The Korean Film Festival (KFF) in the Philippines is back with live screening after two years since the pandemic started. This year’s film festival will open on Aug. 10 with seven Korean movies at SM Aura Premier in Taguig for selected audiences. (Clockwise from top left) “Deliver Us From...
Five Korean films have been invited to the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held from Sept. 8 to 18. The TIFF announced the 63 films included in its 2022 Official Selection consisting of 18 Galas and 45 Special Presentations. Korean films invited to the 2022 TIFF are...
The Korean drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” which airs on ENA in South Korea and streamed on Netflix, has brought fame to Korean stars Park Eun-bin and Kang Tae-oh. It started with a nationwide rating in Korea of less than one percent (0.948 percent) and shot to 15.78 percent for episode 9...
Rhenz Abando became the latest Filipino standout to take his act overseas as the Letran star suits up for Anyang KGC in the Korean Basketball League. Rhenz Abando (Photo from GMA/NCAA) The team announced the development in a social media post Thursday, July 28, as the NCAA Season 97 Most Valuable...
The “2022 Pinoy K-pop Star: Hail the Icons” finals will be held on July 16 with 10 participants in the vocal and performance categories. To be held in-person at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall, the “2022 Pinoy K-pop Star: Hail the Icons,” to be hosted by Kring Kim, will have five contestants...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said it is planning to add five more foreign language courses to "advance the competitive edge of Filipino workers." "TESDA is eyeing more language-related courses to add up to the already-existing courses under its National Skills...
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines will start three face-to-face classes on July 20. It will introduce Cooking Class, Korean Traditional Dance Class and Taekwondo Class that will all be held at its new building at 59 Bayani Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The classes were...
South Korea’s new minister of culture, sports and tourism has echoed the opinion of President Yoon Suk-yeol that granting Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS an exemption from the mandatory military service should be based on public opinion. Park Bo-gyoon, who assumed office as the new head of...
K-pop boy band GOT7 member Youngjae and singer-songwriter Lovey have been swept up in dating rumors. On June 27, a Korean media outlet reported that Youngjae, 25, and Lovey, who turned 29 today (June 27), have been in a relationship for a year. GOT7's Youngjae (left) and singer-songwriter Lovey...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said any government plan to exempt K-pop superstars BTS from military service should be based on the opinion of the public. All Korean men are required by law to enlist in the military by age 28. Through an amendment of Korea’s Military Service Act, which took...
By Ambassador of South Korea to the Philippines Kim Inchul AMBASSADOR KIM INCHUL (left) with Finance Undersecretaries Mark Dennis Joven (center), and Antonette C. Tionko (right). The widely acclaimed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law was enacted in December 2017. The Law...
Korean actress Lee Hanee (aka Honey Lee), star of the drama “One the Woman,” gave birth to her first baby. “We bring you the good news that actress Lee Hanee gave birth to her daughter at a hospital somewhere in Seoul yesterday (June 20),” announced Saram Entertainment, her agency, on...
