Korea Box Office: ‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Overpowers ‘The Suicide Squad’

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Stray Kids members Bang Chan, Seungmin and I.N have released their cover of ‘I’ll Try’ by originally by South Korean band Day6.The trio performed their rendition of the pop rock ballad as part of the group’s recent appearance on the August 25 episode of South Korean idol variety show Weekly Idol, for a segment on the show called Weekly Playlist. Vocalists Bang Chan, Seungmin and I.N stayed mostly true to the original song, with the trio harmonising in its final verses: “Just like your love /

Rebecca Souw Global streaming giant Netflix has teamed with South Korea’s largest cinema chain CJ CGV to give theatrical releases to seven Netflix Original movies. The Korean-language titles will be given a limited 13-day run (Sept.

Minah of South Korean girl group Girl’s Day has revealed that a group reunion seems to be out of the question in the near future.During an interview with South Korean media outlet OSEN, Minah shared her thoughts on the group’s 11th debut anniversary, which happened last month, as well as the possibility of a Girl’s Day reunion in the near future.She revealed that although the members have discussed reuniting, she thinks “it’s going to be difficult as of now”.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) member Yeonjun has opened up about his motivations as a part of one of K-pop’s most up-and-coming musicians.The South Korean musician recently spoke with PAPER Magazine for an interview, where he discussed the aspects of his career that help push him forward.

Lee Hi has announced her long-awaited third full-length album ‘4 ONLY’ with the release of a teaser video.The teaser video, dubbed the “4 ONLY Intro”, features the South Korean vocalist posing for the camera at a photoshoot in various retro-inspired outfits.

SEVENTEEN are preparing to make their return with new music later this year.On August 23, South Korean news outlet OSEN reported that the 13-member group were in the midst of preparing a new album for release in October. This was later confirmed to TopStarNews by a source from Pledis Entertainment.“SEVENTEEN is preparing to make a comeback aimed for mid-October,” said the agency, according to a translation by Soompi.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThree local movies took the top positions at the South Korean box office over the weekend for the first time this year. The chart was headed by “Hostage Missing Celebrity,” which earned close to $4 million.Produced by Filmmaker R&K and distributed by Next Entertainment World, “Hostage” is a comedy-action movie starring the enduringly-popular, rubber-faced Hwang Jung-min.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDisney’s Asia-Pacific president Luke Kang and Greg Silverman, CEO & founder of Stampede Ventures are among the top executives who are confirmed as speakers at the September edition of APOS.

JYJ member and actor Park Yoo-chun may face a lawsuit from his agency after allegedly breaching the terms of their contract.On August 18, several South Korean news outlets reported that the singer was in the midst of a dispute with his agency Re:Cielo. The agency, which signed Park earlier in January, alleged that he recently violated his contract.“About a month ago, we heard that Park signed a double contract with a Japanese agency,” the company said in a release, per Yonhap News Agency.

Korean Soul belted out their own version of the Aerosmith classic “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” during Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent” quarterfinals.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmerican cartoon giant DC Comics and South Korean talent agency HYBE have agreed to work with online animation firm Webtoon on content creation.Korea-based Webtoon is part of Asian internet giant Naver, best known for its Naver search engine functions and for the Line messaging app.

With the release of her forthcoming debut album Before I Die just a few weeks away, South Korean artist and producer Park Hye Jin has shared her latest single "I Need You." Serving as the official follow-up to "Whatchu Doin Later" and "Let’s Sing Let’s Dance," Park's latest finds her singing in both Korean and English over light, airy, piano-lead production.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefComedy -action movie “Sinkhole” lifted the South Korea box office over the weekend with a $5.58 million start in theaters.The debut was the highest weekend score this year by a local Korean movie and trailed only “Black Widow” and “F9.” It was achieved from a launch on 1,604 screens according to data from the Korean Film Council’s Kobis tracking service.The disaster film was the second directed by Kim Ji-hoon, who previously made another in a similar vein “The

The Walt Disney Company announced today at the company’s Q3 earnings call that Disney+, its streaming service, will launch in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November 2021.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefStreaming platform Disney Plus will be expanded to begin operations in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November this year.The announcement was made on the sidelines of Thursday’s Walt Disney Co. third quarter earnings filings.The current Disney Plus service in Japan will be expanded to feature additional general entertainment content in October 2021.

SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison on Thursday for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen.The Defense Ministry said the former member of the boy band Big Bang was also fined 1.15 billion won ($989,000).

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed South Korean actress Minha Kim in all areas. This is the first U.S. role for the newcomer, who is fluent in English and Korean.