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  • By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Korean plastic surgery-themed comedy film "Men of Plastic" starring Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, has been sold to 32 overseas markets, its distributor Showbox said Tuesday. The movie directed by Lim Jin-sun features a story surrounding Apgujeong, an affluent Gangnam neighborhood crowded with plastic surgery and aesthetics in southern Seoul. Ma, the actor behind megahit action comedy films "The Roundup" (2022) and "The Outlaws" (2017), plays a businessman who has a "killer idea" to open a grandiose plastic surgery clinic in the "beauty mecca." Jung Kyung-ho plays a skilled plastic surgeon who teams up with the Apgujeong native businessman. The film hit theaters in Hong Kong and Taiwan last week and is set for theatrical release in the United States and Canada on Friday and in Singapore on Dec. 22. It will meet audiences in Vietnam and Indonesia next month. Released in the domestic market on Nov. 30, "Men of Plastic" ranked second in the local box office in the opening weekend from Dec. 2-4 with 214,000 admissions, according to industry data. The poster of "Men of Plastic" is seen in this photo provided by its distributor Showbox. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    S. Korean comedy film ‘Men of Plastic’ sold to 32 overseas markets

    The Korean plastic surgery-themed comedy film “Men of Plastic” starring Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, has been sold to 32 overseas markets, its distributor Showbox said Tuesday. The movie directed by Lim Jin-sun features a...

    • Posted December 5, 2022
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    BTS’ RM begins new career as soloist with ‘Indigo’

    RM, leader of the global K-pop sensation BTS, said Friday his solo debut album “Indigo” is just like himself and will be another starting point of his nine-year musical career. The rapper became the third BTS member...

    • Posted December 2, 2022
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    BTS sweeps 2022 MAMA Awards with 6 wins

    K-pop supergroup BTS has won six trophies at the 2022 MAMA Awards, including MAMA Platinum, the “top of the top” honors created this year for the K-pop industry’s biggest annual year-end music awards. MAMA Platinum is presented...

    • Posted December 2, 2022
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    S. Korea beat Portugal to reach round of 16

    South Korea are going to the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup for the third time in history, after stunning Portugal 2-1 on Friday with a late goal by second-half substitute Hwang Hee-chan. Hwang’s go-ahead goal...

    • Posted December 2, 2022
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    KARA to return with special album after 7-yr hiatus

    KARA, a K-pop girl group that was hugely popular in South Korea and Japan, will be back Tuesday with its first release in 7 1/2 years, the band’s agency said. The special album, “Move Again,” will hit...

    • Posted November 30, 2022
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    2022 MAMA Awards to kick off in Japan

     The MAMA Awards, the K-pop industry’s biggest annual year-end music awards, will open in Japan on Tuesday. The two-night awards show will bring a combined 70,000 spectators to the Kyocera Dome Osaka, a baseball stadium located in...

    • Posted November 30, 2022
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    BTS’ Suga to host his own talk show ‘Suchwita’

    Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS will host an online talk show set to launch next week, the band’s management agency said Tuesday. The rapper also teased the show, “Suchwita,” on the group’s official YouTube channel, Bangtan TV,...

    • Posted November 30, 2022
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