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Actor Hong Seok-cheon, the first among celebrities to announce that he is gay, is attracting attention again for his savvy knowledge of asset management. He is known to have saved some one billion won.Source : english.kbs.co.kr... ( English )
Sandra Oh to Support Comfort Women
2007/10/01 (Source)
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
Korean-Canadian actress Sandra Oh is going to take a stand to raise international awareness about the comfort women, who were forced to engage in prostitution during World War II by the Japanese military.
The Hollywood star will participate in an international co,...More
'D-War' Grosses $10 Mil. in US Debut
2007/10/01 (Source)
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Since making Korea's largest ever release in the United States Sep,...More
Korean Special Effects Houses Internationally Recognized
2007/09/30 (Source)
The Jet Li and Jackie Chan star-vehicle Forbidden Kingdom's special effects will be in the hands of the Korean Macrograph Inc, Digital Tetra Inc (DTI), and Footage. Forbidden Kingdom is a big-budget Chinese-American co-production.
Producer Casey Silver explained: "For a film that has crossed so ,...More
Jeon Ji-hyeon in Jeong Yoon-cheol Film
2007/09/30 (Source)
Jeon Ji-hyeon next project will be director Jeong Yoon-cheol's film Syoopeomaenieotteon Sanai (English translation: "A Man Who Was Superman"). Jeon will play an opportunistic documentary maker who decides to make a documentary about a man who believes that he is superhero. HWANG Jeong-min will portr,...More
Going by the Book Joins Jang Jin, Jeong Jae-yeong and Ra Hee-chan
2007/09/30 (Source)
"Going by the Book" (Bareuge Salja) is the feature film directorial debut of RA Hee-chan. The comedy's protagonist – a righteous and punctual policeman – is played by Jeong Jae-yeong. JANG Jin is responsible for the scenario.
Jeong's character follows rules to the extremes and it causes his downf,...More
Granny makes a soup that simmers for Pusan cineasts
2007/09/28 (Source)
BUSAN ― Korea's second-biggest city is famous for it's annual movie feast. The Pusan International Film Festival (or PIFF) has grown to become the most prestigious in Asia. But what does Busan have to offer by way of edible treats? Even cineasts can't function properly on an empty stomach.
Bu,...More
Famous beach destination surrenders itself to celluloid
2007/09/28 (Source)
There was a time when Kim Dong-ho had to fight those who ridiculed the idea of an international film festival in the port city of Busan.
When he recalls those days from 1995, when he was launching the film festival, Kim, the festival's director, is relishing the fact that the Pusan International Fi,...More
'D-War' is losing box office battle
2007/09/28 (Source)
HOLLYWOOD ― When Kim Ki-duk's "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring", acclaimed as a bea,...More
CJ to Make Film with China
2007/09/28 (Source)
CJ Entertainment has agreed to launch a joint project with China.
The president of CJ says that he signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing with the chief of China's largest film agency, the China Film Group, on the jointly invested production of the film 'Thangka' and another project aime,...More