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#Parasite
(3rd LD) 'Parasite' wins best foreign film at Golden Globes
(ATTN: CORRECTS comment in 6th para; UPDATES with winners in paras 7-8) SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was named best foreign language film at the U.S. Golden Glob... 13:42 Jan. 06
#Parasite
(2nd LD) 'Parasite' wins best foreign film at Golden Globes
(ATTN: UPDATES with results in paras 4-5) SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was named best foreign language film at the U.S. Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean tim... 12:18 Jan. 06
#Parasite
(LEAD) 'Parasite' wins best foreign film at Golden Globes
(ATTN: ADDS more comments in paras 4-5, 7-9) SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was named best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean time)... 11:30 Jan. 06
#Parasite
'Parasite' wins best foreign film at Golden Globes
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was named best foreign film at the Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean time). In a ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Bever... 10:45 Jan. 06
#Parasite
(URGENT) 'Parasite' wins best foreign film at Golden Globes
10:37 Jan. 06
#Parasite
'Parasite' named best picture by U.S. Nat'l Society of Film Critics
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy thriller "Parasite" has won the top honor from the U.S. National Society of Film Critics (NSFC). As the NSFC announced... 09:36 Jan. 06
#Ashfall
'Ashfall' leads year-end box office race
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- Action-adventure film "Ashfall" has led the South Korean box office race over the year-end holiday season, data showed Thursday. Three homegrown movies -- "Ashfall," "S... 11:14 Jan. 02
#Momoland
Momoland returns as six-piece girl group with retro music
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Momoland has dropped a new retro-inspired digital single as a six-member girl group, following the departure of three members. In a media showcase held in central Seou... 13:27 Dec. 31
#moviegoers
Number of moviegoers in S. Korea exceeds 220 mln in 2019
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The aggregate number of moviegoers in South Korea set a new annual record in 2019, surpassing 220 million, industry data showed Sunday. Cinemas across the nation drew ... 13:40 Dec. 29
#Parasite
(News Focus) Can 'Parasite' hoist an Oscar statuette?
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- For most Koreans, the U.S. winter awards season in the run-up to the Academy Awards in February has been an issue of another world. No South Korean film, dir... 15:31 Dec. 26
(News Focus) Creative talents make impressive directorial debuts in 2019
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- With the South Korean film industry enjoying a surge in the number of viewers and the unprecedented international success of "Parasite," a fresh emergence of... 14:55 Dec. 24
#Ashfall
(Yonhap Interview) Actor Ha Jung-woo faces 'unprecedented mission' in new disaster movie
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- In the 2016 South Korean survival movie "The Tunnel," actor Ha Jung-woo played a car salesman who gets trapped in a collapsed tunnel and tries to survive und... 09:00 Dec. 23
#Ashfall
(Yonhap Interview) Lee Byung-hun confident about his choice of entertaining disaster movie
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Since his big and small screen debuts in the 1990s, Lee Byung-hun has had dozens of Korean films and dramas to his credit and appeared in a few Hollywood pro... 15:55 Dec. 22
#Forbidden Dream
(Yonhap Interview) Actor Choi Min-sik loves to enrich historical character
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- More than 30 years ago, actors Choi Min-sik and Han Suk-kyu attended the same college. While studying at the theater and film department of Seoul's Dongguk U... 10:00 Dec. 21
#Bong Joon-ho
Director, actor of Cannes-winning 'Parasite' awarded cultural medal
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- Director Bong Joon-ho and actor Song Kang-ho of Cannes-winning film "Parasite" were awarded national cultural medals for their contributions to the promotion of the Korea... 17:12 Dec. 19
#Ashfall
(Movie Review) 'Ashfall,' clichéd, Hollywood-style disaster blockbuster
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- Mount Paekdu is the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula, located along the North Korea-China border. Its historic eruption in the 10th century, known as the... 14:18 Dec. 19
#Forbidden Dream
(Movie Review) 'Forbidden Dream' features bromance of two geniuses of Korean history
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) is undoubtedly known as one of the most intellectually brilliant monarchs in Korean history. Along with the inv... 18:07 Dec. 17
#Parasite
(LEAD) 'Parasite' shortlisted for Oscars' best int'l film
(ATTN: ADDS more info in 6th para) SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was shortlisted for best international feature film at the upcoming Academy Awards, U.S. media r... 09:52 Dec. 17
#Parasite
'Parasite' earns three prizes from San Francisco film critics
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's thriller "Parasite" has added three trophies from a U.S. film critics association ahead of the 2020 award show season leading to the ... 09:35 Dec. 17
#Parasite
'Parasite' shortlisted for Oscars' best int'l film
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's black comedy "Parasite" was shortlisted for best international feature film at the upcoming Academy Awards, U.S. media reported Tuesday, raising hopes that... 08:50 Dec. 17