…scenery shot across different locations” to ensure cinema goers an experience of another time and place. The film stars Lee Jung-jae, a South Korean blockbuster veteran who previously starred with…
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Exploring the Shame
…racial prejudice or confrontation.” That day, 21-year-old Myungyu Jung of San Diego received a call from his parents. “They told me to be extra careful at school,” says Jung, whose…
‘Assassination’ Becomes South Korea’s Biggest Film of 2015
…Reporter. Starring Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae and Oh Dal-soo, Assassination follows a group of Korean resistance activists who plan to assassinate a Japanese army commander in a Japanese-occupied Korea. The…
South Korea Ousts President Park Geun-hye For Corruption
…Lee Jung-mi said. “The benefits of protecting the constitution that can be earned by dismissing the defendant are overwhelmingly big. Hereupon, in a unanimous decision by the court panel, we…
SKorean Artists Try to Carry Out the Dreams of the Young Sewol Victims Posthumously
by HAEIN JUNG Of the 325 high school students aboard the Sewol ferry that sank off the Korean coast in April, only 75 survived. With the deaths of these 250…
The Irrational Downfall of Park Geun-hye
…billion in today’s dollars. Even the democratically elected presidents of Korea – every single one of them – suffered from corruption charges. Lee Myung-bak, the immediate predecessor to Park, saw…
LAAPFF Features Korean and Korean American Films
…Funeral Director: Lee Jong-hoon Cast: Kang-in (from K-pop group Super Junior), Park Se-young, Park Se-young, Jung Gyu-woon, Hong Wan-pyo, Kim Byeong-choon Based on a webtoon of the same name, The…
MOVIE TICKET GIVEAWAY: Win tickets to a free advance screening to ‘Operation Chromite’!
“Operation Chromite,” directed by John H. Lee and starring Liam Neeson in his first South Korean film as the decorated U.S. Gen. Douglas McCarthy against the backdrop of the Korean…
March Issue: Why Late SKorean Dictator Park Chung-hee Is The Most Popular President Ever
…on the floor. To them, Park indeed was a savior, a revolutionary chasing poverty away,” wrote Shim Jae-hoon, a columnist in South Korea, in 2010. Park’s government also transformed the…
5 Romantic K-dramas Coming February 2017
It’s never too early to start planning your February K-drama binge list. Tomorrow With You Starring “Oh My Venus” actress Shin Min-a and “Phantom Detective” actor Lee Je-hoon, “Tomorrow With…
Livin’ in London
Story and photographs by David Yi Su Jung Pae doesn’t like her weight these days. After a few of her mother’s choice comments, the 23-year-old decided to cut out just…
Pyeongchang Olympics Are Icy Path To Warmer Korean Relations
…months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in hopes the first Winter Games on Korean soil could produce more of these feel-good sparks of seeming…
