DMZ (2004) - DMZ, 비무장지대

2008/04/09 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Get yourself ready for a two-hour thriller that takes place among the guard posts on the southern side of the demilitarized zone.
Director Kong Soo-chang is back with his second feature "The Guard Post".
Kong's film — released last Thursday — focuses on a mysterious massacre that occurs in the DMZ one rainy day. Twenty armed soldiers at a guard post have been mysteriously killed. One is left alive, but unconscious.

The Defense Ministry dispatches an investigation team. Sergeant Major Noh Seong-gyu (Cheon Ho-jin) is given 24 hours to find the body of Yu Jeong-woo (Jo Hyeon-jae), who was in command of the guard post.
Kong's previous feature, "R-Point", also takes place in a military setting. It's about a Korean unit dispatched to the Vietnam War that receives a strange radio transmission from a group of soldiers previously thought missing in action.
"I served in the army under Korea's military regime", Kong said. "During that time, the government was in total control".
Kong was a...

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2008/03/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

In his second feature film "The Guard Post" ("GP506"), director Kong Soo-chang ("R-Point") tells another agonizing tale about military life. But this time, he takes viewers to the demilitarized zone (DMZ). In this bloody mystery thriller, Gong explores the ever-so relevant yet alien area, where dark secrets and ghosts of forgotten histories lurk.

But the film does not deal with the ideological conflict between the Koreas. Rather, it fathoms the raw human instinct for survival.

On the 38th parallel, between the two Koreas, lies the last remnant of the Cold War. "Demilitarized" zone is perhaps the most improper name for one of the most heavily fortified places on Earth. On the south side is the tightly contained Guard Post 506 (GP506), where armed soldiers stay alert for possible aggressions from the North.

One rainy evening, sergeant major Noh Seong-gyu is called to attend to an emergency. A massacre has occurred within GP506, leaving 20 dead ...

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2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

European directors are praising Korean actress Son Tae-yeong as one of the world's most beautiful actresses.

Son recently filmed a music video for new singer Revi in the United Kingdom, Yonhap News said Tuesday. Directors Nikita Diakur and Jonas Lund worked on the video, along with art director Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne and photographer Patricia Niven. Niven has worked as a photographer for the ad campaign of top lingerie line Agent Provocateur.

The foreign directors praised Sohn for having beautiful Asian eyes and lips and "rich, beautiful and sophisticated facial expressions". Sohn was the first Asian actress they have worked with.

Son recently appeared with Kim Kang-woo in the critically acclaimed film "The Railroad", directed by Park Heung-shik. The film won a special award given by the International Federation of Film Critics, during the 25th Torino Film Festival in Italy.

"The Railroad" is about two lost souls (played by Kim and...

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2007/12/26 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

OBS, a new broadcast channel, opens at 11:00 a.m. on Dec. 28, Friday. The station will broadcast a 9-hour special to celebrate the opening of the new channel.

The name of the channel, OBS, stands for O Broadcasting System. The "O" means many things ― One, Our, Open, Opportunity and Orient. OBS, Gyeonggi Incheon TV, is a commercial broadcasting company servicing approximately 24 million viewers in Gyeonggi Province, Incheon and Seoul. In 2004, iTV, the predecessor of present OBS, had to close down because the Korean Broadcasting Commission refused to renewal their permit. It now reopens with more competent programming.

OBS will rival SBS, another private terrestrial broadcast station, in drawing audience. Both stations are based in the metropolitan area and make contracts with local broadcasting stations to air their programs nationwide.

Joo Cheol-hwan, president of OBS, is former producer-director (PD) of MBC and professor of Ewha Woman...

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2007/12/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Cinematographer Baek Hong-jong, who shot the KBS documentary "Chamagodo", will be recognized by his peers in the industry with the Grand Prize in the Grime Awards.

Top honors in the drama category went to Lee Yeong-cheol and Jeong Gi-hyeon of the SBS drama "Lobbyist". For documentaries, Kim Yong-nam of the MBC program "The DMZ is Alive" also received recognition.

Established in 1993 by the Korean Television Directors of Photography Association, the Grime Award recognizes excellence in camera work and lighting. The awards ceremony will be held Friday at the Broadcasting Center in Mokdong.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio ...

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