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The dead body of K-pop star Goo Hara was found Sunday at her home in Seoul, South Korea. The discovery comes a few months after a reported suicide attempt, although the cause of death is not immediately clear. Hara was a member of the girl group Hara starting in 2008, then became a solo artist. In March, an…

Mexico beat South Korea 2-1 in Saturday’s FIFA World Cup Russia match, but it could be argued that Telemundo was the real winner as it broke records with the most-watched livestream event in Spanish-language history. The match averaged 7.2 million viewers across Telemundo, TelemundoDeportes.com, and the Telemundo…

A two-part original series is being produced by NBC Olympics to preview the upcoming Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea. Go For The Gold and Meet Team USA will be streamed via Netflix starting Jan. 15 and available through Feb. 25, when the games conclude. The coverage will serve as an introduction to…

Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday morning to take credit for North Korea’s Monday move to do an end run around the U.S. and initiate talks with South Korea. The tweet was one of a slew the president sent out after a busy few days for Trump, golfing at his Florida course. Recapping the morning’s Fox & Friends…

The United States faces an “abyss of doom” unless it ousts “the lunatic old man” from the White House and withdraws his “hostile policy,” North Korea fired back after President Donald Trump’s aggressive speech from South Korea. "The U.S. had better make a decisive choice … if it does not want a horrible nuclear…

South Korea’s attention understandably is focused elsewhere at the moment, but the country has put up the Oscar meter on A Taxi Driver: The historical drama is its official entry for the 2017 Foreign Language Film race. Well Go USA confirmed the news to Deadline. Set during 1980 Gwangju Uprising, director Jang Hoon’s A…

Amid escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, it appears to be business as usual in South Korea — one of the keenest, most sophisticated moviegoing hubs worldwide and a major market for Hollywood and local fare. There has been no significant sign of turnstiles slowing in the country over the past…

This is for you, fans of K-pop and other forms of Korean entertainment: You’ll find it, beginning today, on a streaming platform, Kocowa, created by a joint venture of the country’s three largest broadcasters  — KBS, MBC and SBS. Those who want to watch shows ad-free a few hours after they air in South Korea can pay…

Netflix's Okja has hit another stumbling block as the sci-fi drama looks set to be boycotted from South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's home turf. According to the Korea Times, South Korea's three largest exhibitors – CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox – are poised to shut out the Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul…

South Korea's government has given the greenlight for a new tax-break scheme for local film and television companies to help boost the country’s industry. The country's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that a revised law came into effect last Friday which will see a 10% tax-break against corporate tax…

Amid rising diplomatic tension with China over Seoul's decision to deploy the THAAD anti-missile defense system, Korea is facing challenges as an entertainment and shopping destination, the Korean Tourism Organization said today. The word comes on the heels of an editorial published by Chinese state media this weekend…

Belgium has tapped Robin Pront’s The Ardennes as it selection for this year’s Oscar Foreign Language race. The pic, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, was acquired by Film Movement earlier this year and a fall U.S. debut is in the works. The movie, from Belgium's 2012 Foreign Language Oscar nominee…