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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Actor Kim Soo-hyun returns to screen as a goofy N.K. spy
The first teaser trailer for the Korean movie “Eunmilhage, Widaehagae (Discreetly, Greatly)" starring Kim Soo-hyun was unveiled on Wednesday.The 30-second trailer showed the hallyu star as a fierce North Korean spy disguised as the town fool, wandering around a neighborhood in Seoul on a great mission.Kim plays the part of Won Ryu-hwan, an elite spy who beat out 20,000 competitors to be dispatched to South Korea with two other colleagues as special agents.The movie tells the story of the three e
April 17, 2013
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Korea promises better working conditions for film workers
From as early as June, domestic film crews will be able to join social insurance policies, and receive a “standardized” payroll and technical training. Companies that do not abide by the guidelines will be banned from releasing their films and will be excluded from government investment, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday at the signing of the agreement between the Korean Film Council and the Federation of Korean Movie Workers’ Union, and Lotte Entertainment, Show Box, Next
April 16, 2013
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Bae Doo-na stars in new film by Wachowski siblings
South Korean actress Bae Doo-na has joined the cast of Lana and Andy Wachowski’s upcoming sci-fi movie, “Jupiter Ascending.”In an interview with a local magazine, Bae said she was once again starring in the Wachowskis’ film after successfully making it into the Hollywood scene with the siblings’ previous flick “Cloud Atlas.” She said she felt more comfortable working with them this time.The new sci-fi adventure film, written and directed by the Wachoski siblings, features Mila Kunis (“Oz the Gr
April 16, 2013
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Hollywood buys rights to remake ‘New World’
Korean gangster film “New World” will have a Hollywood remake, according to the film’s Korean distributor Next Entertainment World.NEW said it recently signed a deal with Vertigo Entertainment, a production company located in Beverly Hills, California, to create the remake. The thriller was released in North America in late March, following its Korean release in February.Screenwriter Will Fetters, who is working on Clint Eastwood’s next project “A Star is Born,” will be writing the script, NEW s
April 15, 2013
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Police thriller ‘Cold War’ heats up Hong Kong Film Awards
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Police action thriller “Cold War” swept the Hong Kong Film Awards on Saturday, carrying off nine prizes including the best actor gong for veteran star Tony Leung Ka-fai.The film, about two rival officers’ struggle to run a hostage rescue operation, also took best film, best director and best screenplay at the glamorous event considered to be Hong Kong’s equivalent of the Academy Awards.“It’s because of this group of such fine performers that we have been successful in producing
April 14, 2013
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Box Office: Norigae, Fist of Legend, Broken City
Opening April 18Drama. Directed by Choi Seung-ho. The beautiful young actress Jung Ji-hae (Min Ji-hyeon) dies and the media rails against the sexual bribery rampant in the entertainment industry. With the victim dead, the accused are the only ones left in court, rendering the trial useless. The young actress had been taken advantage of by a film director and producer who is successful in the entertainment business. As he is an important man in the industry, people decline to testify. Lee Jang-ho
April 12, 2013
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‘42’ takes on an epic and epochal story and doesn’t blow it
Earnest, righteous, historically accurate and often entertaining, writer-director Brian Helgeland’s “42” is pretty much all you could hope for in a Jackie Robinson film biography.Minus the excitement, which given how well-known Robinson’s story is to baseball fans, is no cardinal sin. And the cast is more adequate than thrilling.It’s the sort of story that you find yourself hoping they don’t screw up ― that the baseball will be convincing, that the racism isn’t watered down, that the actor playi
April 12, 2013
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‘Amelie’ actress Tautou to host Cannes opening, closing ceremonies
PARIS (AFP) ― French actress Audrey Tautou, best known for the 2001 film “Amelie,” will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival next month, one of the organizers said on Tuesday.The opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival will take place on May 15 with the closing ceremony on May 26, pay-TV operator Canal+ said.Director Steven Spielberg has already been announced as the head of the festival jury.“Amelie,” set in Montmartre, was a critical and box office succ
April 10, 2013
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Fans get early look at ‘Elysium’ footage
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The year is 2154, and Earth belongs to the poor. The wealthiest citizens live on “Elysium,’’ an idyllic, disease-free utopia they built in space.On Monday, a few hundred film fans in Los Angeles, Berlin and Sao Paolo got an early look at the future home of the wealthiest 1 percent as imagined by “District 9’’ writer-director Neill Blomkamp.The South African-born director showed about 10 minutes of footage from the anticipated film during a special screening. Matt Damon, who st
April 9, 2013
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Late-night network shows still a white men’s club
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The role of female talk show hosts in late-night TV broadcast network history, all 50-plus years of it, can be summed up in two words: Joan Rivers. It takes just another two ―Arsenio Hall ― to do the same for minorities.There’s no indication that’s going to change in the latest round of musical chairs involving “Tonight’’ and “Late Night.’’ All the NBC, ABC and CBS showcase jobs at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and later appear likely to remain securely in white men’s hands.Jay Leno is h
April 7, 2013
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Spanish film director Bigas Luna dies at 67
MADRID (AP) ― Spanish film director Josep Joan Bigas Luna, who discovered actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem and whose 1992 movie “Jamon, Jamon’’ launched their careers, has died in northeast Spain, aged 67.News agency Europa Press and Spanish state broadcaster RTVE, citing members of the director’s family, said Bigas Luna died early Saturday at his home in Riera de Gaia after a long battle with cancer.Bigas Luna was born in Barcelona on March 19, 1946, and became one of Spain’s most influen
April 7, 2013
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Box Office: Iron Man 3, Norigae, Running Man
Iron Man 3Opening April 25Action. Science Fiction. Adventure. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), a self-described genius and billionaire, finds his world destroyed at the hands of his enemy, the Mandarin. With his suit of armor Stark must fight to protect that which he loves. In his ultimate quest to find those responsible, Stark is left with even more challenges and limitations -- he is alone, and all that he has left are his own devices. Relying solely on his ingenuity and instincts, Tony struggl
April 5, 2013
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‘Evil Dead’ remake is a humorless gorefest
Relentless, pitiless, bloody and intense ― that’s the remake of Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead.”But is this “Evil Dead” (they dropped the “The” in the title) any good? Yes and no. It has several genuinely hair-raising moments and presents, for your edification and enjoyment, some of the most graphic horror violence ever presented on the screen.But Fede Alvarez’s homage to the original “Cabin in the Woods” tale lacks the offhanded goofiness, the brittle jokes ― visual and otherwise ― of young people,
April 5, 2013
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Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies at age 70
Roger Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded America's most influential thumb, died Thursday. He was 70.Ebert, who had been a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, his office said. Only a day earlier, he announced on his blog that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence
April 5, 2013
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Film director Martin Scorsese appeals for ‘visual literacy’
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Film director Martin Scorsese urged Americans on Monday to pay greater heed to “visual literacy” and to embrace their rich cinema heritage before it literally fades away.Scorsese appealed for a greater national commitment to film restoration and preservation when he delivered the annual Jefferson humanities lecture at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.Like never before, people today are buffeted by images, said the 70-year-old Oscar-winning direc
April 4, 2013
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Western indie filmmakers look East
HONG KONG (AFP) ― A growing band of European filmmakers are realizing their cinematic ambitions in the East, lured by a healthy box-office, investment prospects and the potential for more eye-catching stories.Leading the pack is Welsh-director Gareth Evans, whose Indonesia-shot action flick “The Raid” picked up $15 million in global takings last year on a budget of around $1 million. Evans is now filming a sequel.“The growing size of the Asian market is obviously a source of motivation,” said Fr
April 2, 2013
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Cutting-edge 3-D film revives a Warsaw lost to war
WARSAW (AFP) ― Nazi bombs left Warsaw as little more than a smouldering heap of rubble at the end of World War II. Now, nearly seventy years later, the charm of the pre-war Polish capital dubbed the “Paris of the north” has been brought back to life for the first time thanks to a new film, using three-dimensional computer imaging.Whether from the eye of an eagle soaring over the skyline, a pigeon flying down city streets, or passengers on a tram, “Warszawa 1935” invites viewers into the lush squ
April 1, 2013
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‘G.I. Joe’ No. 1 at U.S. box office with $41 million
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― After a nine-month delay, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation’’ deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne “The Rock’’ Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum as the gun-toting military toys brought to life marched into the No. 1 position at the weekend box office, earning $41.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Retaliation’’ opened Wednesday at midnight, which helped bring its domestic total to $51.7 million.Paramount postponed the sequel to
April 1, 2013
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Box Office
Iron Man 3Opening April 25Action. Science Fiction. Adventure. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), a self-described genius and billionaire, finds his world destroyed at the hands of his enemy, the Mandarin. With his suit of armor Stark must fight to protect his world. In his ultimate quest to find those responsible for destroying his world, Stark is left with even more challenges and limitations -- he is alone, and all that he has left are his own devices. Relying solely on his ingenuity and instinct
March 29, 2013
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A sci-fi love triangle plumbs ideas of self in ‘The Host’
Max Irons and Jake Abel are chasing each other up and down a hallway at the Ritz-Carlton while Stephenie Meyer looks on with a maternal smile.They’re blowing off steam after a solid block of media appearances to promote their new film, “The Host,” an adaptation of Meyer’s 2008 best-seller. The film, Meyer’s follow-up to the blockbuster “Twilight series,” opens Friday.The actors ― either of whom could give Robert Pattinson a run for his money as a movie heartthrob ― form two sides of a very pecul
March 29, 2013