BUSAN, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The documentary film ‘No Boundaries,’ directed by JIN Jae-woon, has been getting a lot of praise at international film festivals. It’s all about a national park on the Korean Peninsula. In the film, you’ll see stunning views of the Korean Peninsula National Park, which is celebrating its 55th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul is gaining prominence as a creation stage for ‘K-content,’ with an increasing number of movies and TV shows choosing the city as their backdrop. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Tuesday that the number of feature-length and short films, as well as TV dramas seeking support for filming in the [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: No Way Out,” starring Ma Dong-seok, has become the first film of 2023 to cross the 7 million mark in audience number at the local box office, the film’s distributor said Saturday. The sequel to “The Roundup” (2022) reached the milestone at [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Optical film manufacturer Sangbo Corp. announced that it has developed a special film that selectively prevents cigarette ads in convenience stores from being viewed from outside. The company completed a patent application and established a mass-production system for the target blocking (TB) film after developing it. The TB film’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The drama film “Minari” has won four prizes, including best picture, from a U.S. film critics association, boosting hopes for an award at the upcoming Academy Awards. The North Carolina Film Critics Association announced Monday (local time) that “Minari,” directed and written by Korean American Lee Isaac Chung, was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major entertainment firms have posted mixed earnings reports for the second quarter, as the novel coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on each sector. Studio Dragon, a drama production company owned by entertainment giant CJ ENM, seems to be the biggest winner for the April-June period, [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — “Peninsula,” director Yeon Sang-ho’s new zombie apocalypse blockbuster, provided a much-needed boost to the South Korean box office over the weekend, attracting nearly 1 million viewers to cinemas hampered by the new coronavirus during the first half of 2020. According to data by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), “Peninsula” [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The new zombie thriller “#Alive” posted the highest weekend box office total in five months since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. According to the data by the Korean Film Council, “#Alive” attracted 702,000 moviegoers over the Friday-Sunday period, far outnumbering runner-up “Innocence” with 98,000 [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Oscar-winning Korean film “Parasite” has been re-released in South Africa and has been gaining popularity for more than a month. Despite the frequent mention of Korea in the South African media due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, Korean films that have been recognized for their work [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A black-and-white version of Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” will be presented in South Korea next month, the film’s production house said Wednesday. The new version will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which begins Wednesday (local time), and hits South Korean screens in late February, according to [...]