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Sat, November 17, 2018 | 13:23

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Top actress calls #MeToo 'good pain'

How far #MeToo will go? And what kind of changes will it bring? Asked about the issue, actress Son Ye-jin did not answer immediately. She paused with her head down and right hand holding her chin. After several seconds, she spoke in a low and serious tone. It was a striking departure from the vivaciousness she showed when greeting this reporter for a recent interview at a caf...

Movies | 2018-03-18 16:21

[INTERVIEW] So Ji-sub has full year ahead with film, TV drama

Heartthrob actor So Ji-sub, 39, has worked consistently throughout his career, but he often needs a “refresh period” between filming movies or dramas, which has kept his fans wondering what this top actor has been up to these days.

Movies | 2018-03-16 18:02

Box Office Rankings

Domestic1. The Vanished2. Tomb Raider3. Little Forest4. The Princess and the Matchmaker5. Black PantherUnited States1. Black Panther2. A Wrinkle in Time3. The Strangers: Prey at Night4. Red Sparrow5. Game Night

Movies | 2018-03-15 15:54

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriAfter her daughter's murder, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three billboards with a controversial message directed at the town's chief of police. When Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell) gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Little ForestHye-won (Kim Tae-ri) gets tired of h...

Movies | 2018-03-15 15:52

[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

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