SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — One of Disney’s most successful animated films, “Frozen,” has come alive on South Korean ice. “Disney on Ice: Frozen” opened at Mokdong Ice Rink in western Seoul on Wednesday for a 12-day run, featuring the full story of the Academy Award-winning animated film. “What makes it so unique and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan.26 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent cold snap ended up causing a number of strange sites in a popular tourist area in Gangwon Province. The city of Chuncheon was transformed into an icy outpost, as it is surrounded by a large lake. Nami Island, a small island in the middle of the Bukhan River, [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of products affiliated with animation characters such as ‘Minions‘ are soaring. According to McDonald’s, Happy Meals with Minion toys are in high demand. The ‘Minion Happy Meal Special Set’, which consists of five Minion toys, one Happy Meal, and four coupons for Happy Meals were all sold out the [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Just a week after its release, the Hollywood blockbuster Avengers – Age of Ultron has already attracted 4 million viewers in Korea. According to Walt Disney Company and the box office of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the film had attracted 4.1 million viewers by April 29. Some 620,000 fans watched [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th century Danish author best remembered for his fairy tales from “The Little Mermaid” to “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and to “The Snow Queen” that has recently been released as animated film “Frozen,” will come to Seoul in the form of his namesake park. [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As Hollywood blockbusters, led by “Frozen” which gathered over 10 million moviegoers in Korea, successfully landed on the high-up of the box-office rankings one after another in the first half of this year, the admission number of Korean films consequently dropped to fall behind that of imports, for the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Disney animation “Frozen” continues its box office hit in Korea marking 9 million viewers. Not only mentioning it has most viewers among animations, the only foreign film attracted more viewers than “Frozen” in Korea is “Avatar,” which drew some 13.3 million moviegoers in 2009. According to the Korean Box [...]