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A 50-year writing career probing human desire and history “The King and the Queen” and “Empress Myeongseong” were among the works that left a lasting mark on Korean television. Their writer, Jung Ha-yeon, died on Nov. 1 at the age of 82.

19th-century inheritance laws and the diverging fates of two sisters In matters of love, both cool reason and fiery passion can sometimes lose their way. Director Georgia Oakley’s new film, ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ delves deeply into the complexities of the human psyche through two sisters who fall...

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 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.

The blood-soaked saga surrounding the miraculous relic ‘Gwan-eum Boju,’ the front line of the 1258 Goryeo–Mongol war With an overwhelming cast lineup featuring actors ‘Ahn Bohyun’ and ‘Lee Seungmin’, along with ‘Jeong Dae-yun’, the director of ‘Reborn Rich’, and ‘Jeong Hyeon-min’, the writer of...

ILLIT scores a career best as a classic album makes a seasonal comeback after 40 years The group ILLIT has solidified its standing in the global music market, reaching the top 10 on Billboard’s main albums chart for the first time since its debut.

A meeting of the writer of ‘Jeong Do-jeon’ and the director of ‘Reborn Rich’ promises a finely crafted historical drama JTBC’s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘God’s Beads’ will begin its epic run on Dec. 5. ‘God’s Beads’ is set in Goryeo in 1258, as war with the Mongols rages.

Welcome to Stephen Chow’s world. If you’ve fallen for Chow’s movies after seeing the recent rerelease of 〈Kung Fu Hustle〉(2004), the next films I’d recommend are the two 1995 movies that die-hard Chow fans collectively call 〈A Chinese Odyssey〉: 〈A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box〉(hereafter...

A women’s bathhouse. Perhaps it’s a familiar, ordinary place for most women. The camera is set up, the lights come on, and filming begins. Water—whether sweat or tears, it’s hard to tell—runs down the face of a woman in the bath.

Film brings generations together The 18th Seoul International Senior Film Festival, which shines a light on the lives and diverse stories of older adults, will open in grand style at the Seoul Film Center for four days, from the 27th through the 30th.