CANNES, France, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Actor Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his performance in the drama "Broker," becoming the first South Korean...
04:11 May. 29
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CANNES, France, May 27 (Yonhap) -- Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has said that he will take full responsibility for any cr...
21:25 May. 27
CANNES, France, May 27 (Yonhap) -- Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has said that he will take full responsibility for any criticism for his Cannes-competing drama "Broker" made with Korean creati...
10:37 May. 27
SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The action comedy "The Roundup" has become the most-watched Korean film in the pandemic era, box-office data showed Thursday.
The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy "The Out...
08:59 May. 26
SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's latest feature film, "Decision to Leave," has attracted high scores and favorable reviews from foreign news media following its pre...
10:08 May. 25
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CANNES, France, May 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook has said that his latest Cannes-competing ...
21:01 May. 24
SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- Korean auteur Park Chan-wook's latest feature "Decision to Leave" has been sold to 192 countries across the world, its distributor said Tuesday.
Distributors, like Mubi...
15:52 May. 24
CANNES, France, May 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook has said that his latest Cannes-competing feature "Decision to Leave" is a precocious romance that is not as intense as his pre...
10:45 May. 24
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The homegrown action comedy "The Roundup" is on course to become a box office hit, luring more than 2 million people on its first weekend, data showed Monday.
The seque...
09:17 May. 23
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The action comedy "The Roundup" continued to shatter box-office records among Korean films during the pandemic, data showed Saturday.
The sequel to the 2017 hit movie "...
16:08 May. 21
CANNES, France, May 20 (Yonhap) -- "Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae made his directorial debut with the espionage action thriller "Hunt," which premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
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15:53 May. 20
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- During the life-changing COVID-19 pandemic, Lee Eun-hee, a 42-year-old office worker in Seoul, has created a new pattern of habits regarding her consumption o...
09:00 May. 20
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