How a Korean indie shorts festival keeps drawing the biggest stars
Now in its 22nd edition, the Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival pairs big-name actors and directors with emerging filmmakers.
Moon Ki Hoon
Major comics piracy hubs in South Korea are shutting down. Here’s how it happened
A wave of shutdowns from Seoul to Almeria reflects a new playbook for Korean platforms, which are increasingly taking copyright fights into courtrooms overseas.
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway bring ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ to Seoul
The two stars are in town to promote a sequel 20 years in the making — and they have things to say about the media landscape they helped romanticise.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ team talks sequel, Oscar night mishap and what it means to be Korean
Directors and producers gather in Seoul weeks after the film's historic double win.
South Korean director Park Chan-wook got shut out of Oscars again. What went wrong?
Expectations ran high that 'No Other Choice' would finally break the auteur's losing streak. It wasn't even close.
South Korean actress Han So-hee is done playing pretty
One of Korea's hottest stars is ready to disappear into her roles, even taking on a psychopath.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two Golden Globes
The Netflix animation wins best animated feature and best original song as Park Chan-wook's 'No Other Choice' goes home empty-handed.
South Korean cinema confronts its toughest year in decades
Multiplexes struggle to fill seats and major productions falter as shifting consumer habits reshape an industry at a crossroads.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung‘s reference to disputed history book draws scrutiny from academics
The President's offhand question brings a fringe text back into public view, as historians see nothing worth debating.
South Korean box office suffers historic first-half decline as theaters adapt survival strategies
Faced with this new reality, multiplex chains are throwing out the old playbook. Instead of banking on wide releases, they are getting creative with curation and exclusive…