SEOUL, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – People can now help those in need while shopping or watching movies. New and fun ways of helping others are being endorsed by corporations and local governments. Women’s clothing brand Olivia Lauren announced that it will host an event in which customers who donate used clothes will be offered discounts. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of movie-goers in South Korea has reached a new high for a fifth consecutive year in 2015, thanks in part to the popularity of domestic movies, data by the official market tracker showed Tuesday. More than 215.2 million people went to the movies from Jan. 1 to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The year 2015 has been one of the most diverse years for South Korean movies and music, as both Korean and non-Korean films topped the local box-office chart and a wave of nostalgia brought on by TV series set in the 1980s and 90s took South Koreans down musical [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – All best actor nominees for South Korea’s oldest film awardshow this year will not be attending the event on Friday, as the institution remains mired in controversy. This year’s best actor nominees for the Daejong Film Awards are Hwang Jung-min of “Ode to My Father,” Son Hyun-joo of “Chronicles [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics and Google have joined forces to launch a Smart TV content application. Cooperation between the two companies seems to on solid footing after joint marketing efforts for LG’s new OLED TVs. LG Electronics announced on November 18 that it is bringing a new content application, Google Play Movies [...]
![[Feature] What Went Wrong: Crisis of Independent Content Producers](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/old-partner_01-800x530.jpg "[Feature] What Went Wrong: Crisis of Independent Content Producers")
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Four Seasons Productions, the film producer famous for planning a low-budget but very successful independent movie “Old Partner” and critically acclaimed documentaries including “The DMZ Redux” and “Steel Route,” was closed temporarily after a stretch of financial problem. Released in January 2009, Old Partner showed independent films could be [...]