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[Cine feature] Spring, full of film festivals

Fresh, lively films that are just like spring sprouts are welcoming the new season. Those fests include Seoul Independent DOcumentary Film & Video Festival, Busan International Short Film Festival, Gr..

Apr.17,2016 08:57
[Cine Interview] Darcy Paquet on the challenges and potential of the Wildflower Awards

Wildflowers Film Awards Korea organizer and local film critic Darcy Paquet sat down with KoBiz on the eve of the 3rd edition of the event to discuss the current state of the Korean independent film sc..

Apr.17,2016 08:33
[Interview] Foreign professor speaks of Korea with both love and criticism

Robert Fouser left South Korea in 2014 after six years as a professor of Korean language pedagogy in the Korean language education department of Seoul National University (SNU), and he returned with t..

Apr.17,2016 08:20
[Feature] In Cheongju, an old cigarette factory becomes a local art hub

A huge thermoelectric power plant used to stand in the factory area on the south bank of England’s Thames River. Its 99-meter-tall chimney belched a constant stream of black smoke, a seemingly eternal..

Apr.17,2016 08:14
[Photo] Lee Dae-ho hits game-winning homerun

South Korean Lee Dae-ho of the Seattle Mariners hit a game-winning two-run homer in the tenth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Apr. 14. The Mariners won 4-2. It was Lee’s second homerun o..

Apr.14,2016 16:07
Yongsan District opens base to civilians after 110 years

There is a plan underway to offer the general public regular opportunities to explore early modern historical sites that are located inside the US military base in the Yongsan District of Seoul - an a..

Apr.7,2016 17:34
Is Seoul set to become a city of museums?

Can Seoul really be transformed into a city of museums over the next five years? The museum making project that Seoul Metropolitan Government is undertaking on an unprecedented scale has recently bec..

Apr.7,2016 17:30
[Photo] Enjoying spring with flower pancakes

Jeon, Korean-style pancakes, made with azalea flowers by poet Park Nam-joon, enjoyed along a brook by author Gong Ji-young and others in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province, Mar. 31. (by Kim Tae-hyeong,..

Apr.7,2016 17:19
[Photo] The biggest and smallest eaters at Seoul zoo

This Asian elephant that lives at Seoul Grand Park zoo eats 102.3kg of food every day, costing 74,700 won (about US$70).

Apr.6,2016 16:30
100 years of Korean-Japanese experiences come to the stage

“Who am I? What do I do? Am I Japanese, am I Korean - or am I South Korean? South Korean . . . can you judge a person simply by nationality? They say I’m a member of the race, but it doesn’t feel t..

Mar.28,2016 17:17
[Photo] French artist light installation of King Sejong

A light installation called “King of Signs” by French artist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac around the statue of King Sejong in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, Mar. 24, to commemorate the 130th year of Korea..

Mar.25,2016 16:49
[Cine interview] 10-Year-Old Choi Soo-in explores THE WORLD OF US in Berlin

“This kind of story is very universal and could happen anywhere” Playing in the Generations section of Berlinale, The World of Us is the feature-length debut of filmmaker Yoon Ga-eun, whose previous ..

Mar.20,2016 07:56
[Cine feature] New platforms and new sources for new Korean cinema ③ : webtoons

Among the most popular genres in the Korean content market is the webtoon, for which readers scroll down on their monitors or phone screens instead of turning paper pages. Its copyright market is curr..

Mar.20,2016 07:46
[Cine feature] New platforms and new sources for new Korean cinema ② : web dramas and web movies

Films and TV dramas are reducing their size in order to enter the Internet. Web dramas or web movies are not just a service to offer films and TV dramas through the Internet, but media products specif..

Mar.20,2016 07:36
[Cine feature] New Platforms and new sources for new Korean cinema ① : IPTV

For some time, the ancillary market was a declining industry compared to the considerable scale of the Korean film exhibition market and its average of four admissions per person. However, Internet Pr..

Mar.20,2016 07:29