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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.
Actor Park Sung-woong, known for his charismatic performances in the noir film "New World" and the Netflix drama "Bloodhounds," returns to the big screen with the comedy action flick "The Desperate Chase."
Naver Webtoon celebrated the 10th anniversary of its global expansion with an offline event in Taiwan last weekend, gathering local creators, partners and fans altogether. The online comics provider said Monday that it will also hold a similar event in the United States this month.
As the late "Parasite" actor Lee Sun-kyun's final work "Land of Happiness" is set to hit theaters soon, the co-stars of the period film were overwhelmed with emotions and struggled to hold back tears as they recalled their ensemble with the late actor.
Lee Isaac Chung, the Korean American director known for his Oscar-winning film "Minari," is making waves in the U.S. box office with his disaster film "Twisters.”
Actor Jo Jung-suk, who performs the leading role in the upcoming comedy flick "Pilot," revealed that he didn’t feel any pressure in portraying a cross-dressing pilot because the story resonated so strongly with him.
"Solo Leveling," the webtoon (online comics) that recorded 14.3 billion views and achieved unprecedented success across the world, is once again aiming to captivate the global market with a webtoon adaptation of its spin-off, "Solo Leveling: Ragnarok."
As Netflix's apocalyptic horror series "Sweet Home" is set to conclude with its third season, its director Lee Eung-bok said Wednesday that the series will reach an epic finale as characters who parted ways in previous seasons reunite.
In anticipation of the Summer Olympics in Paris, actor Song Hye-kyo and professor Seo Kyoung-duk, known for his efforts to promote Korea globally, have donated 10,000 copies of guides detailing Korea's independence movement against the 1910-45 Japanese occupation to further raise awareness about the history predating the establishment of the Republic of Korea.
As the boundaries between online and legacy media blur, popular YouTubers are making inroads into television, marking a shift in media dynamics.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is intensifying its efforts to bring Korean dramas, entertainment TV and documentaries to the international stage by supporting production companies in their global expansion endeavors.