“The Glory” star Song Hye-kyo and “Squid Game” star Gong You will be starring in a period drama by the screenwriter of the series “The Blues.” "Song Hye-kyo and Gong Yoo have confirmed their appearance in writer Noh Hee-kyung's new work. The two plan to work together as the main...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of South Korea and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released the results of the 2024 Overseas Hallyu (Korean Wave) Survey. Korean Wave refers to the rise in popularity of Korean pop culture content. The...
Netflix announced the production of the Korean mystery series “The Trunk,” which will star Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin. “The Trunk” will focus on unforeseen events and secrets after a mystifying trunk is found in the depths of a lake. Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin (Netflix) Seo Hyun-jin, who...
Netflix has revealed details about season 2 of the global hit Korean series “Squid Game.” “Squid Game” was released last September and became Netflix’s biggest show with 1.65 billion hours viewed in the first 28 days on the video streaming platform. "Squid Game" season 2 (Netflix) The...
Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released the results of the 2022 Overseas Hallyu (Korean Wave) Survey. The survey was conducted online from Nov. 5 to Dec. 8, 2021 among 8,500 respondents in 18 countries and...
Polling firm Gallup Korea revealed its year-end list of the top 10 Korean movie stars who shined in 2021 as part of its “Person of the Year” ranking in each field. Gallup Korea held a survey among 1,700 people aged 13 and above in South Korea excluding Jeju Island from Nov. 5 to 28 and asked...
Korean actor and “Squid Game” and “Train to Busan” star Gong Yoo’s official Instagram account has reached 1.9 million in three days. His agency, Management Soop, announced the opening of the Instagram account for the 42-year-old actor ( @_gongyoo_official_ ) last Dec. 1. Posts on Gong...
The agency of Korean actor Gong Yoo, star of the hit zombie movie “Train to Busan,” addressed rumors that he went to lunch with Taylor Swift in New York City. It began when Instagram gossip account DeuxMoi posted and claimed that Swift had lunch with Jin Goo, star of the Korean drama...
(Top photo from left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Psy, TWICE and EXO, and (bottom photo from left) Lee Min Ho, Hyun Bin, Gong Yoo, Song Hye-kyo and Lee Jong-suk (Instagram, Facebook, tvN) K-pop superstars BTS, actor Lee Min Ho, “Crash Landing on You” and “Parasite” were voted as the top choices in a...
(Clockwise from top left) Jo In-sung, Cho Seung-woo, Song Ji-hyo, Park Seo-joon, Jo Jung-suk, Song Joong-ki, Gong Yoo and Moon Chae-won (KOFIC, Instagram, Twitter) Jo In-sung, Cho Seung-woo, Song Ji-hyo, Park Seo-joon and Jo Jung-suk copped the first five places in the Korean movie star brand...
“Seobok,” the sci-fi movie starring Korean stars Gong Yoo and Park Bogum, has been pulled out from theaters in South Korea and can now only be watched on an over-the-top (OTT) platform. The film was released simultaneously in theaters and on OTT platform TVING owned by CJ ENM, which produced...
Gong Yoo and Park Bogum in 'Seobok' (left) and Seo Ye-ji and Kim Kang-woo in 'Recalled' (KOFIC) Korean stars Gong Yoo and Park Bogum’s sci-fi movie “Seobok” became the No. 1 top-grossing film in South Korea in April. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) released the rankings of the top...
