Before it was released, it had already been suggested there would be quite a couple of well-known Korean actors in Netflix original series Sense8. But, little did we know there would so many, including some of the most active and well-respected actors in the Korean industry. A unique opportunity for them to have their talents […]
Registrations for the Seoul Drama Awards 2015 just came to an end on April 30 23:59. While Korean TV dramas traditionally constitute the centre piece of the country’s most prestigious TV event, foreign TV fiction is taking a larger space across the TV series, miniseries and TV movie categories. Three Korean dramas will be competing […]
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’ […]
This year’s London Korean Film Festival welcomed an impressive number of high profile directors, producers and actors from across the large spectrum of the Korean film industry. The opening ceremony had a large number of guests, including actor Kang Dong-won, producer Lee Jun-dong and director Yoon Jong-bin. But the closing ceremony, which is usually more […]
Earlier last week, the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) unveiled a few first details on the upcoming 9th edition of its annual London Korean Film Festival (LKFF). The event will take place in four venues, including the Odeon West End – as the prime location for opening and closing ceremonies -, Odeon Covent Garden, Odeon […]
After six years of trying, Western markets finally started to open up. Turkey was the first of them. Fox Turkey picked up the format rights for popular drama I’m Sorry, I Love You from KBS and broadcast it in March 2013. Later that year, in October 2013, Turkey’s Show TV repeated the experience with King of Baking, Kim […]