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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards
Actress Kim Ha-neul walks the red carpet during the 48th Grand Bell Awards at Sejong Center in Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap News)“The Front Line” picks up Best Picture, Best CinematographyKim Ha-neul took home the top acting award at the 48th Daejong Film (Grand Bell) Awards on Monday for her role as a vi
Oct. 18, 2011
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Pee Wee, Potter, Vader win at Scream Awards
UNIVERSAL CITY, California (AP) ― Heroes and villains from the worlds of horror, fantasy and science-fiction shared the stage at Spike TVs annual Scream Awards.More television event than traditional awards ceremony, the Scream Awards were presented in an amphitheater built on the Universal Studios b
Oct. 17, 2011
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Forgiveness should not be forced: Lee Jeong-hyang
Director talks about issues of capital punishment and domestic violence in her upcoming filmShe made a highly successful debut with a charming romantic comedy in the late 1990s, and enjoyed another box-office home run with a heart-warming tale of a grandmother and a grandson in 2002. Now director Le
Oct. 16, 2011
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Violence stars in Iraqi film fest
BAGHDAD (AFP) ― A journalist kidnapped by extremists may be a well-trodden scenario, but for one young filmmaker in Baghdad, it provided fodder for a nascent genre in Iraqi film: the patriotic action flick.“Attention” by Ibrahim al-Khazali, named Best Iraqi Production at this month’s Baghdad Interna
Oct. 16, 2011
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‘Mourning,’ ‘Nio’ win New Currents Award in Busan
“Mourning” by Iranian director Morteza Farshbaf and “Nio” by Filipino director Loy Arcenas have won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival. The award recognizes Asia’s best rising directors. BIFF wrapped up its nine-day event on Friday evening in Busan, with the screening of
Oct. 14, 2011
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The Four Times (Italy, Switzerland, Germany)Opening Oct. 20Drama. Directed by Michelangelo Frammartino. An old shepherd lives alone with his goats, in a remote village perched on the hills of Calabria, in the southernmost region of Italy. The weary old man gets sick one day, and believes the only me
Oct. 14, 2011
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Chinese students flock to U.S. film schools to develop their creative voices
Born in northern China and raised in Beijing, Sally Liu came of age in the 1990s and dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. With the world’s most populous nation swelling with thousands of new cinemas, big-budget productions proliferating and box-office grosses multiplying, the movies in China aren’t just
Oct. 14, 2011
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London Film Festival opens with Law, Weisz in ‘360’
LONDON (AP) ― The London Film Festival, an international cinema showcase, opens Wednesday with “360,” a fittingly globe-spanning drama that moves from London to Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Denver, Colorado.The film by “City of God” director Fernando Meirelles stars Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rache
Oct. 13, 2011
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Girls’ Generation to release new single in U.S. and beyond
Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black Eyed Pe
Oct. 13, 2011
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Michelle Yeoh, Luc Besson laud Myanmar releases
BUSAN (AFP) ― Actress Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi in a new biopic of the Myanmar activist, said Wednesday that the release of jailed dissident and comedian Zarganar was “joyful news.”Zarganar, one of Myanmar’s most celebrated satirists who had been incarcerated since 2008 for his polit
Oct. 13, 2011
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Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.Scarlett Johansso
Oct. 13, 2011
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Memories keep missing Cambodian films alive
BUSAN (AFP) ― When filmmaker Davy Chou began to research the history of Cambodian cinema he found the films themselves had almost vanished amidst the devastation of war but that memories were keeping them alive.“The Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh in 1975 and the film industry just simply vanish
Oct. 12, 2011
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China’s thirst for blockbusters worries country’s filmmakers
BUSAN (AFP) ― The growing power of China’s cinema industry is on show at Asia’s top film festival, but some filmmakers worry that a thirst for blockbusters is hurting quality and creativity.“It’s a big population and a big market and a lot of opportunity to increase that market,” independent Chinese
Oct. 11, 2011
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Myanmar film in running for BIFF award
BUSAN (AFP) -- A movie shot secretly in Myanmar is in the running for a major award at Asia’s top film festival this week with its director saying he wanted to portray the “real” state of life in the country.“It is about the truth of Burma,” said Myanmar-born director Midi Z of his first full-length
Oct. 11, 2011
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Asian moviemakers embrace 3-D revolution
BUSAN (AFP) ― A 3-D horror movie set in a public toilet block is part of a revolution underway in the Asian film industry as low-budget 3-D productions take on the big studios at their own game.At the 16th Busan International Film Festival, audiences have been lining up to see the likes of multi-mil
Oct. 10, 2011
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Isabelle Huppert teams up with Asian directors
French actress Isabelle Huppert poses for a photo during the opening ceremony of the 16th edition of BIFF at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, on Thursday. (Yonhap News)BUSAN, South Korea (AP) ― French actress Isabelle Huppert says curiosity has drawn her to Asia and helped her discov
Oct. 9, 2011
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Santa Fe welcomes world‘s newest movie studio
SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- This historic state capital and artistic enclave, long a favorite vacation and second home destination for celebrities, is expanding its star power this month with the opening of the world’s newest movie studio.But the development on 26 picturesque hectares southeast of
Oct. 9, 2011
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Box Office
Sleeping Beauty (Australia) Opening Oct. 20Thriller. Directed by Julia Leigh. Lucy (Emily Browining), an attractive university student, takes many part-time jobs to pay her expensive tuition and rent. While working as a server for a sex-themed party hosted by high-earning figures in town, Lucy is as
Oct. 7, 2011
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‘Real Steel’: Rock ‘em, sock ‘em robots
“Real Steel” used real robots.Oh, there are computer-generated robots as well, of course, in this film, opening Friday, about bot boxers in the near future. But for most scenes outside the bouts themselves, the movie crew built 26 (and a half) of what the press materials call “animatronic robots” ―
Oct. 7, 2011
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BIFF opener conventional, yet charming
The 16th Busan International Film Festival opens with Korean tearjerker “Always” BUSAN -- Two young souls with traumatic pasts fall in love. While the man is a former prisoner, the woman is losing her eyesight. As conventional as it may sound, this year’s BIFF opener on Thursday turned out to b
Oct. 6, 2011