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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAfter a flurry that lasted only for the duration of the recent Lunar New Year holidays, theatrical box office in South Korea slumped again over the latest weekend. Nationwide, Korean cinemas earned just $3.22 million between Friday and Sunday. That was the lowest scoring weekend so far in 2022 and followed a disappointing holiday period.The Lunar New Year holidays – if measured from the previous Saturday until Wednesday (Jan 29- Feb.

Following the success of “Squid Game”, the latest Korean series to addict Netflix viewers is the high school-set zombie apocalypse drama “All of Us Are Dead”.

All Of Us Are Dead has helped South Korea set a new record on Netflix in the US.Based on the webtoon Now At Our School by Joo Dong-geun, the series follows a group of high school students who find themselves trapped on campus as a zombie apocalypse spreads like wildfire.After previously topping the charts on Netflix in over 25 countries by January 31, All Of Us Are Dead has now reached the summit of the daily Top 10 list on US Netflix (February 4). As the second non-English-language series to reach that position, the K-drama has helped set a new record for South Korea.Thanks to the success of Squid Game and All Of Us Are Dead, Korea is now the first country to place multiple series not in the English language at the top of the streaming service’s charts, according to Deadline.

Proud family. For Chloe Kim‘s parents—father Jong Jin Kim and mother Boran Yun Kim—their daughter is the definition of the American dream.

Four months ago, Squid Game climbed to No.1 on Netflix’s US daily Top 10 list en route to becoming the streamer’s most watched original series ever. Now another Korean drama, All Of Us Are Dead, has accomplished the feat.

After being forced to sit out the annually lucrative Chinese New Year period as the Covid crisis was just beginning in 2020, Chinese box office blasted to an all-time high during the comparable 2021 session. This week, the Year of the Tiger will be ushered in beginning February 1 with eight movies poised to potentially set new records. Projections are in the RMB 7B-8B+ range ($1.1B-$1.26B). Last year in the world’s biggest box office market, the week-long holiday reached RMB 7.8B ($1.2B at historical rates).

Inseparable! Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were spotted out together once again, this time in matching ensembles! The makeup mogul, 41, and the Saturday Night Live star, 28, enjoyed a sunny outing on Thursday (January 27) as they visited friends in the tony neighborhood of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles. The pair were twinning in all-black ensembles for the visit, as seen in photos here, via the Daily Mail.

Kim Kardashian West and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson, are spending time with Kim's sister, Khloe Kardashian, and a few of the sisters' close friends. The group was photographed having dinner and going to an escape room on Wednesday night, with Kim and Pete holding hands.The group — which included Tracy Romulus, Olivia Pierson and Natalie Halcro — had dinner at Quarters Korean BBQ, then had some fun at 60out: Escape Room, where it appeared they had the entire place to themselves. Kim looked chic in black leggings, a hoodie and thigh-high Vetements satin boots, while Pete kept it casual in jeans, sneakers, a hat and a hoodie.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This review includes some spoilers for Netflix’s “All of Us Are Dead,” which premiered Friday, January 28.As the last, desperate teen survivors in “All of Us Are Dead” do their best to stay alive through a zombie apocalypse, hoping beyond hope that adults are coming to rescue them, it takes a full day of horrors to make them realize that they’re on their own. With their high school labeled Ground Zero for the escalating outbreak, the students are left for dead (or, as is the case with zombies, something in between).

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson like themselves some mind games!

Ray J was one of former President Donald Trump‘s latest visitors at his Mar-a-Lago club. The 41-year-old singer and 75-year-old former president were both all smiles in the photo, as they stood alongside pictures of Trump, including a huge photo of him with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, 38, in 2018. The pair were meeting to discuss business opportunities, according to Page Six.

Love And Leashes. The trailer opens with Jung Ji-hoo (played by former U-KISS and UNB member Lee Jun-young) on his first day at a new company, where he’s introduced to a colleague who bears a similar sounding name to his, Jung Ji-woo (Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun).Things quickly spiral after a parcel that was supposedly addressed to Ji-hoo gets delivered to Ji-woo’s desk, who opens it to find a curious spiked collar. Ji-hoo tries to play off as being for his fictional three-year-old poodle, but Ji-woo quickly learns the truth.“Ji-woo, I was wondering… would you be my master?” Ji-hoo asks Ji-woo in a drunken stupor, marking the start of a racy new relationship between the two colleagues.The upcoming Netflix original film Love And Leashes revolves around a pair of co-workers, Ji-woo and Ji-hoo, who enter a contractual S&M relationship. Love And Leashes is based on the Naver webcomic Moral Sense by Gyeowool.The movie will be directed and written by Park Hyeon-jin, and is due out on February 11 exclusively on the streaming platform.

NCT Dream are set to release new music this March, their agency SM Entertainment has confirmed.Earlier today (January 27), No Cut News reported that NCT Dream would be return with new music later this year. SM Entertainment later confirmed the report in a statement to MyDaily, noting that the K-pop boyband are currently working on music.“NCT Dream are preparing a new album aimed for a March release,” said the company, as translated by Soompi.

Pachinko, and also annocuned its release date.Earlier today (January 27), the streaming service released a series of images from the forthcoming TV adaptation of Pachinko, the bestselling novel by Min Jin Lee. The show is slated to premiere on March 25 with three episodes, followed by weekly instalments every Friday  thereafter.The images feature the first glimpses of Minari actress and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung as leading protagonist Sunja.

attacks on the Asian American community – particularly our elders – I think the need for people to acquaint themselves with this culture, this food, this history, is more important than ever,” Ling, 48, told The Post. Premiering Thursday (Jan. 27) on HBO Max, the six-episode show follows journalist/TV host Ling as she journeys to different locations in the US, exploring the history of a different Asian American community there as well as restaurants and local cuisine.

Free Zia, otherwise known as Song Ji-A from the popular Netflix Korean dating reality TV show Single’s Inferno, is apologizing.