
How The Assassin(s) Turns TIFF Sellouts Into K-Cinema Strategy
The Assassin(s) sold out 4,256 TIFF seats before release, offering a measurable test of Korean cinema's global festival strategy.

The Assassin(s) sold out 4,256 TIFF seats before release, offering a measurable test of Korean cinema's global festival strategy.

Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love has turned its Venice premiere into a data point, not just a festival compliment. The Korean director's first feature in eight y...

Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub is not just reviving a famous Korean crime brand. It is testing whether a once-dominant adult franchise can still work in a theatri...

Blue Salt's move from Netflix Korea No. 4 to No. 3 reframes a 771,699-admission theatrical miss as a useful streaming case study.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened No. 1 in Korea with more than 688,000 viewers and strong early audience scores.

Six years after sitting in the audience for the original, Girls' Generation's Sooyoung joins OK Madam 2 as its villain — and the story behind her casting is already going viral.

Gong Hyo-jin reveals how she was cast twice for 'Gyeongju Trip,' opening August 26 with Lee Jeong-eun, Park So-dam and Lee Yeon.

Actor Jo In-sung has lifted the curtain on director Na Hong-jin's legendary obsession with detail — revealing that the two leads spent an afternoon trying on ha...

Lee Chang-dong returns after eight years, Yeon Sang-ho brings an AI thriller, and Heo Jin-ho delivers historical drama — Korean cinema dominates TIFF 2026.

Director Yeon Sang-ho's survival thriller, which drew 5.94 million viewers in Korean theaters, launches VOD across Coupang Play, Wavve, and more.

Director Park Se-young's pandemic-inspired film 'Fins' opens July 22 with a Locarno selection and a co-producer behind two Palme d'Or winners.

Colony, No Other Choice, and Wild Thing lead a Korean film home-release wave with Cannes buzz, added footage, and global streaming.