Gi Dong News Today

HAMYANG, South Gyeongsang Province – A week before Chuseok, the sounds of a combine harvesters revving engine echoed in Gi-dong village of Hamyang, some 240 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The sound is not an unfamiliar one at any farm during harvest season around the country, but the scene was different as the machine cut and threshed grains underneath solar panels. Sleek, rectangular panels are placed on pol...

Director Back Seung-kee has presented a new world that he refers to as a "C-class movie", that surpasses "B-class" with its unique sensitivity and humor. This time, he challenges travel across time, space, and dimension with the expanded world and scale. Gi-dong is an exploration crew member of ASA (not NASA), aka Asia Space Administration. He leaves ASA to raise his daughter, Gyoo-jin, after his wife and colleague, Seon-ho, dies during childbirth. One day, he has a mysterious experience meeti...