Ha Ji Won Rises as Asia Hallyu Star

Actress Ha Ji Won is grounding herself as the Asia Hallyu Star. According to actress Ha Ji Won's agency Sun and Moon entertainment, actress Ha Ji Won visited Singapore at the end of last month, from September 25 through 27, 2014. In Singapore, actress Ha Ji Won connected with her fans and participated in Empress Ki press conference in addition to various other events such as photo shoot and fan meeting. Actress Ha Ji Won was invited after incessant popularity of the MBC drama "Empress Ki," in addition to her previous works such as "Secret Garden." In related news, actress Ha Ji Won finished filming the movie "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" with actress Yoon Eun Hye and actor and director Ha Jung Woo. The film "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" tells a story of a blood merchant, played by director Ha Jung Woo, and features actress Ha Ji Won as his wife, and actress Yoon Eun Hye as the woman he has an affair with. In the film, the blood merchant has a son with his wife and soon after finds out that the son is not his, but from his wife's relationship with another man in the neighborhood. The movie chronicles the blood merchant's responsibility as a father in an ancient patriarchal Chinese society, and the wife's (Ha Ji Won) suffering as a woman in love and a mother.