SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – To Youn Yuh-jung, the 73-year-old supporting actress of “Minari,” the enthusiastic response the U.S. audience has given to the simple story of a Korean immigrant family was something she had never expected. “We had a very big applause at the Sundance. I was really shocked,” the South Korean actress [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of “hallyu,” or the Korean Wave, seems to have continued unabated across the world despite yearlong coronavirus restrictions, as the number of global hallyu fans topped the 100 million milestone last year, a public foundation said Friday. The number of members of hallyu fan clubs in 109 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean American director Lee Isaac Chung said the growing compliments showered on his latest immigrant film “Minari” represents people’s faith in humanity that everyone harbors deeply in mind. In an online conversation hosted by Korean American actress Sandra Oh as part of the Korean American Day celebration Wednesday (U.S. [...]
GYEONGJU, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An academic book on Park Dae-sung, a renowned artist who has contributed to the globalization of Korean traditional art, will be published in the United States later this year, a cultural foundation said Wednesday. Six art historians in the U.S. — including Suzie Kim, assistant professor of Asian art [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to a number of self-employed South Koreans. Among them, however, indie musicians and the operators of small-sized performance halls have been hit the hardest. With almost all performances having been cancelled due to social distancing regulations, the performance halls have remained [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Im Sang-soo, whose latest feature “Heaven: To The Land of Happiness” was selected by Cannes last year, will make his directorial debut in Hollywood, a production company here said Monday. He will take the helm of “Soho Sins,” co-produced by U.S. production studio 2W Network Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition highlighting foreign critics and historians who have explored and documented Korean art is under way at a museum in central Seoul. “Homebound Journey: Non-Korean Researchers’ Study of Korean Arts” is taking place at the Kimdaljin Art Archives and Museum in the central Seoul neighborhood of Jongno. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily moviegoers plunged to a fresh record low this week, as new releases have been affected by the latest coronavirus resurgence in winter, data showed Friday. According to the data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), 14,000-16,000 people went to theaters daily this week, down from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As the immigration film “Minari,” directed by Korean American Lee Isaac Chung, has been on a roll in the award season, hopes are high that its supporting South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung could get an Oscar nod. Youn, who took the role of the eccentric grandmother in Chung’s semi-autobiographical [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Global consumers picked kimchi as their most preferred Korean dish, a poll showed Thursday, amid the growing popularity of traditional Korean food, known as hansik, in line with the boom of the country’s pop culture around the world. Nearly 34 percent of the respondents said they preferred eating kimchi, [...]