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This spring, Tony Leung visited South Korea. After all this time, it’s been 18 years since the first European foray of Leung—who is now past his 60th birthday—came to Seoul to promote director Ildikó Enyedi’s 〈〈Friend of Silence〉〉, the director’s first film in which Leung stars, and to promote his...

The hidden origin of a 'J-horror' legend comes back to the screen, breaking 28 years of silence The masterpiece 'The Path of the Serpent' (1998), directed by Japanese thriller icon 'Kurosawa Kiyoshi', lands in Korean theaters for the first time in 28 years.

Mastermind behind 'Odyssey', the cinematic work that has taken over theaters worldwide, director Christopher Nolan issued a sharp warning aimed at 'artificial intelligence ' technology. He defined today's tech-centrism with a distinctive metaphor, 'a transparent Trojan Horse', offering weighty...

Global rookies head for Japan, offering a fresh take on Y2K A super rookie poised to shake up the global music market is setting out to conquer Japan’s island chain. The multitracial girl group UNIS, a talent powerhouse created by the audition program “Universe Ticket,” will release its first...

‘Hope’ opens a new chapter for Korean sci-fi… What an overwhelming opening score means Director Na Hong-jin’s ambitious work ‘Hope’ has finally lifted the veil and is shaking up the movie-theater ecosystem. Lightly surpassing 300,000 viewers on its first day of release, it has set a new milestone...

A new renaissance for 'K-comedy'—Busan takes the lead in Asia’s laughter The map of South Korea’s comedy landscape is being rewritten. Starting next month on the 21st, 'the 14th Busan International Comedy Festival ' opens in grand fashion at the Busan BEXCO Auditorium.

'A decade of tracks, an unstoppable sprint'… NCT 127 completes another milestone with SM K-pop’s leading pioneers, the group 'NCT 127', sent a heavy message to the global music market as they once again joined hands with their agency 'SM Entertainment' (hereinafter referred to as SM).

The world’s festival of football — and, for South Koreans, a somewhat bittersweet one — the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America has reached its final stages. The global tournament, featuring national teams from 32 countries, opened in June 2026 and has delivered high-stakes showdowns among the...

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...

A young priest who moved between the depths of theology and the fervor of the court Vatican News on the 13th rolled out its third documentary tracing the path of 'Pope Leo XIV' during his youth, 'Leo of Rome', drawing extraordinary attention both inside and outside the religious world.