Byung-hun Lee, a major Korean movie star, was put in one of the film's title roles.

WSJ: Foreign Viewers Shape U.S. Films

"The window for dialogue is always open, " South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Friday following his meeting with Mr. Kerry.

WSJ: U.S., South Korea Offer North Talks, and a Warning

Ahn Byung-min, of the Seoul-based Korea Transport Institute, has made 40-odd trips to monitor the distribution of South Korean food aid.

ECONOMIST: Food and stability in North Korea

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry on later on Tuesday to discuss North Korea.

BBC: US sees 'no changes' to North Korean military posture

But the late Lee Byung-chull--the father of Samsung's current chairman, Lee Kun-Hee--started the foundation in 1965 with a personal donation of 1 billion won.

FORBES: Art and Seoul

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Washington with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung Se, and discussed the nuclear-cooperation agreement.

WSJ: Seoul Seeks Ability to Make Nuclear Fuel

"When we close branches, there is no choice but to let some employees go, " says chairman Yoon Byung Chull of Hana Bank, which bought out Boram Bank.

CNN: SURVIVING THE DEAL

Sohn Byung Doo, vice chairman of South Korea's powerful Federation of Korean Industries, was part of the delegation that accompanied President Kim Dae Jung to Pyongyang for the June summit.

CNN: Kim Jong Il's New Direction

South Korea's new foreign minister, Yun Byung-se, said in his inauguration speech Monday that despite the "very grave" situation on the peninsula he hoped relations would improve with the North.

WSJ: Pressure Rises on Korean Peninsula

Kettmann also takes the reader to Santo Domingo, where Pedro Martinez's former coach watches the action from a sports bar, and to Kwangju, South Korea, where former Sox reliever Byung-Hyun Kim's old high school coach is watching the game at two in the morning.

FORBES: Remaking The Red Sox