On December 11th, Rep. Kim Hong Gul of the Democratic Party of Korea proposed a revision to the Copyright Act to penalize unauthorized recordings of performances and the act of public transmission. If the amendment is enacted, recording, filming, and sharing performances without the permission of the copyright holder will be officially prohibited. Violating this will result in up to one year in prison or up to 10 million Won (approximately 9k USD) in fines....

At the SBS Entertainment Awards held on the 19th, Kim Jong Kook won the Grand Prize in recognition of his achievements in Running Man and My Little Old Boy. Thus, Kim Jong Kook became the second singer since Lee Hyori to take home the grand prize in both the K-pop and Entertainment awards. Putting aside the congratulatory messages to the winners, netizens expressed discomfort in two points: ŌĆ£performativeŌĆØ quarantine and absurd number of awards....

Earlier today, a media outlet reported that Yoo Ah In has been cast to take the lead in the film Seoul Vibe. In response, the actorŌĆÖs agency UAA said, ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs true that Yoo Ah In was offered to star in the film Seoul Vibe. But itŌĆÖs only one of the many projects he was offered. He is looking into various works.ŌĆØ Seoul Vibe, produced by ANDMARQ Studio, is a crime-comedy action film with a budget of 15 billion KRW (about 13,820,110 USD)....

On the 19th broadcast of MBCŌĆÖs Hangout with Yoo, the comedian and the other hosts talked about how they felt about the 2022 Winter Olympics held in China. Previously on the 7th, South Korean short-track speed skaters Hwang Dae Heon and Lee Joon Seo finished their race in first and second places at the Olympics game. However, both were penalized for an illegal late pass and lane change. Regarding this, a comedian named Shin Bong Sun said, ŌĆ£I was furious....

KBSŌĆÖs new Monday-Tuesday series Moonshine held its online press conference on the 20th. Yoo Seung Ho, Hyeri, Byeon Woo Seok, and Kang Mi Na attended the event. Set in the time when Prohibition ruled, Moonshine tells the love story of the nationŌĆÖs greatest inspector who lives a very moral life and a struggling aristocrat who illegally makes alcohol to support her family. Yoo Seung Ho will star in a historical series for the first time in four years....

On Oct. 5, King Kong by Starship confirmed that Yoo Yeon Seok is currently working on a french film Matin Calme with Olga Kurylenko, and added, ŌĆ£Please look forward to it and show us a lot of your love.ŌĆØ Matin Calme is directed by The Page Turner director Denis Dercourt, and delves into the case of a woman found dead in Korea. Yoo Yeon Seok plays detective Park Jin Ho, who has a handsome appearance and speaks fluent English....

According to media outlets, Yoon Kye Sang and Jung Ryeo Won were offered the lead roles in the new series The Married Couple Is Jobless (literal title). Based on the essay of the same name, the show tells the story of a couple who quit their jobs to ŌĆ£have nonstop fun in their long lives.ŌĆØ It was written by the husband Pyun Sung Joon and was published in 2020. If Yoon Kye Sang and Jung Ryeo Won join the show, theyŌĆÖll be playing the couple....

In a recently held press conference, the singer-turned-actress revealed, This is my first time filming a sequel to a movie,ŌĆØ and added,Ā ŌĆ£It was so nice seeing them again, and I had a wonderful time shooting the second film.ŌĆØ YoonA reprises her role as Kang Jin Tae (played by Yoo Hae Jin) hilarious sister-in-law Park Min Young in the second movie. This time, Min Young finds her calling as a beauty Youtuber and pursues her big dream of becoming a successful social influencer despite only making 10 cents a day....

From April 30th to May 30th, they collected and analyzed approximately 132,643,201 indexes of 50 movie stars loved by Korean consumers and classified their relationships between consumers and brands. The big data decreased 38.18% compared to 21,4558,990 big data brands data in March. According to the institution, the top 30 movie stars in May are, 1)Youn Yuh Jung, 2)Song Joong Ki, 3)Lee Dong Hwi, 4) Lee Jae Hoon, 5)Gong Yoo, 6) Park Seo Joon, 7)Kim Ok Bin, 8)Hyun Bin, 9)Lee Byung Hun, 10)Son Ye Jin, 11)Yoo Ah In, 12)Song Ji Hyo, 13)Kim Hye Soo, Ā 14)Jo Jung Suk, 15)Cho Seung Woo, 16)Kim Tae Ri, 17)Ha Jung Woo, 18)Jung Woo Sung, 19)Gong Hyo Jin, 20)Kim Nam Gil, 21)Lee Sun Kyun, 22)Yeo Jin Goo, 23)Lee Jung Jae, 24)Cha Seung Won, 25)Hwang Jung Min, 26)So Ji Sub, 27)Sung Dong Il, 28)Song Seung Heon, 29)Jang Dong Gun, 30)Kim Dong Wook, in a row....

On Monday, Zico held a media showcase for his new mini-album, Grown Ass Kid. This marks the artistŌĆÖs comeback two years after he halted his activities to fulfill his mandatory military duty. ŌĆ£This long two-year hiatus has made me think about a lot of things,ŌĆØ he shared. ŌĆ£And because of that, I got to write songs about my concerns.ŌĆØ ŌĆ£As I spent a lot of time alone, I thought a lot about myself,ŌĆØ Zico added....

The fifth episode shocked viewers by showing Lee Rael (played by Seo Ye Ji) making love with Kang Yoon Gyeom (Park Byung Eun) despite all his efforts to push her away. Rael intentionally seduced Yoon Gyeom on his wifeŌĆÖs (Yoo Sun) birthday. Yoon Gyeom, who was going to throw his wife a surprise event in a luxurious hotel suite, ended up canceling his reservation as he failed to resist RaelŌĆÖs temptation....

The episode begins with Sang Eun deliberately asking Ji Ho if he remembers what happened last night. He replies that all he can remember is that she tried to kiss him. Although he pretended to be okay while saying so, it was revealed that he had been practicing all night to act cool around her. Jung Ji Ho is then spotted enjoying a golfing date with Choi Sang Eun and pretending to be her longtime friend on her request as he slowly realizes his feelings for her....

Mission Possible is a bewildering comic action movie about Woo Soo Han (Kim Young Kwang), a private detective who will do anything as long as he gets paid in advance, and Yoo Da Hee (Lee Sun Bin), a secret agent full of passion, who form an unlikely partnership to unravel a large-scale arms trafficking case. With expectations piling up over its dynamic still photos, Mission Possible confirmed its release date as February 17 and dropped the main poster....

According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of Mr. Queen stood at 8% ratings (highest at 9.9%) nationwide, ranking 1st in the same time slot and 2nd in the entire tvN weekend drama list. The first place is held by Mr. Sunshine. Mr. Queen is about the soul of Jang Bong Hwan, a man who lives in present-day Korea, getting trapped in the body of the queen in the Joseon era....

On August 20, Megabox Plus M released photos of actors Uhm Jung Hwa, Park Sung Woong, Lee Sang Yoon, Bae Jung Nam, Lee Sun Bin, and director Lee Chul Ha celebrating the 1 million mark for their movie Okay! Madam. In the photos, team Okay is posing amicably with large balloons that read ŌĆ£1000K.ŌĆØ They also gave special thanks to the audience through a photo of them smiling with a cake with the shape of the movie poster....

Episodes 2 and 3 had Yoon Hyun Woo (played by Song Joong Ki) quickly adapting to a new life style as Jin Do Joon (Song Joong Ki) and his father Jin Yoon Ki (Kim Young Jae) being out of the succession line. That was when the Sunyang Group had a looming crisis to come. Only Jin Do Joon knew what was coming in the year 1987 as he came from the future....

On Dec 21, KBS announced the production of their new drama Youth of May (literal title) and confirmed the cast of Lee Do Hyun, Go Min Si, Lee Sang Yi and Keum Sae Rok. Youth of May is a ŌĆ£retro human romanceŌĆØ drama about two young people who got swept up in the Gwangju Uprising that took place in May 1980. The drama will tell the spring-like love story of Hee Tae and Myung Hee, who fell in love with each other like fate without knowing the upcoming whirlwind....

Tell Me Your Wish is a work inspired by an actual foundation that grants the last wishes of terminal cancer patients in the Netherlands. A touching and healing story will cheerfully unfold as a young man who has been pushed to his limits goes to a hospice unit on the order of community service and joins the staff in fulfilling the various last wishes of people who are at the final stretches of their lives....

The Medium follows three-month-long records about the bloodline of a shaman family who resides in a mountain village in Thailand. Rang Jong means ŌĆ£shamanŌĆØ in Thai. One thing to note about The Medium is that itŌĆÖs director NaŌĆÖs first project since his hit film The Wailing. In this new project, Na participated in the original scenario, planning, and production. Plus, Banjong Pisanthanakun, who opened a new horizon for Thai horror films with the 2004 film Shutter, was tapped as the director....

On July 6, tvN new drama The Moment release a first teaser video. It contains the exciting steps of young people who are moving straight for their dreams. The teaser is about 15 seconds long. When the green light came on, young people started walking again, presenting the excitement of these youth moving toward their dreams. Later, Park Bo Gum and Park So Dam was seen facing each other, when the narration in Park Bo GumŌĆÖs voice flowed out, saying, ŌĆ£Remember and stay with me....