Park Bo-gum and Block B’s P.O in Real Life, They Are Really Close

Park Bo-gum was born on June 16th, 1993, in Seoul, South Korea. He is a South Korean actor. He gained recognition for his diverse range of roles in both film and television, notably, a psychopathic lawyer in Hello Monster (2015), a genius Go player in Reply 1988 (2015–2016), a Joseon Crown Prince in Love in the Moonlight (2016), and a free-spirited man who falls for an older woman in Encounter (2018). Park Bo-gum is the youngest artist to be named Actor of the Year by Gallup Korea. He is also the first ever actor to top the Korea Power Celebrity list by Forbes.

Park Bo-gum is the youngest of three siblings. “Bo-gum” means ‘precious sword.’ His mother died when he was in fourth grade. He started learning to play the piano when he was in kindergarten and was a pianist and a choir member at church. He was also in the swimming varsity team of Seoul Mokdong Middle School. During Park Bo-gum’s sophomore year of high school, he sent a video of himself singing and playing the piano to prominent talent management agencies which led to several offers.

Park Bo-gum, who initially wanted to be a singer-songwriter, later changed his career path after a suggestion that he would do well in acting. He graduated from Shinmok High School in 2012 and enrolled at Myongji University as a Musical Theater undergraduate in March 2014. Despite his acting career, he maintained an active college life and represented his university’s cultural overseas exchange program in Europe. Park Bo-gum has also directed a one-act play based on Anton Chekov’s work, and served as music director in his graduating class’ production of Hairspray. He received his baccalaureate in February 2018.

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Everything You Need To Know About South Korean Rapper From Block B, P.O

Pyo Ji-hoon was born on February 2nd, 1993, in Seoul, South Korea. He is better known by his stage name P.O. He is a South Korean rapper, a member of the South Korean boy band Block B and its sub-unit Bastarz. He attended Hanlim Multi Art School.

It was reported that P.O was not chosen as a Block B member because he failed his first Block B audition. A year later, P.O auditioned once more after more training and losing 10 kg, which led him to Block B’s final line-up.

P.O debuted with Block B in April 2011. In February 2012, the band received heavy criticism for their disrespectful behavior during an interview in Thailand, particularly jokes regarding about the previous year’s flooding disaster. P.O reportedly fainted and was hospitalized from the shock on February 24th, after learning of a petition calling for the members to apologize by committing suicide. To show his gratitude to BBC (Block B Club), Block B’s official fanbase, P.O released a song written especially for them. “Dear My Wife” was released into his Cyworld on September 25th, featuring (previously part of BoM’s) Winner’s Mino.

Along with fellow Block B member, Zico, they both were chosen as MCs for SBS MTV’s The Show. During a November 2012 episode of Weekly Idol, P.O stated that he comes from a wealthy family background, explaining that his father runs a duty-free store.

Everything About the South Korean Drama Encounter

Synopsis

The Korean drama Encounter has an outline of the storyline meeting between two people from different worlds. It is mixed with quite interesting groove packaging.

The first is a woman named Cha Soo-hyun (played by Song Hye-kyo), she is the daughter of a well-known politician in South Korea. After graduating from college, Cha Soo-hyun must be willing to be betrothed and marry a man who is the son of the owner of a large company. Of course, the marriage is just a political game carried out by their two fathers. But finally, after having children, Cha Soo-hyun decides to divorce.

The drama also follows the story of an ordinary young man named Kim Ji-hyeok (played by Park Bo-gum) who has many part-time jobs. He works everything and saves hard for years. During his part-time work, Kim Ji-hyeok is continuously submitting job applications to various companies. But unfortunately, he always fails and is rejected.

Then, finally, he gets tired of everything and decides to use the money he had been saving for years to go abroad. It turns out that Kim Ji-hyeok’s decision to go abroad actually leads him to his destiny. He is reunited with the divorced figure of Cha Soo-hyun. This is where the real story begins.

Encounter Cast

Song Hye-kyo

In this recent drama series, Song Hye-kyo plays the character Cha Soo-hyun, a divorced mother who comes from a wealthy family. She was forced to marry by her mother, who sacrificed Cha Soo-hyun’s happiness for her husband’s career. However, Cha Soo-hyun’s rich husband immediately left her and their child.

Park Bo-gum

Acting as Kim Jin-hyuk, an ordinary man who works various part-time jobs while submitting job applications to various companies. After being turned down by many companies, he goes abroad where he meets a woman.

Pyo Ji-hoon

He is portraying the character of Kim Jin-hyuk’s younger brother Kim Jin-myung.

Go Chang-seok

In this recent drama series, he plays Nam Myung-sik, Cha Soo-hyun’s driver.

Jang Seung-jo

Jang Seung-jo plays Jung Woo-seok, the son of a conglomerate, who meets a number of women constantly. Many of the women really want to marry him. Some of them cling to him saying it would be nice to get their names in Jung Woo-seok’s family list even just for a few days before the divorce. The person named Cha Soo-hyun is different from those women. He likes her unreadable face. That graceful face has a story. He thought he would grow to like it when they lived together.

Nam Gi-ae

In the recent TVN series Encounter, she plays the main supporting character named Jin Mi-ok. She is Cha Soo-hyun’s mother.

Moon Sung-geun

He plays the character of Cha Soo-hyun’s father, Cha Jong-hyun. He is one of the important supporting actors in the series.

Kwak Sun-young

This time she plays a supporting character named Jang Mi-jin, who works as Cha Soo-hyun’s secretary.

Block B’s P.O As Park Bo-gum’s Younger Brother in TVN’s Boyfriend (Encounter)

Block B’s P.O is definitely going to make a comeback in the TVN drama Boyfriend (Encounter).

Previously, Block B’s P.O made his debut in the SBS drama Temperature of Love, as Kang Min-ho, kitchen staff member, together with Oh Jung-Sun (Yang Se-Jong). P.O will come back to the tvN drama Boyfriend as the younger brother of Kim Jin-hyeok’s character, played by Park Bo-gum.

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The drama Boyfriend tells the story of a politician’s daughter named Cha Soo-hyun (Song Hye-kyo). After graduating from college, she immediately marries a son of a conglomerate family to make her father’s career run smoothly. After she gives birth to a child, she immediately gets divorced.

She decides to go abroad where she meets an ordinary young man named Kim Jin-hyeok (Park Bo-gum). Kim Jin-hyeok is just an ordinary young man who is looking for a permanent job, but because he always fails he decides to go for a trip abroad. The romantic story of those who will be overwhelmed by a bitter situation will begin from their very first meeting.

Meanwhile, Block B’s P.O recently finished filming the tvN variety program 5 New Journey to the West. Filming was cut short after news about Kang Ho-dong’s father’s death had spread.

The TVN drama Boyfriend began airing in November 2018 in lieu of the drama The Smile Has Left Your Eyes, starring Jung So-min and Seo In-guk.

Block B’s P.O Reveals the Kiss Scene with Park Bo-gum in Boyfriend Wasn’t Actually in The Script

P.O and Park Bo-gum’s bromance scene in Boyfriend was an ad-lib!

P.O, who played Park Bo-gum’s younger brother in the recently ended drama, made a guest appearance at the actor’s recent fan meeting.

When asked to share a fun story from filming, P.O. revealed that the scene, where Park Bo-gum kissed P.O on the cheek, wasn’t actually in the script. Park Bo-gum explained that he didn’t tell P.O about the kiss prior to filming and was expecting P.O to dodge, but he didn’t, so, he ended up actually kissing him.

Park Bo-gum said, “He just sat there accepting my kiss.” P.O made fans laugh, saying, “I like kisses.”

Block B’s P.O Attending Park Bo-gum’s Fan Meeting

Block B’s P.O showed off his funny friendship with Park Bo-gum by attending Park Bo-gum’s fan meeting.

On January 26th, P.O uploaded two photos of him posing with the new Park Bo-gum official Lightstick on Instagram. He enthusiastically wrote in his caption, “I went to the Park Bo-gum fan meeting today. Way to go, Ministry of Gum [Park Bo-gum’s fan club]! Park Bo-gum, good luck on your Asia tour!”

In the photo, P.O smiles brightly while holding Park Bo-gum’s official light stick, which contains the initials actor B.G. Park Bo-gum and P.O recently played as brothers in the famous TVN drama Encounter. Although Park Bo-gum plays the older brother in the drama, the two celebrities were actually born in 1993 and are of the same age. Fans were very happy to see that their friendship continued even after the drama ended.

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