SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will launch its first-ever competition section to coincide with its 30th anniversary, the organizing committee said Tuesday, aiming to elevate the festival’s global standing. For this year’s edition, around 15 films will be selected for the new Competition section, highlighting Asian cinema, with [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean crime-action film “Yadang: The Snitch” held onto the No. 1 spot at the local box office for the second consecutive weekend, despite the debut of Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie,” data showed Monday. Over the weekend, “Yadang” sold 521,000 tickets nationwide in its second weekend of release, [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Teams in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will reach a crucial early-season point this week as they embark on a run of nine straight games. KBO teams usually get Monday off each week. However, with the May 5 Children’s Day holiday — often the biggest day during a KBO [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — “The King of Kings,” a South Korean animation about the life of Jesus, has become the most popular ever South Korean film in the United States in terms of revenue, data showed Monday. The animation film has posted a combined US$54.51 million in ticket sales at the U.S. box [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As temperatures warm and marathon season returns in full force to South Korea’s capital, mounting frustration among Seoul residents is sparking renewed debate over the city’s growing number of road races. On April 16, complaints flooded online community forums for apartment residents in the Jamsil neighborhood after the 2025 Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse Hybe is making a major push into the Latin music market with a new audition program in partnership with U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo. The survival-style music competition show, titled “Pase a la Fama,” meaning “Step toward fame” in English, is set to premiere June 8 (U.S. time) [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Soo-young, a member of the iconic K-pop group Girls’ Generation and a rising actress, is set to make her Hollywood debut in “Ballerina,” a spinoff of the John Wick film franchise, industry sources said Friday. Soo-young will play the role of Katla in “Ballerina,” which is scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming action thriller “The Old Woman With the Knife” perhaps misses a key opportunity in translation; its Korean title, “Pagwa,” meaning bruised fruit, offers a far more lyrical and symbolically resonant portrayal of the protagonist’s journey. Throughout its 122-minute runtime, the Korean film invites viewers to reflect on [...]
SEOUL, April 25, (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft is once again under fire from South Korean gamers over what many are calling continued neglect of the country’s gaming market, following the surprise global release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — a launch that excluded South Korea entirely. Released at midnight on April 23 (KST) [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A day after suffering their first losing streak of the season, the LG Twins bounced right back with a near no-hitter at home Wednesday. Starter Song Seung-ki fired six no-hit frames, and three relievers gave up just one hit, as the Twins emerged with a 3-0 win over the [...]