SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The action comedy "The Roundup" has set the best opening-day record among Korean films released during the COVID-19 pandemic, box-office data showed Thursday.
The seque...
09:08 May. 19
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- As the South Korean movie industry is on its way to get out of the yearslong COVID-19 pandemic, sequels to hit local films are spearheading the move to bring ...
11:30 May. 18
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major cinema chains remained in the red in the first quarter of this year amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, but the lifting of distancing r...
10:30 May. 17
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Hollywood blockbuster "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" surpassed 5 million admissions Tuesday, data showed.
The latest Marvel Studios' flick hit the milest...
10:04 May. 17
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- At this year's Cannes Film Festival set to kick off next week, two Korean films -- "Decision to Leave" by renowned director Park Chan-wook and "Broker" by awa...
12:01 May. 13
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The 2017 crime action comedy "The Outlaws" depends on unstoppable force and high energy of robust police officer Ma Seok-do, played by Ma Dong-seok, also know...
15:13 May. 12
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Iconic movie star Kang Soo-youn was laid to rest in Seoul on Wednesday after spending half a century in the Korean film industry.
Her funeral service began at 10 a.m. a...
15:51 May. 11
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- Cannes-winning Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda said Tuesday his latest drama "Broker" is a longtime dream-come-true project that allowed him to work with Ko...
14:52 May. 10
SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- Hollywood blockbuster "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" has topped a cumulative 3 million admissions at the fastest pace in the pandemic era, box-office data sh...
08:39 May. 09
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SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Kang Soo-youn, an iconic movie star of the 1980s and 1990s who brought home the country's first acting award from the Venice ...
20:07 May. 07
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Kang Soo-youn, an iconic movie star of the 1980s and 1990s who brought home the country's first acting award from the Venice film festival, died Saturday, two days after su...
16:39 May. 07
SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Hollywood blockbuster "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" garnered a 2 1/2-year high of over 1 million moviegoers on Children's Day, data showed Friday.
Marvel...
08:44 May. 06
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- British star actor Benedict Cumberbatch said Monday he hopes to star in Korean films if he is given a chance, as the country has "some of the most fantastic fi...
15:03 May. 02
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Upcoming Hollywood blockbuster "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" is expected to smash the South Korean box office as its presale tickets outpaced those of bi...
09:52 Apr. 29
JEONJU, South Korea, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The annual Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country's largest showcase of indie and art house films, will start its 10-day run in the southwe...
09:41 Apr. 28
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Star actor Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee in the United States, said Friday that his upcoming action comedy "The Roundup," a sequel to "The Outlaws" (2...
16:08 Apr. 22
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- A slew of homegrown films by star directors and actors are poised to hit theaters in coming months and expected to give a fresh boost to the pandemic-hit mo...
11:04 Apr. 20
SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The Korean film industry saw its sales increase more than 50 percent in the first quarter of this year from a year earlier as three highly anticipated local titles enjoy...
13:54 Apr. 19
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Actor Park Hae-soo on Friday attributed the rising popularity of his latest Netflix film "Yaksha: Ruthless Operations" to the recent worldwide reception of ...
16:16 Apr. 15