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BTS Leads K-Pop Export Surge of 125% in the First Half… BigBang and Stray Kids Take the Stage in the Second Half

BTS Leads K-Pop Export Surge of 125% in the First Half… BigBang and Stray Kids Take the Stage in the Second Half

After conquering the United States, Blackpink, Cortiz, BigBang, and Stray Kids are set to reclaim the annual 100-million-album milestone this year
The map of global pop music history is in turmoil. Fueled by the overwhelming performances of mega artists such as 'BTS' and 'Blackpink', the 'K-pop market' saw an unprecedented boom in the first half of this year.
| James choi
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival Closes 30th Edition With Record Crowds, Attendance Up 27%

Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival Closes 30th Edition With Record Crowds, Attendance Up 27%

321 films from 50 countries screened and about 137,000 visitors were counted; launch of Bucheon AI Content Summit points to the cinema of the future
The 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN, executive chair Shin Chul) wrapped its 11-day run on Sunday, July 12, drawing record crowds as attendance rose 27% from last year. Marking its 30th anniversary, the festival adopted "newness and expansion" as its themes and drew strong...
| Kim Ji-yeon
[World Cup star] Messi, Mbappé, Haaland, Kane collide in a blockbuster… 2026 World Cup Golden Boot race among four top scorers

[World Cup star] Messi, Mbappé, Haaland, Kane collide in a blockbuster… 2026 World Cup Golden Boot race among four top scorers

With Messi leading the scoring race on 8 goals, Mbappé, Haaland and Kane are fast closing the gap, as attention turns to whether the sport will produce a double-digit Golden Boot winner for the first time in half a century under the 48-team format,
A war between the "goal-scoring machines" poised to end a half-century drought, compressed into a four-horse Golden Boot race '2026 North America-Asia World Cup' momentum has surged to a peak ahead of the quarterfinals, and a never-before-seen four-way showdown is taking shape for 'the Golden...
| James choi
[Photo &] Fan Bingbing and Isabelle Huppert Shine… BIFAN’s Glitzy Opening Marks Its 30th Anniversary

[Photo &] Fan Bingbing and Isabelle Huppert Shine… BIFAN’s Glitzy Opening Marks Its 30th Anniversary

'Humanoid Robots and the Coexistence of Humans' is the theme, with 321 genre films from 50 countries running through Dec. 12… From Jet Li’s new work to first-time reveals by major filmmakers, the lineup is packed
A genre-film hub that screens the future, completing 30 years of legacy The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival , which has led the cutting edge of the world’s genre film scene beyond Asia, opened on the 2nd with an overwhelming scale as it charted its 30th course.
| James choi
[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

At the end of last year, at the Japan Academy, the awards beat hot releases such as “Last Mile” and “Kingdom 4” to win seven categories: best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best lighting, and best editing.
This is a structure that connects the filming set of the late Edo period with that of a modern-day historical drama. The former is an era in which the shogunate was in decline ahead of the Meiji Restoration, while the latter is a period that came after the heyday of 1970s-80s historical dramas—when...
| 이화정
[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

On the occasion of its 30th edition, the festival announced the start of its three-year project, “Asian Genre Films 99” (Asian Genre Films 99).
Above all, it’s a genre festival. For its 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Chairman Shin Chul, hereafter BIFAN), the festival screens 321 films from 50 countries (170 feature films, 85 short films, 38 AI titles, and 28 XR titles), and of these 93 are world premieres.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Even in its second week after release, the Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉 topped the No. 1 spot among non-English TV shows in the global TOP 10 rankings. Cine Play reporters picked their favorite episodes.
Once again, a high-impact K-content title has burst onto Netflix. The Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉, which depicts the relentless efforts of the authority group for protecting teachers’ rights as it takes the side of victims and puts schools back in order, kept its No.
| Kim Ji-yeon
LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and KATSEYE Unleash a Once-in-a-Generation Collaboration as They Hit No. 1 on YouTube Worldwide

LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and KATSEYE Unleash a Once-in-a-Generation Collaboration as They Hit No. 1 on YouTube Worldwide

HYBE’s three girl-group collaboration track “ICONIC BY MISTAKE” drops—provocative lyrics and commanding performances help it dominate global charts
The Prelude to an Unprecedented Alliance That Shakes the Global Pop Scene A fierce collision among the “HYBE” trio of sisters that has written a new chapter in K-pop. The overwhelming aura unleashed by “LE SSERAFIM”, “ILLIT”, and “KATSEYE” within a single frame signals a seismic shift in the global...
| James choi
aespa sweeps No. 1 on global K-chart “integrated Melon” after beating BTS, which takes No. 2

aespa sweeps No. 1 on global K-chart “integrated Melon” after beating BTS, which takes No. 2

With its studio album “LEMONADE” (2nd full-length), it dominates daily, weekly, and monthly charts—then dethrones BTS to claim the inaugural top spot on the integrated chart
A syndrome that engulfed Asia, aespa charges ahead without pause The throne of an enormous integrated music chart has been decided. The protagonist is the group aespa. On music indices spanning Korea, China, and Japan at an unprecedented scale, the group planted its flag at the top with...
| James choi
Na Hong-jin’s New Film “Hope” Sets a Record as Top Korean Movie Sells in More Than 200 Countries Before Release

Na Hong-jin’s New Film “Hope” Sets a Record as Top Korean Movie Sells in More Than 200 Countries Before Release

The Cannes Film Festival competition lineup continues as the film scores a pre-sales bonanza across more than 200 countries and regions worldwide Big-name global distributors including Neon and Focus Features are heavily involved, with early signs the film could recoup about half of its net production budget through pre-sales An ultra-luxe global cast led by Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, Jeong Ho-yeon, and Michael Fassbender, with a theatrical release arriving in July
〈Hope〉 was setting new records even before its release. 〈Hope〉 is the latest work by director Na Hong-jin, who previously directed 〈The Chaser〉, 〈Hwanghae〉, and 〈哭聲〉, and it was invited to the competition section at last year's Cannes International Film Festival.
| Seongchan Eol