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TV Companies Urged to Participate in Film - Making
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently requested that the broadcasting companies, Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Seoul Broadcasting System(SBS), search for a way to participate in film - making. An official of the ministry explained that 'to increase the competitiveness of the Korean film industry, the participation of broadcasting corporations is necessary. In France, for example, three percent…
June 04,1999
Hollywood"s Rick Yune Visits Homeland
'Hollywood's rising star', Rick Yune, visited Korea, his fatherland on Thursday. The Korean-American model was selected as one of the eight 'new faces of the year' from the realm of art and movies by Newsweek last January. The Newsweek 'new face' nominations have produced numerous stars, such as Kate Winslet who starred in 'Titanic', in 1996 and Gwyneth Paltrow, winner of this year's Academy awards with 'Shakespeare in Love', in 1994. The …
June 03,1999
325 Korean Relics to Tour Europe
Korean relics will be on tour throughout Europe. The tour exhibition of Korean relics - on the theme 'Searching for the Korean Spirit' - starts on June 5 in Hessen, Germany and will continue through July. 325 relics, including 107 pieces of shamanist remains, 154 Buddhist antiquities and 64 pieces from the Confucianist era, have been selected for the exhibition. Among them are 15 items deemed 'national treasures' and 14 'treasures'. The others …
June 02,1999
Japanese Publisher Inspects SBS Drama for Piracy
A Japanese publishing company, Shogakkan, has set about investigating Seoul Broadcasting System's TV drama 'Tomato', which is suspected of plagiarising a comic produced by Shogakkan, 'Happy'. A staff member of the publisher visited Korea on June 1, to inspect the TV drama and compare it with the comic. Shogakkan plans to decide on a course of action by the end of June, after discussions with the writer. Experts point out the lack of criteria …
June 01,1999
Cyber Song Contest to be Held
A cyber music contest will be held for the first time. Munwha Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will hold the 'Fam-net Song Festival', an on-line music contest in file form (such as MP3 files) and as CDs submitted by participants. All applications and the judging of the submissions will be carried out over the Internet, and anyone can participate in the judging of the preliminary rounds. The judges of the final round will consist of TV art progam …
May 31,1999
Seoul Int"l Book Fair to Open June 1
The week-long Seoul International Book Fair '99 will commence June 1 at the COEX Building in Samsung-dong, southern Seoul. One hundred and eighteen domestic and 73 foreign publishing companies from 18 countries are expected to participate in the fair hosted by the Korean Publishers' Association(KPA). The book fair, which dates back to 1954, became an international event five years ago, in 1994. The KPA says it is focusing on promoting over…
May 28,1999
Korean Movies Sold at Cannes Film Festival
The Korean movies 'Silent Family', 'Connection' and 'Toemarok' were sold to distributors from the U.S., Thailand, and Germany during the Cannes Film Festival. 'Silent Family' was sold to the U.S. for a guaranteed 90,000 dollars plus a further 50 percent of revenue from the cinema, videotape and TV rights. The thriller Silent Family is negotiating distribution rights for Japan. The SF thriller 'Toemarok' was exported to Thailand at a minimum gu…
May 26,1999
Actress- Minister"s Controversial Performance in Moscow
Son Sook, the new Minister of Environment, departed to Russia on a controversial visit with 20 players on May 26 to stage a play 'Mother' in Moscow. The performance of the new minister, who is also an actress, is an unprecedented event in the political world. The newly appointed minister said before departure, 'I considered carefully the criticism I might receive performing at this time.' An agreement was made to appear in Moscow before the she …
May 26,1999
Paek Ji Yeon"s Talk Show Disappointing
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation(MBC)'s new talk show 'White Night with Paek Ji Yeon' disappointed its audience. MBC avowed that this talk show will be a high quality program, far from the usual star oriented entertainment program, when it launched three weeks ago. However the audience have found no difference from other talk shows. The third show broadcasted on May 24 was about the Miss Korea Contest, which Paek also hosted. But we could find…
May 25,1999
Cannes Festival Winner Chronicles Family"s Suicide
The Korean director Song Ilgon's film 'So-Poong', was the co-winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize in the Short Film category. The paradoxical title 'So-Poong', which mean picnic in Korean, draws a bleak portrait of the effects of the economic crisis on Korean society. On a clear and sunny day, a dark tale slowly unfolds as a father, recently laid off, takes his wife and five-year-old son on a picnic. The father stops the car a…
May 24,1999
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