Youn’s Stay – a spin-off of the popular Korean reality TV show
Youn’s Restaurant – got off to a good start with a rating of 8.2% in South Korea.
The show features foreign guests staying at a hanok (traditional) guesthouse in Korea run by a group of celebrities.
It began with the production team expressing concerns about airing a programme during the pandemic. It noted that all celebrities and guests on the show had tested negative for the coronavirus.
Youn’s Restaurant was a hit tvN reality show series that featured a group of Korean celebrities opening up Korean restaurants in small towns overseas.
Youn Yuh-jung
Actress Youn Yuh-jung continues to receive rave reviews from film critics overseas for her supporting role in Korean-American director Lee Isaac Chung s film Minari.
Youn was chosen as one of the runners-up for the Best Supporting Actress award by the National Society of Film Critics in the U.S. last week.
The award was won by Maria Bakalova for her role in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, with Youn sharing the runner-up honor with Amanda Seyfried for Mank.
Earlier in the week, Youn won the Best Supporting Actress award from the Columbus Film Critics Association.
Youn has now won eight awards in the U.S. from critics associations.