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Q&A: Kim Yoon-seok & Jang Joon-hwan On ’1987: When the Day Comes’
The June Democracy Movement, which brought about the fall of the brutal Chun Doo-hwan dictatorship in South Korea, unfolds through the eyes of a female college student in Jang […]
Historic Steps: Kim Jong Un Strides Across Korean Border
GOYANG, South Korea — The leaders of North and South Korea vowed Friday to seek a nuclear-free peninsula and work toward a formal end to the Korean War this […]
Gordon Ramsay to Compete on Korean Culinary Variety Show
Michelin-starred celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is confirmed to be competing on “Please Take Care of My Refrigerator,” a popular cooking and variety show from Korean broadcasting company JTBC. The […]
Netflix Busts Out Its First Korean Variety Show
Production has started for “Busted!”, Netflix’s first venture into South Korean variety shows. Pitched as an “unconventional” mystery-drama game show featuring some of South Korea’s biggest stars, “Busted!” is […]
UN Takes Up North Korea After Latest Missile Launch
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon hurtling over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific […]
S. Korea Braces For Another Possible N. Korea Missile Test
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may launch another intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its […]
‘Battleship Island’ To Hit 40 North American Cities Friday
“Battleship Island,” the war pic that debuted on top of South Korea’s box office last week, will release in 40 North American cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago […]
Kang Dong-won Talks South Korean Cinema & ‘Vanishing Time’
You’re only a child when the world around you, and the people in it, freezes. Seconds turn into days, then months, then years — and all the while, you’re […]
A Talk With Trump On North Korea? After Vacation, Seoul Says
SEOUL — South Korea’s latest leader took office at an uneasy moment in his country’s history, inheriting the wreckage left by an ousted and excoriated predecessor. Among his lesser-noticed […]
South Korea’s President Seeks Talks With North’s Kim Jong Un
SEOUL — South Korea’s president reiterated he’s willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even as he condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch this week […]
Pyeongchang Olympics Are Icy Path To Warmer Korean Relations
SEOUL — Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched […]
US-South Korea Summit Exposes Spat On Trade, Resolve On North Korea
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took South Korea to task over its trade surplus with the United States on Friday, demanding renegotiation of a bilateral pact, even as the […]
7 Acclaimed South Korean Flicks To Catch Before They Leave Netflix
South Korean films are difficult to categorize. They play with genre conventions, making them unpredictable and tonally unique. Unlike Hollywood blockbuster hits, where loud, explosive crashes and booming soundtracks […]
A King Is Born In ‘Warriors Of The Dawn’
If any South Korean film genre came a dime a dozen, it would be the historical blood fest, stories of commoners rising to greatness and of powerful kings fallen […]
