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Lee Je-hoon as Wang Tao Zi in Taxi Driver | Photo: Soompi Lee Je-hoons on-going series is resounding with audiences due to a cathartic premise: dont just get mad, get even. At the centre of the show is a group of people whove had their share of personal losses from crimes, and have taken justice into their own hands, on behalf of clients who call for help. They use their taxi operating business as a front. Here, Lee plays Kim Do-ki, an ex-military man who does the dirty work. In this role, Lee ...

The Korean movies streaming on Tubi are some of the best films that the platform has to offer.

Until the 93rd Academy Awards were held last month, more white actresses had won Oscars for playing Asians than actual Asian actresses have won.

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 06:04 PM MYT BY TAN MEI ZI Biden gave a nod to K-pop’s ‘universal’ appeal as bands like BTS continue to make waves across the world. — Pictures via Reuters and Facebook/bangtan.official Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. PETALING JAYA, May 25 — There’s no doubt that K-pop superstars like BTS and Blackpink are cultural forces to be reckoned with. Just ask United States president Joe Biden. The American leader gave K...

Far from a flop: Peter Rabbit 2 grossed £3.81 million on opening weekend Credit: Sony Pictures Animal adventure hops to chart victory UK cinema operators have cause to be both mightily relieved as well as cautiously optimistic after audiences returned at the weekend in significant numbers – led by the charge of Peter Rabbit 2. The family film sequel grossed £3.81 million from 496 cinemas for the weekend period, and £4.61m including takings from Monday-to-Thursday last week. Cinemas were p...

Powerful F9 Debut Injects Horsepower Into Korean Box Office Patrick Frater, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail South Korea claimed to have had the honor of being the first country in the world where “F9” revved into commercial release – the distinction can only have been a matter of hours, as Hong Kong cinemas followed later the same day, on May 19 – and it proved a smart choice. The franchise film finally injected some horsepower into the Korean box office, with a tap on the accelerator...

Korean Drama Actors Lee Seung-gi And Lee Da-in Confirmed To Be Dating On 5/24/21 at 5:32 AM EDT Mouse star Lee Seung-gi and Alice actress Lee Da-in have been photographed together and have reportedly been dating since the end of last year. The pair are said to have bonded over a shared love of golf. Photos published by the South Korean pop culture website Soompi by Dispatch show the two at what they described as an "outing" together in South Koreas Gangwon Province in the late fall of 2020. Th...

Interview with Jeremy Holt about their new AI comic book Made in Korea, the duality of being Asian and American, identity, and much more.

May 23, 2021 Growing up, I never saw my Korean American parents touch each other. No hugs or kisses, or even pats on the back. It wasn’t the byproduct of a loveless marriage, just the consequences of a life centered on survival — that endless list of unsexy chores. I’ve lived 30 years without acknowledging such biographical details, accepting that the nuances of my life could never make it into mainstream culture. This year, watching “Minari” challenged that assumption. For t...

Georgia Asian Times May 22, 2021 Washington DC, May 22, 2021 — President Joe Biden on Friday said he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in remain “deeply concerned” about the situation with North Korea, and announced he will deploy a new special envoy to the region to help refocus efforts on pressing Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Moon, meanwhile, welcomed “America’s return” to the world stage and said both leaders pledged in their m...