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Master director devotes life to making films charged with Korean emotions
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Im Kwon-taek, one of the most prominent film directors in South Korea, had a life-long goal: to make films fully charged with subtle Korean emotions and detai... 18:51 Oct. 04
Chief of studio behind 'Parasite' wins French cinema award
BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the company that produced the Cannes-winning "Parasite" will be given a French cinema award in recognition of her role in promoting South Korea-French collabo... 11:06 Oct. 04
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(2nd LD) Busan film festival kicks off 24th edition
(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 3-4, last 3 paras; CHANGES photo) By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) started its 24th edition in the southern port ci... 22:53 Oct. 03
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(LEAD) Busan film festival kicks off 24th edition
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with opening; CHANGES slug and photo) By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) started its 24th edition in the southern port cit... 20:32 Oct. 03
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Directors of 'The Horse Thieves' boast of Kazakh-Japan teamwork
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The directors of "The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time," the opener of this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), said Thursday that their movie was th... 19:35 Oct. 03
#Busan Int'l Film Festival
Busan film festival set to kick off 24th edition
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will open its 24th edition in the southern port city of Busan on Thursday, filled with more than 300 worthwhile m... 09:26 Oct. 03
Indie film 'House of Hummingbird' crosses 100,000-admission mark
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- The award-winning South Korean indie film "House of Hummingbird" on Thursday surpassed 100,000 admissions, a remarkable achievement in a local market where most indie fi... 15:54 Sep. 27
#Kim Ji-young
(News Focus) Film based on feminist novel sparks anti-feminist backlash in S. Korea
By Lee Minji SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- The movie "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982," based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next mont... 18:06 Sep. 26
#Busan Int'l Film Festival
Busan film fest set to attract audiences with all sorts of delicacies
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- The 24th edition of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is ready to entertain local and overseas movie buffs with delicate flicks for 10 days in the mi... 15:18 Sep. 25
#Kakao M
Kakao jumps into filmmaking industry
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean IT giant Kakao Corp., the operator of the country's top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, has recently taken over two local movie studios to make inr... 14:59 Sep. 23
#Battle of Jangsari
(Yonhap Interview) Veteran actor Kim Myung-min respects student soldiers of Korean War operation
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Veteran actor Kim Myung-min rose to stardom after playing the title role in a historical drama, "Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin," in 2004. In the 104-episod... 18:42 Sep. 20
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(Movie Review) 'Battle of Jangsari' recalls forgotten battle of Korean War
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The Battle of Incheon, code-named Operation Chromite, of Sept. 15-19, 1950, was a historic amphibious landing mission during the 1950-53 Korea War. It turne... 15:41 Sep. 20
#box office
'The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos' tops holiday box office
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Action film "The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos" topped the South Korean box office during Chuseok, the Korean harvest festival, data showed Monday. Three homegrown movies ... 10:39 Sep. 16
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Aug. ticket sales for S. Korean movies hit 7-year low
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Monthly sales figures for homegrown films tumbled to their lowest point in seven years last month on a dearth of hit titles, a report showed Saturday. Sales of ticket... 15:30 Sep. 14
Ticket sales of 'The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos' exceed 1 mln on 3rd day after release
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean action film "The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos" drew more than one million moviegoers in three days upon hitting local screens, the movie's distributor CJ Entert... 21:35 Sep. 13
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Four Netflix films invited to Busan Int'l Film Festival
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Four Netflix original movies have been invited to this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in an apparent move to keep up with rapidly changing ... 15:10 Sep. 10
#film directors
Big-name film directors' small screen debuts fizzle
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Lee Byeong-heon, the director of mega-hit Korean comedy film "Extreme Job," made his small screen debut last month, but appears to have failed to capture the... 15:51 Sep. 09
#Ulju Mountain Film Festival
(LEAD) South Korea's only mountain-themed film festival opens in Ulju
(ATTN: ADDS 3rd photo) SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- This year's Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) kicked off on Friday for a five-day run in the southeastern county of Ulju, with 31 movies from 20 ... 21:14 Sep. 06
#Ulju Mountain Film Festival
South Korea's only mountain-themed film festival opens in Ulju
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- This year's Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) kicked off on Friday for a five-day run in the southeastern county of Ulju, with 31 movies from 20 countries set to be scre... 18:30 Sep. 06
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(Movie Review) 'Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos' is another Ma Dong-seok-style actioner
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- Action drama "Bad Guys," aired by OCN in 2014, gained popularity with its piquant story of a group of criminals who push the limits of the law as they team u... 16:11 Sep. 06