INCHEON, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual event to reenact “Operation Chromite,” a U.S.-led operation during the Korean War, will return after 7-year hiatus, the event’s host city said Sunday. The city of Incheon and the Navy will jointly reproduce the event by mobilizing 29 warships, 23 aircraft, 15 amphibious vehicles, and 3,000 troops [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Crowdfunding is not an unknown concept in Korea, but it certainly isn’t a well-established one. However, the recent success of Operation Chromite, a Korean War blockbuster film loosely based on real-life events, has signaled a bright future for Korean crowdfunding ventures. A total of 500 million won ($448,000) was [...]
SEOUL, August 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Hollywood actor Liam Neeson, who starred in the recent Korean box office hit, “Operation Chromite,” sent a congratulatory message to the production staff on August 1. Neeson played American General Douglas MacArthur in the movie. “I was very glad to hear that the movie did well at the weekend box [...]
BUSAN, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The premiere for ‘Operation Chromite’, a blockbuster film based on the events of the Korean War, took place on the flight deck of the 1,500-ton Dokdo amphibious landing ship (LPH-6111) at a naval base in Busan on Tuesday night. The premiere, arranged by the film’s distributor, CJ Entertainment, was [...]
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 [...]