Korea Times Business Reporter
Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
BUSAN ― Pure evil is not the image people usually associate with actor Yoo Yeon-seok, who is known for his roles as an amiable doctor in the medical series, “Hospital Playlist,” or a considerate baseball player in the romance series, “Reply 1994.”
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BUSAN ― After years of putting her acting career on hold after a tax evasion issue in 2018, Chinese actor Fan Bingbing is taking on her first lead film since the hiatus, playing the role of Jin Xia in the Hong Kong film “Green Night.”
BUSAN ― Veteran actor from Hong Kong Chow Yun-fat shared that he hopes for more films that capture Hong Kong’s unique spirit, calling for more transparency on his government’s censorship procedures against film productions.
BUSAN ― The 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) finally began its 10-day run in the southeastern port city of Busan, Wednesday, after months of managerial turmoil resulting in two resignations and a dismissal.
BUSAN — The 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened, Wednesday, with the subtle, stinging film "Because I Hate Korea" by filmmaker Jang Kun-jae, known for his 2014 film "A Midsummer’s Fantasia."
BUSAN ― This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicked off its 10-day celebration, Wednesday, in the southeastern port city of Busan.
October is packed with new releases from crime thrillers to romance, a long-awaited hit series spin-off and popular webcomics adaptations set to hit screens.
Fantasy action flick “Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman” swept the local box office during the Chuseok holiday weekend, surpassing one million ticket sales Sunday.
Actor Ahn Hyo-seop shared that he wanted to deliver a heart-wrenching, dedicated romance with his latest role as Nam Si-heon, a man caught up in an unfortunate fate in the Netflix series “A Time Called You.”