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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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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Box office: Finding Mr. Right, Blue is the Warmest Color, The Attorney
Finding Mr. Right (China), Opening Jan. 1Romance. Comedy. Directed by Xue Xialou. Jiajia (Tang Wei), a pregnant woman from Beijing, arrives in Seattle to have her rich, married lover’s baby. Upon her arrival in the U.S., she heads to an illegal but comfortable maternity house run by a Taiwanese lady, where she intends to stay until the baby is born. For the first few months, Jiajia continues to enjoy her lavish lifestyle, thanks to her “unlimited” credit card provided by her lover back in China
Dec. 27, 2013
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CG effects do battle in 3-D ‘Dinosaurs’
Dinosaurs rule the earth in this big-budget 3-D feature update of the late ’90s TV show.A supersized riff on the acclaimed BBC series of the same name, “Walking with Dinosaurs” takes rewarding advantage of a much bigger budget and state-of-the-art technology to bring its impressive collection of Cretaceous creatures to vivid life.But while the walking part’s pretty impressive, the talking part ― not so much.Apparently convinced that the film’s young target audience wouldn’t be sufficiently engag
Dec. 27, 2013
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Period blockbusters to fill silver screens next year
The Korean film industry attained a meaningful achievement this year by selling more than 200 million tickets for the first time in history. Following this year’s success, the country’s major film producers recently announced their lineups for 2014. And it seems like local moviegoers will be bombarded with period blockbusters next year.Some of the most anticipated films of 2014 are period dramas, including Cannes-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon’s upcoming martial arts flick “Hyeopnyeo” and “Battle
Dec. 26, 2013
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Italian ‘Slave’ posters pulled amid racism claims
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The U.S. studio behind Golden Globe-nominated historical drama “12 Years a Slave,” has asked the film’s Italian distributors to withdraw posters which triggered an online storm over alleged racism.Lionsgate did not specify why it was asking for the publicity material to be pulled, but a source linked to the Italian distributors said they were in the process of removing “unauthorized” posters of the movie, tipped for glory in Hollywood’s annual awards season.The Italian poster
Dec. 25, 2013
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Tang Wei returns to Korean theaters as pregnant woman
Chinese actress Tang Wei has a huge fan base in Korea, especially after the release of her 2010 film “Late Autumn,” in which she co-starred with popular Korean actor Hyun Bin.In the romance film directed by Korean director Kim Tae-yong ― the film is also a remake of Korean director Lee Man-hee’s iconic 1966 movie of the same title ― Tang starred as Anna, a Chinese-American prisoner who murdered her husband years ago and is released from jail for three days to attend her mother’s funeral in Seatt
Dec. 25, 2013
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Pomp, amoral ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ is rich, humorous
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Digging into deep-pocket gluttony, Martin Scorsese’s dark comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street” highlights a world rich in drugs, fast cars and private jets. The American dream is amplified, yet those indulging in it are never satisfied.In the film’s opening segment, trading tycoon Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, declares, “Money is the best drug. It makes you a better person.” This was the motto fueling a host of hustling stockbrokers in the late 1980s and early 1990s
Dec. 24, 2013
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Lawrence tops AP entertainer list
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The battle for AP entertainer of the year came down to the Girl on Fire and the Queen of Twerk.Jennifer Lawrence edged out Miley Cyrus by one vote in the Associated Press’ annual survey of its newspaper and broadcast members and subscribers for Entertainer of the Year.There were 70 ballots submitted by U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to consider who had the most influence on entertainment and culture in 2013.Lawrence won 15 votes. Cyrus had 14. Netflix was a
Dec. 24, 2013
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‘The Attorney’ attracts more than 540,000 in single day, sets record
“The Attorney,” loosely based on the early years of the late President Roh Moo-hyun, set a Korean box office record for attracting more than 540,000 movie goers on Saturday, the highest gross attendance for a single day in December.According to the Korean Film Council, the directorial debut film of webtoon artist Yang Woo-seok drew 541,614 movie watchers on the day, far outnumbering its competitors “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and “About Time,” which marked 151,839 and 132,722, respecti
Dec. 22, 2013
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Box Office: The Attorney , The Hobbit, Way Back Home
The Attorney Opened Dec. 18Drama. Directed by Yang Woo-seokIn 1981, Busan-based tax lawyer Song Woo-seok ends up defending young students who have been tortured for possession of “illegal” literature and suspicion of being communist sympathizers. Before getting involved in the case, Song had been very successful as a tax lawyer, but his experience defending the young men makes him consider specializing in human rights cases. The movie is loosely based on late President Roh Moo-hyun’s early years
Dec. 20, 2013
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Spike Jonze opens up about ‘Her’ ― sort of
Spike Jonze is reluctant to call his new film “Her” ― a melancholy romance about a man who falls in love with a sentient, learning and loving operating system ― “science fiction.”He doesn’t want to talk about technology and the modest leap it makes from our cloud- and smart phone-obsessed present to a digitally romantic future.“It’s not about technology,” he says. Then he corrects himself. “It is, obviously, ‘about’ technology. Just not to me. It’s such a big idea ― that you could, one day, have
Dec. 20, 2013
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Film on Roh Moo-hyun tops box office
A film inspired by former President Roh Moo-hyun has topped the local box office in just the first two days since its release, according to data released by the Korean Film Council on Friday.The data showed that “The Attorney” drew some 372,256 viewers on Wednesday and Thursday. The fictional film also accounted for 34.6 percent of movie reservations for this weekend, followed by Hollywood blockbuster film “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” which only took 15.4 percent of reservations.The fil
Dec. 20, 2013
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‘Mary Poppins’ among 25 U.S. films to be preserved
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Just in time for a new movie about the making of “Mary Poppins,” the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at the Library of Congress so future generations of Americans can see it.On Wednesday, the library inducted 25 films into the National Film Registry to be preserved for their cultural, historical or cinematic significance. This year’s selections include Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” the space race film “The Ri
Dec. 19, 2013
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‘Love Child’ to shed light on Korea’s ‘wired’ society at Sundance
As the world’s most wired nation, Korea is hard-pressed to adapt itself under the ever-so-rapidly progressing merger of the online and offline worlds. With one of the highest numbers of smartphone users and where online game rooms are on almost every corner, Korea has become one of the leading forces in global technology. Valerie Veatch, an American director, writer, editor and producer, came to Korea for the first time in 2012 for the sole purpose of attempting to capture the extent of technolo
Dec. 19, 2013
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[Graphic News] 200 million go to the movies
More than 200 million people were expected to have watched films in theaters this year as of Wednesday, setting a record in Korean cinema history. Last year, a total of 194,890,587 people hit theaters to watch films in Korea. Korean films alone attracted 118,160,000 viewers this year, exceeding last year’s record of 114,613,190. The market share of Korean movies also reached 59.1 percent this year, surpassing that of foreign films, which stood at 40.9 percent. This year saw releases of English-l
Dec. 18, 2013
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Korean theaters welcome 200m viewers this year
More than 200 million tickets have been sold in movie theaters this year as of Wednesday, according to the state-run Korean Film Council. It is the first time that Korean theaters welcomed such a high number of local viewers.Last year, a total of 194,890,587 people hit theaters to watch films in Korea. Korean films alone attracted 118,160,000 viewers this year, exceeding last year’s record of 114,613,190. The market share of Korean movies also reached 59.1 percent in 2013, surpassing that of for
Dec. 18, 2013
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Korean animated film to open in North America
A new South Korean 3-D animated film will open at 3,000 theaters in North America next month, making it the biggest release ever for a Korean movie, the culture ministry said Tuesday.“The Nutjob” is set to open on Jan. 17, 2014, through Open Road Films, a major United States movie distributor, after four years of co-production with Canada, the ministry said in a release.The 45 billion won ($42.8 million) movie depicts the adventure of Seolli the squirrel and his friends who raid a peanut store i
Dec. 17, 2013
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Cameron to film three Avatar sequels in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (AFP) ― Director James Cameron announced Monday he will film three sequels to his record-breaking epic “Avatar” in New Zealand after striking a deal with the government for increased production subsidies.Cameron said the movies, with a combined budget of at least NZ$500 million ($415 million), would be shot back-to-back and released from late 2016.Aside from an increased subsidy that will account for up to 25 percent of the films’ budget, Cameron said New Zealand offered highly skille
Dec. 16, 2013
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Korean film industry set to surpass 200 million mark this year
The number of moviegoers is expected to break the 200 million mark this year, the Korean Film Commission said on Monday. The commission said local movie theaters sold 199.3 million tickets as of Dec. 15 and the figure would likely exceed 200 million by the end of this week, based on the average ticket sales on weekdays. Korean movies performed strongly this year, securing close to a 60 percent share in competition against big-budget Hollywood films.“Miracle in Cell No.7” emerged as the biggest K
Dec. 16, 2013
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Cameron to shoot 3 'Avatar' sequels in New Zealand
James Cameron will be returning to New Zealand to film three sequels to ``Avatar,'' his enormously popular movie about the blue inhabitants of Pandora.The director made the announcement Monday in the capital Wellington with producer Jon Landau and Prime Minister John Key. The films will be made by Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox.``Avatar,'' released in 2009 and shot in New Zealand, won three Academy Awards and is the highest-grossing film in history, with an international box
Dec. 16, 2013
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Box Office: The Hobbit, Way Back Home, The Fake
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Opened Dec. 12 Adventure. Drama. Fantasy. Directed by Peter JacksonHobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) join 13 dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to travel into the Kingdom of Erebor. The group is on a mission to defeat the fierce and greedy dragon Smaug in order to reclaim the dwarves’ homeland, Erebor. The dwarves were once prosperous and lived with great wealth but their kingdom was sacked by Smaug,
Dec. 13, 2013