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Number One: Parasite stars reunite for food-themed family drama
Choi Woo-sik and Jang Hye-jin star as a pampered son and his doting mother who always cooks for him until tragedy strikes their family.
5 Aug 2026 - 4:15PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
My Sassy Girl at 25: how Jun Ji-hyun’s star turn changed South Korean cinema
23 Jul 2026 - 1:09PM
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Who is Nam Joo-hyuk, star of Netflix K-drama The East Palace?
18 Jul 2026 - 12:45PM
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What’s showing this year at Asia’s top genre film festival BiFan?
The 2026 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival boasts a formidable programme of horror, action, science fiction and fantasy titles.
24 Jun 2026 - 7:15PM
Ryu Seung-yon in a still from the Korean comedy Extreme Job (2019), one of the many movies showing at the 2026 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, in South Korea.
Asian cinema: Korean films
How Colony features a new kind of zombie to reflect modern fears
Director Yeon Sang-ho of Train to Busan fame explains how AI and social media anxiety inspired the zombies in his new horror film.
19 May 2026 - 8:55PM
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Hope: director Na Hong-jin of The Wailing fame returns with a monster mess
A promising beginning and strong performances are not enough to save Hope from being a messy spectacle with woeful CGI monsters.
18 May 2026 - 1:47PM
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Who is Cha Eun-woo, K-pop idol starring in Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools?
Since his 2014 debut, the ‘Face Genius’ has embodied a fantasy figure in many roles. His latest hits screens as he performs military service.
16 May 2026 - 12:45PM
Cha Eun-woo as Lee Un-jeong in a still from The Wonderfools. Photo: Netflix.
Asian cinema: Korean films
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Colony: Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller
Jun Ji-hyun stars as a biotech professor battling bloodthirsty zombies in Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho’s new film.
16 May 2026 - 9:00AM
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How The King’s Warden sold 16 million tickets and saved the Korean box office
Producer Lim Eun-jung, director Jang Hang-jun and actor Yoo Hae-jin explain why the historical drama struck a chord with Korean audiences.
12 May 2026 - 5:15PM
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Humint: dynamic Korean spy thriller from Ryoo Seung-wan on Netflix
Starring Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min and Park Hae-joon, Humint rewards patient viewers with some of the best heroic bloodshed in recent times.
31 Mar 2026 - 11:46PM
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The 10 most-watched Korean films of all time, including The King’s Warden
Can The King’s Warden overtake The Admiral: Roaring Currents and Extreme Job to become the most-viewed South Korean film of all time?
24 Mar 2026 - 5:15PM
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Park Ji-hoon (second from left) and Yoo Hae-jin in a still from The King’s Warden, which is fast becoming one of South Korea’s most popular films at the box office.
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The 10 most successful Korean art-house films of all time
As Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Love hits Hong Kong cinemas, we look at Korean indie films that conquered the box office as well as festivals.
27 Jan 2026 - 4:15PM
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Korean film icon Ahn Sung-ki remembered: 5 of his best films
Known affectionately as ‘The Nation’s Actor’, South Korea’s Ahn Sung-ki starred in more than 100 feature films during his long career.
5 Jan 2026 - 7:45PM
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Who is Kim Woo-bin, star of K-dramas Our Blues and Genie, Make a Wish?
Kim Woo-bin, who is marrying fellow K-drama star Shin Min-a this month, has proved he has the acting chops to match his good looks.
13 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM
Asian cinema: Korean films
No Other Choice? Why Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun made a comedy
Park Chan-wook’s film reunites the director with Lee Byung-hun after more than 20 years for a darkly funny tale with social commentary.
14 Oct 2025 - 7:15PM
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Lee Byung-hun in a still from No Other Choice.
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Who is Choi Woo-shik, the handsome star of Parasite and romance K-dramas?
Appearing now in Would You Marry Me, the young-looking, goofy Choi Woo-shik is best known for his roles in Parasite and Train to Busan.
11 Oct 2025 - 5:15PM
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The People Upstairs: cheeky sex comedy directed by and starring Ha Jung-woo
Ha shows skill on both sides of the camera in his movie with Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook as a prim couple seduced by swinging neighbours.
23 Sep 2025 - 11:29AM
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Can the Busan International Film Festival help Korean cinema stay on top?
BIFF’s new director sees the festival as an antidote to shrinking cinema audiences and a beacon for where Asian cinema is headed.
22 Sep 2025 - 6:22PM
South Korean director Park Chan-wook (right) reacts with actress Son Ye-jin on the red carpet at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in Busan in September 2025. Photo: AFP
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The Great Flood: Kim Da-mi can’t save bewildering Netflix sci-fi fantasy
Kim Da-mi stars in what begins as a disaster movie then spins off into science fiction, a move that will surely leave viewers floundering.
22 Sep 2025 - 4:15PM
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Good News: hilarious Korean farce based on a real-life 1970s hijacking
Byun Sung-hyun’s riotously entertaining black comedy coming to Netflix features a whip-smart script and deftly judged humour.
19 Sep 2025 - 12:15PM
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The Ugly: Yeon Sang-ho’s dark mystery is both intriguing and frustrating
Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo and Han Ji-hyeon star in Train to Busan director Yeon’s first cinematic release in five years.
15 Sep 2025 - 7:05PM
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No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook takes on corporate culture in dark comedy
Lee Byung-hun stars in this Korean black comedy as a family man who is laid off after 25 years and goes on a desperate quest for a job.
1 Sep 2025 - 10:50AM
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Lee Byung-hun as a desperate jobseeker in a still from No Other Choice, directed by Park Chan-wook. Son Ye-jin and Park Hee-soon co-star.
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South Korean actress Go Min-si denies school bullying allegations
An online post alleged that a celebrity, speculated to be Go, had engaged in extortion, verbal abuse and harassment of disabled classmates.
1 Sep 2025 - 7:42AM
Asian cinema: Korean films
Intrigued by Netflix’s Aema? The 13 best 1980s Korean erotic films ranked
From Mulberry to Between the Knees to Woman of Fire ’82, we rank 13 of the best erotic films to come out in Korea during the 1980s.
26 Aug 2025 - 6:15PM
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My Daughter Is a Zombie: hit Korean comedy displays few signs of life
Starring Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jung-eun and Choi Yoo-ri, My Daughter Is a Zombie is South Korea’s most successful domestic release of 2025.
18 Aug 2025 - 7:45PM
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