SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese unit of the U.S. streaming giant Netflix is at the center of criticism after calling South Korea’s Gwangju Democratization Movement a ‘riot’ during its introduction of South Korean film “A Taxi Driver.” The 2017 box-office hit tells the story of a Seoul taxi driver who happens to [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A late taxi driver, well known for taking German journalist Jurgen Hinzpeter to the center of a pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju decades ago, will be buried next to the reporter’s monument at a cemetery in the city, the municipal government said Monday. The driver, Kim [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The local fantasy blockbuster “Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds” surpassed 10 million in attendance Thursday, becoming the 16th Korean film ever to reach the milestone, its distributor said. Lotte Entertainment said the film had reached a cumulative audience of 10,000,198 as of 12 a.m. Thursday, on the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao released on December 22 a list of the most searched keywords from January through November on its Daum portal in the categories of news, personalities and media. In news, “19th election”, “Park Geun-hye impeachment”, “Kim Joo-hyuk death”, “Pohang earthquake” and “cryptocurrency” were the most searched in order from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – First launched in 2006 with 529 attendees, the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) has come a long way with this year marking the 12th iteration of its celebration of Korean film in France. The event is being coordinated by the non-profit group 1886, which was founded by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown films dominated the South Korean box office in August while audience amount saw a slight on-year drop, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers last month was 29.88 million, down 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The August tally [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday it has launched a special investigation team to look into the 1980 massacre of pro-democracy protests in Gwangju under the junta of Chun Doo-hwan. The task force will focus on allegations that soldiers were ordered to fire at protesters from helicopters and that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean box office hit ‘A Taxi Driver’ has been selected by the Korean Film Council as a Best Foreign-Language Film entry for the 90th Academy Awards, the film’s distributor ShowBox announced on Monday. Submissions to the Foreign Language Film Oscar are limited to one film per country, which means [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – An exhibition on late German journalist Jurgen Hinzpeter opened on Monday in the southwestern city of Gwangju as the city paid tribute in recognition of his efforts to report a 1980 democratic uprising to the world. The exhibition, held at the Gwangju City Hall, is timed with the box-office [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean movie about a cabbie who took a German journalist to the center of the Gwangju pro-democracy uprising in 1980 became this year’s first film to attract more than 10 million moviegoers Sunday, its distributor said. “A Taxi Driver,” released Aug. 2, became the 15th Korean movie and [...]