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GMA Network Sets New Trend in Afternoon Block with ‘Koreana’

After years of revitalizing Filipino classics, GMA Network is ready to set a new trend on its unbeatable afternoon drama block as it proudly presents its first original Sinenovela offering titled Koreana.

The program will begin airing on October 11 right after Trudis Liit.

A compelling tale about a young girl’s quest for love, closure, and self-actualization, Koreana draws inspiration from Korea’s rich and colorful traditions, which has expressly reached Philippine shores, and combines it with our very own.

Playing the lead no less is Sinenovela Princess Kris Bernal who portrays the role of Jenna, a strong-willed and kindhearted Korean-Filipina who dreams of returning to her roots, and reuniting with her biological family. In preparation for her role, Kris studied the Korean language under a professional coach, and took cooking lessons to ensure the authenticity of her acting.

More beautiful and fresh-faced than ever, the young actress is back on the afternoon block, where she first established herself as one of GMA Network’s most promising and sought-after leading ladies after starring in the phenomenal Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? From then on, she was cast in several other top-rating programs including All My Life, the fantaserye The Last Prince, and most recently, an internationally-shot episode for Love Bug.

This time around, Kris will have not just one, but two equally fine-looking leading men by her side: Starstruck Season 5 second prince Rocco Nacino, who plays the rebellious Benjo, and Starstruck Season 5 Ultimate Male Survivor Steven Silva, who takes on the role of Joshua, an uptight and goal-oriented half-Korean.

The story of Koreana begins twenty years ago when Nerissa (Angelu de Leon), a Filipina caregiver falls in love with Philip (Marco Morales), a wealthy Korean national based in the Philippines. Defying conventional Korean standards, their relationship will earn the ire of Chang Hee Jung (Eddie Garcia), Philip’s father, who strongly resents his son’s decision of falling in love with a non-Korean.

Philip and Nerissa will soon bear a child causing Chang Hee Jung to set aside his misgivings, and to open his home to Philip and his family. But their happiness will be cut short as Violeta (Eula Valdez), Chang Hee Jung’s adoptive Filipina daughter, sets off an evil scheme against Nerissa. Nerissa will be thrown out of the house but secretly takes the baby with her.

To add on to her misery, Nerissa will be separated from her daughter after being involved in an unpleasant bus incident. The baby ends up in the arms of Josefina (Lotlot de Leon), an old maid who works as a cashier in a local beer club. Believing that the mother has already abandoned the child, Josefina takes her home, and names her Jenna (Kris Bernal).

Jenna, despite being raised in an unconventional neighborhood, grows up to be sensible and cheerful young woman. Aware of her Korean heritage, she acquaints herself with all things Korean, particularly their cuisine. And while in the midst of fulfilling her dream of become a chef, she unexpectedly ends up in a Korean restaurant, unaware that the place she works for is actually owned by Chang Hee Jung.

After twenty years of living an incomplete life, how will Jenna unmask the secrets concealing her true identity? How will she take back what is rightfully hers? Will she end up neglecting her roots or embracing it all the more?

Completing the cast are Sab Magalona as Ivy, Violeta’s daughter; Sylvia Sanchez as Madam Sandra, Josefina’s sister, Joyce Ching as Amy, Joshua’s younger sister; Luigi Revilla as Jess, Amy’s friend; Dinky Doo as Enok, Chang Hee Jung’s driver; and Grace Lee as Alexandra, Joshua’s ex-girlfriend.

Directed by Gil Tejada and originally written by Richard “Dode” Cruz, the inspiring journey of KOREANA begins this Monday, October 11 after Trudis Liit on GMA Haponalo.

Viewers in the United States, Asia Pacific, and Middle East can catch Koreana beginning October 14 on GMA Pinoy TV, the flagship international channel of GMA Network.

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50 Comments on GMA Network Sets New Trend in Afternoon Block with ‘Koreana’

  1. my wife admire you so much ms. kris bernal, you can count on us here in Dallas, Texas will support you.

  2. JUJETSU21 // October 11, 2010 at 4:16 am //

    Mukha syang VOODOO DOLL sa Costume na yan…kulang nalang karayum at kandila….hahahaha

    R.I.P. KRIS IMBURNAL…!

  3. we will watch KOREANA here in Sacramento, California. were happy to see you here in california you are so nice and pretty.

  4. were happy for kris bernal for her new project koreana and we all looking forward here in east coast to watch it. congratulation to the all cast, 5 stars and two thumbs up. proud to be a kapuso GMA Pinoy subscriber, your NO.1

  5. Naku, bahala kayo.. kakinin na naman kayo ng buhay nito mga kapamilya.. Koreana ang title dahil may dugo syang korean that thus not mean n ung looks nya ay mukhang korean na half nga d ba..

  6. Let us wait when the series starts rolling before we judged.. basta for me I am happy for kris Bernal for this project.. The project that will truly identify for Kris ..

    In fact Kris has a Commercial in Sunsilk

    way back she has been part of PONDS commercial at the time of Ms. Claudine Barretto…

  7. perfectangel // October 10, 2010 at 5:42 pm //

    how can we follow this serye if your actors are very cheap????????????????!!!!!!!!!!! duh,,.first tinapat nio ang alkris sa kimerald,… yeah i both love them but im a very devoted fan of kimerald no matter what,… and now a teleserye of kris with other new artists??????? duh,i bet this will not hit ,..
    =)

  8. perfectangel // October 10, 2010 at 5:28 pm //

    i don`t really like this serye,…………. i am a retired fan of alkris but i will not watch this,,,,,,.sori,..

  9. NEWS BLOCK-OUT KAY MARK HERRAS // October 10, 2010 at 1:16 pm //

    BAKIT KAYA WALANG BALITA ANG GMA7 TUNGKOL SA WEBCAM SCANDAL NI MAR HERRAS? YAN BA ANG WALANG PINOPROTEKTAHAN? WAHAHAHA! PWEH!!!

  10. ok ka lang bakla? ang mga tsinutsugi agad yung mga di pinapanood ng mga tao—yun ang mga basuraseryes nio sa primetym.wahahah!

  11. fellyguzguzin // October 10, 2010 at 12:44 pm //

    sinong manonood na ang bida ay starlet?- flop ang launching movie, wala pang komersyal. eew!!!

  12. EBS CBN IDOL TSUGI NA AGAD // October 10, 2010 at 10:41 am //

    HAHAHA KAWAWANG IDOL NA KINOPYA SA LOST, SUSUNOD NA ANG IMORTAL NA KINOPYA ANG TWILIGHT HAHAHAHA

  13. 2LITTLE2LATE // October 10, 2010 at 9:46 am //

    ANU DAW??? SET NEW TREND??? SAAN AT KELAN NAMAN NANGYARI YUN? ANG ALAM KO GMEWWW ANG NAG FOFOLLOW SA TRENDING NA SINESET NG ABS CBN HAHAHA ME KOREA BANG MAS MUKHANG MALAYSIAN AT INDONESIAN??? AT ANG ALAM KO ANG MGA KOREAN MAPUPUTI AT HINDI NEGRA! MAMULAMULA ANG TUHOD AT SIKO HINDI NANGINGITIM SA LIBAG! ETCHOSERANG PALAKANG GMEWWWW KAKADIRI

  14. ^echusera ka! ang ganda kaya ni kris! 😀

  15. Ang ganda ganda kaya nyan!! Magkakaroon pa nga yan ng sequel… Africana starring Jonalyn Biray!!! Ahahaha kakahiya mga Kanguso kukuha na lang ng artista na gaganap na Korean si Kris Imburnal pa. Mas bagay syang Mongoliana.. mongoloid! Ahahahaha

  16. aavangan ko yan../. ehem

  17. wow mukhang kakaiba ito mapanood nga. wala bang si daniel matsunaga.

  18. ENDLESS FLOP change timeslot na naman..ang QUEEN daw ng GME na demote ...si MARIANPAKANGKANG na demote ..olats na olats ang ENDLESS FLOP // October 10, 2010 at 3:45 am //

    mga STARLET na naman…

    kris bernal ang gf ni JAY PERILLO…

    KAWAWA si kris..hindi type ni ALJUR

    KRIS BERNAL parang muchacha…laos na teh?

  19. MARIAN FLOPSTAR NA NGAYON MAY ANAK PA KAY ERVIC VIJANDRE // October 10, 2010 at 3:21 am //

    LAOSIAN DEEP KRIS BERNAL..

    HAHHHAHA..Akala ko sikat ang ALKRIS mga laosian deep na pala..

    ALJUR denial king

  20. Ano pala nangyari sa Endless Flop? Bakit tsugi na?

    Ala rin akong naririnig sa BANTUTAY? ILUMINATA?
    GRODZILLA?

    Bakit IMORTAL AT MAGKARIBAL lagi pinaguusapan sa school namin??

  21. Kanguso ka! haha // October 10, 2010 at 1:41 am //

    Another FLOP show from the FLOP network.

  22. ngayon pa lang nakakamove on ang rating ng ROSALKA kaya wag niyo muna ilalabas ang show na ito…..tumataas ang rating ng ROSALKA ngayong dahil game show ang katapat pero nun meron pang basahang ginto parang basahan ang rating ng ROSALKA noon….

  23. of course aabangan ko to because of rocco. Go go go!

  24. I am finally happy that Kris Bernal has finally given a lead project KOREANA.. She deserved to be given such a feat .. She has proven her worth as an actress… You have not finally seen the long teaser…

    Kudos to Ms. kris Bernal…

  25. feeling ko lang di mganda to..boring eh…teaser palang…ala na…di naman mgling c kris bernal…

  26. feeling ko lang di mganda to..boring eh…teaser palang…ala na…

  27. Anonymous Says:
    October 9th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
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    isn’t it an insult for filipinos….they are aspiring to be koreans..and they are doing korean works which is not supposed to do by filipinos..we have our own culture and now ur trying to push korean shows in phils….what a mess.

    –>> hello ever heard of K-Pop invasion here in the philippines???

    and besides walang masama sa pag-explore ng ibang lahi? dapat ba nakakulong lang tayo sa kung ano ang nasa atin? mali bang gawing topic kultura ng ibang nasyon?

    i dont see anything wrong here..

  28. Franz1227 Says:
    October 9th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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    KOREANA – kopya sa jang geum

    –>> ok ka lang??? lol

    wala! hilo na mga kapams..

    perfect example ang idol na walang kaugnayan ang tv ratings sa success ng isang artista sa ibang aspects.. it depends sa material and the story..

    dun sa imortal napaka-obvious naman kasi ng mga wolves dun.. nag-iiba iba pa ang size.. at saka walang wolves dito sa pilipinas kalurkey.. pati nga bampira di popular dito eh.. mas pa kung aswang!

    congrats ilumina.. i love grazilda and endless love and syempre survivor! go solenn!

    panalo talaga ang primetime ng gma ngayon..

    good luck sa Beauty Queen!

  29. KOREANA ..is the first original story that puts on the bridge between the Korean and Philippine Cultures .. the values, traditions, language , puts the story on a learning process.. Its nice to know the culture of Korean.. where I see it from my brother in law who is a korean.. the tradition in wedding ceremony is of different which KOREANA will show..

  30. ANG CUTE NI ROCCO // October 9, 2010 at 10:25 pm //

    KUNG AKO SA KANYA, LILIPAT NAKO SA ABSCBN.KASI WALA SYANG KINABUKASAN SA GMA7.WALA KASING ARTISTANG NAGTATAGAL ANG KASIKATAN DUN.KAGAD NALALAOS.

  31. Anonymous // October 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm //

    bakit kailangan sinenovela kung hindi naman galing sa sine?

  32. BAKIT WALANG BALITA TUNGKOL KAY MARK HERRAS? // October 9, 2010 at 9:03 pm //

    GMA7—KALA KO BA WALNG PINOPROTEKTAHAN, WLANG KASINUNGALINGAN, WALNG TINATGO? AY! MGA VAKLUSH PALA ANG MGA STARLETS NIO.

  33. pinoyMUST READ! // October 9, 2010 at 8:01 pm //

    dont care sa ratings!bsta manunuod aq ng gus2 qng shows!sayang lng ang effrot qng mkipagaway wla nmang sense at wla nmang kwents!mgkakaroon pa aq ng sin!bsta i love marian1and i love gma dramas!at syempre fantasies noon,panget lhat ng fantasy ngaun ng gma eh,i hope ibalik na nila ung encantadia at tsaka ausin nila ung story wag corny at ausin nila ung pamamalakad nila sa artista?eh apat lng na artista ang lgi nlng nasa primetime eh ksawa na?aq khit idol q c marian ayoko n lgi sya kc napapagod na siya at mrami nang inis sa kanya!jennylyn also deserves primetime idol q rin sya gnda nya gling pa umarte!

  34. …cguro sa umpisa mganda pero sa huli baka maging OA na…pero hnd ko na ayaw si kris, isa sya sa mga gusto ko sa kapuso…pero iba pa rin ang KAPAMILYA…

  35. kapamilya here // October 9, 2010 at 5:07 pm //

    lunod na lunod na nag mga pilipino sa korea..kung kailan bumabangaon ang opm saka pinapatay nang mga kapuso….
    for the sake of ratings…

  36. PANSIN KO SA GMEWWW PURO ORIGINAL ANG PRAISE RELEASE NYO HA NAGTATANONG LANG??? // October 9, 2010 at 4:34 pm //

    ORIGINAL BA TALAGA?
    DI NAMAN MARAMDAMAN NA ORIG?
    NAG-SE-SET TALAGA SILA NG TREND THE SO-CALLED-ORIGINAL??? TREND NGA !!! THE SO-CALLED-ORIGINAL
    KAKAHIYA!!!MAG-ISIP MABUTI!!!
    LUGI NA ANG VIEWERS NYO NYAN

  37. ok ka kokey // October 9, 2010 at 4:27 pm //

    ai kinuwento na lahat sa article na to…ok na kahit hndi na natin panoorin kc alam na natin ang kwento hahahaha

  38. Anonymous // October 9, 2010 at 4:13 pm //

    isn’t it an insult for filipinos….they are aspiring to be koreans..and they are doing korean works which is not supposed to do by filipinos..we have our own culture and now ur trying to push korean shows in phils….what a mess.

  39. hi ganda yan!! sure 100% kasi c kris nayan ehhhhh

  40. PANAY LAIT MGA KAPAMS DITO OH! KUNG DI NIYO TYPE ANG ARTICLE, JUST SHUT UP YOUR BIG MOUTH! LUMALABAS LANG NA WALA KAYONG UTAK. peace. :))))))

  41. ronne_wrecker // October 9, 2010 at 2:46 pm //

    baket ganun ung costume ni kris bernal?? korean ba yan?? ang cheap uh.. ang alam ko magarbo korean costume at palobo ung palda non dba?? tsk tsk tsk.. GMA7 trademark talaga ang pagiging cheap..

  42. Grazilda – Godzilla
    Bantatay – Banatatay (@2)

    title pa lang hindi pinag isipan story pa kaya. Kapuso = Pinoy Brainless

  43. Koreana? GMA coming soon Haponesa, Australiana, Amerikana, Taiwana, Ewana ko sa inyo.

    @2 ano banatatay. Kapuso talaga:))

  44. Franz1227 // October 9, 2010 at 1:47 pm //

    Kopya di sa YSABELA ni juday to. Luto luto ang concept.

  45. Franz1227 // October 9, 2010 at 1:46 pm //

    KOREANA – kopya sa jang geum
    GRAZILDA – cinderella’s step sister
    BANTATAY – taiwanese soap opera
    DAISY SYETE epis0dE – he’s beautiful

  46. maganda cguro yan….

  47. kapuso, kapamilya, kapatid // October 9, 2010 at 12:19 pm //

    congrat kris bernal. panalo yan.. lahat naman nggagaya eh.. yun ang uso eh.. wag na mang-away pa., relax and enjoy.

  48. Anonymous // October 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm //

    Even Twilight can’t be original kasi pwede namang hango sya sa storya ng dracula.saka anu tawag mo sa Idol original? haha maybe pareparehas ang concept pero nag kakaiba naman sya sa execution.

  49. bakit ganun! the majority of GMA's original teleseryes are not original.. like BANATATAY, GRAZILDA, and now! KOREANA! GMA is not starting a trend.. GMA remakes TREND! // October 9, 2010 at 11:54 am //

    sa ABS-CBN.. isa lang ang hindi original na CONCEPT of TELESERYE, which is IMORTAL.. pero the VAMPIRE-WOLF idea is UNIVERSAL!

  50. hmmm. Bakit? Mas maganda sana kung atin ang ginawan ng ganyan

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