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  Director Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' included in U.S. variety's 'The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time'

  SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) —Director Bong Joon-ho's movie "Parasite" made it into "The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time," selected by U.S. Variety, a premier source of entertai
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  Passion of youths behind fancy runaway... Netflix 'The Fabulous'

  SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- You must look beautiful even if you are tired to death, must present eye-catching collection every season, and must know the trend even if you sleep less.Netflix original se
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  S.Korean musical movie 'Hero' attracts 100 thousand audiences on day of premiere

  SEOUL December 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean movie “Hero” which depicts a story of freedom fighter An Jung-geun’s journey to assassinate Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi and the aftermath of the event a
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  UMFF to feature four of Tang Wei movies including 'Decision to Leave'

  SEOUL December 22 (Yonhap) -- Ulju Mountain Film Festival will be showcasing 4 of actress Tang Wei’s movies through "UMFF Salon of December," addressed festival’s committee on Thursday. Ul
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  Cinema admissions remain below half of pre-pandemic level through Nov.

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Theater admissions sharply recovered in the first 11 months of the year compared with the deep slump a year ago but remained below half of the pre-pandemic level, industry data showed Thursday. A total of 986
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  Shortlist for 95th Academy Awards includes 'Decision to Leave'

  SEOUL December 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave” has been selected as one of the candidates for the “95th Academy Award (Oscar) awards for artistic and technica
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  'Gentleman' presents Ju Ji-hoon's style of action comedy

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Korean actor Ju Ji-hoon will appear as a fearless private detective disguised as a prosecutor chasing crime cases masterminded by upper-class villains in the upcoming crime-comedy flick "Gentleman"
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  Families of independence partirots to visit press conference of Korean-independence activist movie 'Hero'

  SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced that the press conference of musical movie "Hero" which follows the true story of Ahn Junggeun, a Korean-inde
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  Chinese TV, streaming platforms open further to Korean dramas

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- A major Chinese TV network is expected to air Korean dramas next year, set to join other streaming platforms that have opened their doors to Korean entertainment content after a yearslong cultural freeze. Anh
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  'The Point Men,' Korean film inspired by 2007 hostage crisis in Afghanistan

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- "The Point Men," the long-awaited film inspired by a true story of 23 South Korean Christian volunteers taken hostage by Taliban militants in Afghanistan in 2007, will finally get a theatrical rele
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  CGV to release BTS concert movie in February of 2023

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) —CGV will exclusively release the movie "BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas," showing boy group BTS' concert on February 1. The running time of the movie will be 103 m
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  Movie 'A Desperate Pursuit' starring Park Sung-woong and Kwak Si-yang as main characters starts shooting

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) —The comic action movie "A Desperate Pursuit," starring Park Sung-woong and Gwak Si-yang as the main characters, has started shooting, according to the film distrib
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  Netflix series 'The Glory' features female revenge drama with Song Hye-kyo

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Actress Song Hye-kyo, widely known as the "Melodrama Queen," is returning with a new Netflix series, "The Glory," a grim revenge drama involving bullying at school.Set to stream on Net
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  'Avatar 2' tops 3 mln admissions in S. Korea in first week

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- James Cameron's sequel to his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster, "Avatar: The Way of Water," surpassed 3 million admissions in South Korea in its first week, data showed Tuesday.Released on Dec. 14, "Avatar 2&q
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  'Avatar 2' attracts 3 million audience in seven days in Korea... Director Cameron 'I am so grateful'

  SEOUL, December 20 (Yonhap) -- On Tuesday, the film "Avatar: The Way of Water," the sequel to "Avatar," surpassed 3 million cumulative audience members in seven days. The film
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  (Movie Review) 'Switch' presents relatable family comedy set in fantasy world

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- "Switch" is a fantasy comedy film where the identities of a top actor and his manager are swapped on Christmas Day, worth watching for light entertainment with the right amount of humor and sweetn
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  TVXQ! to host YouTube live streaming to mark 19th debut anniversary

  SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) —Group TVXQ! will host a YouTube live streaming titled "Winter Rose for Cassiopeia: TVXQ!'s 19th Debut Anniversary" to mark their 19th debut anniversary on Dece
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  'Phantom,' spy thriller set in Japanese colonial-era Korea, says director

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming Korean film "Phantom" is a spy thriller set in Seoul in 1933, when Korea was under the brutal Japanese colonial rule, its director said Monday.It revolves around three men and two wome
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  Play 'AMADEUS' to open next Feburary

  SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- A world-class English playwright Peter Shaffer's original play "AMADEUS" will open at Sejong M Theater in Seoul from Next February 12 to April 11, announced
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  'Avatar: The Way of Water' tops box office in first weekend

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- James Cameron's sequel to his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster, "Avatar: The Way of Water", topped the box office in South Korea during its opening weekend, data showed Monday. "Avatar 2" r