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A Signal of Theater Industry Recovery—Massive Budget Injection Greatly Eases Viewer Burden The government has moved to deliver major support to bring new momentum to the struggling theater industry. The unprecedented discount tickets, distributed based on a supplemental budget of 27.

A Signal for Reshaping the Film Ecosystem: Launch of a Public-Private Consultation Body for “Holdback” “Choi Hwi-young”, Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, zeroed in on the “holdback” system—an issue at the heart of sharp tensions between theaters and “OTT”.

‘Movie Theater Discount’ Completely overhauled twice a month… ‘Culture Day’ evolves The three major South Korean multiplex operators, following the expanded rollout of ‘Culture Day’, will completely revamp the ‘Movie Theater Discount’ benefits so they can be used twice a month.

'BTS' Gwanghwamun Comeback Concert, Ministry of Justice 'Special Immigration Inspection Measures' Fully Activated The Ministry of Justice announced on the 18th that it is implementing 'special immigration inspection measures' in anticipation of the surge in global 'ARMY' (the fandom known as ARMY)...

"This BTS concert will be an important test for countering scalping." The government has declared a war against the rampant scalping, starting with the upcoming large-scale BTS concert. Minister Choi Hwi-young announced that all available means will be mobilized for thorough enforcement during the...

The government of the Republic of Korea posthumously awarded the Gold Crown Cultural Medal (1st class), the highest honor in the field of popular culture and arts, to the late 'national actor' Ahn Sung-ki, who passed away on the 5th.

The government honored the late actor Lee Soon-jae, who passed away on the 25th, with the first-class Gold Medal of Culture, celebrating his 70-year acting career. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young personally visited the mourning hall set up at the Seoul Asan Medical Center in...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 5th that the budget for the film sector in 2024 has been finalized at 149. 8 billion won, an increase of 66. 9 billion won (80. 8%) compared to this year.

The study of destiny he pursued after standing at death's door, and an enduring legacy in Korean popular culture Kang Heon, chairman of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service and a pop music critic who broadened the horizons of Korean popular music criticism, died on the 20th at the age of 64.

Accomplished works offer sharp portraits of the times and open new horizons for the webtoon industry The five winners of this year's Today's Our Manhwa, one of the country's three most prestigious comic awards, have been revealed.