SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," a South Korean TV series about a rookie lawyer with autism spectrum disorder, has become the latest global K-drama sensation, dominating loc...
14:23 Jul. 26
By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first aviation-disaster genre film, "Emergency Declaration," could have been remembered as a classy movie if not for its contrived and cliche...
10:59 Jul. 26
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SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- "The Round Up: No Way Out," the sequel to the smash-hit action comedy "The Roundup" (2022), has started production, the f...
13:47 Jul. 25
SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The sequel to the smash-hit action comedy "The Roundup" (2022) has started production, the film's distributor said Monday.
ABO Entertainment said filming began Wednesd...
09:42 Jul. 25
'Bold plan' on North
Question is how to lure Pyongyang back to dialogue
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration's North Korea policy is taking shape, as the new president on Friday instructed the Ministry...
07:03 Jul. 25
By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Actor Park Hae-il has shared how Choi Min-sik, the star of the 2014 smash-hit naval epic "Roaring Currents," reacted when he told him years ago that he was...
10:46 Jul. 22
SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean film industry saw its sales reach almost half of the pre-pandemic level in the first six months of this year on the highly anticipated return of movie fans to ...
16:29 Jul. 21
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean cinema chains are expanding premium large format auditoriums in a bid to meet rising customers' demand for better picture and sound in theaters....
11:11 Jul. 21
By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- "Hansan: Rising Dragon" is highly likely to rule the domestic box office for weeks or months over the just-started summer peak season.
Eight years afte...
13:23 Jul. 20
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Independent and art film-only theaters have been losing ground as the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic pushes multiplex operators to tighten their belt....
11:47 Jul. 20
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Star actress Kim Tae-ri said Tuesday that the space-and time-traveling concept of the upcoming sci-fi action fantasy "Alienoid" was so entertaining and excit...
17:29 Jul. 19
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Star actor Kim Woo-bin said Monday that he feels so excited about the upcoming release of "Alienoid," his first big-screen project after a six-year hiatus.
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17:35 Jul. 18
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The American action drama film "Top Gun: Maverick" topped a cumulative 5 million admissions in the Korean box office on the 23rd day of its release, its local distributer...
17:15 Jul. 14
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- Like the 2009 time-traveling action fantasy "Jeon Woochi," "Alienoid" is another kind based on Korean traditional fairy tales on Taoist magic made by popular...
12:01 Jul. 14
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Homegrown films were the main driver of last month's box office rally in South Korea, data showed Wednesday.
According to the Korean Film Council's monthly report on t...
14:30 Jul. 13
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea's largest annual genre film festival, kicked off Thursday in Bucheon, just west of Seoul, featu...
19:00 Jul. 07
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster "Thor: Love and Thunder" has topped the South Korean box office on its opening day, data showed Thursday.
The film posted 382,000 att...
08:58 Jul. 07
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- The local box office in the upcoming summer peak season will highly likely be a four-way race among Korean blockbusters as theaters are gearing up for a conti...
10:36 Jul. 06
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- "Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae said Tuesday that his directorial debut "Hunt" is a mix of his decadeslong experience as an actor and his dream of making a new...
15:21 Jul. 05
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's box office reported 15 million admissions for June, marking the largest monthly tally for over two years, data showed Monday.
A total of 15.5 million peop...
09:56 Jul. 04