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President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an event to mark the launch of the 22nd presidential Peaceful Unification Advisory Council at the Kintex convention center in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Dec. 2. [YONHAP]

President Lee lays out plan for ‘nuclear free’ Korean Peninsula. But will Pyongyang buy it?

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung proposed a new approach to North Korea, emphasizing a 'nuclear-free Korean Peninsula' instead of 'denuclearization,' aiming to foster dialogue amid skepticism about Pyongyang's willingness to engage.

2025.12.4

Korean Peninsula geopolitics becomes global

It is fair to say that the geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula have rarely mattered as much in recent decades as they do today.

2024.6.26

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Foreign Minister Park Jin and members of the Peninsula Club, a ministry consultative group of some 20 ambassadors and diplomats who also serve as top envoys to North Korea, and the Peace Club, some 20 ambassadors and diplomats in Seoul...

2022.6.12

Ray and In-nam during their first face-to-face encounter in 'Deliver Us From Evil.' [CJ ENTERTAINMENT]

'Evil' beats 'Peninsula' to become most watched summer film of 2020

The Korean action thriller "Deliver Us From Evil" has emerged as the most-watched film at the country's box office this summer, outpacing the performance of homegrown zombie apocalypse movie "Peninsula," data showed Thursday. The number of

2020.8.20

English poster for the Korean blockbuster 'Peninsula.' [NEW]

Zombie thriller 'Peninsula' tops Canadian box office

Korean zombie blockbuster "Peninsula" topped the Canadian box office over the weekend, the film's distributor here said Tuesday. Released in 48 theaters across Canada last Friday, the sequel to the 2016 sensation "Train to Busan" earned $120,000 ...

2020.8.11

From left, director Yang woo-seok, actors Jung Woo-sung and Yoo Yeon-seok thank the audience after the film surpassed 1 million in ticket sales. [LOTTE ENTERTAINMENT]

'Steel Rain 2: Summit' takes top spot at weekend box office

“Steel Rain 2: Summit” shot to number one in the weekend box office, selling more than 500,000 tickets at 2,132 screens and surpassing 1 million in ticket sales on its first week.During a summit between the United States, South Korea and North...

2020.8.3

Visitors buy tickets at automated ticket booths in a cinema in Seoul on July 19. [YONHAP]

Number of moviegoers increases for 3rd straight month

The number of moviegoers has risen for a third consecutive month, showing a 45.4 percent increase in ticket sales compared to the previous month. According to the statistics revealed by the Korean Film Council on Saturday, the total number of...

2020.8.2

Poster for 'Peninsula.' [NEXT ENTERTAINMENT WORLD]

'Peninsula' surpasses three million in ticket sales

Director Yeon Sang-ho’s “Peninsula” surpassed 3 million ticket sales as of Tuesday evening, according to data from the Korean Film Council.This is only the second local film to gather over 3 million ticket sales this year since “The Man Standing...

2020.7.29

A scene from newly-released ’Peninsula,“ a zombie apocalypse blockbuster. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

From Haitian voodoo to ‘K-zombies’

Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis, 67, went to Haiti to study zombies in 1982 when he was a graduate student at Harvard University. He interviewed sources knowledgeable in the realm of voodoo and researched the social and...

2020.7.28

Multiple posters of zombie apocalypse blockbuster 'Peninsula' and other summer releases are displayed at a movie theater in Seoul on July 19. [YONHAP]

'Peninsula' tops local box office again, reaches No. 1 in 6 Asian markets

"Peninsula," director Yeon Sang-ho's zombie apocalypse blockbuster, extended its winning streak to a second weekend at Korean cinemas while also leading the box office race in six other Asian markets, according to data and the film's distributor...

2020.7.27