Key Takeaways In Seongsu-dong, Seoul's trend-heavy neighborhood, immersive exhibitions based on Dragon Ball and Crayon Shin-chan are drawing strong crowds. The appeal lies in participation: visitors are not just viewing comics, but acting out si…
Key Takeaways Good Neighbors, a Korean child rights NGO, used memorial donations for the late actor Kim Soomi to support four children from vulnerable households. The money came from royalties on a book made from Kim's lifetime diaries. Over the…
Key Takeaways Lezhin Entertainment says the short drama "Gwangan: The Crown Prince's Woman" will open exclusively at Lotte Cinema on Nov. 18. The series, adapted from a webtoon of the same name, first premiered on Lezhin Snacks on Oct.…
Key Takeaways South Korean actors Lee Kwang-soo and Park Eun-bin received government citations at the 11th Finance Day ceremony for promoting saving and a culture of giving. The Financial Services Commission honored 194 people this year, while addin…
Key Takeaways The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency held the 8th Police Story Academy, inviting film and television writers, producers, and production companies to better explain how real investigations work. Officers discussed drug and cybercrime ca…
Key Takeaways KBS has launched its 35th open recruitment drive for comedians through Gag Concert, its long-running sketch comedy program. There are no limits on gender, age, or prior experience, and applications are open until November 13. The move …
Key Takeaways Yorgos Lanthimos' 2015 film The Lobster is set to return to CGV theaters 11 years after its original release. The film imagines a near-future world where people who fail to find love are turned into animals, turning romance into a …
Key Takeaways Singer-songwriter Kim Dong-ryul sold out seven solo concerts at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul. He deliberately left out the large orchestra that once defined his stage identity and relied instead on detaile…
Key Takeaways Tving, a South Korean online video streaming service, logged a record 814,483 new app installs in September, up 43.8 percent from the previous month. That rebound helped Tving retake first place among streaming apps after three months,…
Key Takeaways BTS reached 200 million YouTube views for the music video of "2.0" just six months after its release. The song is a hip-hop and trap track from the group's fifth full-length album, and it centers on change and growth. Its…
Key Takeaways Jazz vocalist and pianist Maria Kim has released her ninth studio album, built from a sold-out live performance in Oklahoma. The album keeps the energy of the concert but trims away most applause and crowd noise, creating an unusually …
Key Takeaways South Korea is moving to merge the Audience Media Foundation and the Korea Advertising Foundation into a new public body, but the plan is drawing warning signs over how different the two institutions are. The foundation chief said the …