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All Best Actor Nominees a ‘No Show’ at Daejong Awards

All Best Actor Nominees a ‘No Show’ at Daejong Awards

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 [...]

Google Play Movies & TV Coming to LG Smart TVs

Google Play Movies & TV Coming to LG Smart TVs

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

[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 [...]