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Monday, July 13, 2026

Kang Han-Na: Hopefully is still remembered by a few out there....

 


 For most Korean actresses the question above would almost always be a NO(!), I really need to knuckle down and start having more posts for actresses which is easier said than done. But as far as the post title goes the answer to that would a huge YES(!) and how popular Han-Na 😍 has become could be my most pleasant surprise of the year. All of her previous fourteen posts were so terrific but for so long drew just a so-so amount of views though more than most other actresses. But readers have been checking out those older posts as they now have an average of close to 1,500 views per post and that's simply amazing so thanks for checking those posts out. It wasn't just one or two that had a large amount of views that could skew an average but all have over a thousand views so guess I need to work harder having more Han-Na posts!!!!



 Another reason for working harder on her posts is that Han-Na 😍 happens to be my #1 woman of all time and have mentioned that before. Korean actresses are eligible for the yearly faves list but it's been a while since anyone has qualified, Han-Na did make the list back in 2021. But on my All Time lists just feature Japanese women and for the next one had thought about including Korean actresses but decided to keep things as they are. Which I've discussed in a few other posts while also saying Han-Na would have been number one on an all time favorite women list and as long as she knows that's good enough for me! Did a post back at the end of January for Han-Na's 37th birthday, as fabulous as she looked a decade ago her looks these days are setting standards for all females and some new adjectives need to be created for her!



 Above are a pair of edited screenshots from the 2015 film "Empire of Lust", Han-Na is one of the few massive favorites of mine who doffed her clothing ina film and did so in three scenes. She looked so amazing but besides that the film itself was quite good and I've viewed it many times so if you haven't seen it the movie is worth checking out. Will just have five sections for this post, one older magazine spread plus about 75 brand new photos from the past eight months. Could have made this post larger but I'd rather have a few others such as this one this year which I promise will happen along with some more posts from other fave Korean actresses of mine though of course none top Han-Na.



 Will start off with that older magazine that has been seen here before but it's probably been forgotten about. Han-Na has appeared in a fair amount of magazines but that's a rarity for Korean actresses, let me work on getting some that have never been seen here before along with some older but hopefully newish modeling pictures. It being July will go back exactly four years with this set from Esquire which could be Han-Na's top spread of all time, it's certainly her largest.


















 Han-Na doesn't post photos often at her IG page but when she does they are truly mesmerizing! This batch features pics from the past few months and doesn't Han-Na look much younger than 37 in age? She does to me and some are from IS modeling photo shoots, will try to have some of their regular modeling pics in her next post.





















 That series "My Current Watches" has been working out well for me, each post has been having an American TV show along with 4-5 movie reviews from many different countries. What's worked out best is I've found a way to make movie reviews much shorter, no longer than 3-4 paragraphs plus have been doing that for the TV shows too. You readers are enjoying that series which began last September and it's been getting many more views than I expected. There is one problem and it's to do with Korean dramas but that's not an issue with Japanese or American shows. The episodes for Korean dramas are much longer than the ones from those two countries so it's been so hard including those dramas in posts. I have such a backlog of Korean dramas I want to view and recap so need to think of a way to do so and keep the reviews short. Perhaps devoting a post just to that drama and having mini recaps of four episodes, that seems like the best solution. Let me do some testing on that and would like to get back to reviewing Korean dramas by September, also thought I could devote 1/3 of those posts for the actress featured in the drama.

 Bring that up for I'd like to recap Han-Na's mini drama "Cashero" that aired at the end of 2025, there were eight episodes that were each about fifty minutes. If I could somehow do four more posts for Han-Na this year could squeeze two mini recaps into each of those though four posts seems impossible. The lead role is of a young man named Kang who works as a public servant, he lives with his girlfriend Min-Suk but the pair can never get ahead money wise. But Kang does have some superhuman powers such as stopping a bus from falling from a bridge which is below, those powers he inherited from his deceased father. But that power only happens when Kang is carrying a lot of money which he was at the time when he saved the bus and of course there's much more to this extraordinary man who may become a superhero and there is a group of them in this show! Han-Na plays the character of Cho-Anna and those screenshots of her below are simply too perfect too believe! I've only skimmed through the first two episodes and not sure who or what Cho-Anna really is, a villain she definitely is but what organization is she working for and why? Don't want to give away too many spoilers and the first two episodes were quite good so would like this to be the first Korean drama I've recapped entirely since last year.























 The last year has been a much busier one for Han-Na. She's been in two dramas, (co)hosted a pair of variety shows plus has a huge role in a recent film. Like so many Korean actresses Han-Na looks so dazzling at events and no one on this planet outshines her at those. "Husbands and Wives" is the title of her newest film which is a police story. Hwang is a narcotics detective who solved a huge case but it was a bittersweet victory as his wife Si-Nae was then kidnapped and that's Han-Na's role. The movie premiered nationwide on June 19th but four days before there was a special VIP premiere and guess who once again made my heart beat out of control?!




















 Will end off with another set of overly alluring event photos and the biggest advantage Korean actresses have over their counterparts from Japan is the amount of events they attend. On July 1st Han-Na was at a press conference for a new variety/reality show she'll be cohosting, "Better Late than Single" season two. Han-Na is 37 in age and still single which is becoming quite common for most women I post about, over thirty and not hitched. Instead of a video from these two events have one from October 2013 and the Busan International Film Festival, easy to see why she made so many heads swivel.... whew!