The League of Legends Champions Korea 2022 Spring final returns to esports fans and spectators face-to-face at the country’s largest convention center, Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, just northwest of Seoul. In compliance with social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the last five final matches have been livestreamed. LCK announced it would close this year’s spring s...

Webtoon “Money Game” and its sequel “Pie Game” are being reproduced into an eight-part drama series in Korea, starring singer and actor IU, actors Ryu Jun-yeol and Park Jeong-min.

Former Navy special warfare officer Rhee Keun, who recently left South Korea to fight as a volunteer soldier in the war in Ukraine, said in an Instagram post that he is alive in Ukraine. Denying recent rumors about his death after the Russian Defense Ministry’s announcement that around 180 pro-Ukrainian volunteer soldiers on Ukrainian training bases had been killed, Rhee posted “I’m alive” via s...

Viewers can continue their quiet contemplation even after leaving the building, strolling around the calm Mirror Pond and taking a seat at an old Korean pavilion called Cheongjajeong. A five-minute walk from Exit No. 2 and No. 3 of Ichon Station on Subway Line No. 4, the National Museum of Korea has extended hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when they are open through 9:00 p.m. Photos by Park ...

To add its own flair to the original animation, the Tving series will introduce a new character, Kang Jin-ah, a detective played by veteran actor Chae Jung-ahn, according to Tving. The 12-part series will be released exclusively on Tving on March 18. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

The 13 works will be whittled down to six for the shortlist announced on April 7, with the final winner to be announced May 26. Prize money of 50,000 pounds ($65,000) will be shared equally by the author and the translator. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Taean World Tulip Flower Festival The World Tulip Flower Festival is scheduled to run from April 9 to May 9 at Korea Flower Park in Taean, South Chungcheong Province. Some 200 types of flowers, including flamingo, lambada, red proud tulip and more, will be on full display. On-hand experiences, like a flower planting program, will not be offered at this year’s event to prevent any spread of COV...

Cable channel JTBC broke ranks by conducting its own exit poll and integrating AI technologies to resurrect deceased former Presidents Park Chung-hee, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun. However, the effort was not enough to win viewers’ hearts or eyeballs, as the show recorded a viewership rating of 3.02 percent, according to Nielsen Korea. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Including the celebrities who cast their ballots in the early voting that took place March 4-5, many entertainers used their star power to call on people to vote in Wednesday’s presidential election. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

In response to the huge popularity of the pilot episode of “Seoul Check-In,” which topped local streaming platform Tving’s most popular shows chart on the day of its premiere Jan. 29, K-pop star Lee Hyo-ri is scheduled to return in April with a regular season of the show. Helmed by television director Kim Tae-ho, who was behind two of South Korea’s longest-running and most successful variety sho...

Actor Koo kyo-hwan, 39, who rose to fame with Netflix’s military suspense drama “D.P.,” is returning to the small screen in Tving’s supernatural thriller “Monstrous,” one of the service’s most anticipated works in the first half of the year. The series depicts a small village where a cursed Buddha statue appears. A number of supernatural incidents follow as the world turns increasingly dystopian...

Pro gamer Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok of T1 made solid his position as an undisputed superstar and a living legend of the decade-old League of Legends Champions Korea, reprising his former LCK winning streak and setting a slew of other remarkable in-game records. With T1 reaching 14 consecutive victories after defeating KT Rolster in a match Sunday, Faker repeated the winning streak record that he se...

Both MBC and SBS will not air their respective hit programs, “Radio Star” and “Kick a Goal.” MBC’s drama “The Second Husband,” “Live Today Eveninig,” SBS’ “While You’re Hooked” and “Live Today” will not air this week. While the three major broadcasters are holding a joint election exit poll as in previous elections, cable channel JTBC is conducting a separate exit poll for the first time this y...

The 10-part series ranked ninth place as of Saturday on the global Netflix chart, according to the US-based streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Youn Yuh-jung, the 93rd Oscar-winning actress of US film “Minari,” will return to the Academy Awards later this month. Youn, who won the best supporting actress award in 2021 for her portrayal of an eccentric grandmother in “Minari,” will join former winners and nominees to present at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony slated for March 27. The first slate of presenters includes American actors Ke...