Seolhyun, a member of famous K-pop idol group AOA, returned to Youtube on August 2021, after nearly a year of social media silence. Following the AOA emotional abuse controversy in 2020, numerous calls were made for Seolhyun to be dropped from Awaken, a K-drama she was cast in. Her interview with wo

Our friendly neighborhood, Spiderman, returned to our side on December 15, 2021, with Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the first movie in Korea to be watched by more than 7 million people within a month in the COVID-19 era. Spider-Man series movies, including Spider-Man: No Way Ho

The dance competition program Street Woman Fighter (SWF) created a "K-dance syndrome" by highlighting the field of female dancers that have not been well known to the public. Since the first week of the broadcast, it has ranked No. 1 in popularity indexes. It also gained syndrome-class popularity, w

“We South Koreans and North Koreans were all there, waving the flag of South Korea.”- a interview of Kang Shin-sung, former ambassador of Somalia Escape from Mogadishu, which was released on July 21, hit the first 3-million-viewer mark this year in Korea even though Level 4 social distancing has bee

As K-pop spread around the world and caused the Korean Wave, it expanded more globally over the domestic fandom. Also, the market where fandom becomes an economic entity has grown. However, due to COVID-19, the K-pop industry has faced difficulties as performances for K-pop singers to communicate an

The thing is, I was born brilliant. Born bad. And a little bit mad. The sentence above is a line describing Cruella, the main character of this movie, itself. Her full name is Cruella De Vil, and even her name is a kind of calembour using "cruel" and "devil". Cruella is the villain character of the

In recent years people have had easy access to news about racism such as “Black Lives Matter” and “Stop Asian Hate.” It shows us that racism still exists as social problems and it is a problem for mankind to solve. The movie Green Book shows the seriousness of black racism, and it may give an answer

A place where you can go wherever you want, where you can live what you want. It is the metaverse world from the movie Ready Player One. However, it is also paying attention to realities. That is, through this film, the audience can feel the wonderful virtual reality and the opposite. Maybe future M

In Korea, family movies tend to be very bright or so sad that make audience to shed tears, conveying the importance of family forcefully. Also, it is usually released on holidays such as Chuseok to be a box office hit. In this regard, Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Fer

▲Louisa Clark and Will Traynor, the main characters of Me before you. Louisa and Will are on a date. “You are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning” It would be no exaggeration to say that half of the audience who watches the movie shed tears after hearing Will's lin

Soul (2021), a film produced by director Pete Doctor, is considered as a strong candidate for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature film in April for its special strengths in presenting original worldviews. The film consists of cute and bright characters, and a dark and heavy atmosphere. Also,

The movie “The Flu,” released in 2013, is a disaster film about the government's decision to shut down the city as a virus with a 100 percent fatality rate sweeps through South Korea, and people who are suddenly quarantined are fighting for their lives. The film begins with a scene in which some for

“It is Spia-Worf. It is a theory that the language determines how you think.”- Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Lou Adams)– Audiences are puzzled at the movie scenes, which were randomly inserted on screen regardless of the real-time flow. At the beginning of the movie, the main character Louise Banks (Am

Spirited Away (2001), directed by Miyazaki Hayao, is the first case in the animation genre that has won awards such as the Golden Bear, and the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. This animation film attracted about 24 million viewers in Japan and two million viewers in Korea. As su

The poster is showing beautiful rainbow and bright colors such as purple and pink. This makes people feel the Florida Project as a fairy-tale. However, people who have seen this movie would have complicated emotions since the story and atmosphere of the movie. People know that the Disney land proud

"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

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 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