SEOUL– Scanline VFX, a subsidiary of Netflix, will invest US$100 million in South Korea over the next six years to build special visual effects facilities in a move that will help turn the country into an Asian hub for high-tech content creation, Seou…
SEOUL– As the South Korean movie industry is on its way to get out of the yearslong COVID-19 pandemic, sequels to hit local films are spearheading the move to bring moviegoers back to theaters.Released Wednesday, the Korean action comedy “The Roundup,…
SEOUL– Hollywood blockbuster “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” surpassed 5 million admissions Tuesday, data showed.The latest Marvel Studios’ flick hit the milestone at 7:20 a.m., on the 13th day of its theatrical release in South Korea, a…
SEOUL– South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), one of the three biggest pop music honors in the United States, Billboard said.The septet won top duo or group, top song sales artist and top selling so…
SEOUL– Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber Rhee Keun, who left for Ukraine in March to join the war against Russia, said he is combating in the war against Russia on the front line, rejecting various rumors about him.His illegal entry to Ukraine has spurred var…
SEOUL– At this year’s Cannes Film Festival set to kick off next week, two Korean films — “Decision to Leave” by renowned director Park Chan-wook and “Broker” by award-winning Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda — will compete for the top honor of Palm…
A rising K-pop star from Oklahoma, AleXa, was declared the winner of “American Song Contest” on Monday, becoming the first K-pop artist to win a major U.S. audition program.“American Song Contest” is NBC’s music competition series featuring 56 contende…
SEOUL– K-pop supergroup BTS will not attend the upcoming 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) even though it is highly likely to bring home multiple prizes, sources in the music industry said Monday.The sources said the septet has recently decided not …
SEOUL– Le Sserafim, the first girl group from K-pop powerhouse Hybe, has recorded the most first-week sales of any debut album by girl groups in South Korea ever, the group’s management agency said Monday.”Fearless,” the group’s first EP released last…
Kang Soo-youn, an iconic movie star of the 1980s and 1990s who brought home the country’s first acting award from the Venice film festival, died Saturday, two days after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 55.The actress’ family said Kang died of a cer…
K-pop superstar Psy’s new song “That That” has entered the British Official Singles chart following its domination of major domestic music charts.The song, which was released April 29, debuted at No. 61 on the Official Singles Chart Top 100 dated May 6…
SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, May 6. The First International Culinary Festival in Shusha is a great holiday, which became possible through our glorious Victory [achieved in the second Karabakh war], People’s Artist, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary o…