Korea Box Office: ‘Secret Zoo’ Beats ‘Dolittle’ and ‘Bad Boys’ for Weekend Win

China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread might be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease.Also Sunday, South Korea reported a new case in a 73-year-old woman whose relatives visited Guangdong province in southern China.

Parasite, Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy juggernaut, made history at the2020 Independent Spirit Awardsas it took home the ceremony's best international film prize.The film, which is up for five Academy Awards including best picture, was the first ever South Korea winner at the annual awards show.

South Korean dark comedy Parasite has been named international film of the year at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards.

In today’s film news roundup, “Parasite” wins half a dozen awards at the Global Cinemateque organization, Legion M partners with Endeavor Content and “Tuscaloosa” finds a home.

By Nellie Andreeva

South Korean boy band iKON returned Thursday (Feb. 6) with their new EP i DECIDE, fronted by the single “Dive.” The album is their first release since last year’s "I'm Okay" in January and is also their first music as a six-member act following a tumultuous 2019.

Fear of the spread of the coronavirus that is sweeping China has begun to contaminate the film industry in South Korea.

Change sounds like this: South Korean director Bong Joon Ho accepted his foreign film award for “Parasite” at the Golden Globes, saying: “Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

GFRIEND is all set to drop their new mini-album titled “Labyrinth” this week. The singers drop their first album since Big Hit Entertainment, the entertainment management company behind BTS, took over GFRIEND's agency Source Music.

And the biggest winner of the BAFTA 2020 is 1917. The war drama, directed by Sam Mendes, has been taking home some of the biggest awards this awards season. A week before the Oscars 2020 could commence, the star-studded movie has bagged as many as seven awards at the 73rd British Academy film awards. The movie bagged Best Film, Best Director, Best Special Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Sound. South Korean movie Parasite was another big winner at BAFTA.

In Bong Joon Ho's genre-bending thrillerParasite, Kim Chung-sook (Chang Hyae-jin) is tasked with makingram-donwith steak for the soon-to-arrive Park family. In the film, they used instant black bean noodles and spicy seafood-flavored noodles made by two of the most famous South Korean noodle brands.

South Korean agency Big Hit Entertainment, which manages the phenomenal BTS among many other K-Pop bands, turns 15 this month. To celebrate the special occasion (and basically break the internet), Big Hit decided to bring together three brands from their house together in one frame.

Record-breaking K-Pop band BTS have announced a massive world tour – including two UK dates.

It is no secret that BTS singer Jin and South Korean actor Lee Yi Kyung are friends. Jin and Kyung met in acting school and have been friends ever since.