All posts tagged "Old Boy"

  • Song Kang-ho
    The year in movies

    Looking back at the memorable works of 2013 By Yun Suh-young Data shows that local theaters have sold a combined 210 million tickets, meaning that 2013 has been an unequivocal success for Korean cinema. But while numbers...

    • Posted December 30, 2013
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  • Choi Min-sik,left, and Kang Hye-jung star in the movie “Old Boy” by director Park Chan-wook. The film won the Grand Prix Prize in 2004 at the Cannes Film Festival. / Korea Times file
    There is no Korean wave

    By Michael Hurt In recent years, Korean pundits and other interested parties have tried to explain the phenomenon of the so-called “Korean wave.” However, in my time as a member of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding...

    • Posted November 6, 2013
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