She held her second fan meeting Sso.Affirmation.Happiness: Kim So Hyun's Little & Indeed, Happiness in Korea, ahead of her birthday with an attendance of 300 people. On 29 June, she also held her first-anniversary fan meeting in Tokyo , Japan. Kim played
10324-518: The re-shoots out of love and affection for the drama and her character. She gained praises for her solid performance and sword skills, and her portrayal of three different characters; Assassin Yeom Ga-jin, Princess Pyeonggang and the queen of Goguryeo Queen Yeon, for which she was nominated for a Baeksang Arts Awards in Best Actress - Television , becoming one of the category's youngest nominees. At
10440-405: The relevant article's release. They pointed to the showcase event page on MelOn's homepage still being up as evidence that promotions were going ahead as planned. C-JeS responded saying that they had begun receiving pre-orders for the album and entries for the showcase event without a response from LOEN. Following media attention, the two companies met on July 8 and resolved the dispute. Incredible
10556-593: The role of a "piano genius" who lost her sight after an accident. The number of video previews released in the web and mobile achieved 600,000 views which was considered "an unusual number" as a one-act play . Kim's first fan meeting Lovely Day in Taiwan was held at Ming Chuan University on 9 April. She was dubbed as the "Korean Wave Fairy" by the Taiwanese media. On 4 June, Kim hosted the 2016 Dream Concert with Leeteuk and Hong Jong-hyun . She made her next acting move in
10672-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
10788-674: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Kim So-hyun Kim So-hyun ( Korean : 김소현 ; born 4 June 1999) is an Australian-born South Korean actress who began her career as a child in 2006, initially gaining audience attention for playing pivotal roles in Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) and Missing You (2013). She took on her first leading role in teen drama Ma Boy (2012) and since then has starred in many TV series including high-school drama Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), horror comedy Hey Ghost, Let's Fight (2016), historical melodrama The Emperor: Owner of
10904-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
11020-638: The third most influential entity in the K-pop industry. Music Content Company ( Korean : 음악컨텐츠컴퍼니 ; RR : eum-ak keontencheu keompeoni ) was Kakao M's music content production company, which included the music content brand 1theK (which was known as LOEN Music before February 2014), the ticket selling portal Melon Ticket and distributed over 300 titles per year, working with independent agencies to invest in music production. The name '1theK' indicated its aim of creating one source for worldwide K-pop content. Kakao M managed its artists within
11136-471: The title "Goddess of Historical Drama" and "Sageuk Goddess" because of her quick character exploration skills, varied expressions through eye contact and emotional acting. In 2016, Kim was recognized by Korean medias as the next generation of "Nation's First Love" after she had successfully portrayed the first love character in Pure Love movie. Kim suffered with "growing pains" and "transition period" after seven months of filming The Emperor: Owner of
11252-500: The top three child actors who earn above-average salaries for child actors. It was reported that Kim received 4-6 million won per episode. In 2014, Kim was cast as a child actor beside Oh Yeon-soo in the MBC drama, Triangle . Kim challenged her first dual role and first genre through OCN's new drama Reset . Later, she was cast in KBS2 special drama , We All Cry Differently , which won
11368-418: The two actors, also resemble the coexistence of clean, pure and mature images with subtle expressions and perfect eyes acting. She was also dubbed as "3金 Troika" (3金 트로이카) alongside Kim Yoo-jung and Kim Sae-ron due to impressive performances since childhood and a veteran actor with more than 10 years of acting career. Previously, the nickname was given to Kim Tae-hee , Song Hye-kyo , and Jun Ji-hyun in
11484-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
11600-434: The victims of Sokcho Fire. This is the result of the fans giving support towards Kim's idea who wanted to achieve and sharing on her 4 June birthday. Her fans also donated 61 blood donation certificates to the hospital along with the fund to help patients who were living with difficulties. On 13 December, she donated 100 kg of rice to the social welfare corporation network for underprivileged and undernourished children in
11716-505: The viewers watching that part with a grain of salt as it expresses emotions as it is." – Kim on her emotional performance In an interview in 2013, she revealed she had never been formally trained for acting. While filming for Pure Love , she lived in Goheung. Kim said that, when there was no filming, she went around the city alone and listened to the stories of the residents. She explained she looked around every corner of
11832-473: The village setting for how she could be part of it. To prepare for a role, Kim listens to music that matches the emotions of her role before shooting a scene. For the role of a blind person in Page Turner , she changed everything from the tone and way of speaking to the eye contact when reciting her dialogues. She had stated that when she received a script, she set plenty of time to understand fully and know
11948-407: The water. We ensured safety equipment nearby and a camping car on set and finished filming in the shortest amount of time possible. Due to time constraints, an action stunt double filmed additional outdoor water scenes yesterday [24 January]. It was filmed by an action actor, not Kim So-hyun, wearing a winter suit and shot in a similar situation. The number of shots was done with one take and protection
12064-406: The younger version of the second female lead, Kim received commend from the audience and the director of how well she portrayed the antagonist 's desire realistically the drama came to rank number one in its time slot throughout its run and achieved a peak recorded viewer rating of 42.2%, thereby earning the "national drama" status Kim simultaneously became "Korea's little sister"; followed by
12180-774: Was acquired by Starship in 2015). In June 2016, Kakao M established an independent label Mun Hwa In . In December 2017, Kakao M established a one-person agency E&T Story Entertainment for actress Kim So-hyun , which was led by her long-time manager Park Chan-woo. As January 2018, Kakao M's independent label Plan A Entertainment has taken over the agency. On June 27, 2018, Kakao M made strategic investments and created partnerships with three actor management agencies BH Entertainment, J.WIDE Company, Management SOOP, and Korea's leading advertisement model casting agency, Ready Entertainment in order to globalize its content. On January 13, 2019, Kakao M acquired independent label Blossom Entertainment . On February 13, 2019, Kakao M released
12296-451: Was awarded "Star of the Year" at the eighth Korea Drama Awards for her performance. On 21 November, Kim held her first overseas promotion schedule at Sunshine City , Hong Kong . At the end of the year, Kim became the MC of the 2015 KBS Drama Awards with Jun Hyun-moo and Park Bo-gum . In 2016, she returned to the big screen in a romance film Pure Love opposite Do Kyung-soo , playing
12412-785: Was born on 4 June 1999, in Australia, and has a younger brother. She moved to South Korea in 2003, when she was four years old. Her father died when she was nine years old. Kim transferred from Hoeryong Elementary School in Gyeonggi Province to Towol Elementary School and graduated in February 2012. She then graduated from Yongin Munjung Middle School in 2015. She was subsequently homeschooled for secondary education , and passed her high school graduation exams by 2017. The same year, she enrolled at Hanyang University 's Department of Theatre, through rolling admission . Kim attended
12528-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as
12644-400: Was caught in a controversy following bullying accusations made against Ji Soo, who played the show's male protagonist. Director Yoon Sangho talked about Kim: "It is not easy to re-film the scenes that have already done with a different actor. That's why I told her before re-filming "we can't do this without you, you are the main priority in this drama, I hope you can persevere until the end as
12760-541: Was fined $ 9.6 million for its role in the scheme. 2016 On October 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of Korea handed out a 100 million won fine each to LOEN Entertainment and its closest competitor Genie Music (then known as KT Music) for colluding in price fixing, dating back to a case filed in 2008. Co-CEO Shin Won-soo, who was the sole CEO at the time being, was also sentenced to pay 10 million won. On September 26, 2019, it
12876-410: Was founded as Seoul Records in 1978 by Min Yeong-bin as a subsidiary of YBM Sisa, a company mainly involved in creating language-learning tapes. The company was officially registered in 1982, and in 1984 it began to produce and distribute records of classical and traditional music. It was registered as a venture capital company in 1999 when it began to sell albums while operating an online shop. In 2000,
12992-476: Was one of the most praised child actors of her generation. She played the role of Lee Soo-yeon, bullied by her schoolmates and called "the daughter of the murderer", who gets kidnapped and sexually assaulted while trying to save her friend. Kim and Yeo shared the highest one-minute viewer rating scene of 10.4% in the drama. She received her first acting award as "Best Child Actress" at the 1st K-Drama Star Awards for Ma Boy and Missing You . In 2013, Kim made
13108-510: Was promoted and distributed by LOEN as planned. Kakao M had three companies, a concept known as a "company in company" (CIC). The company also planned to set up another one in the future. Melon Company ( Korean : 멜론컴퍼니 ; RR : mellon keompeoni ) was Kakao M's online music service company, operating Melon (short for melody on ), the most popular music service in Korea, with 59% of all users in South Korea as of November 2013. That year Soompi ranked MelOn as
13224-402: Was removed from Spotify after its licensing deal with the streaming service expired. They had addressed the removal in a statement, citing the streaming service as the party who had ensued it. On March 11, 2021, Kakao M renewed its licensing deal with Spotify. In March 2021, Kakao M and KakaoPage merged into a company named Kakao Entertainment , while having its own representative system under
13340-591: Was revealed that 3 former executives of the company have been charged with stealing 18.2 billion won in royalties from Melon, artists, and producers. In 2013, LOEN Entertainment made a deal with C-JeS Entertainment to promote and distribute Junsu 's second studio album Incredible . Days before the album's release, C-Jes was reportedly notified by LOEN that they would distribute the album but had scrapped plans for promotional marketing and broadcasting Junsu's upcoming showcase on MelOn, although they would be able to broadcast it on LOEN TV . Promotional banners regarding
13456-487: Was taken right away. We apologize for causing concerns with this matter. The filming set is our lives. Naturally, safety is important." At the press conference, Kim's hand was visually seen red. On the same day, she co-hosted the 27th Seoul Music Awards with Kim Hee-chul and Shin Dong-yup . She held her first Japan fan meeting Kim So Hyun 1st Premium Fanmeeting with 800 people on 1 July. After 10 years of debut, Kim hosted her own travel reality show Because This
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