A deep dive into the state of content creators in Korea and the Philippines By IM Young-a MULTI-AWARDED DARK COMEDY The cast of Parasite at the 2020 Academy Awards with director Bong Joon-ho in the middle. The Korean film won best picture Recently, I attended the International Film Industry...
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...
Korean actress Park So-dam, 30, who starred in the Academy Award Best Picture “Parasite,” has been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. According to his agency, Artist Company, Park So-dam found out she has cancer during a health examination. “Actress Park So-dam was diagnosed with...
'High Class' stars (from left) Cho Yeo-jeong, Kim Ji-soo, Ha Jun, Park Se-jin and Gong Hyun-joo at the press event (iQiyi) Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong, who starred in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” will headline the new Korean drama “High Class,” which will premiere on iQiyi on Sept....
Director Bong Joon-ho (left) with Korean actress and 'Parasite' star Park So-dam at the 11th Annual Governors Awards held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Oct. 27, 2019. (Instagram) Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, who won best director for “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy...
(Clockwise from left) BTS, BLACKPINK, EXO’s Chen and Chanyeol, ex-AOA’s Jimin and Mina, scene in 'Parasite,' Lee Min-ho in 'The King: Eternal Monarch,' Choi Jong-hoon, Jung Joon-young, 2AM’s Im Seulong and Red Velvet’s Irene. (Photos: Twitter, Instagram, KOFIC, Barunson E&A, CJ...
BTS (top) and “Parasite” (Twitter, CJ, Barunson, KOFIC) K-pop superstars BTS’ online concert and song “Dynamite,” and the Oscar winning Korean film “Parasite” were among Google’s top trending searches globally in 2020. Google has released the lists of the Year in Search 2020, which...
Part 2 of the “Coffee Prince” documentary aired in Korea and the cast members discussed memorable scenes in the popular K-drama and how the project helped their careers. MBC’s “Docu Flex” aired the second part of the “Coffee Prince” documentary on Oct. 1 (the first part aired on Sept....
Hit Korean movie “Parasite” director and Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho has been named in TIME 100’s most influential people in the world list for 2020. “Parasite” made history at the 92nd Academy Awards last February when it won Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature Film and...
Oscar-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho on the set of ‘Parasite’ (Photo courtesy of Neon) Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines has launched the “Korea at Home” campaign to present Korean culture online. It brings...
T he cast of 'Parasite' at the 2020 Oscars (Instagram/Park So-dam) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organizes the yearly Oscars, has invited the cast and crew of the critically-acclaimed Korean film “Parasite” to join the organization. They are among the...
