Lee Dong-ho (이동호)

Incheon to Host Paramount's First Movie Park

2008/05/20 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Paramount Movie Park Korea, an amusement park inspired by Hollywood glamour with a dash of hallyu (Korean wave), will open in 2011 in Incheon, South Korea.

It will be the world's first Paramount Pictures-branded theme park and resort complex and Korea's first ever movie-theme park. Daewoo Motors Sales Corp (DWMS) will fund and assume ownership of the joint venture company while Paramount will act as its licensor and manage creative development, organizers in Seoul said Tuesday. The two signed a licensing agreement last December.

"Some 40 MOUs between Korean firms and major foreign industries had been established for such a park, but none bore fruit", said Lee Dong-ho, president and CEO of DWMS. Problems included the massive investment involved, licensing fee agreements and locating a site large enough. "I'm proud to say this will be the first movie theme park in Korea", he said.

Entertainment facilities including a water park and some 30 attr...| More

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Song Seung-hwan, Nanta Producer who Conquered Broadway

2006/10/10 | Source | Permalink |

Cultural exports are making their mark in the world these days, as can be seen from the power of the hallyu boom. Culture-related products have emerged as an important factor in countries' national competitiveness, but money and power are not enough to create a culture. Only people can create a culture, using their imagination and steadfastness. One of the key players responsible for spreading Korean culture worldwide is Song Seung-hwan, 48, the CEO of the Nanta production company PMC Production.

Nanta's successful advancement to Broadway

Nanta, a non-verbal performance, is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about Korean productions that have successfully debuted on Broadway in New York in the United States. And Song Seung-hwan is the first person who comes to mind when talking about Nanta. After a year and a half of being the first Korean production to be staged in an off-Broadway theater, Nanta closed on August 7, disproving predictions that it would have to close ...| More

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