On Friday 2 January, EXO’s Se-hun, Su-ho, Xiu-min and Kai landed at London Heathrow Airport and made their way through a hysterical crowd of fans. But, despite being Kpop stars, the reason they came to London was not a concert, but a vacation reality TV show called ‘One Fine Day‘ for the MBC Music cable […]
Clara Lee, also known as just ‘Clara’, announced today that she will be going to the United States for an audition in February. She is following the path of other high-profile and rising Korean actors who have recently made the move and signed with agencies over there, Lee Byung-hun, Ha Ji-won and Claudia Kim. Despite […]
The trailer for Chinese epic feature film Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan as well as Hollywood actors Adrian Brody and John Cusack, has been published on YouTube by online magazine CHECK, on December 25. JoyN’Contents will distribute the film in South Korea, but it is yet to be confirmed if it will be released in […]
Actor Jung Il-woo has published several pictures on his Instagram, indicating he is currently traveling around Europe. After France, where he visited Mont Saint Michel and Paris, his latest stop was London, with a picture of him waiting for the underground at Shoreditch station on Thursday 18 December. Jung Il-woo’s TV drama credits include 49 […]
As it was confirmed earlier this month, actress Claudia Soo-hyun Kim will feature in the upcoming blockbuster series for Netflix, produced by indie studio The Weinstein Company. But she turns out not to be the only Korean talent in Marco Polo. Indeed, Park Woon-young, a seasoned Korean-American actor, known for his appearances in The Shield […]
Kim Soo-hyun is once again back to London. Apparently, according to UnitedKPop, he already came in April 2012 for a photoshoot for Harper’s Bazaar. It seems to be the same reason this time. He has apparently been here since Tuesday, after taking his plane at the Incheon Airport on November 24. Kim has risen to […]
Since last year, Funny or Die has produced several collaboration videos between UK/US and South Korean artists. Anna Kendrick goes K-Pop with f(x) First of them was a short video in which we follow US actress Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) as she is sent to South Korea to learn how to dance K-pop with girls’ […]
We are glad to announce that the video interview of director Kim Seong-hoon (A Hard Day) is now available on our YouTube channel (see below). This was made possible with the help of Nikki Hart. Not only is she a talented singer (you may have heard her perform LYn’s My Destiny at our […]
On Friday 10 October, we met with director Kim Seong-hoon, whose latest feature film, action-thriller A Hard Day, was receiving two screenings at the London BFI Film Festival (October 12 and 16). The film will also be screened at the London Korean Film Festival on November 9 and Leeds International Film Festival on November 14. […]
There were 21 East Asian films at this year’s London BFI Film Festival, a very limited representation within the overall selection of 248 films (8.5%). Leading the selection was China, Japan and South Korea. Several films were entered under both China and Hong-Kong, suggesting how interconnected the two film industries have become. As the Chinese […]