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[Herald Review] ‘Romang’ a beautiful story, but clumsy in telling

First impressions can be deceiving, but so can second and third impressions. Sometimes a film that looks promising from its opening scene will falter, only to rally with heartfelt moments of joy and ...

Mar 19, 2019
Film
British rock band Queen to come to South Korea

British rock band Queen will soon hold concerts in South Korea, after "Bohemian Rhapsody," a biographical film about the iconic group, reignited the group's popularity worldwide and especially here, ...

Mar 19, 2019
Music
EXO's Chen to make solo debut

Chen will begin a career as a solo artist seven years after he made his debut as a member of popular boy group EXO, his management agency said Tuesday. The singer, whose real name is Kim Jong-dae, w...

Mar 19, 2019
Music
S. Korean cinema records highest attendance ever for February

Boosted by the huge success of the local cop comedy "Extreme Job," South Korean movie theaters attracted the highest number of admissions of all time for February, a report from a market tracker show...

Mar 19, 2019
Film
SHINee's Minho to debut as solo singer before joining military

Popular boy group SHINee's Minho will release his solo debut song before going into the military, his talent agency said Tuesday. According to SM Entertainment, the song titled "I'm Home" will be un...

Mar 19, 2019
Music
Jang Hye-rim’s ‘Burnt Offering,’ rite of solace

Wearing dark blue-green clothes with rolled-up sleeves, seven Swedish dancers appear in a black box theater where dozens of safety helmets with headlamps are scattered around them on the gray floor. ...

Mar 18, 2019
Theater
Rapper Kush receives suspended jail term for cocaine use

Rapper and producer Kim Byung-hoon, better known by his stage name Kush, was sentenced to jail for habitual use of cocaine. On Monday, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced the 35-year-old rapp...

Mar 18, 2019
Music
'Burning' director honored at Asian Film Awards

South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on Sunday. The auteur also won the best director award at the film festival f...

Mar 18, 2019
Film
‘Music has the magic to conquer people’

Maestro Dudamel stresses musicians should uphold social responsibility

Mar 17, 2019
Music
[Newsmaker] Police look into golf-betting allegations against Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Joon-ho

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday that it was looking into allegations that TV stars Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Joon-ho had bet on a game of golf. The police agency’s special crime squad ha...

Mar 17, 2019
Television
BTS' 'Idol' video tops 400 mln YouTube views

The music video for K-pop sensation BTS' song "Idol" exceeded 400 million views on YouTube on Saturday, becoming the band's seventh video to reach the milestone, the group's management agency has sai...

Mar 17, 2019
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage' is enraging

Apparently it’s an epidemic in South Korean cinema. The parade of pretentious characters uttering “poignant” lines to feed a film’s bloated self-importance is nothing new here. But Lee Jeong-beom’s ...

Mar 14, 2019
Film
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Captain Marvel (US) Opened March 6 Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Vers (Bree Larson), a warrior from a powerful alien race called the Kree, struggles to contr...

Mar 14, 2019
Film
BTS to world premiere new album on SNL next month

K-pop sensation BTS will premiere its upcoming album "Map of the Soul: Persona" on the famous American live television variety show "Saturday Night Live" next month, its management agency said Thursd...

Mar 14, 2019
Music
YG ends contract with BIGBANG's Seungri in wake of scandal

The management agency of K-pop band BIGBANG on Wednesday ended its contract with Seungri, a scandal-ridden star who is under probe for allegedly arranging sexual services for potential investors. Th...

Mar 13, 2019
Music

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