SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War broke out with Soviet-backed North Korea invading its southern neighbor in the early morning of June 25, 1950. In just three days, Seoul was captured, and by September 1950, North Korea had pushed its forces down to the Nakdong River, controlling about 90 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc. said Thursday that it will include more locally produced content as part of its efforts to tap deeper into the South Korean market. Five months after its global rollout in 130 countries, including South Korea, the video streaming provider with more than 81 [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Under the Sun’ is a 2015 Russian documentary film written and directed by Vitaliy Manskiy, which follows the story of a North Korean girl who prepares to celebrate the Day of the Shining Star, the birthday of Kim Jong-il, the late father of current leader Kim Jong-un. The film’s [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – There are four movie character genres that exist in film that have attracted more than 10 million moviegoers in Korea. They are heroes, mentors, tricksters, and heralds. The herald is the one who brings the ‘Call to Adventure’ Image science professor Kim Su-jeong from Kyonggi University revealed the findings after [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Warcraft, the latest fantasy blockbuster film, hit Korean theaters last Thursday and is competing fiercely against director Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden for the Korean box office title. Warcraft portrays a predestined warfare between Orcs and humans based on Blizzard Entertainment’s 1994 real-time strategy game of the same title with [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Film Council (KFC) said Tuesday that it will hold a “K-Cinema Global Networking” event in Ho Chi Minh City this month to expand cooperation and exchanges in cinema between South Korea and Vietnam. To be jointly held by the KFC and Vietnam’s culture ministry from June 22 to [...]
BUSAN, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An annual Arab film festival will be held simultaneously in Seoul and Busan later this week, providing a rare chance for a South Korean audience to better understand the Arab world, a co-organizer said Wednesday. The 5th Arab Film Festival will feature 15 films from 10 Arab nations, including [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The art director for the South Korean movie “The Handmaiden” has won an independent award at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, a film distributor here said Tuesday. Ryu Seong-hie, the art director for the thriller, captured the Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist, CJ Entertainment said. Ryu is the [...]
BUSAN, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Metropolitan Government will partner with China’s Wanda Group to raise 100 billion won for use in future Korea-China film productions. The city revealed Friday that it had agreed on specific investment terms for the joint-production fund with Wanda Group representatives including chairman Wang Jianlin. Busan mayor Suh Byung-soo [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no such thing as a BFF – and apparently Korean theatergoers are enjoying the premise. More than 90 percent of those who visited the theaters last weekend watched ‘Captain America: Civil War’, the latest blockbuster film from Marvel Studios. Civil War was screened 29,756 times on 1,989 [...]