SEOUL– South Korea’s stage musicals have joined hands with gukak, or Korean traditional music, to meet the rising demand of Korean people for diversified cross-genre shows.Musical “Pan” has been gaining more-than-expected popularity since it premiered…
SEOUL– Netflix’s Korean-language original films will be screened in theaters next month as part of industry-wide efforts to overcome the pandemic-led slump, a local multiplex operator said Wednesday.GJ CGV, South Korea’s biggest multiplex chain, said …
SEOUL– The South Korean entertainment scene is expected to experience a heated-up competition this fall among breakout A-list celebrities who will return to the small screen after years of absence.JTBC will open up the “star wars” with the melodrama “…
SEOUL– An airplane of the same jet type as that of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was spotted flying to the eastern part of the country, an aviation tracker said.According to Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, North Korean carrier Air Koryo’s …
SEOUL– Korean movies have been increasingly drawing interest from global production studios and streaming platforms for local adaptations amid the rising presence of Korean content in the world’s show business.”The Villainess,” directed by Jeong Byeon…
SEOUL– Disgraced former K-pop superstar Park Yoo-chun has been embroiled in a dispute over a double contract with his new agency.The singer and actor, who was also a member of K-pop group JYJ, announced his official retirement from show business after…
SEOUL– The webcomic arm of South Korea’s top portal operator, Naver Corp., said Wednesday it will expand cooperation with the agency of K-pop sensation BTS and other companies to create new original content.Webtoon Entertainment said it will create va…
SEOUL– South Korean superband BTS has been nominated in five categories at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, including “Song of the Year” for its megahit “Dynamite,” the U.S. TV station said Wednesday (local time).This year, the annual awards show w…
SEOUL– North Korea’s state-run TV station began to air recorded footage of the Tokyo Olympic Games two days after its closing ceremony.On Tuesday, the Korean Central Television aired a women’s soccer match between the United Kingdom and Chile three we…
SEOUL– Superband BTS on Friday unveiled its much-awaited new song “Permission to Dance,” the act’s second collaboration with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.The pop-disco track, co-written with Sheeran as well as high-profile producers, like Stev…
SEOUL– When director Banjong Pisanthanakun saw the South Korean action thriller “The Chaser” (2008) directed by Na Hong-jin at an art festival in Bangkok about five years ago, he became a big fan of the Korean filmmaker.In a meeting with Na after the …
SEOUL– Only two homegrown movies made the top 10 in the local box office over the first six months of this year, while the Hollywood actioner “F9″ became the biggest hit in South Korea, data showed Saturday.”F9,” the latest chapter in the “Fast and Fu…