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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKakao Entertainment, part of Korean tech group Kakao, confirmed Monday that it is to produce a film version of “Solo Leveling,” a hit webtoon.The picture will be produced on its behalf by Japan’s A-1 Pictures (“Sword Art Online,” “The Seven Deadly Sins,” “Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Erased,” and “Your Lie in April”) with Nakashige Shunsuke directing. Music is to be scored by Sawano Hiroyuki (“Attack on Titan”).

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Kim Jong-un's 'Bond villain lair' big enough to hold 20,000 pals spotted from space

North Korean underground lair fit for a James Bond villain has been uncovered by satellite images.The 176,000sq ft Kanggye General Tractor Plant can accommodate 20,000 people and is understood to be the country's biggest underground arms factory. Also known as Factory No.26, it is built within a hill that spans 1.2km and houses multiple floors, whilst access is gained through at least nine tunnels that are several miles long.READ MORE: 'Several killed' in Copenhagen shooting by gunman with 'automatic' weaponAmerican researcher Jacob Bogle has analysed the satellite pictures and told Metro.co.uk : "The average person looking at the factory probably wouldn't suspect just how large or important it is.

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Hipster bars, perfect bakeries and a restaurant where you may spot Dua Lipa: The Greater Manchester borough that's getting its moment in the spotlight

It’s been a long time coming, but Stockport is finally getting its moment in the spotlight. Home of the Hat Works, Strawberry Studios and Robinson’s Brewery, its rich and storied history is a major source of pride for many Stopfordians, but for a long time it has played second fiddle to the Manchester metropolis.

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The 9 best skincare products you've never heard of – but will instantly love

effective skincare brands that fitted the bill when it came to cleansing, toning and moisturising. It would often include the big heritage companies that could afford a lot of research into new ingredients and, indeed, the marketing budget to match. But the past few years have seen a big shake-up, with lesser-known indie brands now reigning supreme.

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North Korea blames 'alien things blown by wind' for starting country's Covid-19 crisis

Covid-19 surge.Authorities in the dictatorship regime fear that objects touched south of the border, then carried by the wind, are bringing the virus into their country.In what appears to be an attempt to point the blame at South Korea, North Korea has warned people to be wary of ways that 'climate phenomena' could bring the virus northwards.READ MORE: Kate Middleton was forced to leave Wimbledon's royal box immediately after medical alertThe communist state has ordered its citizens to 'vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons in the areas along the demarcation line and borders,' the official KCNA news agency said. Although the agency did not directly mention South Korea, North Korean defectors and activists have for decades flown balloons from the South across the heavily fortified border, carrying leaflets and humanitarian aid.

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Kim Hee-sun is a force to be reckoned with in new ‘Remarriage & Desires’ trailer

Remarriage & Desires, starring Kim Hee-sun.The forthcoming series will be set against the backdrop of Rex, a famed matchmaking agency that specialises in remarriages of ambitious clients who strive to settle down with rich partners.The new trailer highlights the sheer opulence that Rex demands of its clientele, from masked balls to yacht parties. The already-fierce competition at the matchmaking agency is elevated even further when CEO Lee Hyung-ju (Search’s Lee Hyun-wook), who is worth about two trillion Korean won in assets, enters the fray.Remarriage & Desires premieres on Netflix on July 15.Kim Hee-sun (Tomorrow) stars in the new series as Seo Hye-seung, once an ordinary mother and wife who ends up losing everything following the sudden passing of her husband.

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Jonathan Majors Signs With WME

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors has signed with WME, reuniting with his first agent Elan Ruspoli at the agency.

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‘Money Heist: Korea’ Races to Top of Netflix Global Viewing Chart

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area” has become Netflix’s latest Korean-made international hit. The Korean remake of “La Casa de Papel” (aka “Money Heist”) is in first place on the streaming giant’s Global Non-English top ten chart over the last week.The series premiered on Friday (June 24), meaning that it only had three days to claim its spot in chart that covers the period June 20-26.

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tvN Loads up on Korean Blockbusters, iQiyi Int’l Focuses on Southeast Asia – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCJ ENM Hong Kong has secured the first and exclusive Pay TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand and over-the-top (OTT) rights in key Southeast Asia markets to a slate of current and upcoming South Korean films. These are to play on the tvN Movies channel in Southeast Asia.

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Deadline Hallyuwood Podcast: Yoo Ji-tae, Park Hae-soo Talk Netflix’s ‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’

Hallyu is an invented term used to describe the rising global popularity of Korean culture, but it also has never been more applicable in Hollywood than at this moment.

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BTS singer V shares jaw-dropping peek inside £51 million private jet

Dynamite singer was joined by BLACKPINK's Lisa and actor Park Bogum on the return journey to Korea after Paris Fashion Week – and they certainly travelled in style.READ: Inside Prince Harry and Meghan's £6.5m private jet they flew from California to UKThe BTS star shared a photo of the jet on his Instagram story, before his departure on Monday. BTS singer V posed outside his private jetThe photos showed V posing in front of an expensive-looking Bombardier Global 6000, which according to businessinsider.com costs $62.31 million (over £51 million).

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Korean remake of ‘Money Heist’ is the most-watched non-English Netflix series of the week

Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area has topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 list of most-watched non-English shows for the week.According to data from the streaming platform, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area was the most-viewed non-English show for the week of June 20 to 26, logging 33.7million hours viewed.That figure also places the brand-new K-drama series as the third most-watched show on the streaming platform overall, only bested by the fourth season of Stranger Things (76.9million hours viewed) and the newly released third season of The Umbrella Academy.Elsewhere on this week’s rankings of the most-watched Netflix shows, K-drama Our Blues ranked eighth on the non-English list with 9.2million hours viewed. It is the series’ ninth week on the list since its premiere in April.Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area is a South Korean remake of the Spanish series of the same name, and premiered on Netflix on June 24.

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‘Stranger Things 4’ Caps 28-Day Viewership At 930M For Now, ‘Umbrella Academy’ Dethrones It On Netflix Top 10

Stranger Things Season 4 Vol. 1 closed the 28-day window Netflix uses to measure premiere viewership for its TV series and movies with 930.3 million hours viewed. That is the most for any English-language Netflix series ever and the second largest audience overall behind the streamer’s Korean smash Squid Game, which clocked in 1.6 billion hours viewed over that period.

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Paramount To Remake Korean Thriller ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’; Don Lee Reprising Original Role & Producing Alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is set to remake critically acclaimed South Korean crime thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil with original star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) reprising his lead role as a gang boss looking for redemption in the studio’s U.S. version.

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Son Ye-jin Is Pregnant; Expecting First Child with Husband & Co-Star Hyun Bin

Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin are going to be parents!

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‘Top Gun Maverick’ Flies to Lead Over Korea Box Office Weekend

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Top Gun Maverick” flew to the top of the box office charts in South Korea over the weekend, with a supersonic $9.6 million opening loop. It replaced “The Witch: Part 2 The Other One,” which had been top dog for only a week.Tom Cruise, a regular visitor to Korea, jetted into Seoul with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-stars Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Greg Tarzan Davis to goose the movie’s takeoff in the country. Cruise professed himself grateful for the fan’s warm reception and talked up the importance of in-person visits to the cinema.Sub-distributed in Korea by Lotte Entertainment, the film opened on Wednesday and played on more than 1,900 screens.

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Margaret Cho Speaks on Discrimination She’s Felt As a Queer Asian Woman

Margaret Cho described feeling invisible as a bisexual woman because of the lack of representation and absence of leading figures in the media to whom she could relate as an Asian American and a queer woman. Cho guest narrates the first episode of The Book of Queer, a five-part series that reflects on queer figures of the past, and their impact today and is a rousing celebration of queer joy. When asked what Pride Month meant to her, Cho asserted that it wasn’t about a singular parade or a short time taken out of the year to celebrate queerness. “I think that more than ever we have to celebrate ourselves and look to protecting our rights- whether that’s protecting trans kids, trans legislation or increasing our own visibility throughout the media,” she said. She declared it was vital for queer people to continue to be made visible and that through avenues like media and representation, LGBTQI -identifying individuals would be able to “maintain and advance our own rights and abilities to continue to exist and to thrive.” “My parents owned a gay bookstore in San Francisco, and I grew up in gay culture but the Korean society that we’re from doesn’t acknowledge queer culture. In fact, they still have gay pride parades in Korea but people are often not allowed to take photographs because they don’t want to have a witness to being there.

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Man knocks out two airport workers and sends girlfriend to the ground in brawl

easyJet flight to Alicante at Bristol Airport.The attacker knocked over the women he was travelling with in his eagerness to take out the two members of check-in staff.Airline chaos has stretched passengers’ tempers to breaking point, and scuffles have broken out at several British airports.READ MORE: Bizarre North Korean propaganda video features girl, 11, saying 'everything is fine'It’s not known what sparked this most recent fight. At first, the man’s female companion appears to be losing her temper with a member of easyJet staff, gesticulating wildly and shouting at him.Then the man charges at the check-in desk, knocking the young woman, believed to be his girlfriend, to the ground in the process.

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Junny drops groovy new single ‘Color Me’, featuring Chung Ha

Junny has unveiled his new single ‘Color Me’, featuring Chung Ha.In the accompanying sensual video treatment, Junny is spotted performing the groovy new single in front of a seemingly abandoned strip mall at sunset, as well as in an empty warehouse alongside a female dancer. Notably, the video does not feature an appearance from Chung Ha.“I’m sorry, but without you I’m not at home / You’re too powerful for me to resist / When I’m in doubt, turn on your green light / And under the orange sunset, please sing me a song from your heart,” Chung Ha croons in her verse, with Junny harmonising with her in the background.‘Color Me’ was co-written by Junny and minGtion, who also produced the song.

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Watch aespa’s music video for ‘Life’s Too Short’

aespa have released the music video for their first-ever English single, ‘Life’s Too Short’.In the 2000s-themed visual, the girl group brush off drama and negative comments and focus on the good things in their life. The quartet enjoy their lives, eschewing social media to throw a sleepover, go for karaoke and attend photoshoots.“I’m doing me regardless / No, I don’t care what you say about it / And I’mma do it any way that I want / I’m having all this fun so why would I еver stop?” aespa sing on the chorus of ‘Life’s Too Short’.‘Life’s Too Short’ is set to appear on aespa’s sophomore mini-album ‘Girls’, due out July 8.

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Piolo Pascual and Lovi Poe Head Philippines Version of Korea’s ‘Flower of Evil’ Series

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefStars Piolo Pascual and Lovi Poe head the cast of the Philippines adaptation of Korean Series “Flower of Evil.” It begins airing across East Asia and parts of the Middle East. The romance-thriller series involves a female detective who suspects that her husband is a serial killer.The original show was produced by CJ ENM’s Studio Dragon and aired on tvN in 2020.

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Bizarre North Korean propaganda video features girl, 11, saying 'everything is fine'

North Korean propaganda video has been posted featuring an 11-year-old girl who insists that despite reports of a runaway coronavirus outbreak, “everyone is just fine” in the totalitarian state. The girl, who says her name is “Song-a”, is apparently a Harry Potter fan and learned English from her mum.“Just like this, everything is under control as it used to be and everyone is just fine!”READ MORE:North Korea lifts Covid-19 restrictions despite recording almost 100k cases a day“Pyongyang where I live is a very beautiful and magnificent city,” she says in one of the clips.

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Well Go USA Lands Rights To Five Korean Titles Including ‘Alienoid’ And ‘Hansan: Rising Dragon’

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has expanded its slate of Korean films, acquiring North American rights to titles including Alienoid, Hansan: Rising Dragon, Gangnam Zombie, The Ghost Station and The Assassin. While the international and indie distributor has set theatrical releases in place for Alienoid and Hansan, plans for the other three films have not yet been finalized.

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Joel Kim Booster on Being the Unofficial Face of Pride and Bringing Queer Joy to the Screen (Exclusive)

Joel Kim Booster jokes with ET about the fact that several major projects of his have debuted in June.In fact, the month first kicked off with the celebrated release of the Hulu film, which he wrote and starred in, followed by two Netflix standup specials, and, before closing out with the debut of the hilarious Apple TV+ series , in which he plays a devoted assistant to Maya Rudolph’s character, Molly. Considering June is the month when so much LGBTQ-related content is released, Booster has been a part of some of the biggest, most notable and historic ones, more or less making him the unofficial face of Pride in 2022. “No one wanted it, but everyone’s getting it,” he jokes.

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BTS should “reconsider” extended break, says the Korea Singers’ Association

BTS against embarking on their previously announced extended break.The association released a statement on June 22, per The Korea Times, where a “concerned” Lee wrote about a personal unease regarding the possible consequences for the K-pop industry stemming from BTS’ break.The K-pop boyband first announced last week that they would be “[taking] time to explore some solo projects” during a live broadcast celebrating their ninth anniversary. The boyband are set to embark on an extended break in order to pursue personal endeavours.“I’m concerned that the Korean wave centring around BTS, which has the strongest cultural soft power in Korea and the world, may fade away … Like a ‘second Beatles’ won’t arrive easily, it is unlikely for there to be a ‘second BTS,’ so I’m worried that hallyu may be cut,” the statement read.Further in the statement, Lee requested for the K-pop juggernauts to “reconsider” their decision to go on the extended break, writing: “You may have made the decision after deep deliberation, but would you reconsider [a withdrawal of the decision] for the sake of Korea’s music industry?”According to The Korea Times, Lee’s statement also posited that without the presence of BTS, there would also be a lack of their fanbase, officially named ARMYs.

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KCON LA Adds Eight More Acts to K-Pop Convention

KCON have unveiled a second tranche of talent joining the 10th anniversary edition of the celebration of K-pop and other aspects of South Korean pop culture.Additional acts announced Wednesday include Ateez, INI, JO1, Kep1er, Lightsum, Loona, NCT Dream and TO1. They join the previously announced stars Cravity, Enhyphen, Itzy, Nmixx, Stayc, the Boyz and WJSN.The three-day event, now branded as ‘KCON 2022 LA Presented by Toyota’ is backed by CJ ENM, the Korean entertainment conglomerate behind films including “Parasite,” “Decision to Leave” and “Broker.” CJ ENM also recently bolstered its already impressive TV production credentials by acquiring a majority stake in the scripted entertainment division of Endeavor Content. Ateez is an 8-member boy band.

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‘Man of God’ Review: Teen Girls Turn the Tables on a Peeping Pastor in Clever L.A. Play

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThe lights come up on four Korean American teens crowded around a hotel bed. They’re members of a So Cal church group on a mission to Bangkok, Thailand — though the location only matters is the abstract.

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Deluxe Appoints Former Netflix Korea Exec Samantha Kim To APAC Role

EXCLUSIVE: Industry tech provider Deluxe has appointed former Netflix Korea exec Samantha Kim to the role of Managing Director, Business Development, APAC.

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B.I. and LOONA’s Chuu to collaborate on new song ‘Lullaby’

B.I, is set to team up with LOONA member Chuu on a new song.According to a report by The Kpop Herald, the two K-pop idols are set to release the collaboration ‘Lullaby’, as part of a special project by Dingo Music. The song is reportedly slated for release on local streaming servics on June 27.Further details on the idols’ collaboration are expected to be released in the coming days. Notably, a demo version of ‘Lullaby’ was first released by B.I onto SoundCloud in February in celebration of Valentine’s Day.[EXCLUSIVE] A big collab is coming up! @shxx131bi131 and Chuu of @loonatheworld have teamed up for Hanbin's demo song "Lullaby," which will be released on local streaming sites on June 27 as part of @dingo_official's special project! Can't wait to see the two singing together! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/lSP17nj2Uj— KpopHerald (@Kpop_Herald) June 22, 2022Earlier this year, B.I released a “global album project” titled ‘Love Or Loved (LOL)’.

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Chung Ha, Kai, Kep1er and more announced for Australian edition of HallyuPopFest

SF9, P1Harmony, EVERGLOW and solo artists Chung Ha and EXO‘s Chen. For the following night’s concert, Kep1er will be joined by boybands ASTRO and ONEUS, the girl group OH MY GIRL and EXO’s Kai.Tickets go on sale at 1pm next Tuesday (June 28), while a pre-sale will run from 10am this Friday (June 24) – find details on both here.

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Netflix to produce sequel to 2018 Korean action film ‘Believer’

Believer will be produced as a Netflix original.On June 20, Netflix shared that it has greenlit the production of Believer 2, the sequel to 2018’s Believer starring veteran actors Cho Jin-woong (Signal) and Our Blues’ Cha Seung-won.The streaming giant has since confirmed its casting for the forthcoming film, with Cho and Cha, along with Kim Dong-young, returning in their original roles. They will be joined by newcomers Han Hyo-joo (Happiness), Oh Seung-hoon (Bloody Heart) and Lee Joo-young (Voice).A post shared by Netflix Korea (@netflixkr)Believer (2018) revolves around a detective named Won-ho (played by Cho), who fights to bring down the leader of a multinational drug ring in Asia.

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Young photo of Kim Jong-un before signature bowl cut and dangerous nuke obsession

Kim Jong-un as a young boy – and he looks very different to the modern tyrant.Jong-un has been in power as Supreme Leader in North Korea since in December 2011, having taken over from his father Kim Jong-il.He officially took over his father's old post as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on 8 October 1997.Today, he appears as a rather filled-out 38-year-old, but in the new North Korean state TV film Closest to the Sun, he is shown as a youngster alongside his father and sister Yo-jong.He is also pictured alongside Hyon Chol-hae, in the documentary about the life of Chol-hae who was Kim's mentor.Hyon Chol-hae served as a bodyguard for Kim Il-Sung during the Korean warn, and was director of the General Logistics Department for the Korean People's Army from 1986 to 1995.In 2016, having held several roles in the army, he was promoted to the rank of Marshal – becoming only the fifth person in history to hold the role. However, last month, he died aged 87 from organ failure related to Coronavirus.

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Netflix Greenlights Korean Action Movie ‘Believer 2’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has given a green light to “Believer 2,” a sequel to the 2018 hit crime action film “Believer.” While the first film clocked up 5.06 million spectators and amassed a gross box office of $33.6 million in its theatrical career, the sequel will play only online. The company said that the film will be directed by Baek Jong-yeol, who previously directed “The Beauty Inside,” a 2015 hit fantasy romance in which a person takes on a different physical appearance every day.

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Jennifer Lopez introduces her child to stage for duet using gender-neutral pronouns

Jennifer Lopez referred to her child using gender-neutral pronouns ahead of duet at a concert this week. The singer performed on Thursday (16 June) in Los Angeles, and welcomed Emme Maribel Muñiz, 14, to the stage at the LA Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala.

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Matthew McConaughey honors his late father James with throwback photo

Video: Matthew McConaughey visits Uvalde (The Independent)Dr Fauci pushes back against 'absurd' claims on booster shotsDisgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh laughs that he has ‘allegedly done illegal stuff’ in jailhouse phone callBetty Wright sings on Jools' Annual Hootenanny in 2012First ever picture of a multiplanetary system like our own releasedScientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbinesDead Asleep: Official TrailerKey moments in North Korea's nuclear programmeMass shooting at Ohio cooling center as residents shelter from heatwaveFirst look: Ryan Gosling as "Ken" in new "Barbie" movieHouse of Representatives votes to set 21 as minimum age for semi-automatic guns_Original Video_m214919. mp4Dr Fauci gets Moderna Covid-19 vaccineEl Monte shooting: Man accused of killing 2 police officers connected to gangHarrison Ford forgets Ryan Gosling's nameMore than 100 million Americans under heat warningsHerschel Walker says he's 'mad' at Donald Trump for lying about asking him to run for SenateDoctor Who’s David Tennant seen filming new series in BristolNearly three decades after his dad's death, the star recalled the moment his 'knees buckled' upon learning the devastating news from his mother. 'I couldn't believe it.

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Korea Box Office: Strong ‘Witch’ Opening Spells Third Place Debut for ‘Lightyear’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe theatrical debut of much-anticipated local horror-action film “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” dominated the Korean box office chart over the latest weekend and overshadowed the simultaneous release of Pixar title “Lightyear.”Distributed by Next Entertainment World, “The Witch: Part 2” conjured up an $8.21 million opening weekend from just shy of 1,800 screens nationwide. That gave it a market share of 48%.

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Tom Cruise, Glen Powell & Miles Teller Head to Korea For 'Top Gun: Maverick's Latest Premiere

The cast of Top Gun: Maverick gathers together on the red carpet for a group shot at the premiere event held at Lotte World on Sunday (June 19) in Seoul, Korea.

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World Cup hero was savagely sacked by his club after ‘ruining Italian football’

told Korean JoongAng Daily: "After the World Cup, my wife went back to Italy to find that someone had smashed my Mercedes. The local newspaper even said the mafia were threatening to kill me.

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‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Teases Season 2 — and Talks Losing Six Teeth From Stress

Kate Aurthur editorUpon its release on Sept. 17, 2021, “Squid Game” quickly became an international phenomenon.

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aespa drop teaser for second episode of ‘SM Culture Universe’

aespa have shared a new teaser for the second episode of their ongoing SM Culture Universe series on YouTube.In the new trailer for the second SM Culture Universe episode, titled Next Level, the members of aespa have left the fictional universe of Kwangya in order to help nævis solve the ‘SYNK OUT’ phenomenon, in which the connection to the avatar æ had been severed.The full Next Level episode is scheduled for release on the official aespa YouTube channel next week on June 20, at 6pm KST.The series first launched with the release of its first episode, Black Mamba, last year, with the aim to establish and expand the background of SM Entertainment’s company-wide lore, centred in and around Kwangya.Meanwhile, aespa are also gearing up to return with their forthcoming sophomore mini-album ‘Girls’, for which they recently dropped the pre-release track ‘Illusion’. Due out on July 8, the new record is also set to feature the title track ‘Girls’, along with new songs ‘Lingo’ and ‘ICU’.Additionally, ’Girls’ will include the English-language track ‘Life’s Too Short’, which the group originally debuted during their appearance at this year’s Coachella, as well as a Korean version of that song.‘Girls’ will be aespa’s first release of 2022, and is the much-anticipated follow-up to the girl group’s popular debut mini-album ‘Savage’.

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KCON Sets Lineup for 10th Anniversary Fan Festival in Los Angeles

William Earl Organizers of KCON have unveiled the initial talent lineup for the 10th anniversary edition of the celebration of K-pop and other aspects of South Korean pop culture.The three-day event, presented by Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM, in Los Angeles will feature performances and fan showcase events around K-pop acts Cravity, Enhyphen, Itzy, Nmixx, Stayc, the Boyz and WJSN.The gathering is set for Aug. 19-21 at Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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BTS not going on hiatus, manager says confusion due to mistranslation

taking a break as a group to pursue solo projects.However, news surfaced on Thursday that the band is not breaking up and the hiatus phrase was a simple mistranslation, according to their management team HYBE.A rep for the boys told The Post, “To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats.”While the members will still be undertaking solo work, they won’t stop collaborating together.BTS released a video in Korean earlier this week to announce the next stage of their careers when they reportedly said they would be going on a “temporary hiatus,” but promised they would “return someday.”Band member RM said in the video that it was time to work on their own so they can grow as people.“I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature. You have to keep producing music and keep doing something,” RM said.“We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans.

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D.B. Cooper Doc Series Parachutes Onto Netflix As Fulwell 73 Moves Into True-Crime; Marina Zenovich Directs

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is hoping to solve the legend of D.B. Cooper, the mystery man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines passenger jet in November 1971 and escaped with $200,000, never to be seen again.

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‘Pachinko’ Season 2 will be “even heavier” than the first, says star Kim Min-ha

Pachinko star Kim Min-ha has opened up about what the second season of the Apple TV+ K-drama has in store for viewers.In a new interview with Deadline, the South Korean actress teased what viewers can expect from the much-anticipated continuation of the hit K-drama series. Kim played the teenaged version of the shows main character Kim Sunja, whose adult version is portrayed by Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung.“[Sunja will] become stronger, even though there are so many burdens on her shoulders,” Kim hinted.

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Paramount+ Launches In Korea On CJ’s TVing

As part of Paramount’s multilateral global partnership with CJ ENM, Paramount+ is officially launching today on the Korean giant’s streaming platform TVing. This marks Paramount+’s entry into Asia. Paramount+ originals made available include Halo, Yellowjackets, Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber, Mayor Of Kingstown and 1883. This is the first time these titles will all be released in Korea.

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