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I’m a devoted fan of subculture. I gravitate to anything with fresh stories, ideas, or characters — not just films but webtoons, games, comics, and animation. Having opened the door to fandom through comic books, I now read e-comics on e-readers and webtoons on my smartphone — a self-described...

The Netflix series 〈The Scandal〉, which tells the story of Lady Jo, a woman of extraordinary talent who is too gifted to live confined to the roles available to women in the Joseon era; Jo-won, Joseon's greatest ladies' man; and Hee-yeon, a woman drawn into the pair's bold and dangerous wager in...

The full story behind a historic bid to follow an Oscar with an Emmy Youn Yuh-jung, one of South Korea’s internationally acclaimed actresses, fell short on the stage of the Emmys, the highest honor in American television.

The evolution of sign-language idols breaking global barriers, from a new song in three sign languages to the New York runway BigOcean, Korea's first sign-language idol group, has reached a new milestone in the global music market.

The first lady was shot. Yet the investigation is riddled with questions. If "the scene does not lie," who is lying. The film 〈Assassin 〉 reconstructs South Korea's social landscape around the 1974 assassination of First Lady Yuk Young-soo.

Han So-hee said she was moved by the consideration of the much more senior actor Choi Min-sik, saying he "even requested a private set for me" so she could focus on an emotional scene while filming 〈Intern〉. With the film 〈Intern〉 set to open on September 16, Han So-hee met with Cineplay on the...

A showcase of ideas from world-class scholars and global leaders, 'EBS 1TV Great Minds' — hereafter 'Great Minds' — is set to launch its sixth season. The season features a record 50 speakers. For the first time, leading South Korean figures and scholars, including 'Choi Tae-won, chairman of SK...

A master filmmaker returns as a mystery thriller emerges from the shadows Director Yeon Sang-ho’s next film, ‘Paradise Lost’, is drawing attention from critics around the world. Organizers of the upcoming 31st ‘Busan International Film Festival’ announced on the 9th that they had officially invited...

The Hollywood hit 〈The Intern〉 returns as a distinctly Korean remake, folding in local workplace culture, marital realism, and a stronger emotional through-line. Due to open September 16, 〈The Intern〉 begins when Gi-ho (Choi Min-sik), a 37-year veteran "silver intern," joins Sun-woo (Han So-hee)’s...

“Back in action. ” In Nancy Meyers’ 〈The Intern〉 (2015), Ben says to himself as he prepares for his first day back at work. The expression describes resuming activity after an extended break because of rest or an injury. Strictly speaking, however, he is not talking to himself.