안녕~ ^^ We finally reached the last month of 2020. What a year! Hope you all started the new year will awesome resolutions and big dreams. I hope only good health and good things will follow you this entire year.
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- Han Ji Hye announced through her personal Instagram that she is expecting her first child. ~ Instagram, Soompi
- Director Kim Ki Duk (59) passed away on December 11, 2020, due to COVID-19. ~ Chosun
- Father of DKB's Yuku passed away on December 12, 2020, due to chronic illness. ~ Naver
- H.O.T's Moon Hee Joon's mother passed away on December 22, 2020 due to chronic illness. ~ Naver
- ZE:A's Im Shi Wan donated 20 million won (~$18,100) to the Community Chest of Korea for his birthday celebration. ~ Naver
- Shin Se Kyung has donated profits from her YouTube channel to Good Neighbors, to provide feminine products, mentoring services, economic aid, and more to girls from low-income families. ~ Naver
- IU donated 100 million won (~$91,000) to the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation (ChildFund Korea) to help low-income students. ~ Nate
- Park Shin Hye along with her fans raised 20 million won (~$18,100) through Starlight Angel Project with Korea Food for the Hungry International. The money will be used to buy 90,000 sanitary pads for children and adolescents from low-income households. ~ Naver
- Kang Daniel and his agency, KONNECT Entertainment, participated in Holt Children’s Service’s campaign 'Protect Me' to support children from families at risk by hand-making around 100 book covers. The book covers will be then delivered to children who need protection along with the donation funds which will be used to provide mental and medical care, housing, living support, and educational support to those children. ~ Naver
- Lee Byung Hun donated 100 million won (~ $91,000) to Child Fund Korea to aid children from low-income families enduring hardships due to COVID-19. ~ Naver
- Lee Min Ho and his agency, MYM Entertainment, donated 50 million won (~ $46,000) to Holt Children’s Services Inc, Good Neighbors International, and Save the Children through the donation platform PROMIZ. All three organizations specialize in protection of vulnerable children. ~ Naver
- EXO's Xiu Min got discharged from the military on December 6, 2020. ~ Naver
- HIGHLIGHT's Son Dong Woon got discharged from the military on December 8, 2020. ~ Naver
- Former WANNA ONE's member Yoon Ji Sung got discharged from the military on December 13, 2020. ~ Naver
- SHINee's Min Ho opened his own personal Instagram account. ~ Follow
- MAMAMOO's Solar opened her own personal Instagram account. ~ Follow
- Kkondae Intern won Best Drama, Park Hae Jin won Daesang (Grand Prize) for his role in Kkondae Intern, Kim Eung Soo won Top Excellence Award for an Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama for his role in Kkondae Intern, Im Soo Hyang won Top Excellence Award for an Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama for her role in When I Was the Most Beautiful, Nam Ji Hyun won Top Excellence Award for an Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Or Short Drama for her role in 365: Repeat the Year, and Shin Sung Rok won Top Excellence Award for an Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Or Short Drama for his role in Kairos at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards, which took place on December 30, 2020, at the MBC Public Hall in Seoul. ~ Rest of the winners, Naver
- Chun Ho Jin won Daesang (Grand Prize) for his role in Once Again, while the Top Excellence Award went to Lee Min Jung for her role in Once Again, Park In Hwan for his role in Brilliant Heritage, and Jeong Bo Seok for his role in Homemade Love Story at the 2020 KBS Drama Awards, which took place on December 31, 2020. ~ Rest of the winners, Naver
- Nam Goong Min won Daesang (Grand Prize) for his role in Hot Stove League, Joo Won won Producers’ Award for his role in Alice, Uhm Ki Joon, Kim So Yeon, Eugene and Lee Ji Ah, won Top Excellence in Mid-Length/Long Drama for their roles in The Penthouse: War in Life, while Top Excellence in Miniseries (Genre/Action) went to Joo Ji Hoon for his role in Hyena, and Kim Seo Hyung for her role in Nobody Knows, and Top Excellence in Miniseries (Fantasy/Romance) went to Lee Min Ho for his role in The King: Eternal Monarch and Park Eun Bin for her role in Do You Like Brahms? at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards, which took place on December 31, 2020, at the SBS Prism Tower in Seoul. ~ Rest of the winners, Naver
- Spanish crime drama series Money Heist is planned to be remade into a Korean drama by BH Entertainment and Content ZIUM, directed by Kim Hong Seon and written by Ryu Yong Jae. ~ Naver
- Ji Chang Wook is in talks for to star in Annarasumanara (Netflix), directed by Kim Seong Yoon, and set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Park Soo Ae is in talks for to star in Gong Jak City (jTBC), directed by Jun Chang Geun and written by Son Se Dong. It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ News1
- Jang Ki Yong, Girl's Day's Hye Ri, Kang Han Na, Kim Do Wan, and Bae In Hyuk confirmed to star in My Roommate is a Gumiho (tvN), directed by Park Joon Hwa and Nam Sung Woo, and written by Baek Sun Woo and Choi Bo Rim. It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver, Naver
- Kim Min Jung is in talks for to star in Devilish Judge (tvN), directed by Choi Jung Gyu and written by Moon Yoo Seok. It is set to begin airing in June 2021. ~ Naver
- Kim Yoo Jung, Ahn Hyo Seop, Gong Myung, and Kwak Shi Yang have all confirmed to star in Red Sky (SBS), directed by Jang Tae Yoo and written by Kim Young Young. It is set to begin airing sometime in 2021. ~ Naver, Naver, Naver, Newsen
- Seo Hyun Jin confirmed to star in Why Oh Soo Jae? (SBS), directed by Park Soo Jin and written by Kim Ji Eun. It it set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Park Eun Bin is in talks for to star in Affection (KBS2), directed by Song Hyun Wook and written by Han Hee Jung. It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Jang Dong Yoon is in talks for to star in The Fairy and the Bald Idol (SBS). It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Nam Goong Min confirmed to star in The Black Sun (MBC), directed by Kim Sung Yong and written by Park Seok Ho. It is set to begin airing sometime in 2021. ~ Newsen
- Park Bo Young, Seo In Guk, Lee Soo Hyuk, Kang Tae Oh, and Shin Do Hyun have all confirmed to star in Doom at Your Service (tvN), directed by Kwon Young Il and written by Im Me Ah Ri. It is set to begin airing on May 3, 2021. ~ Naver
- Lee So Yeon and Choi Yeo Jin have confirmed to star in Miss Montecristo (KBS2), directed by Park Gi Ho and written by Jung Hye Won. It it set to begin airing on February 15, 2021. ~ Naver, Naver
- Im Shi Wan is in talks for to star in Island (OCN), directed by Bae Jong and written by Jang Yoon Mi. It is set to begin airing in the first half of 2021. ~ Naver
- Shin Min Ah and Kim Seon Ho are in talks for to star in Mr. Hong (tvN), written by Shin Ha Eun and set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Jung Yoo Mi and Han Seok Kyu are in talks for to star in When the Day Breaks (jTBC), directed by Lee Jeong Hyo and set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver, Naver
- Ji Jin Hee is in talks for to star in Birth of a Tragedy (tvN), set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Oh Na Ra confirmed to star in Racket Boy Band (SBS), directed by Jo Young Kwang and written by Jung Bo Hoon. It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Yoo In Na confirmed to star in Snowdrop (jTBC), directed by Jo Hyun Taek an written by Yoo Hyun Mi. It is set to begin airing on May 28, 2021. ~ Naver
- Hong Eun Hee, Jeon Hye Bin, Go Won Hee, Kim Kyung Nam, Lee Bo Hee, Lee Byung Joon, Choi Dae Chul, Kim Hye Sun, and Ha Jae Sook have all confirmed to star in Ok Kwang Sisters (KBS2), directed by Lee Jin Seo and written by Moon Young Nam. It is set to begin airing on Mar 13, 2021. ~ Naver
- Kim Ah Joong and Lee Sang Yoon are in talks for to star in One the Woman (SBS), directed by Choi Young Hoon and written by Kim Yoon. It is set to begin airing in July 2021. ~ Naver
- Kim Dong Wook is in talks for, along with Seo Hyun Jin, to star in You Are My Spring (tvN), directed by Jung Ji Hyun and written by Lee Mi Na. It is set to begin airing on June 26, 2021. ~ Naver
- Kim Go Eun confirmed to star in Yumi's Cells, directed by Lee Sang Yeob and written by Song Jae Jung and Kim Yoon Joo. It is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Ki Do Hoon and Jeon So Nee confirmed to star in Writing Your Destiny (Daum Kakao TV), which is set to begin airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Jo Jung Suk confirmed to star in The Land of Happiness, directed by Choo Chang Min and aimed to begin filming in summer of 2021. ~ Naver
- Kim Hye Soo and Yeom Jung Ah are in talks for to star in Smugglers, directed by Ryu Seung Wan and set to begin filming sometimes this year. ~ Star
- Cha Tae Hyun and Jo In Sung confirmed to host Boss by Chance (tvN), directed by Yoo Ho Jin and set to start airing sometimes in 2021. ~ Naver
- Rapper Iron has been booked on charges of assaulting his roommate on December 10, 2020, because he accused his roommate of 2 years of giving him a music file which was corrupted with a virus. The singer made his roommate lie face down for 20 minutes during which time he hit him about 50 times with a bat on his backside and thighs. ~ TV Chosun
- Hong Jin Young apologized and admited to plagiarising her master thesis, after which on December 23, 2020, the Chosun University Graduate School Committee has begun the process of cancelling her degree. ~ Naver, Soompi, Naver, Soompi
- Gwangju Family Court ruled on December 21, 2020 that 60 percent of late KARA's Goo Ha Ra’s inheritance will go to her father and 40 percent will go to her mother. ~ Naver