"I was depressed because of COVID-19 but I felt like the movie comforts me.""It would be better to watch this movie with families.” - Reviews from Naver The film “Beyond that Mountain” (저 산 너머) that opened on April 30 by director Choi Jong-tae. It has been making headlines as a family-healing movie

The Seensee Company, a Korean musical production company posted an official notice that they canceled the scheduled musical “Mamma Mia!” and the play "Let the Right One In”. Especially, in the case of “Let Me In”, serious restrictions have been placed on not only immigration but also activities for

The combined sales of 69 top publishing companies in South Korea's best-selling books rose 0.9 percent in 2018 from the previous year, but their overall operating profit fell 7.4 percent. Only book sales of the top three online bookstores such as Yes24, Aladdin, and Interpark increased 11.8 percent

In the poster of Joker (2019), there is one person who raises the corners of his mouth with hands and forces a smile, but sheds tears. He is Joker, one familiar and popular villain, and this merciless villain looks sad, so it causes some interests in the poster. This is the English version poster of

1994 was a rough year for Korea. Seoul’s undisciplined redevelopment process caused brutal clash between capital and labor. In the media, the death of North leader Kim Il-sung was broadcasted all over the country, which brought shock to the people. An explosion of city gas at Ah-hyeon killed 12 inno

A live musical video of a The Man Who Laughs, which won the grand prize at the third Korea Musical Awards was shown at the Sowol Art Hall. Many musical fans stepped forward to hear the news that it would be screened as live videos taken when it was performed at the Seoul Arts Center's concert hall i

A poster of unusual design gives people odd feelings. Like “why are characters in posters blindfolded?” and “Whose body is only legs?”, this poster arouses people’s curiosity. This is the Korean version poster of film Parasite (기생충, 2019) made by director Bong Joon-ho and released on May 30. This fi

Magoksa was designated for UNESCO World Heritage on July 4, 2018, with six other Bhuddist temple in South Korea. Also, Magoksa is one of the six major Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한조계불교종) located at Taehwa Mountain. The temple was founded by High Monk Jajang of Silla Dynasty in 640 A.D. Througho

One day, walking the apartment, I saw the window of security office. Three books were piled up on the guard’s desk and the title of books caught my eye. The title was “Small store, designing dream : 2011 best example of small buissness”, “4,000 won life : working diary of our generation whose life i

For Republic of Korea, August 15 is a historically significant National Liberation Day. The National Liberation Day is a national holiday that celebrates Korea's independence from Japan on August 15, 1945 and the establishment of an official government of the Republic of Korea on August 15, 1948. Th

A Daehak-ro(대학로) in Seoul crowded with many people is in contrast with a quiet town street in Gurye-gun where young people cannot be found. As population is concentrated in the metropolitan, disparities between metropolitan and provincial city are widening day by day. Especially, many provincial cit

Are you really feeling okay saying ”I’m fine today.”? Cheon-ji usually did not ask for too much, but suddenly she asks to buy an MP3 player one day. Her mother, Hyun-sook, and older sister Man-ji ignore her, but on this day, Chun-ji decide to end her life. Today, society often consider teenagers to

Recently, the efforts to deal with auditory and visual arts are being highlighted in Disney films. Disney recently released Aladdin (2019) as a live action film and as more than 10 million people watched it, the movie has been a huge hit in Korea. A live-action film refers to movies that are produce

In today's society that values individuality and creativity, handwriting is not just handwriting, but is a fashion. For example, when CUK students prepare for presentations, they are agonizing over which fonts they have to use because the atmosphere of the presentation could be completely changed de

“Not all opinions are equal, somethings happened” said Deborah Lipstadt, historian and professor of Holocaust studies in the film Denial (2016). During the film’s opening ceremony, one of the audience members asks Lipstadt for comments: “Somebody told me you don’t debate with people who say the Holo

The popular variety show I Live Alone (나 혼자 산다), Point of Omniscient Interference (전지적 참견시점), which aired on MBC, and Heart signal, which is a South Korean variety show distributed by Channel A, received great attention from viewers. What these programs have in common is that these are entertainment

Juror 8 (2019) is the film based on the first jury trial in South Korea introduced in 2008. Eight ordinary people with numerous occupations and different ages gathered as a jury for the trial in the movie. At first, it seemed to be simple for jury members since all the evidence, testimony, and confe

Last year, many debates about women's rights and social positions in response to the Me Too movement were held in Korea. Inthe field of arts performing, many kinds of shows about women living with an independent attitude were being performed and made a big hit. For example, musical performances such