SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The trend of using a photo of South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok to facilitate complaints has gained popularity in China, where netizens are changing their online profiles to images of the muscular movie star and Korea Armwrestling Federation board member. He also starred as Gilgamesh in the Marvel series [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The homegrown action comedy “The Roundup” is on course to become a box office hit, luring more than 2 million people on its first weekend, data showed Monday. The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy “The Outlaws” attracted 2.53 million people from Friday-Sunday, bringing its cumulative total to 3.55 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, said Friday that his character Gilgamesh in the upcoming superhero movie “Eternals” reflects his unique personality and signature action style. “Since the zombie thriller ‘Train to Busan’ (2016) was released about five years ago, I’ve received some offers from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Thor: Ragnarok” won the box office this weekend for the third consecutive week following a strong opening in South Korea, data showed Monday. According to the real-time based box office tally from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Disney-Marvel superhero film sold 465,390 tickets over the Nov. 10-12 weekend [...]