Netflix’s "The Devil’s Plan" is bringing experienced survival-show players into its third season and scrapping automatic elimination for contestants who lose all their Pieces, producers said Thursday. "The Devil’s Plan: Dead Again" will premiere on Netflix on Nov. 10. The 14-episode season will feature 16 players, including previous winners and veterans of some of Korea’s best-known survival shows. It will roll

Indian cinema reaches far beyond Bollywood's familiar mix of music, dance and romance, India's ambassador to South Korea said Tuesday as the 14th Indian Film Festival opened in Seoul. The festival began at the Korean Film Archive with a screening of "Newton," launching a program of six Indian films that will travel across six Korean cities through Nov. 29. "Indian cinema is a microcosm of its 1.4 billion people,&quo

Jeon Do-yeon has emerged as a contender for a best actress nomination at next year's Academy Awards for her performance in Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The U.S. entertainment publication said Jeon could become the first South Korean ever nominated in the category, placing the veteran actor among this season's best-actress contenders as Lee's film gains momentum overseas. Jeon plays M

Nearly four in five Netflix members have watched Korean content, the company said Friday as it marked 10 years in South Korea. More than 200 Korean titles have entered Netflix's global Top 10 rankings since the company began compiling the list in June 2021. "Squid Game" Season 1 remained in the global Top 10 for 32 consecutive weeks, including nine weeks at No. 1, the longest run for a Korean title, according to Netflix.

K-pop girl group TWICE's member Dahyun has been cast opposite actor Cha Woo-min in a new teen romance film now in production for a 2027 release, production company TakeOne said Wednesday. The Korean-titled film "Gureumi Gureumi" follows two 17-year-olds -- a cheerful girl who uses a wheelchair and a promising swimmer carrying emotional scars -- as they develop feelings for each other. Dahyun will play Gureum, a high school student who h

Global OTT giant Netflix is launching a K-pop girl group audition project featuring students from South Korean arts high schools, with applications opening Wednesday, the streaming service said. The project, titled "We Go High," will accept first- and second-year students attending high schools with arts or broadcasting-related programs, as well as students set to enter such schools in 2027. The competition will bring together students from a

Netflix's Korean unit posted more than 1 trillion won in annual sales for the first time last year, with 81 percent of the revenue paid to its U.S. parent, according to an analysis released Wednesday. Netflix Korea recorded 1.0542 trillion won ($786.4 million) in sales in 2025, up 17.2 percent from 899.7 billion won a year earlier. Of the total, 853.9 billion won was paid to Netflix Inc. for subscription membership purchases and other group fees. T

Shinsegae Group is investing $1 billion in the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance. The deal marks a major push by the South Korean retail group into the global entertainment business. The investment, worth about 1.36 trillion won, will be made through an offshore investment vehicle that will acquire shares issued in connection with the transaction. Shinsegae said the move is aimed at combining global entertainment content with its r

Nearly three in four K-content viewers surveyed across eight countries said they wanted to visit South Korea, suggesting interest in Korean shows is extending beyond the screen into travel and cultural experiences, Netflix said Tuesday. The survey, commissioned by Netflix from research firm 2CV, covered more than 11,500 people. Netflix presented the findings at the 2026 K-Expo Mexico in Mexico City, where it also said dubbed versions accounted for more th