KIM Tae-yong and TANG Wei to Tie the Knot

Korean Indie Director and Chinese StarIn an official press release, indie film director KIM Tae-yong has announced that he and Chinese star TANG Wei will become husband and wife later this year. The pair met during the shoot of KIM’s 2010 film Late Autumn, whi...

Hong Sang-soo tops Cine21’s picks of the year

South Korea’s leading film and entertainment magazine Cine21 has picked HONG Sang-soo’s<The Day He Arrives> as the Best Film of 2011. In their annual survey, the magazine with its 33 journalists and critics also picked Hong as the Best Director of the Y...

The Front Line wins big at Korean Critics Awards

Director JANG Hun’s <The Front Line> was the big winner at the 31st Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC) Awards. The ceremony was held at the Seoul Press Center on the evening of Friday, Nov. 11. South Korea’s submission to the Academy Awards best ...