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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Ex-Scientologist: Cruise ‘scary to watch’
Tom Cruise (AP)The relationship between U.S. actor Tom Cruise and Scientology leader David Miscavige is so close the lines between them are blurred, an ex-Scientologist said.Former Scientologist Steve Hall, who headed the church‘s marketing division for 20 years, said Cruise could have been seen as a victim of charismatic leader Miscavige when he became a Scientologist, but not anymore.“There’s a
Oct. 2, 2012
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Korean film 'Gwanghae' hits local box office
The Korean historical film "Gwanghae:the Man Who Became the King" reigns at the local box office,breaking the 5 million mark in attendance numbers, officials said Monday.The movie, directed by Choo Chang-min and starring top actor Lee Byung-hun, drew 5.23 million viewers as of Monday, 18 days after its release, according to the Korean Film Commission.Actor Lee plays dual roles as King Gwanghae, th
Oct. 1, 2012
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Busan set to launch int'l film hub
South Korea's southern port city of Busan is gearing up to establish an international film hub in the coming years, city officials said Monday.Construction will begin next year to build the tentatively named "International Image Contents Valley" near Busan's Centum City areas and the nearby Gijang region for research and development activities for film contents, an official of the Busan Metropolit
Oct. 1, 2012
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BIFF to heat up Busan
Guide to the 17th edition of one of the biggest film fests in AsiaMoviegoers and cineastes will head to Busan next week, as one of the biggest film festivals in Asia is kicking off its 17th edition in the southern port city. This year, the Busan International Film Festival features a total of 304 films from 75 countries, including a romantic comedy shot entirely in North Korea.Hong Kong’s police action film “Cold War” opens this year’s edition, while Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Farooki’s sati
Sept. 28, 2012
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Taken 2 (U.S.)Opened Sept. 27Action. Crime. Thriller. Directed by Olivier Megaton. While on a trip to Istanbul, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills, gets a surprise visit from his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen) and his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), and is rejoiced by the sudden family reunion. However, the reunion turns into a disaster when Lenore is taken by anonymous kidnappers. Fortunately, Kim manages to escape the scene but is on the run from the
Sept. 28, 2012
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt time travel in ‘Looper’ with Bruce Willis
If an actor’s face is his fortune, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is rolling the dice, big time. “Looper,” the sci-fi time-travel extravaganza that opens Friday, stars Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo and ... who’s the guy on the movie poster?It’s Gordon-Levitt ― looking slightly more recognizable than he is in the movie, directed by Rian Johnson and in which Gordon-Levitt plays Joe Simmons, a hit man ― or “looper” ― for the mob, circa 2044. Time travel isn’t possible in
Sept. 28, 2012
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A last hurrah at the 50th New York Film Festival
NEW YORK (AP) ― When the playwright Tony Kushner recently grabbed a microphone and sat down for a post-screening Q & A with a filmmaker and the film’s cast, he mumbled that he felt like Richard Pena.So central has Pena been to film in New York over the last 25 years that for many merely sitting in front of a movie screen here is likely to bring him to mind. As the programming director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and chairman of the New York Film Festival selection committee, he’s one o
Sept. 27, 2012
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Werewolf tale brings out beast in Song
Jo Sung-hee's upcoming film 'A Werewolf Boy' brings fantasy genre to local cinemaFor fans of Song Joong-ki, his upcoming film may come as a surprise. For local moviegoers, it will be a rare opportunity to see a one-of-a-kind film character never before shown in Korean cinema. Song, who is largely recognized for his pretty-boy looks, is returning as a beast, or a “wolf-boy” in director Jo Sung-hee’s upcoming fantasy romance “A Werewolf Boy.” The upcoming flick tells the story of a teenage girl Su
Sept. 27, 2012
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Pattinson and Stewart living together
U.S. actress Kristen Stewart and British actor Robert Pattinson are living together again after a two-month separation, a source told UsMagazine.com.The couple of three years parted in July after Stewart, 22, publicly admitted she cheated on Pattinson, 26, with her married 41-year-old "Snow White and the Huntsman" director, Rupert Sanders."They are living together and have reconciled," an insider
Sept. 27, 2012
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Busan film festival invites N. Korean director, actors
Organizers of South Korea‘s Busan film festival said Tuesday they have asked the director and cast of a North Korean romantic comedy to attend a screening of their movie, the first ever invitation made to the communist nation.Director Kim Gwang-hun and the cast of “Comrade Kim Goes Flying” have been invited to Asia’s top film festival to be held from Oct. 4 to 13, a festival spokeswoman told AFP.The comedy, which was co-directed by Nicholas Bonner of Britain and Anja Daelemans of Belgium and fil
Sept. 25, 2012
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Two genres mix in unique fortuneteller tale
Director Shin Jeong-won returns with comic-horror movie ‘Ghost Sweepers’One of the most anticipated local films this year was finally unveiled on Monday, mixing two seemingly irreconcilable genres for a unique fortuneteller tale featuring malicious ghosts and crime.“Ghost Sweepers” is director Shin Jeong-won’s ambitious project to create another film that belongs to his own, distinctive style, which he calls as the genre of “comic-horror.” The film, a fortuneteller tale taking place in Korea’s r
Sept. 25, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk to close screening of ‘Pieta’ as audience tops 500,000
South Korean director Kim Ki-duk said on Monday he will finish screening his internationally acclaimed film “Pieta” in South Korea by early next month to give more opportunities to other low-budget films as it has already drawn a large audience.“My infinitely dismal film ‘Pieta’ topped the 500,000 mark in audience members last weekend,” Kim said in an open letter sent through the film‘s local promotion company to his fans. “For me, the movie is as successful as a movie that obtained more than 5
Sept. 24, 2012
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‘Bittersweet Life’ set for remake
The Korean thriller, “Bittersweet Life,” which starred iconic actor Lee Byung-hun, is poised to be remade in Hollywood. Writer and director Kim Ji-woon’s 2005 crime thriller was about the turmoil involving family rivalries in the Korean mob.Allen Hughes, producer of the popular Jack the Ripper horror film “From Hell,” which starred Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Heather Graham, will be in charge of the film’s remake, according to an online news outlet. Huges also directed the post-apocalyptic
Sept. 23, 2012
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Spy (Korea)Opened Sept. 20Drama. Comedy. Action. Directed by Woo Min-ho. Agent Kim (Kim Myeong-min) is a typical family man who lives with his wife and two children, struggling with rising rent and low pay, which he earns from selling illegal Viagra imported from China. But, that is just a camouflage. For 22 years, Kim, a North Korean agent, has lived a double life, disguised as an ordinary man. After 10 years of not hearing from his mother country, brutal agent director Choi (Yoo Hae-jin) finds
Sept. 21, 2012
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‘The Master’: Much ado about not much
The first hour of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” contains some of the most rapturous filmmaking of the year.The time is post-World War II America. The streets gleam with hope and possibility. Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), an emotionally disturbed loner who already had trouble fitting in with his fellow sailors in the Navy, has landed a job as a portrait photographer at a swanky department store. The superb cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. (“Tetro,” “Youth Without Youth”) lights the se
Sept. 21, 2012
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Cinema box offices on course for record year
The number of movie tickets sold at domestic theaters is expected to hit a record high this year, thanks to the growing popularity of Korean films.According to the Korean Film Council, 128 million tickets were sold at movie theaters in the first eight months, an increase of 20.2 percent from the same period last year. If the number continues this trend for the rest of the year, the tally for all of 2012 will reach 180 million, a 13 percent increase from 160 million last year, officials said.The
Sept. 20, 2012
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Film festival opens in North Korea
PYONGYANG (AP) ― An international film festival opened Thursday in what may seem the unlikeliest of places: North Korea.Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival offers North Koreans their only chance to see a wide array of foreign films on the big screen ― from Britain, Germany and elsewhere (but not America). And it’s the only time foreigners are allowed into North Korean theaters to watch movies alongside locals.This year, festivalgoers will get the chance to see two fea
Sept. 20, 2012
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Hollywood stars to descend on San Sebastian film festival
Strong presence of U.S.-made films to bring a touch of glamour to festival of low-budget filmsMADRID (AFP) ― A galaxy of stars including John Travolta and Ewan McGregor will flock to the San Sebastian film festival which gets under way Friday in the northern Spanish coastal city.“This year is a bit special because it is the festival’s 60th anniversary. For this reason we have made a strong bet on major stars who can also bring glamour,” festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos told AFP.The festiva
Sept. 20, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta sees strong overseas sales
South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s new film “Pieta” has achieved many significant sales deals since its Golden Lion win at the Venice International Film Festival early this month, according to the film‘s sales agency.Pieta’s sales agency Finecut said on Thursday that it signed four deals to distribute the movie to foreign countries after receiving multiple bids for the rights during the recently closed Toronto International Film Festival.The deals are in addition to previously announced sales to
Sept. 20, 2012
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Korean films to be screened in New York art museum
A Korean film festival will open in New York this week to offer insight into contemporary Korean cinema to movie goers in the city, the event’s local sponsors said Tuesday.Twelve select films ranging from works by Korean film pioneer, late director Shin Sang-ok to the latest film by the world-acclaimed director Hong Sang-soo will be screened for the film festival at the Modern Art Museum (MoMA) on Sept. 19-30, Hyundai Card, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said in a release.Co-hosted by MoMA
Sept. 18, 2012