Sung Yu Ri is an award-winning South Korean singer and actress. She was born on March 3, 1981, in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, in what was then West Germany. Her father, Sung Jong Hyun, was a prominent theology professor at Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary and was studying in West Germany at the time of Sung Yu Ri’s birth. She returned with her family to Korea when she was 4 years old. Sung Yu Ri made her debut as a singer as part of the K-pop girl group Fin.K.L in 1998 and enjoyed tremendous success until the group became inactive in 2005. After all the members began pursuing solo careers in 2002, Sung Yu Ri turned to acting and made her acting debut in the 2002 television drama “Bad Girls.” She has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “Snow Queen” (2006), “Hong Gil Dong” (2008), “Swallow the Sun” (2009), “Romance Town” (2011), “Feast of the Gods” (2012) and “The Secret of Birth” (2013). Sung Yu Ri also served as host of the popular television reality series “Healing Camp” from 2013 to 2015.

Sung Yu Ri

KBS, KOCOWA

Hong Gil Dong was born as an illegitimate child. As he struggled discrimination while growing up, he became a bandit leader. Feeling frustrated, Gil Dong decides to leave Joseon and go to Qing. At the same time, he meets Heo Yi Nok, who is from Qing, and is determined to learn Chinese from her by all means. Meanwhile, Yi Nok returns to Joseon hoping to make a good fortune out of the medicine she found in Qing. However, she is facing an unexpected business crisis due to Gil Dong's interruption. To make the matter worse, Yi Nok is attacked by strangers because of the hairpin of the queen she accidentally picked up. Gil Dong appears like a hero and gets her off the hook. The two get tangled up and join Hwalbindang to help the poor, and the gang led by Gil Dong gains the people's trust day by day. Fear of losing public support, the king plans to get rid of Hwalbindang. Between the real heroes and those who seek to establish regal power, what will Gil Dong's fate be like?

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