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Kimura Takuya Starring Role in ‘The Brilliant Clan’: The Real-World Model, Sanyo Special Steel, to Disappear as It Is Absorbed

Kimura Takuya Starring Role in ‘The Brilliant Clan’: The Real-World Model, Sanyo Special Steel, to Disappear as It Is Absorbed

Nippon Steel will absorb Sanyo Special Steel via an acquisition merger in April next year. The company name with a 92-year history—from the largest bankruptcy after World War II to drama production—will vanish.
Exit After 92 Years: ‘Sanyo Special Steel’ Fully Absorbed by ‘Nippon Steel’A major figure in the global steel market, ‘Nippon Steel’, officially announced that it will fully absorb its subsidiary ‘Sanyo Special Steel’ effective April 1 next year.
| James choi
BTS Concert in Las Vegas With Unprecedented World Cup-Scale Impact Generates 450 Billion Won in Economic Effect

BTS Concert in Las Vegas With Unprecedented World Cup-Scale Impact Generates 450 Billion Won in Economic Effect

NJ Shows Draw 157,000 Spectators; HYBE Posts 450 Billion Won in Second-Quarter Revenue, Its Best-Ever Performance
450 Billion Won in Just Four Shows… The Economics of a Mega IP That Outstrips the ‘World Cup’A respected analysis has claimed that the economic ripple effects generated by the global top-tier group “Bangtan Sonyeondan” through its North America tour have officially surpassed the scale of...
| James choi
From Coin Exchange to a Global Profit of 1 Trillion Won… Shinhan Financial Unveils 44-Year Documentary

From Coin Exchange to a Global Profit of 1 Trillion Won… Shinhan Financial Unveils 44-Year Documentary

Starting with three branches and reaching a global profit of 1 trillion won, Shinhan Financial’s 44-year growth story: a three-part documentary series from SamproTV is released
The banner of Financial Patriotism for a Flourishing Nation—Tracing 44 Years of Tracks“I will take part directly in modernizing the homeland.” Forty-four years ago, the weighty declaration thrown by the late Lee Hee-geon, the founder of Shinhan Bank, became the huge root of Shinhan Financial Group,...
| James choi
‘Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation’ Kicks Off at emu Artspace on June 26

‘Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation’ Kicks Off at emu Artspace on June 26

Opening lineup includes 〈Someone Like Me〉, followed by 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 〈Rouge〉 〈Once a Thief〉 〈In Broad Daylight〉, among others, with 10 Hong Kong films screened.
The Asian Film Awards Academy said it will host 〈Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation〉 at emu Artspace, Seoul’s leading arts venue, for 10 days from June 26 to July 5. Carrying forward the academy’s mission of cultural exchange through Asian film, the event features movie screenings, a themed...
| Joo Seong-cheol
Even a U.S. Pop Star Cancels Shows—But BTS’s World Tour Returns After 7 Years With Every Ticket Sold Out in a Frenzy

Even a U.S. Pop Star Cancels Shows—But BTS’s World Tour Returns After 7 Years With Every Ticket Sold Out in a Frenzy

As the U.S. live-music industry grapples with a shortage of remaining seats driven by high inflation, BTS’s first tour in seven years sells out every show and turns the entire city into a festival
The U.S. live music industry—the heart of the global concert business—has hit an unprecedented deep freeze. Amid the fallout from punishing inflation and ticket-price hikes that have derailed major pop stars’ tours one after another, “BTS”’s North American and European tour has been delivering...
| James choi
Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Erased in 1993, the Kowloon Walled City — left behind as “Kowloon Walled City Park” — was a bleak illegal residential zone where no sliver of sunlight ever reached.
When director Jingle Bao-rui’s 〈Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories〉 (hereinafter 〈Kowloon Walled City〉, 2024) hit theaters in Hong Kong in 2024, it set a record for the biggest box-office success in Hong Kong history.
| Joo Seong-cheol
BTS North America Tour Draws 840,000 People: The Aesthetics of “Sold Out”… April Revenue Hits 114.8 Billion Won, Topping Billboard’s April “Top Tour”

BTS North America Tour Draws 840,000 People: The Aesthetics of “Sold Out”… April Revenue Hits 114.8 Billion Won, Topping Billboard’s April “Top Tour”

“Arirang” erupts in singalongs across the United States, with an eye-popping per-show haul of 18.2 billion won.
The masterpiece of BTS that breaks borders, “Arirang” that swallowed the North American continentThe history of global pop is being rewritten. The group BTS has sparked an unprecedented cultural tectonic shift across North America with its world tour “Arirang”.
| James choi
The Master of the World: Buster Keaton ③ Review of Representative Works — “Our Hospitality” (1923) and “Sherlock Jr.” (1924)

The Master of the World: Buster Keaton ③ Review of Representative Works — “Our Hospitality” (1923) and “Sherlock Jr.” (1924)

〈Sherlock Jr.〉 wasn’t an awkward 44-minute runtime; otherwise, it would easily rank among the cinema’s greatest masterpieces.
Slapstick motion without end within the frame,〈Our Hospitality〉(1923)Willie McCay heads back to his hometown to inherit the land. The railroad tracks are a mess, and even the dam collapses—he forges ahead through a perilous route.
| Joo Seong-cheol
“The Man Who Lives With the King” Merch Boom… Park Ji-hoon Photocard Listed for 450,000 won, and the Used-Market “King and Man” Boom Spreads

“The Man Who Lives With the King” Merch Boom… Park Ji-hoon Photocard Listed for 450,000 won, and the Used-Market “King and Man” Boom Spreads

Search volume on Bunjang explodes 2,800-fold. From original tickets to Danjong history books—an unexpected used-market turnaround craze
A phenomenon around “The Man Who Lives With the King” that dominates used platforms beyond movie theatersThe box-office surge of the film “The Man Who Lives With the King” is striking not only movie theaters but also used-trading platforms, forming an unusual cultural-consumption craze.
| James choi
[Culture&] 'Yeongwol' Business District Revival! Following the success of the movie '왕과 사는 남자', 상동광산 reopens after 32 years with core mineral tungsten

[Culture&] 'Yeongwol' Business District Revival! Following the success of the movie '왕과 사는 남자', 상동광산 reopens after 32 years with core mineral tungsten

Sales in Yeongwol jumped 35.7% in 4 weeks since release. Anticipated economic boom with the return of the tungsten producing 상동광산!
The movie '왕과 사는 남자' has become a blockbuster hit, changing the economic landscape of 'Yeongwol'The mega-hit of the movie '왕과 사는 남자' (hereafter referred to as KingAndTheMan) is driving an economic renaissance in Yeongwol, the main filming location.
| James choi