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Google Warned About Violating Korea’s Video Game Laws

» by GI Korea March 15th, 2010 at 3:54 am » Comments (3)

This sounds like on the surface some kind of trade barrier put into place to aid Korea's domestic video game market: South Korea is considering banning access to the Android ...more »

Kim Yu-na to Appear In Discovery Channel Documentary

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2010 at 9:10 am » Comments (3)

This is allegedly a documentary, but it seems more like an infomercial: A documentary titled "Hip Korea: Yu-na Kim - Seoul Spirit" will be broadcast around the world on the Discovery ...more »

ROK Drop Movie Review: The Chaser

» by GI Korea February 8th, 2010 at 9:01 am » Comments (0)

The hit Korean movie The Chaser was one that I haven't seen yet and it was recommended by some readers after listing my Top 10 Korean Movies of the Decade ...more »

Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Announces That She Is Leaving the Group

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 am » Comments (25)

For all those who follow the Wonder Girls, their line up is about to have a change: South Korea's top female pop group the Wonder Girls will soon have a new ...more »

Will John Park Become the Next American Idol?

» by GI Korea January 21st, 2010 at 4:41 pm » Comments (13)

A Korean-American has become one of the finalists on American Idol: Will America swoon all over John Park as multi-platinum selling country music vixen Shania Twain did? On the hugely popular U.S. ...more »

ROK Drop’s Top 10 Korean Movies of the Decade

» by GI Korea January 15th, 2010 at 3:20 am » Comments (18)

Over at Korea Pop Wars, reporter Mark Russell has a posting on the Top 10 Korean movies of the past decade. Considering Mark's significant background on reporting on Korean cinema this ...more »

Picture of the Day: Stars for Charity

» by GI Korea January 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Stars pose at a press conference to announce the production of a charity music album in Seoul on Thursday. From left, Jeon Hye-bin, Lee Yoon-ji, Kim ...more »

James Cameron’s Avatar On Pace To Set Box Office Records In South Korea

» by GI Korea January 5th, 2010 at 3:21 am » Comments (40)

James Cameron's science fiction epic Avatar is setting box office records across the globe to include in South Korea: It's a ``blue'' winter in Korea, with ``Avatar'' garnering the largest number ...more »

Park Chan-wook’s “Thirst” Ranked As One of TIME Magazines Top 10 Movies of 2009

» by GI Korea December 15th, 2009 at 11:58 pm » Comments (1)

Is this movie really as good as TIME magazine is making it out to be? Korean film director Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" was named one of the top 10 movies of the ...more »

Wonder Girls Set to Appear On FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance?”

» by GI Korea December 4th, 2009 at 5:44 pm » Comments (12)

Appearing on this show will probably give the Wonder Girls more exposure than their recent concert appearances with the Jonas Brothers: South Korea's female pop group Wonder Girls will perform on ...more »

Korea Herald On the Ninja Assassin Movie

» by GI Korea November 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm » Comments (3)

Has anyone seen this movie?  Is it any good because the Korea Herald sure doesn't think so?: But it seems somewhere down the line the creative vision of the producers and ...more »

Wonder Girls Crack the Billboard Top 100

» by GI Korea October 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (7)

I still doubt the Wonder Girls will ever make it big in the US, but this is undoubtedly an accomplishment to be proud of: The Wonder Girls, one of South Korea's ...more »
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