BTS have cancelled a string of shows in South Korea because of the outbreak of coronavirus.
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Parasite made history this week. The South Korean movie directed by Bong Joon-ho won three prestigious awards at the 92nd Academy Awards. From bagging the Oscars for Best Direction to beating 1917, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and several other movies to bag the Best International Feature, Parasite became the first international movie in the almost 100-year long history of the award show to have won the Best Picture award. The movie has received praise from critics all over the world.
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BTS have cancelled a string of shows in South Korea because of the outbreak of coronavirus.
SEOUL, South Korea -- K-pop superstar group BTS has canceled a series of planned concerts in Seoul in April due to concerns about a soaring viral outbreak in South Korea, its management agency announced Friday.
Accepting his award for original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, director Bong Joon Ho triumphantly declared, “This is a very first Oscar to South Korea.” Little did he know that the second, third and fourth were swiftly coming his way on a night that saw “Parasite” make history.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold director Yeon Sang-ho’s upcoming action filmPeninsula, a sequel to the 2016 cult zombie action flick Train to Busan, to 15 territories, including North America (Well Go USA) and U.K. (Studio Canal).
SEOUL, South Korea -- For the South Korean crew behind the latest hit drama “Crash Landing on You," recreating the life in North Korea was a painstakingly meticulous process with big political risks.
As Bong Joon-ho accepted the third Oscar for the night for his masterpiece of a film, Parasite, the South Korean filmmaker made sure to give a major shoutout to his fellow nominees - Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Sam Mendes for 1917 and Todd Phillips for Joker.
SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Da-hye, a 29-year-old South Korean, said that moving into a semi-basement apartment was her least-preferred option when she was looking for a new place to live.
Fear of the spread of coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on the South Korean entertainment industry, where many scheduled concerts and events have been canceled. The K-pop sector has been especially hurt.
Actress Go Soo Jung, who appeared in hit South Korean TV show Goblin, has died aged 24.
Fear of the coronavirus increased its impact on the South Korean cinema industry. Films were cancelled and box office revenues dropped for a second weekend.
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By Nancy Tartaglione
Hollywood history was made last night as South Korean film Parasite became the first non-English-language movie to win the best picture Oscar.
It may have seemed like the 2020 Oscars were over.
Hollywood's biggest night finished with a bang, with Bong Joon Ho's South Korean film Parasite winning the biggest prize in an upset. Sam Mendes' 1917 was the perceived Best Picture frontrunner coming into the 92nd Academy Awards, but Parasite cleaned house all night long, winning Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best International Feature, and making history as the first non-English language Best Picture winner ever.
Movie history was made in Hollywood and Seoul tonight! Bong Joon Ho's South Korean film Parasite took home the last statue of the evening at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, becoming the first film not in English to win Best Picture. The victory capped off a night where Sam Mendes' technically dazzling war epic 1917 had a very strong chance of winning the grand prize, and many expected it would.