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Mon, October 23, 2017 | 22:20

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'Star Next Door' offers fun on Chuseok

Actress Han Chae-young returns to the big screen for comedy film “The Star Next Door,” targeting audiences during the Chuseok long holidays from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9. “The Star Next Door” is about star actress Hye-mi, played by Han, living next door to her daughter So-eun, played by Jin Ji-hee. So-eun has to keep it secret that Hye-mi is her mother and they are neighbors. But t...

Movies | 2017-09-13 17:16

Terrific year for Jeonju Cinema Projects

The release of “The Poet and the Boy” on September 14 coinciding with its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, which is currently taking place underscores the success of Jeonju Cinema Projects this year. Since 2014, each year the Jeonju International Film Festival supports three features, which then premiere at the festival that takes place annually at the end of April or the beginning of May. Prior to 2014, the festival produced a set of three shorts and combined them into an omnibus film, but the decision to finance features has paid dividends. In 2014, all three features G...

Movies | 2017-09-13 17:06

SBS chairman's resignation raises questions

Yoon Se-young, founder and chairman of SBS TV, has offered to step down, raising questions over the motive behind his sudden resignation. He has been accused of having given pro-government directions to employees under the previous Lee Myung-bak and Park Gyun-hye administrations. The largest shareholder of the main broadcaster, Yoon said Monday that he will step down as chair...

Dramas & TV shows | 2017-09-12 18:26

CineMat adds authentic taste to films

A prominent foreign social media user joined hands with a local CGV theater to offer a special monthly event marrying cinema and cuisine. “CineMat” is a monthly event offering an international food-related film followed by a meal featuring food from the film catered by a local international restaurant. Following the meal, a panel discussion takes place with food and culture e...

Movies | 2017-09-12 16:51

'Infinite Challenge' off air after 5 years as broadcasters' strike continues

As the union members of the two major public broadcasters KBS and MBC are on strike at the same time, both union and management have shown no signs of dialogue in the past week. The broadcasters’ all-out strike and production boycott are expected to continue. With no apparent party to mediate between both sides, the unions uphold their claim that they will come to the dialogu...

Dramas & TV shows | 2017-09-11 18:59

Veteran singers all out to promote indie bands

Veteran pop singer Lee Seung-hwan has joined hands with CJ Culture Foundation to promote indie musicians and his first collaboration will be held Oct. 21 at YES24 LiveHall with rocker trio iamnot. Lee picked iamnot as a frontrunner of this project to hold a solo concert, where the band is given a mission to fill up the 2,000 seats at the event hall. The band vocalist and guit...

Music | 2017-09-11 18:24

Koreans seize major prizes at global music competitions

Korean musicians are winning prizes at major global music competitions. After pianist Sohn Jeung-beum won first prize at the respected 66th German classical music competition, the ARD Music Competition, Friday, as the first Korean to win in the category, other Korean musicians have followed, clinching victory in other categories and competitions.

Music | 2017-09-11 16:24

Korean pianist wins German music competition

A 26-year-old Korean pianist won first prize at the respected German classical music competition, ARD Music Competition, Friday (local time). Sohn Jeung-beum is the first Korean to win in the piano category in the history of the competition which began in 1952 in Munich, Germany. The ARD is the largest classical music competition in Germany and had its 66th anniversary this y...

Music | 2017-09-10 16:10

'A Taxi Driver' 10th most-watched film in Korean history

The Korean movie “A Taxi Driver,” a semi-fictional story based on the Gwangju massacre on May 18, 1980, has attracted 12 million viewers, making it the nation’s 10th most watched film. The film reached the landmark on Saturday afternoon, 39 days after its release, according to data from Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS). The movie is still popular _ 400,000 saw it ...

Movies | 2017-09-10 16:05

Filmmaker Kim Ki-duk dies at 83

Movie director Kim Ki-duk, best known for his 1964 film “Barefooted Youth” (1964), died of lung cancer, Thursday. He was 83 years old. Kim was diagnosed with lung cancer and has been fighting the disease since last April. Kim was born in Seoul in 1934 and first debuted with his film “Five Marines” in 1961, going on to produce 60 movies in 16 years.

Movies | 2017-09-08 18:20

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