BUSAN (AFP) - Asia's biggest annual film festival started in South Korea Wednesday at a fraction of its usual scale, but some movie fans will still be able to attend screenings despite the coronavirus forcing many events online. The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) usually sees a host of...
Filipino director Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s “Aswang” won the grand prize at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, or DMZ Docs, held from Sept. 17 to 24 in South Korea. “Aswang,” a Philippines-France production, was selected by the jury to win the White Goose Award, the grand...
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...
Korean actors Kim Won-hae and Heo Dong-won have now recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), more than a month after testing positive for the virus. Last Aug. 20, the two actors were announced to have COVID-19. The two were in plays together with actor Seo Sung-jong, who tested positive for...
The first-ever Filipino anime series is coming to Netflix next month. (Netflix / MANILA BULLETIN) “Barangay 143” will make its debut on the giant streaming platform on Oct. 1. The series first aired on GMA-7 from October 2018 to June 2019. The series tells the story of a basketball star from...
Mastermind PH (TikTok) It was mind-blowing for Philippine dance group Mastermind PH to have been noticed for their BTS dance cover by no less than the Korean artists themselves. Some members of the group did their own version of "Dynamite" on their TikTok account. The song is BTS' latest release....
(From left) Seo Sung-jong, Kim Won-hae and Heo Dong-won (Play DB / SSGG Company / Ace Factory) After Korean actors Seo Sung-jung, Kim Won-hae and Heo Dong-won were confirmed to have been infected with coronavirus disease, 28 other people involved in their plays tested positive for COVID-19. ...
(Clockwise from top left) Actor Seo Sung-jong and the posters for the dramas 'Men are Men' and 'Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol' (Photos: Play DB / KBS) Korean actor Seo Sung-jong was diagnosed with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) causing the filming of two Korean dramas to stop and the cancellation of...
Kang Dong-won in 'Peninsula' (left) and Park Shin-hye and Yoo Ah-in in '#ALIVE' (Photos courtesy of KOFIC / Zip Cinema / Red Peter Films) Korean zombie movies “Peninsula,” the sequel to “Train to Busan,” and “#ALIVE” copped the first two places at the box office in South Korea in July...
Mon Confiado in a scene from 'Golden Holiday' The screening of three international films wait in the wings for Mon Confiado. On Instagram, the 52-year-old actor posted a photo of himself while doing the South Korean action-adventure-crime film "The Golden Holiday" directed by Kim Bong-han. The...
Ruru Madrid (Twitter) Actor Ruru Madrid could hardly believe it that the mirror photo of himself in black trended on Twitter. Fans complimented Ruru as Filipino dead ringer or "version" of BTS member Kim Taehyung aka V. Ruru wrote "Boy with luv" as caption to the post, which is a song recorded...
iKON’s Jinhwan (left) and Ju-ne (Instagram) K-pop boy band iKON members Ju-ne and Jinhwan suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a retaining wall on a national highway in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The accident happened at about 3:40 a.m. (2:40 a.m. in the Philippines)...
