A source close to actress Song Jieun shared that the star is currently working out her retirement plan by shifting to a more backend role, investing and managing instead of product endorsements and performing in front of a camera. Another source claimed it was simply a negotiation tactic, that by claiming Song Jieun would only work on a limited number of projects before ending her acting career, she is able to demand a higher salary for production companies hoping to capitalize on her star power and public demand. She is in essence emulating the success actor Won Bin has had in elusivity ...

The agency of Song Jieun announced today the actress will be launching Eternal, a health and beauty subscription box. For 22,000 won ($18.22 USD) a month, subscribers will receive personally curated recipes, work outs, snacks, cosmetics, and other beauty products. Her history of partnerships with well known beauty and fashion brands like Bobbi Brown and Louis Vuitton lends credibility to the actress-entrepreneur ...

Song Jieun is among the several celebrities and idols whose medical records have leaked. X-rays show the actress had several elective procedures in the late 1990s and early 2000s ranging from rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, and mentoplasty. Mok Sungjin has been arrested for his part in the crime ...

After a Korean fan sent American talk show host Conan O'Brien a letter and snacks, O'Brien made the trip out to Seoul where he met up with "The Walking Dead" star Steven Yeun and Korean actress Song Jieun. Song instagrammed photos of herself, Yeun, and O'Brien out around town. O'Brien's visit will be aired on his show upon his return. Despite the recent news, Song appeared to be all smiles ...

For years, A-lister Song Jieun was the shining example of natural beauty. Women across Asia have strived to look like her; all the while Song preached self-acceptance for years. Only it turns out: Song paid plenty of money to look the way she does, making her incredibly hypocritical. Not to mention, celebrating Song's "natural" beauty only encourages young girls to alter their appearances, to look more Western the way a Eurasian actress looks "naturally" ...

It is unfair to place the blame on Song Jieun for creating an unrealistic beauty standard. Song's procedures appeared to make her look more Korean, reversing the trend of most actresses and idols who seek to attain Western characteristics. What does it say as a country that we are unwilling to accept a mixed race actress until she proves she is "Korean enough"? And in the same breath, we praise and encourage our fully Korean women to look more Western? Plastic surgery is not the root problem. How we define "Korean beauty" is the problem ...