Brief summary: SBS, South Korea's national broadcaster, launched the Fri–Sat romantic comedy "Wooju Merimi" on October 10, 2025. The leads, Choi Woo‑sik and Jung So‑min, turn a fake marriage and a prize newlywed home into a playful s…
Netflix’s animated feature "K‑Pop Demon Hunters" is a global experiment that blends K‑POP with Korean shamanism (traditional Korean shamanic practice). Huntr/x is presented as a chart-topping idol group that also belongs to a family line o…
Controversy has widened over President Lee Jae‑myung and his wife’s appearance on a JTBC variety show. The timing, coming shortly after a fire at the government’s national data center, is the main point of dispute. The Blue House (the presidential…
First, news spread that Lee Chae-min was brought in just ten days before shooting when Park Sung-hoon left the production. Second, Lee admitted the pressure but said he did his best to protect the show’s quality. Third, staff and fans reacted with a…
The Busan International Film Festival introduced a competition section for the first time at its 30th edition in 2025. This move was meant to raise the profile of Asian cinema on the global stage. However, the abolition of the Jiseok Award and cha…
The Choi In-ho Youth Culture Award calls 1970s–80s youth culture into the present. The third winner, Jang Kiha, proved that link through music. His conversational lyrics and experimental approach reinterpret the era’s spirit. Creating this prize is …
The theatrical film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinite" opened this summer and has held the number-one spot at the box office for three consecutive weeks. It has drawn nearly four million viewers, a clear sign of commercial success…
The Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival’s top prize at its 82nd edition, went to Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother. The film is an omnibus of three short stories set in different cities and draws out small distances and deep ties within fami…
The documentary "Independent Army: Unfinished War" is being released to mark the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation. The film centers on General Hong Beom‑do's armed resistance and the pivotal battles at Bongo‑dong and Cheongsa…
Song Joong-ki and Cheon Woo-hee return in fall 2025 with a quiet, emotional melodrama. Both actors trace a story that links fifteen years of time and memory. The series reconstructs the echo of first love with a realistic, understated rhythm. The …
On September 22, 2025, Lee Joon-young will release his first mini-album, LAST DANCE. It marks a formal return to active music promotion about five years after 2019–2020. Now established as an actor, he plans to balance acting and music to show a wid…