Raiden to collaborate with members of NCT, WayV and (G)I-DLE for new project

EXO member Kai has been confirmed to be returning with new solo music next month.South Korean outlet SPOTV News first reported earlier today (October 26) that the singer is currently in the midst of preparations for a “solo album” and is expected to return sometime in “late November”.Kai’s label, SM Entertainment, later responded to the reports in a separate statement to Mydaily, confirming that he was slated to release his upcoming “solo album” next month, per Soompi’s translations.

With “Parasite” winning Oscars and “Squid Game” conquering Netflix, South Korean cinema is all the rage right now. While many cinephiles have long ago discovered the joy of South Korean filmmakers such as Bong Joon Ho, Lee Chang-dong, Hong Sang-soo, Park Chan-took, and more, the mainstream seems to be catching up pretty quickly.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHoldover title, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” comfortably  defeated new release “Dune” at the South Korean box office over the latest weekend.“Dune” managed to earn $2.54 million between Friday and Sunday which was equivalent to a 39% share of the total market. Over its five opening days, the sci-fi epic earned a total of $3.47 million.“Venom 2” had opened a week earlier with a $6.71 million debut that counts as strong in the current malaise.

Snoop Dogg has announced his next music project, ‘The Algorithm’ – you can hear the new single from the Snoop-featuring supergroup Mount Westmore, ‘Big Subwoofer’, below.The forthcoming album is Snoop’s first for Def Jam Recordings since he was appointed as the label’s executive creative consultant back in June.‘Snoop Dogg Presents The Algorithm’ is being billed as an “all-encompassing new project that features artists from the legendary Def Jam label’s past, present and future”, according to a

Squid Game breakout star Wi Ha-joon is currently in talks to star in the upcoming drama Little Women.Earlier today (October 19), South Korean news outlet JoyNew24 reported that the Squid Game actor had been cast as the lead in the forthcoming series. His agency MSteam Entertainment has since clarified that Wi has received an offer for said role, but that he is still in the process of reviewing it.If cast, Wi will be starring alongside actresses Nam Ji-hyun and Kim Go-eun.

Netflix’s new Korean drama My Name is shaping up to become another hit for the streaming platform.According to data from analytics platform FlixPatrol, the action crime series starring Han So-hee has ranked at Number Four on the charts for the top TV shows on netflix, as of October 18.

Netflix has had some significant successes recently, most notably the top-rated South-Korean drama, Squid Game.

MONSTA X will be making their return with new music next month.On October 18, Starship Entertainment announced that the six-member group are gearing up for their next release, which is projected to drop next month.A representative from the agency told the South Korean news outlet Newsen that “MONSTA X are preparing for a domestic comeback aiming for late November”.

Molly-Mae Hague has jetted off to Seville for a "exciting" new project. The PrettyLittleThing Creative Director took to Instagram stories to showcase her trip, and it's safe to say it looks dreamy.Taking photos of the architecture drenched in sunlight, Molly-Mae penned: "4am start this morning to arrive here for an exciting campaign.The weather held out for the star, who shared photos of beautiful views in Seville.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Walt Disney Company Thursday unveiled twenty new titles in Asia as it expands the footprint of its Disney Plus and Disney Plus Hotstar streaming services in the world’s most populous region.The streaming service is currently available in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with upcoming launches in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November 2021.“We aim to create fifty original series and shows by 2023,” said

Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt hit a little too close to home for Lee Chang-keun.The show has captivated global audiences since its September debut, becoming one of Netflix’s biggest hits.

Whether you’ve watched it yet or not, no doubt you’ve heard of Netflix’s controversial Squid Game taking the world by storm.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“No Time To Die” kept its place at the top of the South Korean box office for the second weekend. But, with no significant new releases competing against the James Bond title, it was a hollow victory.The Universal-released “No Time To Die” earned $1.83 million in Korea on its second weekend of release, according to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council-backed tracking service.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading Korean film sales agent Finecut has taken international rights to stylish genre actioner “Project Wolf Hunting.” The company will launch it at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market which starts at the weekend.Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea.

Rebecca Souw “Have you watched ‘Squid Game’?” is as common a question in South Korea as it is in much of the rest of the world, where it has become a breakout success for Netflix as the streamer’s biggest non-English-language series. But audiences in the show’s home country are divided over its merits.A recent on-air promotion event by K-pop girl band Itzy on KBS Cool FM radio recently deviated into a discussion of the survival show.

a recent blog post regarding its September update.“We are all riding the crest of the Korean wave, and this can be felt not only in film, music, or fashion, but also in our language, as evidenced by some of the words and phrases of Korean origin included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary.”The new batch of K-related words includes entries for mukbang, “a video featuring a person eating a large quantity of food and talking to the audience,” the comic book genre manhwa and the

South Korean film director Hong Sang-soo is cinema’s reigning poet of strained politeness, awkward confrontation, and space-filling chatter. In film after film—there are two Hongs at this year’s New York Film Festival, which is about average for the prolific South Korean—characters meet in the street or on a beach, in restaurants or hotels, and talk about the weather or the food in front of them, in banal and repetitious dialogue.

The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association has admitted its largest-ever class of new members. The 21 recruits cap the group’s six-month process of reforms amid a “commitment to diversity and inclusion.”