One of the most surprising things learned about North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is his passion for movies, reportedly owning more than 20,000 videos and DVDs, and citing Elizabeth Taylor as one of his ...

South Korean actor Lee Soon-jae, a defining figure in Korean television, theatre and cinema, has died aged 91, marking the ...

Park Chan-wook is witnessing a crisis in Korean cinema firsthand. Korean cinema is facing its steepest downturn in two decades, with nationwide admissions plunging to just 40.7 million in the first ...

“What I am trying to show is that, despite the changes of the times, the essential value of ‘going to the cinema’ never changes," says the Korean director. By Mathew Scott Among the joys found when ...

When he died in December 2011, Kim Jong-il left behind more than a dynastic regime and a closet full of drab pantsuits. Jong-il, who ruled the hermetic North Korea from his father Kim Il Sung’s death ...

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game Star Anupam Tripathi is leading Korean omnibus film App The Horror, which is currently in ...

"Every time I want to feel a little more alive, I watch a Korean movie," says the director. "They bring the chaos, the ridiculous, the sublime, the poetic, and the horrible.'' By Mathew Scott ...

South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, September 17-26) is undergoing some major changes this year, a special anniversary edition marking 30 years since its debut in the early days of ...

Veteran South Korean actor Lee Soon-jae has died aged 91. His passing marks the end of a monumental career that shaped Korean ...