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The Korea TimesKoreaCulture war targets films and dramas portraying Korea's path toward democratization Political pressure has recently mounted against films and TV dramas dealing with modern Korean history.

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The Korea TimesKoreaShin Min-a aims to show both regal, human side of Navier in 'The Remarried Empress' Actor Shin Min-a said Tuesday she tried to portray Empress Navier in the upcoming Disney+ series "The Remarried Empress" as a strong and unwavering character but also as a human being who finds new…

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The Korea TimesKoreaBTS concerts in Taiwan, Indonesia to be screened at movie theaters in over 80 countries Two shows from K-pop supergroup BTS' upcoming tour in Taiwan and Jakarta will be livestreamed at movie theaters in more than 80 countries and regions, the group's agency said Tuesday.

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Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo