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Busan Film Festival Closes Safely amid Pandemic

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 26th Busan International Film Festival came to a close Friday, with its experiment on returning to normal likely finishing with flying colors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s BIFF, which opened Oct. 6 for a 10-day run, screened 223 films from 70 countries at the Busan Cinema Center [...]

Seoul Cinema to Close After 42 Years in Business

SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Another landmark movie theater in Seoul has decided to call it quits, apparently dropping out of its competition against large cinema chains amid the protracted COVID-19 crisis. The Seoul Cinema, one of the oldest and representative movie theaters in the capital, said Monday it will close its doors at [...]