Korean Film Council Offering Millions of Discounted Cinema Tickets

If you're a fan of BTS, these past few months have been exciting as the septet is rolling out so much new content for us to be entertained by. Whether it be their docuseries, Break The Silence or even the celebrations for the 7th anniversary, i.e.

Although it takes the form of an animated feature, writer-director Eiji Han Shimizu’s True North is definitely not for kids. But as a rare glimpse inside a North Korean prison camp, this grueling and poignant true-to-life tale can make for necessary viewing, especially for anyone interested in learning more about such an ongoing crime against humanity.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Frolic Media, an entertainment media company co-founded by former E! President Lisa Berger and former AwesomenessTV executive Sarah Penna, and MWM Universe, the company behind Netflix’s The Dragon Prince, are adapting Korean web cartoon Yes, My Boss! for TV after striking a deal with digital comic book company Tapas Media.The two companies have struck a deal for all cross-platform rights to the romantic comedy and will launch it as a podcast while also

Not only did he reign the Kingdom of Corea on The King: Eternal Monarch, Lee Min Ho is also ruling the social media space. The South Korean actor already had a huge fan following courtesy of his numerous shows.

Park Seo Joon is having a memorable year. The Korean star began the year on a happy note with Itaewon Class and went on to bag a nomination at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNorth Korea has blown up the liaison office between the two Koreas, following days of tension between the neighbors.South Korea’s Unification Ministry sent out a one-line message on Tuesday afternoon: “North Korea blows up Kaesong Liaison Office at 14:49.”North Korea was angered by the floating of anti-regime leaflets from the South by former defectors. It has also apparently tired of diplomacy.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Peninsula,” a Korean-made zombie horror action movie, has unveiled an 8K trailer ahead of its premiere in theaters this summer. The film is a four-years-later sequel to “Train to Busan,” which smashed multiple records around Asia.Despite its genre film status “Train” got its launch at the 2016 Cannes festival as a midnight screening, before conquering the summer season in Korea and the Asia region.

BTS is currently one cloud nine as their album Map of the Soul: 7 has been breaking records one after the other. The septet’s latest creation has been receiving tremendous response from music lovers all over the world.

Peter White Television EditorThe Masked Singer exec producer Craig Plestis is bringing another Korean format to U.S.

Sonia Kil For the first time since coronavirus struck South Korea in January, theatrical box office in the keenly cinema-going nation showed a significant sign of recovery.

Korean blockbuster Ashfallwill open this year's online-only Far East Film Festival (FEFF) withWilson Yip's Ip Man 4, Johnnie To’s musical and martial arts mash-upChasing Dream and Andrew Lau's action movie The Captainamong the big titles in the lineup. In total of 46 films from 8 countries feature in the lineup for the 22nd edition of FEFF that ordinarily takes place in thepicturesque northern Italian city of Udine but is moving online due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Korean actor Song Joong Ki has announced his decision to step down from his upcoming film “Season of You and Me” (literal translation). The actor has a slew of projects in his kitty.

Park Seo Joon climbed another step on the ladder of success this week. The actor has had a memorable year until now. Seo Joon has received love for his act in Itaewon Class. As he dives deep into his upcoming flick with IU, the actor revealed he has received the YouTube Gold Play Button. The actor received the honour after his YouTube channel surpassed the one million subscriber mark. The actor took to YouTube and did a special unboxing of his Gold Play Button. 

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Some of the most influential K-pop and Korean artists are speaking out after the death of George Floyd for justice and showing their solidarity with the black community.As America grapples with the outrage over another black person's death at the hands of police -- Floyd was suffocated by a Minneapolis police officer during an arrest -- the issue has gained notice around the world including in the Korean-music industry, an industry heavily inspired and influenced by black music and culture.

A Pinkvilla reader by the name of Riya Chauhan pens her journey from BTS' DNA to exploring K-Dramas: 

FESTA 2020 is finally upon us and ARMY could not be more excited as BTS celebrates their seventh anniversary. The special occasion was capped off with a special summer version of their hit track, Airplane pt. 2, which was shot during their Summer Package trip to Saipan. We have a whole lot of things to look forward to as BTS will be dropping new videos, photos and songs every day until June 13, when the K-pop group celebrates its birthday with ARMY.