Korea Times K-Culture Reporter
Baek Byung-yeul is a journalist at The Korea Times focused on cultural content, including films and cultural events in South Korea. You can contact him at baekby@koreatimes.co.kr to share your insights.
Korean occult movie "Dark Nuns," starring Song Hye-kyo of the Netflix series "The Glory," is gaining immense popularity overseas, even attracting over 1 million viewers in Indonesia.
Bong Joon-ho and Hong Sang-soo, two of Korea’s most celebrated film directors, will showcase their latest works at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday, to meet with film enthusiasts across the globe.
Two individuals suspected of running illegal video streaming sites in Vietnam have been apprehended, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday.
With many films failing to break even at the box office, Korean studios are opting for a quick release on streaming platform, especially Netflix, to minimize losses. This trend further diminishes the incentive for audiences to visit theaters, creating a vicious cycle, according to industry officials, Friday.
Song Dae-kwan, a trot music legend, the genre popular among middle-aged and older Korean listeners, died Friday. He was 78.
K-pop girl group NewJeans, unable to use the name after declaring the termination of its contract with agency Ador, revealed the new team name NJZ on Friday. The group also said that it would perform in front of fans through a Hong Kong concert in March.
Anthony Mackie steps into the spotlight with a fresh take on Captain America in Marvel Studios' latest film, "Captain America: Brave New World." As Sam Wilson, previously known as Falcon, Mackie takes up the iconic shield, marking a shift in the Marvel Cinematic Universe previously dominated by Chris Evans' portrayal of Steve Rogers.
Netflix aims to solidify its streaming service leadership with various series, shows and movies this year, including the highly anticipated "Squid Game" Season 3, "Culinary Class Wars" Season 2 and "Physical: Asia" featuring the Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao.
Yoon Sung-hyun, director of Coupang Play's upcoming zombie drama "Newtopia," expressed confidence that the series will appeal to international viewers, particularly those who prefer a lighter approach to the zombie genre, blending humor with horror.
The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) is launching an evaluation to determine whether nine cultural practices rooted in traditional Korean skills and knowledge, such as blacksmithing and dried seaweed farming, are eligible for National Intangible Cultural Heritage status. The state-run agency announced Monday that it will consider these nine items for intangible heritage status this year. The items include "daejangjang" (blacksmithing), "seonhwa" (Korean Seon Buddhist painting), knowledge of "multtae" (tide and time), farming of "gim" (dried seaweed), traditional fishing village communities, village forests and related traditional knowledge, traditional irrigation knowledge and culture, "deokjang" (outdoor fish drying site) and the culture of using "homi" (hand plows). Daejangjang refers to an artisan who possesses traditional metalworking techniques and passes it down. In South Chungcheong Province's Dangjin County, which has maintained the technique for over 100 years, a blacksmith received designation as provincial intangible heritage in 2016 in recognition of this technique that is disap