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Korea rolls out 2 million movie coupons

Starting Wednesday, the government will offer 2.05 million first-come, first-served discounts of 6,000 won ($3.90) for tickets at the country’s major multiplex chains.

2026.7.7

No. of moviegoers for Korean films jumps 75% in H1

Driven by the record-setting success of "The King's Warden," Korean films drew 37.4 million viewers and 370 billion won in ticket sales in the first half.

2026.7.5

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'Toy Story 5' tops weekend box office, dethroning 'Colony'

The animated sequel led Korea’s weekend box office with 713,071 admissions, overtaking the zombie hit after four weeks at No. 1.

2026.6.22

Korean Film Council creates budget to support small projects

The Korean Film Council has allocated some 10 billion won to help smaller film projects, which can receive up to 1.5 billion won from the organization.

2025.1.23

From left, filmmaker Yang Yun-ho, Culture Minister Yu In-chon and former Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival director Han Sang-jun pose after Yang and Han were appointed as new board members of the Korean Film Council at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Friday. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]

Two new members named to board of Korean Film Council

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism appointed two new board members to the state-run film council, which is suffering from a lack of funding.

2024.5.24

Screens advertise occult horror film ″Exhuma″ in a movie theater in Seoul. [NEWS1]

'Exhuma’ drives sales record for domestic film tickets in March

Korean films saw the highest ticket sales figure for the month of March this year, with 'Exhuma' the big attraction.

2024.4.9

Korean Film Council's Chairperson Park Ki-yong will resign from his position as of Wednesday. [KOREAN FILM COUNCIL]

Korean Film Council chairman resigns after two years

The head of Korea's state-run film council announced Monday that he would resign as the local industry struggles to recover from the pandemic, aggravated by the government's budget cut for 2024.

2024.1.29

Theatergoers buy tickets at a multiplex in central Seoul on July 2, 2023. [YONHAP]

Culture minister orders Kofic to address alleged box office manipulation

Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, ordered the Korean Film Council (Kofic) to come up with measures to address the alleged box office results manipulation by movie theaters and distributors.

2023.8.21

Culture Ministry finds Korea Film Council mishandled budget

The Korean Film Council (Kofic) has mismanaged its budget and carried out unfair methods in selecting candidates for support programs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism found. The ministry said Thursday that Kofic, which spent 2.4...

2023.6.15

A scene from director Shin Su-won's 2021 film ″Hommage″ [TWIN PLUS PARTNERS]

Korean film industry still a battlefield for female creators

March 8 is International Women's Day, and films either by female directors or about the historical triumphs and struggles of women, like Phyllis Nagy’s “Call Jane” (2023) and Chinonye Chukwu's “Till” or even “Holy Spider” (2022), which shines a ...

2023.3.7