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The Masked Singer is back!

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Naman Ramachandran Director Kim Sung-su‘s historical drama “12.12: The Day,” South Korea‘s entry for the 2024 international feature Oscar race, chronicles a pivotal moment in the country’s history. The film depicts the military coup of Dec. 12, 1979, which led to an eight-year military junta.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief South Korean actor Song Jae-lim was found dead at his home in Seoul on Tuesday. He was 39. Police sources said that Song’s body was found in Seoul’s Seongdong Ward at around 12:30 p.m.

At the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St.The sublime start of “Maybe Happy Ending” is the closest I have ever come to experiencing a Pixar movie on Broadway.Oliver, a lonely robot played by Darren Criss, goes through his usual daily routine — over and over and over again.

South Korean actor Song Jae-rim has passed away at the age of 39.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has teased a new mechanic in the upcoming season two of the hit Netflix series.In an interview with KoreaJoongAng Daily, Hwang shared that the highly anticipated season two of Squid Game will introduce a new “election system” to the show’s dealy games. According to the director, the “OX” voting system allows the game’s contestants to vote whether to continue the games after each round.“People are really taking sides a lot these days.

the South Korean thriller series on Netflix, recently told the BBC he lost “eight or nine” teeth filming the first season of the show. In a 2022 interview with Variety, the 53-year-old producer said that six of his teeth fell out during the production of the show — but he corrected that number this week.Hwang’s Emmy Award-winning series follows hundreds of destitute citizens as they participate in a mysterious “survive or die” contest that promises to award one winner with a transformative sum of money, so long as they survive a sick Field Day-inspired tournament of perverse children’s games.“Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly I didn’t make much,” the Seoul native told the BBC while promoting Season 2, which premieres on Dec.

Playing Squid Game can be fatal, and it making sounds almost as dangerous — at least for your teeth.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been put in charge of his country’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs. In August, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed to lead Bangladesh‘s interim government following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina‘s flight from the country amid mass protests. As it is an interim government, Yunus serves as Chief Advisor, rather than as Prime Minister.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The South Korean theatrical box office sunk to its lowest-earning weekend of the year, despite the release of new films including “Hear Me: Our Summer,” “Red One” and “Anora.” “Venom: The Last Dance” and “Hear Me: Our Summer” were essentially tied for first place. “Venom: The Last Dance” held on to the top place in revenue terms with $1.19 million, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. But local charts are ranked according to admissions and showed it in second place, due to its 168,000 ticket sales total. “Hear Me: Our Summer” took $1.17 million but sold 169,000 tickets.

Rodri received 1,170 of a possible 1,485 points from the 100 voting journalists to win the Ballon d'Or ahead of Vinicius Jr.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor South Korea is one of the world’s hottest markets for exports across the entertainment spectrum, from K-pop stars to movies and TV shows to social media content creators and webtoons. But South Korea also has some work ahead to further open up its content marketplace to outside investment and larger partnerships with media and entertainment giants in the U.S. and other territories.

Taiwanese animated feature Clouded Leopard, to be written and directed by Chi Po-chou and produced by Mangowork Studio, was presented with the TAICCA X CNC Award at the close of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) on Friday.

XG have made a comeback with their new mini-album ‘AWE’ and a music video for its lead single ‘Howling’.Set in a dystopian world, the video follows XG as they infiltrate and battle a opposing force of machines with QR codes for faces. As they fight, the girl group spread the growth of grass and plants, slowly revising a world that was bleak and filled with concrete.“Ah-ooh, that’s how we howling / Growling, wildin’ / That’s how we howl / Ah-ooh, that’s how we howling / Growling, wildin’ / So where are you now?,” they sing on the chorus of the new single.In addition to ‘Howl’, the septet also dropped the singles ‘Something Ain’t Right’ and ‘IYKYK’ in July and October, respectively.

, you may have been seeing references to the 4B movement pop up on your FYP. It’s billed as a way for with each other and to resist the patriarchy in their everyday lives.

Netflix’s South Korean reality game show Zombieverse is set to return later this month with its second season, Zombieverse 2: New Blood – here’s everything you need to know about its cast.Zombieverse follows a cast of celebrities and notable figures as a group of “survivors” in a zombie-infested world, where they are hunted by “real-life zombies”, played by scare actors. The upcoming season, set to premiere on November 19, will not only include a series of survival challenges, but also special missions to create a cure to the zombie virus.In order to get through the ordeal, its cast – which includes K-pop idols, actors, chefs and more – must team up and use their skills and knowledge to pass each challenge.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Governments and agencies across Asia are taking steps to expand and extend the cross-border film coproduction movement. A seminar called ‘From Eurasia to Global Collaboration’ on Thursday, the third day of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, represented a handy recap of funding and structural developments from four countries: The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey. Alex Sihar, from Indonesia’s directorate of culture, part of the ministry of education, described an ongoing process intended to put the industry on a more professional footing. “While we have a long history of filmmaking and a very diverse culture, our films until recently have had very little international exposure, there has been little knowledge transfer and no incentives for location shooting or co-production.” Film policy was previously stretched across multiple ministries, but is now to be overseen by a film department under the education ministry, which is newly separated from educational matters.Co-productions are to be further encouraged and the country’s matching fund (which doubles up on funding available from the likes of the World Cinema Fund, TAICCA and Purin Pictures) is likely to be expanded. Indonesia is also a founder member of the Asian Film Alliance Network (AFAN, alongside Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan, The Philippines, South Korea and Malaysia). Marylo Christine H.

The Masked Singer is back!

The Masked Singer is back!

The Masked Singer is back!