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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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Who is Choi Woo-shik, the handsome star of Parasite and romance K-dramas?
11 Oct 2025 - 5:15PM
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The People Upstairs: cheeky sex comedy directed by and starring Ha Jung-woo
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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Park Jeong-min in a still from The Ugly.
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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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South Korea
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
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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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Choi Yoo-ri (left) and Jo Jung-suk in a still from My Daughter Is a Zombie (category IIA, Korean), directed by Pil Gam-sung. Lee Jung-eun co-stars.
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Who is Kim Nam-gil, star of K-dramas Trigger and The Fiery Priest?
Heartthrob Kim Nam-gil debuted in the series School in 1999, waited five years for his next role, and has not looked back since then.
16 Aug 2025 - 12:15PM
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5 rising Korean women filmmakers and the movies that shaped them
Kim Se-in, Kim Cho-hee, Yoon Ga-eun, Yoon Dan-bi and Lim Oh-jeong will all get the spotlight in a special section at the Busan film festival.
12 Aug 2025 - 5:19PM
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Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy – Korean fantasy is glossy but uninspired
Featuring Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Min-ho, Chae Soo-bin and K-pop’s Nana and Jisoo, this Korean sci-fi fantasy fails to live up to its ambitions.
23 Jul 2025 - 7:45PM
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Wall to Wall: homeowning is a nightmare in Netflix’s Korean thriller
Wall to Wall on Netflix explores Korea’s property woes and neighbourly nightmares – but it sadly loses focus with a clichéd mystery element.
21 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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Kang Ha-neul as new resident Wu-song in a still from Wall to Wall. Photo: Young-uk Jeon/Netflix
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12 best movies of Squid Game’s Front Man, Lee Byung-hun, ranked
Concrete Utopia, Bittersweet Life, Joint Security Area and more – South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has lit up the big screen for decades.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM
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Hi-Five: Korean superhero fantasy with Yoo Ah-in fails to meet its potential
Starring Yoo Ah-in, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Jae-in and with K-pop star Park Jin-young, Hi-Five features a promising premise that it never lives up to.
16 Jun 2025 - 6:45PM
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Co-director on the emotional toll of editing Kim Sae-ron’s last film
Lee Sun-jung, co-director of Guitar Man and Kim Sae-ron’s co-star in the film, her last before she died, reveals he cried watching it.
22 May 2025 - 1:45PM
Kim Sae-ron in a still from Guitar Man, the last film the South Korean actress made before her death aged 24. The film will have its cinematic release on May 30, 2025. Photo: Instagram/radio.kpopreplay
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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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Netflix effect seen in Korean films’ absence from Cannes festival
This year’s official selection for the Cannes Film Festival has no Korean movies. Streaming platforms have lured talent away, observers say.
3 May 2025 - 7:45AM
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Holy Night: Demon Hunters star Ma Dong-seok on film’s dark-hero energy
Korean actor-producer talks about drawing on dark-hero Marvel comics and manga for new film, and bringing variation to the roles he plays.
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
South Korea
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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