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Cha Eun-woo as Lee Un-jeong in a still from The Wonderfools. Photo: Netflix.
K-drama news

Profile | Who is Cha Eun-woo, K-pop idol starring in Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools?

Since his 2014 debut, the ‘Face Genius’ has embodied a fantasy figure in many roles. His latest hits screens as he performs military service.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Colony: Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller

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Asian cinema: Korean films

How The King’s Warden sold 16 million tickets and saved the Korean box office

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Humint: dynamic Korean spy thriller from Ryoo Seung-wan on Netflix

Starring Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min and Park Hae-joon, Humint rewards patient viewers with some of the best heroic bloodshed in recent times.

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Zo In-sung (right) in a still from Humint, a Korean spy movie from director Ryoo Seung-wan that is now streaming on Netflix.
Zo In-sung (right) in a still from Humint, a Korean spy movie from director Ryoo Seung-wan that is now streaming on Netflix.
Asian cinema: Korean films

The 10 most-watched Korean films of all time, including The King’s Warden

Can The King’s Warden overtake The Admiral: Roaring Currents and Extreme Job to become the most-viewed South Korean film of all time?

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Asian cinema: Korean films

The 10 most successful Korean art-house films of all time

As Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Love hits Hong Kong cinemas, we look at Korean indie films that conquered the box office as well as festivals.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Korean film icon Ahn Sung-ki remembered: 5 of his best films

Known affectionately as ‘The Nation’s Actor’, South Korea’s Ahn Sung-ki starred in more than 100 feature films during his long career.

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Ahn Sung-ki poses on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 26th Busan International Film Festival in 2021. Photo: AFP
Ahn Sung-ki poses on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 26th Busan International Film Festival in 2021. Photo: AFP
K-drama news

Profile | Who is Kim Woo-bin, star of K-dramas Our Blues and Genie, Make a Wish?

Kim Woo-bin, who is marrying fellow K-drama star Shin Min-a this month, has proved he has the acting chops to match his good looks.

Asian cinema: Korean films

No Other Choice? Why Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun made a comedy

Park Chan-wook’s film reunites the director with Lee Byung-hun after more than 20 years for a darkly funny tale with social commentary.

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Profile | Who is Choi Woo-shik, the handsome star of Parasite and romance K-dramas?

Appearing now in Would You Marry Me, the young-looking, goofy Choi Woo-shik is best known for his roles in Parasite and Train to Busan.

Korean actor Choi Woo-shik recently starred in the Netflix series A Killer Paradox and Melo Movie, and found fame in Parasite and Train to Busan. Photo: Netflix
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | The People Upstairs: cheeky sex comedy directed by and starring Ha Jung-woo

Ha shows skill on both sides of the camera in his movie with Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook as a prim couple seduced by swinging neighbours.

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Lee Hanee (left) and Ha Jung-woo as noisy neighbours in a still from The People Upstairs (category TBC), a Korean film directed by Ha Jung-woo, and co-starring Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook.
Lee Hanee (left) and Ha Jung-woo as noisy neighbours in a still from The People Upstairs (category TBC), a Korean film directed by Ha Jung-woo, and co-starring Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Can the Busan International Film Festival help Korean cinema stay on top?

BIFF’s new director sees the festival as an antidote to shrinking cinema audiences and a beacon for where Asian cinema is headed.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | The Great Flood: Kim Da-mi can’t save bewildering Netflix sci-fi fantasy

Kim Da-mi stars in what begins as a disaster movie then spins off into science fiction, a move that will surely leave viewers floundering.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Good News: hilarious Korean farce based on a real-life 1970s hijacking

Byun Sung-hyun’s riotously entertaining black comedy coming to Netflix features a whip-smart script and deftly judged humour.

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Sul Kyung-gu in a still from Good News, directed by Byun Sung-hyun. Hong Kyung and Ryoo Seung-bum co-star. Photo: Song Kyoung-sub/Netflix
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | The Ugly: Yeon Sang-ho’s dark mystery is both intriguing and frustrating

Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo and Han Ji-hyeon star in Train to Busan director Yeon’s first cinematic release in five years.

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Park Jeong-min in a still from The Ugly.
Park Jeong-min in a still from The Ugly.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook takes on corporate culture in dark comedy

Lee Byung-hun stars in this Korean black comedy as a family man who is laid off after 25 years and goes on a desperate quest for a job.

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South Korea

South Korean actress Go Min-si denies school bullying allegations

An online post alleged that a celebrity, speculated to be Go, had engaged in extortion, verbal abuse and harassment of disabled classmates.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Intrigued by Netflix’s Aema? The 13 best 1980s Korean erotic films ranked

From Mulberry to Between the Knees to Woman of Fire ’82, we rank 13 of the best erotic films to come out in Korea during the 1980s.

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A still from Between the Knees, one of the most well-crafted Korean erotic films of the 1980s.
A still from Between the Knees, one of the most well-crafted Korean erotic films of the 1980s.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | My Daughter Is a Zombie: hit Korean comedy displays few signs of life

Starring Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jung-eun and Choi Yoo-ri, My Daughter Is a Zombie is South Korea’s most successful domestic release of 2025.

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K-drama news

Profile | Who is Kim Nam-gil, star of K-dramas Trigger and The Fiery Priest?

Heartthrob Kim Nam-gil debuted in the series School in 1999, waited five years for his next role, and has not looked back since then.

Asian cinema: Korean films

5 rising Korean women filmmakers and the movies that shaped them

Kim Se-in, Kim Cho-hee, Yoon Ga-eun, Yoon Dan-bi and Lim Oh-jeong will all get the spotlight in a special section at the Busan film festival.

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A still from Lucky Chan-sil, the directorial debut from Korean female filmmaker Kin Cho-hee. Kim is one of five rising female filmmakers in the Korean industry who will be examined in a section of the 2025 Busan International Film Festival.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy – Korean fantasy is glossy but uninspired

Featuring Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Min-ho, Chae Soo-bin and K-pop’s Nana and Jisoo, this Korean sci-fi fantasy fails to live up to its ambitions.

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Nana (left) as feisty fighter Hui-won and Ahn Hyo-seop as recently fired office worker Dok-ja in a still from Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy.
Nana (left) as feisty fighter Hui-won and Ahn Hyo-seop as recently fired office worker Dok-ja in a still from Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Wall to Wall: homeowning is a nightmare in Netflix’s Korean thriller

Wall to Wall on Netflix explores Korea’s property woes and neighbourly nightmares – but it sadly loses focus with a clichéd mystery element.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

12 best movies of Squid Game’s Front Man, Lee Byung-hun, ranked

Concrete Utopia, Bittersweet Life, Joint Security Area and more – South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has lit up the big screen for decades.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Hi-Five: Korean superhero fantasy with Yoo Ah-in fails to meet its potential

Starring Yoo Ah-in, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Jae-in and with K-pop star Park Jin-young, Hi-Five features a promising premise that it never lives up to.

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Yoo Ah-in in a still from Hi-Five.
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