By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- As the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) returned to a pre-pandemic scale this year, the Busan Cinema Center, the festival's main venue, was heated ...
22:27 Oct. 06
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Oscar-winning film director James Cameron said Thursday the long-awaited sequel to his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" was made to be watched on big scree...
17:57 Oct. 06
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Legendary Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chui Wai said Thursday he still wants to push the envelope of his 40-year acting career by playing unfamiliar roles in...
14:07 Oct. 06
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By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicked off its 10-day run Wednesd...
19:48 Oct. 05
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh said Wednesday his latest film, "Scent of Wind," set to open this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), tells a ...
18:00 Oct. 05
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is returning in full force this week after two years of scaled-down events, eyeing the pre-pandemic glory wit...
06:00 Oct. 05
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Military comedy "6/45" became the most-viewed Korean film of all time in Vietnam in just 10 days of its release, the movie's Korean distributor said Tuesday.
Since its ...
15:04 Oct. 04
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- "Confidential Assignment 2: International," the action-comedy sequel to a 2017 hit, became the third South Korean film to top 6 million tickets sold on Sunday.
Accordin...
14:00 Oct. 02
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- Netflix confirmed Saturday the acclaimed South Korean horror thriller "Hellbound" will return for a second season.
The sequel to the 2021 drama was revealed Saturday ...
13:46 Sep. 24
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- In 2000, 63 former long-term political prisoners who were sent to the South as spies were repatriated to the North following an inter-Korean summit during w...
17:15 Sep. 20
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Sung-ki, one of the most respected actors in South Korea, has been treated for blood cancer for more than a year, his management agency said Saturday.
"He has rec...
11:12 Sep. 17
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- This year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is ready to entertain local and overseas movie buffs with a number of highly anticipated world premiere...
09:00 Sep. 11
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- This year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will completely return to normal next month after pandemic-disrupted years with no social distancing at ...
16:12 Sep. 07
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Star actor Yoo Ah-in said Monday he felt nervous about his first action blockbuster "Seoul Vibe" but is now satisfied with the project that helped him experi...
16:19 Sep. 05
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyun Bin's recent hit projects, like the action comedy film "Confidential Assignment" (2017) and the TV romantic comedy "Crash Landing On You" (2019), have s...
17:53 Sep. 01
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- The American action drama film "Top Gun: Maverick" has topped 8 million admissions, becoming the most popular pandemic-era foreign film in South Korea, box-office data sh...
08:43 Sep. 01
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- The 2017 crime action comedy "Confidential Assignment" is about a funny covert collaboration by two police officers from South and North Korea, starring bank...
11:53 Aug. 31
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Blockbuster sequels have dominated the South Korean box office in 2022 as the film industry struggles to move past the yearslong COVID-19 pandemic.
Releas...
10:41 Aug. 25
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- Star actor Yoo Ah-in said Tuesday that the upcoming Netflix original "Seoul Vibe" is a delightful and cheerful action blockbuster filled with thrilling car c...
15:14 Aug. 23
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- "Hunt," the directorial debut of Lee Jung-jae of "Squid Game," has topped the local box office for the second consecutive weekend, data showed Monday.
The espionage fi...
09:52 Aug. 22