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  'Concrete Utopia' actress Park Bo-young wins Best Actor at LEAFF 2023

  SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Actress Park Bo-young of "Concrete Utopia" won the best actor award at the London East Asia Film Festival 2023, the festival's organizer said Wednesday.In the disaster-thriller film, Park played Myeong-hwa, a
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  'Iron Mask' wins Best Picture at LEAFF 2023

  SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- "Iron Mask," a sports film by director Kim Sung-hwan, won the best film award at the London East Asia Film Festival 2023, the movie's distributor said Monday.The movie, the director's feature debut, beat
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  Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated film debuts No.1 at weekend box office

  SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- "The Boy and the Heron," the newest animated film from Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, topped the weekend box office, data showed Monday.The Studio Ghibli animation attracted around 598,000 moviegoers from Fri
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  Actor Ji Chang-wook tries to depict damaged character in 'The Worst of Evil'

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Actor Ji Chang-wook did not take a moral stance against his character in the Disney+ series, "The Worst of Evil."Ji plays undercover cop Park Jun-mo in the Korean crime thriller, who infiltrates i
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  (Movie Review) 'The Boys': True story mixed with melodramatic fiction

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Chung Ji-young's latest feature, "The Boys," is based on real-life events, except that the director made up a lead character for dramatic purposes.Newly-appointed police officer Hwang Jun-cheo
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  'The Boys' director says blending fact, fiction necessary to deliver message

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Adding a completely new character to "The Boys" was necessary to make the based-on-a-true-story film more compelling, director Chung Ji-young said Monday."Some people call me the Ken Loach o
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  (LEAD) Actor Lee Sun-kyun drops out of 'No Way Out' amid alleged drug use

  (ATTN: REVISES 4th para with new development)SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Actor Lee Sun-kyun dropped out of a new TV series, currently in production, amid suspected drug use, the series' production company said Monday."We have accepted his wi
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  Actor Lee Sun-kyun drops out of 'No Way Out' amid alleged drug use

  SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Actor Lee Sun-kyun dropped out of a new TV series, currently in production, amid suspected drug use, the series' production company said Monday."We have accepted his wish (to drop out) as the (drug) case is likely
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  Rom-com 'Love Reset' stays atop local box office for 3rd straight week

  SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korean romantic comedy "Love Reset" has remained atop the local lox office for three weeks in a row since its opening, data showed Monday.The movie also attracted around 246,000 moviegoers from Friday to Sun
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  'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun faces police investigation over suspected drug use

  SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- Police are said to have launched an internal investigation against actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie "Parasite," over suspected drug use, according to sources Friday.The Inch
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  Director Chung Ji-young receives lifetime achievement award at LEAFF 2023

  SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- Director Chung Ji-young was given a lifetime achievement award at the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) 2023, the festival's organizer said Friday.Chung of "Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid" (1994) a
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  BTS’ Jimin to release documentary on Weverse

  SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Jimin of K-pop superband BTS will roll out a documentary about the making of his solo album and stream it on the fan community platform Weverse this month, his agency said
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  (LEAD) 'Moving' sweeps Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

  (ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES throughout with winning title)By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Disney+ sci-fi action series "Moving" clinched the Best Creative award, in addition to a handful of other categories for global st
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  BIFF expands award categories beyond Asian content to global titles

  By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has traditionally focused on Asian content, but this year's edition newly added awards for global streaming titles to expand its reach to a broader market. Laun
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  (News Focus) Korean cinemas thrive on artistic freedom, but challenges remain

  By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- When this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened with Jang Kun-jae's "Because I Hate Korea," many foreign journalists wondered why the film about disgruntled young South Kor
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  Asia's largest content marketplace kicks off in Busan

  By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) returned to the southeastern port city of Busan on Saturday to provide an international market place for content deals. The ACFM, a parallel event to the ongoing Busan I
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  Tving series 'A Bloody Lucky Day' captures horrific moment in mundane setting

  By Kim Eun-jung BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming Tving series "A Bloody Lucky Day" shows how a mundane setting can turn into a place of horror by following a serial killer's journey through a long-distance taxi ride. Based on Ap
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  'Minari' director says immigration is universal theme

  By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Director Lee Isaac Chung of "Minari" (2020), a Korean American family's heartwarming immigrant drama, said Friday he thinks stories about immigration can appeal to audiences of all backgrounds
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  Actor Chow Yun-fat says Hong Kong movies should revive spirit

  By Kim Eun-jungBUSAN, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat said Thursday the Hong Kong movie industry needs to make efforts to reflect its own spirit in films despite China's strict censorship to revive its once-thriving industry.Chow,
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  Wavve series 'Deal' tells unique kidnapping story involving trio of friends

  By Kim Eun-jung BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Streaming platform Wavve's new thriller series "Deal" deals with a kidnapping scheme involving three young men, but the main focus of the story is not money but the tumultuous relationship bet