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All posts tagged "entertainment"

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  Hollywood comedy ‘The Intern’ tops S. Korean box office

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — “The Intern” rose to the top of the local box office during the weekend, with two South Korean films closely trailing behind the Hollywood comedy, data showed Monday. Starring Robert De Niro and Anne...

  • Posted October 5, 2015
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  ‘Veteran’ has solid opening at North American box offices

  LOS ANGELES (Yonhap) — A Korean action film made a solid dent in North American box offices in its opening week boosted by its long-lasting popularity in South Korea and favorable reviews from American critics, according to...

  • Posted September 23, 2015
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  Southeast Asian millionaires to build Hallyu town in Thailand

  SEOUL/BANGKOK (Yonhap) — A handful of Southeast Asian millionaires are looking to create a large commercial complex in Thailand comprising shops and restaurants that cater to the fans of Korean pop culture, also known as K-pop, industry...

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Top court orders retrial for CJ head on corruption charges

  SEOUL, Sept 10 (Yonhap) — The nation’s top court Thursday returned to a lower court ruling that convicted the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group of corporate crimes. Lee Jay-hyun, who was indicted in 2013...

  • Posted September 10, 2015
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  Why being an Asian American female in entertainment can be an advantage

  By Grace Jung Earlier this spring, I participated in a talk alongside two other panelists at Barnard College for Columbia University’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The talk centered around being an Asian or Asian American woman...

  • Posted September 4, 2015
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  Girls’ Generation successor Red Velvet to release first album

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean girl group Red Velvet will release its first album next week, its management agency said Friday. “The Red,” coming out Wednesday, will contain 10 songs, including the title track “Dumb Dumb,” S.M....

  • Posted September 4, 2015
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  Director Joseph Kahn defends Taylor Swift’s music videos of whitewashing

  NEW YORK (AP) — The director of Taylor Swift’s new music video is defending the singer after some claimed she whitewashed her video based in Africa. Korean American Joseph Kahn said that the video for “Wildest Dreams”...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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