Controversial Director KIM Ki-duk Dies from COVID Complications

Two years after leaving Korea when a number of serious allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct were levelled against him, the controversial and award-winning filmmaker KIM Ki-duk met with an ignominious end in a Latvian hospital, where he succumbed to ...

MOON So-ri, LEE Yoo-young and More Join SF8 Anthology Series

Top film directors and stars have assembled for sci-fi anthology series SF8. The eight-part limited series is a joint project between the Directors Guild of Korea and the streaming platform Wavve and will begin airing on broadcast network MBC in August of this...

CHOI Soo-young of Girls’ Generation Lands First Lead Role

Kpop Singer to Star in Korea-Japan Co-Production MEMORIES OF A DEAD END CHOI Soo-young, a member of the world-renowned Kpop group Girls’ Generation, has signed on to play her first leading role in the upcoming Korean-Japanese co-production Memories of a Dead E...

PORORO THE LITTLE PENGUIN Launches Daily TV Broadcasts in Brazil

The Korean animated series Pororo the Little Penguin has made his way to Brazilian broadcast TV airwaves. Contents 360, which handles the license for the Pororo brand in Brazil, announced the computer-animated series began airing on Brazilian terrestrial broad...

Jikji in Drama

A new TV series will be made about Jikjisimcheyojeol (Jikji), the oldest movable metal print book in the world. Jikji (working title) will be produced by IMTV, the company behind SBS drama series Reunited Worlds and KBS drama series Spy (2015). The production ...

Busan MBC Documentary THE SUMMER IN IBARAKI Released in Tokyo

About Challenges of Teenagers of the Korean Traditional Culture Club The Summer in Ibaraki (directed by Jeon Sung-ho, 2015), documentary film produced by Busan MBC was released in Tokyo on April 14th. After it was invited to the Osaka Asian Film Festival in Ma...

OH Ji-ho and YOON Jin-seo to Play COFFEE MATES

Melodrama Shoot Expected to last 2 Months OH Ji-ho’s agency revealed on the 25th that he will next appear in the film Coffee Mate (translated title) alongside YOON Jin-seo. The film is a melodrama about two people who meet in a cafe. Wielding the megaphone f...

PARK Yoo-chun Takes on Voiceover Duties for Documentary

JYJ Singer Narrates THE PIANO before Enlisting Young star PARK Yoo-chun, a member of the popular boy band JYJ, lent his voice to the upcoming documentary The Piano, the tale of a young blind pianist, before beginning his mandatory military service. Born wit...