SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With movie theaters in South Korea looking to diversify their content offerings, live recordings of musicals are emerging as an unexpected box office draw, potentially marking a new chapter for the industry. Leveraging their large screens as a key advantage, theaters are expanding beyond traditional films to showcase a variety [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Another landmark movie theater in Seoul has decided to call it quits, apparently dropping out of its competition against large cinema chains amid the protracted COVID-19 crisis. The Seoul Cinema, one of the oldest and representative movie theaters in the capital, said Monday it will close its doors at [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — FC Seoul’s away games will be aired live at a movie theater in Seoul. The Korea Professional Football League said Thursday that FC Seoul’s away games in April will be broadcasted live at a theater of CGV, a multiplex chain run by South Korea’s entertainment giant CJ Group. Football [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Many theaters remain closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but Koreans can watch popular dance, musical shows and theater plays for free at home as the local performing arts community has decided to stream some of their archives. The Korean National Ballet (KNB) launched a program on its [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for social distancing is expanding, a local movie theater has started to offer ‘untact’ screening services. CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, announced Monday that the new ‘untact cinema’ will open at the Yeouido franchise. Pick-up boxes at the theater, replacing convenience stores, allow customers [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling party, introduced the Rungra 4D Simulation Cinema, reflecting back on when the cinema was first highlighted in Sept. 14, 2013 when leader Kim Jong-un visited the facility. “Young citizens may prefer dinosaurs or other movies with scary scenes,” said [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Campaign to Increase the Awareness of the Disabled through Culture” that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) jointly conducted with Lotte Cultureworks Co., the retail giant Lotte Group’s cinema affiliate, is drawing attention. Some 70 ordinary citizens who visited Lotte Cinema Cheongnyangni Branch in Seoul participated [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The notorious WannaCry ransomware, which has recently haunted computers around the globe, struck a local movie chain, industry watchers said Monday, causing alarm among South Korean companies. Ransomware refers to malware that infects files in a computer until victims pay a certain amount of money to hackers. The latest [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean box offices pulled in record-high profit despite the falling number of local moviegoers last year, a result of higher film ticket prices, data showed Thursday. The data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) showed that the total number of cinemagoers last year was 217.02 million, down 0.1 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The existence of a “black list” censoring South Korean artists has been confirmed. Under the Park Geun-hye administration, thousands of artists, including filmmakers and actors, were blacklisted for supporting agendas that went against the opinions of the central government. Condemning the act of censorship and the suppression of freedom [...]