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Kim Jeong-hyeon and Kim Yoo-joo couple are posing for the camera!
The two have held their wedding ceremony with Lee Soon-jae leading the ceremony. Kim's friend Lee Min-woo was the MC for the whole program and the special song was by Hong Kyung-min!
The fourth London Korean Film Festival 2009 runs from Nov. 1 to 18 and already some of the big name directors in Korea have flown to the United Kingdom to promote Korean movies. Prior celebrations and functions aside, the actual first screening was on Thursday (Nov. 5).
This year's film festival, with 25 feature films and four animations from Korea, is organized by the Korean Cultural Center in the United Kingdom and the Korea Creative Content Agency, with the support of the Korean government.
The films will be screened at the BFI (British Film Institute) from Nov. 1 to 14; the London Barbican Centre from Nov. 5 to 12; Manchester Cornerhouse from Nov. 7 to 9; and Nottingham Broadway Cinema from Nov. 16 to 18.
Some award-winning directors from Korea, namely director Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho will visit London with their respective works, "Thirst" (2009) and "Mother - 2009" (2009). The Thirst, which won a Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival this year,...| More
The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA, President & CEO Lee Jae-woong) is now accepting applications for the 2nd Cultural Contents Project Camp until November 6th.
Jointly run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KOCCA, the training program is designed to help top talents gain necessary field experience to become the leaders of Korea's content industry.
There are 11 projects in total, and they include Chuno, a new TV series in production for KBS2TV by Chorokbaem Media, The Dumb Mafia by Younggu Art, Toonzip's Robot Arpo that successfully attracted large-scale investment from Italy and Malaysia, and "Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds" by director Lee Joon-ik.
The selected trainees will receive six months of practical training at a project camp between December 2009 and May 2010. Here, the trainees will immediately dispatched to businesses to learn what it takes to produce contents. Each of them will receive KRW1.4 million in government subsidy and will have a...| More
Korea's Biggest Story Competition ? A First Step to Advance into the Global Market
KRW12.5 Billion to be Invested for Support of Story Development, Production, and Distribution
▲ The Korea New Story Creation Project presentation. From Left: Chairman Geum Kang of the Korea Popular Culture Writers Association, Chairman Jeong Seon-eon of the Korea Independent Productions Association, CEO Kim Jeong-ah of CJ Entertainment, CEO Song Seung-hwan of PMC, President Kim Ok-young of the Korean TV & Radio Writers Association, President Lee Jae-woong of the Korea Creative Content Agency, Actor Park Yong-woo, Executive Director Yoo Hae-young of the Korea Creative Content Agency, Director Pyo Min-soo, and Chairman Choi Jong-il of the Korea Animation Producers Association.
Korea's contents-related industries have come together to develop new stories and turn them into high-quality content that has appeal on the global market.
The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA, President & CE...| More
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has devised recommended standard spellings and descriptions for 124 Korean dishes favored by foreigners.
Under the new menu standards, "kalguksu" should be referred to as "noodle soup", "hanjeongsik" as "traditional Korean set menu" and "gimbap" as "dried seaweed rolls".
The standards also include recommended descriptions for kimchi fried rice, dolsot bibimbap, and beef-rib soup.
Director Park Chan-wook, who received the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie "Thirst", says that Korean films can gain global recognition by improving their artistic expression and setting new trends.
In an interview with the Yonhap News ahead of the screening of "Thirst" at the London Barbican Centre as the opening film of the 4th London Korean Film Festival, Park said that Korean movies can be exported overseas not only by producing them in English but also by setting new trends.
The festival will run through November 18 at the London Barbican Centre and the British Film Institute. A total of 29 Korean films will be screened, including "Thirst" as well as "Mother - 2009" by Bong Joon-ho.
Interview with director Park Chan-wook.
-- Did the film face a lot of red tape because it deals with Christianity?
- We had a hard time designing its posters. In Korea, we had to take out the image of the lead actress's legs from the poster because they were said to l...| More
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Director Park Chan-wook, who received the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie "Thirst", says that Korean films can gain global recognition by improving their artistic expression and setting new trends.
