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[INTERVIEW] 'I don't like macho type'

Actress Oh Yeon-seo captured the zeitgeist of the #MeToo era, when she declared, “I don't like a macho type. “I like someone who is kind and attentive to my needs,” the actress said in a recent interview with four reporters ahead of the release of her latest movie “Cheese in the Trap” last week. Oh wants to see more women star in and direct movies that change female stereotyp...

Movies | 2018-03-15 09:36

[INTERVIEW] Park Hae-jin survives THAAD fallout

Actor Park Hae-jin’s popularity seems strong enough to weather the THAAD fallouts. The 34-year-old actor, who starred in a romantic comedy “Cheese in the Trap,” which hit local theaters on Wednesday, became the first Korean to start a video channel on Weibo, thanks to his huge popularity in both Korea and China. By request of the largest social media network in China, Park wi...

Movies | 2018-03-14 17:08

Actor Park Hae-jin to plant trees in China to help combat fine dust

62% of actresses, female film workers sexually harassed: survey

Six out of 10 actresses and other women working in the film industry have fallen victim to sexual harassment by their male colleagues, a survey showed, fueling the #MeToo campaign that is shaking Korean society to its core. The Korean Film Council and the Women in Film Korea revealed this based on a survey of 749 workers, including actresses, female writers and film crew memb...

Movies | 2018-03-13 15:30

YouTuber's revelations of sexual humiliation go viral

Winning speech in 'Darkest Hour'

"Those who never change their minds, never change anything." This was what Winston Churchill said when a fellow congressman remarked, "You've changed your mind, Winston," after Churchill, who had just become Prime Minister of United Kingdom (in 1940), gave an overwhelming speech at the Houses of Parliament stating that Britain would never give in (to Nazi Germany).

Movies | 2018-03-13 15:25

Director debuts with thriller 'The Vanished'

Lee Chang-hee, 34, director of the thriller “The Vanished,” currently topping the local box office, says it took nearly two decades to make his feature film debut since he made up his mind to become a director. “Watching my first short film, which was 29 minutes long, I felt like my 29-year life was being judged. Now seeing my first feature film, I feel as if my whole life de...

Movies | 2018-03-12 21:15

'I want to be remembered as multi-entertainer'

Lee Seung-gi, 31, who was previously nicknamed “nation’s little brother,” has successfully left that image behind and moved on. After being discharged from mandatory military service as a special warfare command officer last October, Lee has been working around the clock.

Movies | 2018-03-11 18:27

Box Office Rankings

Domestic; United States

Movies | 2018-03-08 13:59

What Happened to Monday? In a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, resourceful identical septuplets (Naomi Rapace) must avoid government execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own. Directed by Tommy Wirkola. The Florida ProjectSet over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moon...

Movies | 2018-03-08 13:53

Award-winning filmmaker faces sex offense allegations

Award-winning filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, 57, has fallen from grace after several actresses made shocking revelations about his sexual misconduct. According to MBC's investigative program “PD Notebook,” Kim is a habitual sex offender who abused his power as a film director to satisfy his sexual desires.

Movies | 2018-03-07 16:03

Today's #MeToo roundup (March 8)

Film director Kim Ki-duk faces new #MeToo claims

MBC TV's investigative news show "PD's Notepad" on Tuesday exposed more dirt on alleged sexual misconduct involving Kim and actor Cho Jae-hyun, who has frequently appeared in the famed director's films, through interviews with three actresses. The revelations are the latest as the Me Too movement is spreading across South Korea's male-dominated society with more and more vict...

Movies | 2018-03-07 11:27

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