SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Ryoo Seung-wan’s crime action movie “I, the Executioner” continued its dominance at the local box office, drawing more than 900,000 viewers over the weekend, data showed Monday. The movie attracted 914,000 viewers from Friday to Sunday, pushing its total audience to over 5.6 million, according to the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Viewed on its own merit, “I, the Executioner” works well as a standalone film, rather than a sequel to the 2015 crime-action hit “Veteran.” However, its predecessor set a standard that is hard to match. Packed with adrenaline-pumping, edge-of-your-seat action that fans of director Ryoo Seung-wan, known for his reputation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A late Belgian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will be laid to rest in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan next month, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Thursday. A burial ceremony for Leon Bosquet will take place on Nov. 15 at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The late wife of an Australian veteran killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be laid to rest in a southeastern city this week alongside her husband, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Wednesday. A burial ceremony for Olwyn Green, the late widow of Lt. Col. Charles Green, will take place [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A video of a British veteran who participated in the 1950-53 Korean War is creating an online sensation. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs reported that a video starring Alan Guy, 90, has garnered more than 2.18 million views on YouTube since it was posted on June 22. [...]
QUANTICO, Virginia, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Elderly American veterans of the Korean War, including the father of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, celebrated the unveiling of a memorial commemorating the Changjin Reservoir Battle, one of the fiercest battles in the war, on Thursday. The octagon-shaped memorial with a shining star on top [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A French veteran who served in the Korean War (1950 – 53) was buried on Thursday at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. Andre Belaval served as a radio operator for the French battalion, after joining the war in March 1953. Although his stay in Korea was short [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s disabled veterans’ association said Friday they will visit Ethiopia next week to meet soldiers who fought in the Korean War (1950-53). “Starting this year, we are planning to visit the countries that sent their soldiers to the Korean conflict one by one to meet the veterans who [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – June is a month of national patriots and veterans in Korea. It was chosen by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to commemorate the noble sacrifices made by Korea’s patriots and veterans of the past. Korea’s Memorial Day (June 6), and commemorations for the outbreak of the Korean [...]
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 [...]