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Um Ki-joon celebrates with fans

/Courtesy of SidusHQ
By Bahk Eun-ji
Actor Um Ki-joon has met fans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his debut, SidusHQ said Sunday.
At the event, titled “Um Ki-joon 20th anniversary meeting,” the actor met 500 fans at CAU Grand Theater on Saturday.
Um sang several songs that he sings in musicals such as “Jekyll and Hyde” and “The Sorrows of Young Werther.”
Actors Yu Jun-sang and Kim Beop-rae, who starred with Um in“The Three Musketeers,” were also at the meeting.
Um debuted as a musical actor in “Richard III” in 1995. He will star in ”Werther” next month.