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"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.

K-pop and K-animation join forces to win over fans across Japan SM Entertainment group ‘Hearts2Hearts’ is building on the success of K-animation in Japan. The agency said on the 11th that it had officially released ‘Candy Box Lover’, the original soundtrack for the Japanese version of ‘Sweet and...

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...

Tracing lost blood ties through a stranger’s lens Tanja Taekyung Inwol Sørensen, who was adopted to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982, came to the 31st Busan International Film Festival with 'Home Sick: At the End of the Sea', an autobiographical documentary tracing her roots.

The secret to its cross-generational success: A grueling reality beneath the cute exterior The animated film 'Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island', which brings Japan's megahit character 'Chiikawa' to the big screen, is causing a stir at theaters after surpassing 1 million admissions just 10...

Global pop icons return as world watches for another record South Korea's leading groups, 'BTS' and 'BLACKPINK', have both been nominated in major categories at the U. S. pop culture awards show 'Kids' Choice Awards 2026', once again underscoring their global stature.

Seventeen and IVE launch October comebacks — Can they help push annual album sales past 100 million? After the music industry briefly caught its breath amid major sporting events and holiday breaks, global K-pop stars including 'Seventeen', 'IVE' and 'PLAVE' are returning one after another, kicking...

Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment and a pioneer of K-pop, is finally returning to South Korea’s music industry as key producer of A2O Entertainment. The new boy group “A2O SOUL” and girl group “A2O LITE” that he is launching have confirmed simultaneous debuts this month, drawing attention...

Comedian 'Kim In-seok', 46, and former Miss Korea contestant and broadcaster 'Angela Park', 40, have ended their marriage after 10 years, it was confirmed late. The couple completed the legal process two years ago and are now 'divorced'.

A perfect blend of tradition and innovation fills an 18-year wait World-renowned jazz pianist 'Kevin Hays' will meet his South Korean fans for the first time in 18 years. Promoter 'Jazz Bridge Company' officially announced that Hays will give solo concerts on the 6th of next month at 'Cosmos Art...