Actresses who were defined as ‘mystic’ have changed.Actresses such as Lee Min-jung and Kim Nam-joo have started communicating with the public in a friendly manner through entertainment programs that put their names at the forefront rather than through dramas or movies.

Lee Min-jung, who opened the YouTube channel ‘Lee Min-jung MJ’ in March and has been receiving a hot response for her outspokenness, has also launched a KBS 2TV entertainment show named ‘Gone, Here, Here, Lee Min-jung’, which premiered on the 16th.’Gone, Here, Here, Here, Lee Min-jung’ is an observational variety show that depicts setting up a mobile convenience store with daily necessities in a rural village and spending the night there.Lee Min-jung stars alongside Boom, Ahn Jae-hyun, Kim Jung-hyun, and Kim Jae-won.

In the first episode, Lee Min-jung made everyone laugh by honestly revealing her feelings that despite the hard work of boarding a fishing boat, “It’s less hard than raising a child.” She also showed off her “husband chance” by revealing Lee Byung-hun’s promotional line that included the witty line, “The convenience store is here~.”

At the production conference held before the first broadcast, Lee Min-jung said, “I decided to appear in the show because I wanted to receive a lot of affection and give a lot in return.There are many hardships experienced by the elderly living in rural villages, and I wanted to share warm affection with them.” She also said, “I also had high hopes that being able to go somewhere for 2 days and 1 night(away from childcare)would be healing for me.”

Following Lee Min-jung, Kim Nam-joo will also take on her first solo entertainment show in 31 years since her debut through SBS Life’s ‘Queen of Discernment Kim Nam-joo’, which will air for the first time on the 22nd.As the program title suggests, which is reminiscent of Kim Nam-joo’s representative dramas ‘Queen of Housewives’ and ‘Queen of Reversals’, Kim Nam-joo’s appearance itself is the biggest point of interest.In ‘Queen of Discernment Kim Nam-joo’, she will honestly reveal her discernment and at the same time communicate with the public to further develop it.A YouTube content with the same title will also be released to coincide with the first broadcast.

Kim Nam-joo said, “Maybe it’s because of the influence of the dramas I appeared in, such as ‘Misty,’ but there are many people who think of me as ‘a person who doesn’t bleed even if you stab them ‘or’ a person who only drinks wine with pasta.’ Through this program, I want to show the honest side of Kim Nam-joo who eats pasta well but also tteokbokki well.”

He will also be revealing his house for the first time in the first broadcast.Regarding this, Kim Nam-joo said, “The house where I gave birth to and raised my children for 20 years has a really special meaning to me.I thought it was right to show this precious and special space to me first.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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