How a 'Godzilla' Knock-Off Movie Tricked North Korea's Leader Into Freeing Two Hostages

Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like monster movie, was made by filmmakers kidnapped by a North Korean leader and eventually led to ...

‘Pachinko' Star Kim Minha and Director Frederik Sølberg on North Korean Defector Drama ‘Hana Korea'

Danish director Frederik Sølberg’s “Hana Korea” emerged as a crowd favorite at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, taking home the Flash Forward competition audience award for its nuanced ...

‘Good News’ Review: A Sharp Political Farce From the Director of ‘Kill Boksoon’ Follows an Unplanned Detour From Tokyo to Pyongyang

This fictive spin on a 1970 hijacking finds satirical gold in hapless, frantic attempts by sparring multinational officials ...

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's ...
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Yeon Sang-ho on ‘The Ugly,’ Microbudget Filmmaking and Reclaiming Creative Freedom in Korea’s Post-‘Squid Game’ Era

The 'Train to Busan' director on how he made an artful period thriller for just $160,000 and why indie financing models could be key to sustaining Korean cinema's vitality. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

N.Korea says Danish documentary on alleged sanctions-busting "fabricated"

North Korea said on Thursday a Danish documentary that with hidden cameras shows apparent attempts to evade a U.N. ban on arms trading with Pyongyang was completely made up and called on Denmark to ...

North Korea is executing people for sharing foreign films and TV, U.N. says

Government control over people in the isolated, nuclear-armed state has tightened in the past 10 years, researchers said, and access to information has “significantly regressed.” ...