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SEOUL -- The unlikely origin of CJ Entertainment & Media is one of the South Korean film industry's most oft told tales. As legend has it, the entertainment entity wouldn't [...]

SEOUL -- For the past decade, the South Korean film industry has been growing each year, often quite dramatically. From a record low of 42.2 million in 1996 (good for [...]

Seoul -- When Kim Dong-ju began working in the South Korean film industry 15 years ago, his job did not require a passport. What could a junior executive from a [...]

SEOUL -- South Korea's film industry troubles got no relief in February as the boxoffice registered its lowest results for the month since 2003. Admissions for February, a traditionally strong [...]

SEOUL -- South Korea's leading movie studio, CJ Entertainment, plans to begin showing its top films with English subtitles in Seoul. About four to six 'big event' films per year [...]

SEOUL -- Despite a 25.7% drop in admissions to Korean-made films in 2007--the first decline in theatrical attendance in a decade--Korea's top movie companies say they have no plans on [...]

SEOUL -- The final lines in a unique chapter in the history of international television broadcasting are being written in Korea. For 50 years, the Armed Forces Network in South [...]

SEOUL -- Buoyed by three new screens and a revamped computerized ticketing system, the 12th Pusan International Film Festival pulled in record-breaking attendance numbers, organizers said. With 198,603 admissions during [...]

SEOUL -- What do you do when regulators will not allow you to import a provocative movie into the country? Hit the festival circuit, of course. At least that is [...]

SEOUL -- The eighth annual Jeonju International Film Festival is getting a makcover, putting a greater emphasis on independent films, organizers said Monday. The move toward independent cinema takes the [...]

SEOUL -- South Korea's media markets can be expected to open even further thanks to the Free Trade Agreement reached Monday between South Korea and the U.S.--with the television sector, [...]

HONG KONG -- A flurry of dealmaking marked the third day of the Hong Kong Filmart on Thursday. Japanese movie studio Toei Co. sold the German rights to two movies [...]

SEOUL -- South Korean film studio and multimedia company Studio 2.0 has announced VOD deals with RealNetworks Inc., a leading creator of digital media services and software. The first deal [...]

SEOUL -- Korea's digital revolution has launched a multibillion-dollar growth curve, though movies have yet to see any real benefits from the boom. Koreans spent more than $260 million on [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- It was not long ago in South Korea that a movie budget that topped $5 million was considered recklessly large. Only in 2003 did the most [...]

South Korean sales companies are at the American Film Market with a bigger slate of pictures than ever before as the nation's movie industry is slated to produce more than [...]

SEOUL -- South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, along with the ruling Uri Party, on Monday announced the Movie Industry Medium-Long-Term Development Plan, which will provide a 500 billion [...]

PUSAN, South Korea -- Despite some attendees privately saying that they were holding off on inking major deals until next month's American Film Market, the first Asian Film Market, which [...]

PUSAN, South Korea -- With the Asian Film Market featuring a large series of events showcasing Asian actors for the first time this year, talent management has suddenly taken on [...]

PUSAN -- ImaginAsian TV on Monday announced a five-year home video distribution deal with the Weinstein Co. 'It's a tremendous commitment they are making,' ImaginAsian CEO Michael Hong said. 'They [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- When the projectors roll Thursday night with Kim Dae-seong's 'Traces of Love,' the 11th annual Pusan International Film Festival will begin its second decade with more [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- For weeks in South Korea, Hollywood has been in short supply. No Hollywood film has taken the No. 1 spot since the July 7 debut of [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- The Pusan International Film Festival announced its full lineup Tuesday, bringing 245 movies from around the world and more special programs than ever. Opening the 11th [...]

BUCHEON, South Korea -- After months of controversy, the ninth Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival came to a close Thursday night, with Paul Fox's 'The Dark Hours' taking the top [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Korea's top two movie production and distribution companies, Cinema Service and CJ Entertainment, are combining international sales teams, the companies said. The deal could flag the [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Korea's top telecom, SK Telecom, has announced it is buying Korea's fourth-largest music label and setting up a $75 million entertainment fund. SKT will buy 43.3% [...]

SEOUL -- The shareholders of Sidus Pictures, one of Korea's largest production houses, agreed Thursday to merge with another major Korean production company, Fun & Happiness Prods., creating perhaps the [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Digital technology and the Internet have been the two technologies of the past century that have caused irreparable dislocation for every major entertainment supplier, said Robert [...]

SEOUL -- Sony Pictures Television International has inked its first distribution agreement with leading Korean producer and distributor CJ Entertainment. Though the deal initially involves two movies, SPTI sees the [...]

SEOUL -- The giant state-sponsored Korean Broadcasting System--a pubcaster with a $1.4 billion a year budget--is emerging from a massive management overhaul with its wheels in the advertising fast track [...]

Canadian and British producers behind the 'Ice Planet' series being shopped at MIPTV this week engaged in their version of 'Trading Spaces' to structure free creative and financing for the [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- More than 350 Korean entertainers are bOycotting the nation's leading advertising firm, Cheil Communications, in protest of a harsh and rumor-laden report that was leaked recently [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand -Despite coming on the heels of the Asian tsunami, organizers of the third Bangkok International Film Festival, which dosed Sunday, were quick to proclaim this year's program a [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Coming less than three weeks after the tsunami that killed tens of thousands in south Asia, including more than 5,000 in Thailand, the third Bangkok International Film [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Taking advantage of a quiet period in Hollywood offerings, the Korean film industry is moving ahead with one of its strongest seasons for local product. The [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Three years since action film blockbuster 'Shin' redefined the Korean film industry, its director, Kang Je-gyu, is ready to step behind the camera with a new [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- The rapidly growing success of the Korean film industry has prompted another local cinema chain to announce aggressive expansion plans. Megabox Cineplex said it plans to [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- After months of planning, the major technology, leisure and telco group, Plenus Entertainment, is entering the Korean exhibition market, aiming to build 100 screens around the [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- Korean films raked in 46.1% of the boxoffice in the first half of 2002, while admissions in Seoul were up 17.4% to 17.4 million over the [...]

How did you find opening the new store in November? Very exciting. It's a great experience to open new space, whether it's a new store or an extension. What was [...]

SEOUL -- Korea's biggest film distributor, CJ Entertainment, could have the territory's biggest hit of the year as Kim Jee-woon's 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' jumped out to a [...]

SEOUL -- Asia's biggest fantastic film festival, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, is launching a film market dedicated to genre movies, organizers told The Hollywood Reporter. The Network of [...]

SEOUL -- With South Korea's boxoffice clown 5.5% in 2007 and another 9.4% so far in 2008, these are depressing times for Korean movie production houses. Layoffs are hitting all [...]

SEOUL -- With HD digital cable, HD IPTV and other next-generation services finally rolling out in Korea, the TV industry is poised for big changes to the business. Most of [...]

HONG KONG -- Expect strong sales from this year's Hong Kong Filmart, exhibitors said, based on two busy initial days. Hong Kong's Universe Entertainment reported additional sales for the highest-profile [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean entertainer Jung Ji-hoon, better known to fans in Asia as 'Rain,' said Wednesday that he will star in the Warner Bros. movie 'Ninja Assassin.' [...]

SEOUL -- The longtime heads of the Pusan International Film Festival will be the new leaders of the Asian Film Market, organizers said Tuesday. PIFF director Kim Dong-ho and co-director [...]

SEOUL -- While many in the Korean film industry are worrying about a pending collapse, there is another entertainment market that is growing dramatically: stage musicals. The performing arts market [...]

Beyond the Years Director: Im Kwon-taek * Intl. Sales: Wild Bunch (France) Director Im Kwon-taek presents the 100th movie in his five-decades-long career. 'Years' is the follow-up to his 1993 [...]

SEOUL -- March proved both a lion and a lamb at the Korean boxoffice, as the market reached a record high even as local films hit a major low, according [...]