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Box Office in Korea
| Movies Week-End Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1.Shingijeon | ||
| 597,793 | 1,826,187 | |
| 2.Mamma Mia! | ||
| 544,332 | 1,628,373 | |
| 3.Rough Cut | ||
| 265,727 | 326,609 | |
| 4.Our School E.T | ||
| 187,181 | 220,220 | |
| 5.Bangkok Dangerous | ||
| 81,603 | 99,175 | |
| 6.Twentieth Century Boys | ||
| 68,178 | 105,371 | |
| 7.花より男子~ファイナル~ | ||
| 43,728 | 56,626 | |
| 8.The Dark Knight | ||
| 28,160 | 4,023,026 | |
| 9.Earth | ||
| 28,006 | 121,635 | |
| 10.Star Wars: The Clone | ||
| 16,310 | 76,745 | |
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[MOVIE REVIEW]'My Friend & His Wife' drifts into melodramatic formula
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"My Friend & His Wife," directed by Shin Dong-il, has been gathering dust in the storage room for about two years. It's finally hitting theaters on Nov. 27. The unusually long delay suggests the film's box-office odds were fairly low in the eyes of....
Jeong Kyung-ho to Attend Korea Film Festival in Shanghai
Actor Jeong Kyung-ho will represent Korea at the Shanghai Korea Film Festival in China. Sponsored by the Chinese film authorities and the Korean Film Council, the first ever Shanghai Korea Film Festival will run from November 16 through 21. Jeon....
Bae Yong-joon to Help Japanese Fans Learn Korean
A game targeting fans of top Korean Wave actor Bae Yong-joon who want to learn Korean will be launched in Japan in January next year. The Busan Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that multimedia company Mobilero has developed an educatio....
New Drama on Joseon’s Legendary Painters
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, SBS-TV’s new drama “The Painter of the Wind” reinterprets and rewrites the lives of leaves of leading Joseon Dynasty painters Kim Hong-do and Shin Yu-bok. While the series retains the usual elemen....
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Portrait of a Beauty The movie is based on interesting hypothetical assumptions of the story of Shin Yun-bok (one of the three famous painters from the Joseon Kingdom alongside Kim Hong-do and Jang Seung-eop). Shin decides to dress in male att....
Anonymous Donor Revealed as Moon Geun-young
Community Chest of Korea, a network of locally governed charity organization, has revealed actress Moon Geun-young as the anonymous donor who has given 850 million won (roughly $620,000) over the past six years. In marking the 10th anniversary of i....
Trainee teacher proves hit on TV gag show
Who said only the prettiest of the pretty get all the attention? Comedian Park Ji-sun, 24, isn’t Miss Universe but she has definitely found glory playing unattractive characters on KBS TV’s “Gag Concert.” Her roles in the comedy show so far h....
KBS Drama 'Hwang Jini' to Premiere in New York
The New York premiere of the KBS drama series "Hwang Jini," starring actress Ha Ji-won, will be held at the Korea Society in Manhattan, New York on November 12 at 6:30 p.m. The premiere event will screen the 10th and 12th episode of the drama serie....
Tablo’s Book Tops Bestseller List
Hip hop group Epik High’s leader Tablo has written a bestseller. His collection of short stories, “Pieces of You,” topped Kyobo Book’s bestseller list by selling 50 thousand copies in just one week since it was released on November 4th. The book is....
SHINee Open to New Opportunities
Korea boasts a number of idol groups, especially young, pretty, talented boy bands, and SHINee is starting to steal the spotlight with their cute image, catchy music and chic fashion style. The Korea Times met the group last week at their agenc....
