In 2026, Korean film is considered some of the most innovative and highly regarded of world cinemas. in 2016, it wasn’t quite the same.
- Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Sheffield
The documentary is not the triumphant comeback narrative that fans may have been anticipating.
SEVENTEEN, Blackpink… Le succès des groupes de K-pop en Europe ne doit rien au hasard. La Corée du Sud a identifié très tôt le parti qu’elle pourrait tirer de leur ascension.
A decisão de Yoon de pedir a lei marcial fez com que os sul-coreanos se lembrassem dos dias sombrios da ditadura e da repressão.
La decisión de Yoon de convocar la ley marcial recordó a los surcoreanos los oscuros tiempos de la dictadura y la represión.
Yoon’s decision to call for martial law reminded South Koreans of the dark days of dictatorship and repression.
The show charts the journey of a group of young men aged between 19 and 23 through a strict, 100-day training process, leading to their debut as a band called Dear Alice.
A new documentary pokes fun at the regime and it’s leader, but are there risks to laughing at North Korea?
SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.
A survey shows the impact foreign media is having on North Korea’s residents, despite the government’s harsh crackdown
You can be connected across lifetimes in so many different ways, from lovers to passerbys.
Starting in the late 1990s, South Korea’s promotion of its cultural exports abroad has made it a major power on the international stage.
Wajib militer di Korea Selatan dan banyak yang menganggap tidak adil bahwa anggota band diizinkan untuk menundanya.
Military service is compulsory in South Korea and many deem it unfair that the band’s members have been allowed to put it off.
Rising household debt in South Korea is crippling many and Squid Game speaks to this very real horror facing many in the country.
Does the election of two North Korean defectors to the South Korean National Assembly signal a breakthrough in public acceptance of this politically significant minority?
A cross-border love story set on the Korean peninsula is the most popular television drama in South Korean history.
By matching narratives from North Korean escapees with Google Earth images, a fuller picture is emerging of abuses in North Korea.
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