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Holy Night: Demon Hunters – Ma Dong-seok can’t save tiring action horror
Ma Dong-seok fails to make a hit in this tale of a private detective who deals with cases of demonic possession by fighting spirits.
7 May 2025 - 5:45PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Netflix effect seen in Korean films’ absence from Cannes festival
3 May 2025 - 7:45AM
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Holy Night: Demon Hunters star Ma Dong-seok on film’s dark-hero energy
28 Apr 2025 - 6:21PM
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Meet Lee Kwang-soo, star of K-dramas Karma and The Divorce Insurance
Lee Kwang-soo, currently on screens in two Korean drama series, has enjoyed a long career, his credits including Confession and Running Man.
12 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
Lee Kwang-soo in a still from Karma. Photo: Jihyeong Seo/Netflix
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Why are Korean stars opening up about divorce years after their marriages end?
More South Korean stars are revealing their divorces years later, balancing privacy, public image, and societal expectations amid evolving attitudes.
7 Apr 2025 - 6:13PM
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Revelations director Yeon Sang-ho on exploring belief in new Netflix film
The Train to Busan and Hellbound director says his new film with Ryu Jun-yeol draws on people’s tendency to only see what they want to see.
26 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM
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In Streaming, Kang Ha-neul plays someone ‘you don’t want to get close to’
Actor talks about playing someone who ‘got swallowed up by money’ in Korean thriller, and why he agrees with the film’s adults-only rating.
24 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM
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Kang Ha-neul in a still from Streaming. The actor reflects on starring in the thriller as someone who “got swallowed up by money”. Photo: Instagram/kanghaneulsquad
Asian cinema: Korean films
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Revelations: Ryu Jun-yeol leads Yeon Sang-ho’s disappointing Netflix thriller
A flimsy plot and sketchy logic spoil this story of a pastor and a detective who go after a recently released sex offender.
18 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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Who is Park Bo-gum, IU’s co-star in Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines?
Park’s soft looks and easy smile made him popular, but it is his expressive performances and acting talent that have made him a star.
15 Mar 2025 - 10:01AM
Asian cinema: Korean films
Twice’s Dahyun aims to bring joy with You Are the Apple of My Eye role
The K-pop singer, who makes her acting debut in Korean remake of a Taiwanese romance, wants to ‘take on more roles and grow as an actress’.
3 Mar 2025 - 11:15AM
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Bong Joon-ho on the message of sci-fi Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson
Korean director hails Pattinson’s ‘excellent’ playing of two versions of his character in a film about persistence in the face of adversity.
23 Feb 2025 - 2:45PM
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Bong Joon-ho and Robert Pattinson at the Berlin International Film Festival. Photo: dpa via AP
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What Does that Nature Say to You: Hong Sang-soo finds humour in domesticity
Korean director’s film examines, with humour, the difficulties of artistic life through the lens of a man meeting his girlfriend’s family.
21 Feb 2025 - 9:44AM
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Why 2000 movie Joint Security Area resonates still, and why that’s ‘sad’
Park Chan-wook’s 2000 film Joint Security Area told a controversial story of friendship between North and South Korean soldiers.
21 Feb 2025 - 7:15AM
K-drama news
Kim Sae-ron the latest in a long line of Korean stars bullied to death
Korean celebrities may be loved by their fans, but make one slip-up and the online abuse starts, often fuelled by mass media.
20 Feb 2025 - 4:34PM
Asian cinema: Korean films
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Forbidden Fairytale: bubbly Korean sex comedy is closed-minded and prudish
Park Ji-hyun plays a youth protection officer who starts writing pornography to pay for car repairs in this non-risqué erotic comedy.
18 Feb 2025 - 3:00PM
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Park Ji-hyun as as Dan-bi in a still from Forbidden Fairytale.
TV shows and streaming video
From XO, Kitty to The Recruit, Korea popular for location filming
South Korea draws many foreign TV and film productions, but risks losing out as Japan and Thailand offer bigger incentives, insiders say.
17 Feb 2025 - 11:15AM
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Mickey 17, wild sci-fi satire from Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho
Robert Pattinson plays the titular Mickey, a loser sent into space, where he is cloned with hilarious results in this cult-novel adaptation.
17 Feb 2025 - 8:29AM
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Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia and more 2025 Netflix Korean content
Netflix pushes Korean content including boxer Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia, successor to Physical: 100, and new seasons of top shows.
6 Feb 2025 - 10:55AM
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Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is featuring in Netflix show Physical Asia. Photo: AFP
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Dark Nuns: Korean exorcism horror with Song Hye-kyo, Jeon Yeo-been
Two nuns resort to extreme measures, including exorcism, to save the life of a possessed boy, and in the process defy their church superiors.
5 Feb 2025 - 4:45PM
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Ha Jung-woo on ‘tremendous anger’ behind his new film Nocturnal
Korean actor talks about Nocturnal director Kim Jin-hwang’s unique vision, working with new people and connecting with fans on social media.
28 Jan 2025 - 7:15AM
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Why Dark Nuns actress Song Hye-kyo is taking on darker roles
Back on screen in Dark Nuns, movie about nuns saving a boy who is possessed, Korean actress says The Glory reignited her passion for acting.
5 Feb 2025 - 3:57PM
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Korean actress Kim Min-hee pregnant with first child at 42
Director Hong Sang-soo, 64, left his wife for actress Kim Min-hee in 2015. The child she is carrying will be the first for both of them.
19 Jan 2025 - 1:18PM
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Korean actress Kim Min-hee and film director Hong Sang-soo, who it has been revealed are having a child together, who will be the first for both of them. Photo: Instagram/hong.sangsoo, Reuters/Pool
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K-Family Affairs: how a family endured 30 years of Korean political turmoil
Nam A-rum’s documentary is an intimate study of her family, her civil servant father and former activist mother, told through home movies.
15 Jan 2025 - 4:45PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Best movie roles of Squid Game season 2’s new players
Do they look familiar? From Park Sung-hoon to Kang Ha-neul, we look at films new Squid Game actors were in before entering the deadly arena.
8 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
Asian cinema: Korean films
Song Joong-ki opens up on Bogota struggles and why he supports Hyun Bin
Song, whose new film Bogota: City of the Lost was heavily delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, says he is driven by a sense of challenge.
27 Dec 2024 - 3:04PM
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