A South Korean title has returned to the top of the box-office rankings after a lengthy run by “Odyssey” and could become a social hot potato. “The Assassin(s),” directed by Hur Jin-ho, drew about 1.41 million moviegoers during the four-day holiday from Sept. 24 to 27. Its cumulative audience reached 1.57 million by Sunday. The reviews told a more complicated story. Early Monday, the film held a 92 perc

SEOUL, September 25 (AJP- South Korean actress Park Ji-hyun has become the first Korean woman nominated for an acting prize at the International Emmy Awards, while Disney+ medical thriller “Hyper Knife” gave South Korea a second nomination at this year’s global television honors. Park was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress for her role in Netflix series “You and Everything Else,” according to the International Academy of Television Arts &

About 300 professionals were trained in visual effects planning and pre-production at a workshop last week, Netflix said on Monday. The two-day workshop, in cooperation with the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) was held Sept. 17-18 at the CKL Business Support Center in central Seoul. Its sessions focused on involving VFX teams from the pre-production stage including decisions on shooting methods, budgets and schedules. Netflix's VFX Manager

Global OTT service Netflix is putting viewer attention at the center of its advertising strategy, the company said Friday. The streaming platform is also expanding programmatic ad buying and plans to offer its ad-supported plan in 27 countries next year. Park Young-sun, Netflix's industry lead in Korea, outlined the strategy at The Trade Desk's "Open Forum: Omnichannel in the AI Era" in Seoul on Thursday. "In the past, rea

SEOUL, September 16 (AJP) -Kakao Entertainment and Walt Disney Company Korea have formed a strategic partnership to develop projects combining K-pop intellectual property with Disney stories and characters, Kakao Entertainment said Wednesday. The companies plan about 10 projects over the mid to long term, spanning music, content, commerce and live entertainment. Kakao Entertainment and Disney Korea will also explore other forms of cooperation, including the possible creation of

Director Park Hoon-jung's action thriller "Sad Tropics," also known as "Tristes Tropiques," has won the top award at the annual L'Etrange Festival in Paris, the film's distributor said on Wednesday. The 107-minute film won the top honor, the Nouveau Genre Grand Prize, after competing in the festival's international competition, which wrapped up its two-week run last Saturday. Now in its 32nd year, the festival,

Netflix is celebrating Korean director Lee Chang-dong's Venice win for "Possible Love" by rolling out his earlier films overseas. "Possible Love" won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. "Green Fish" and "Secret Sunshine" began streaming in Italy, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand in late August. "Peppermint Candy" and "Oasis" were added in Italy and Sp

South Korea's entry for next year's Academy Awards, Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love," won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday (local time), the first South Korean film to take a prize in the festival's competition section in 14 years. The award, second only to the Golden Lion, was announced at the closing ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido. Hours earlier, a sep

A slew of South Korean films are set to compete during the peak box-office season of Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving, which begins later this month. The lineup ranges from an office drama to a historical mystery and the final installment of a long-running crime series, setting up a three-way race at the box office, which has recently been dominated by foreign big-budget films such as Hollywood's epic saga "Odyssey" and the latest installme