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A nonfiction essay vividly recounting the hard-fought debut journeys of 31 leading directors shaping South Korean cinema, 『My First Action』 (jointly planned by the Directors Guild of Korea and CinePlay), has been published.

An office survival story that held together even in the face of a 1. 3 billion-won jackpot TVING's 'Even First-Prize Lottery Winners Go to Work', a series that deftly interwove the fantasy and reality of an ordinary office worker, ended on a high note after striking a deep chord with viewers.

The unprecedented birth of a 10-member magic Avengers The Korean magic team 'Hundred Fingers' has set its sights on the global stage after finishing third in Season 21 of the hit U. S. audition program 'America's Got Talent.

"It was my first film in a leading role, and my first award at my first festival. It felt like a strange imbalance to have been in Venice just moments earlier and then find myself in a small office at a Danish job center.

The Swedish Academy’s selection of Canadian poet and classicist ‘Anne Carson’ as this year’s ‘Nobel Prize in Literature’ winner has sent South Korea’s publishing industry into a major sales frenzy. The academy cited her “bold and original body of work that creates new forms of contemporary...

From Grammy glory to global jazz's present, 64 masters fill the festival with music The '23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival', which runs for three days through the 11th, will feature 64 acts from South Korea and abroad, including global jazz heavyweights 'Nate Smith' and 'Tigran Hamasyan'.

Director “Zhang Yimou”, the Chinese cinema master serving as jury president for this year’s 31st Busan International Film Festival competition, has firmly stated his position on the controversy over historical distortion surrounding “Assassins”, a film that has recently stirred South Korea’s movie...

A 40-year acting journey that broke Hollywood’s glass ceiling becomes a milestone for Asian cinema "Like the Busan International Film Festival, I have walked this path for a long time. We all started in Asia with the goal of taking our films and culture to the world, and I believe we ultimately...

South Korea's premier film event and Asia's largest film festival, the '31st Busan International Film Festival' , opened in grand style on Oct. 6. The festival launched a 10-day cinematic journey featuring 316 films, including 93 'world premieres' being shown for the first time anywhere in the...

The 31st Busan International Film Festival , Asia’s largest film festival, opens Oct. 6 with an opening ceremony that begins 10 days of events. Actor Kim Min-ha will host the ceremony solo, which will be livestreamed exclusively on Naver Chzzk at 6 p. m. on Oct. 6.