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  • Following the success of last years ‘Cinema On The Park’ – with over a thousand people attending – The Korean Cultural Office in Sydney have announced a second season of screenings. There’s a stack of amazing films to see, with a total of twenty-one titles (see below) making up the...

    Cinema On The Park 2 – Twenty-One Amazing Films

    Following the success of last years ‘Cinema On The Park’ – with over a thousand people attending – The Korean Cultural Office in Sydney have announced a second season of screenings. There’s a stack of amazing films to see, with a total of twenty-one titles (see below) making up the...

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  • It’s good news for Korean film fans in the London area as the Korean Cultural Centre has extended its film screenings from fortnightly to weekly. Additionally, this promises to be a particularly special year as each month will be dedicated to the work of a different director and the final...

    KCCUK – 12 Directors for 2012

    It’s good news for Korean film fans in the London area as the Korean Cultural Centre has extended its film screenings from fortnightly to weekly. Additionally, this promises to be a particularly special year as each month will be dedicated to the work of a different director and the final...

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  • Earlier this year the first East Winds symposium and film festival was held at Coventry University – a three day event  with the intention of raising awareness of Asian cinema for a crowd ‘who might normally not have much chance to catch Asian cinema on the big screen.’  The event...

    Call For Papers: East Winds 2012, Coventry University

    Earlier this year the first East Winds symposium and film festival was held at Coventry University – a three day event  with the intention of raising awareness of Asian cinema for a crowd ‘who might normally not have much chance to catch Asian cinema on the big screen.’  The event...

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  • Hello! There’s been a few changes to the website recently in an attempt to make it simpler to navigate and easier on the eye (not to mention a tidy up of behind the scenes) as well as the adding of a few pages to try to integrate the New Korean...

    November 2010 Update

    Hello! There’s been a few changes to the website recently in an attempt to make it simpler to navigate and easier on the eye (not to mention a tidy up of behind the scenes) as well as the adding of a few pages to try to integrate the New Korean...

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  • New Korean Cinema has been up for around a year now, and it’s been a great year despite the relatively s-l-o-w updates on the site for the last couple of months. I could make excuses. I could blame Red Dead Redemption for taking up too much of my time, but...

    Site news: Updates and more Updates…

    New Korean Cinema has been up for around a year now, and it’s been a great year despite the relatively s-l-o-w updates on the site for the last couple of months. I could make excuses. I could blame Red Dead Redemption for taking up too much of my time, but...

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  • Hello! It’s been a while so I thought it was time for a quick news update on the site. In case you’ve missed them the recently posted reviews on the site include the stylish The Sword With No Name, the weird and fairly wonderful My Mighty Princess, the classic rom-com...

    News: Festivals, Podcasts, DVDs and Big Breasted Zombies..

    Hello! It’s been a while so I thought it was time for a quick news update on the site. In case you’ve missed them the recently posted reviews on the site include the stylish The Sword With No Name, the weird and fairly wonderful My Mighty Princess, the classic rom-com...

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  • So for the last week or so I had the dubious pleasure of dealing with the site having been hacked by some sad moron who really needs to get out more. This resulted in not only losing the site for several days, but also a few problems with the restoration...

    Okay, and we’re back in the room…

    So for the last week or so I had the dubious pleasure of dealing with the site having been hacked by some sad moron who really needs to get out more. This resulted in not only losing the site for several days, but also a few problems with the restoration...

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  • Happy New Year to you for 2010! After an extended holiday break the site will now start getting back up to speed, so what better way than to take a look at some of the news from the last few weeks… SECRET REUNION Trailer The trailer for SECRET REUNION shows...

    News: Happy New Year – with trailers, DVD’s and transgender fathers…

    Happy New Year to you for 2010! After an extended holiday break the site will now start getting back up to speed, so what better way than to take a look at some of the news from the last few weeks… SECRET REUNION Trailer The trailer for SECRET REUNION shows...

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  • The updates on the site might have been limited this week to a review of 200 POUNDS BEAUTY while I’ve been setting up the Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages, but there’s been a couple of interesting news stories this week and a few cool trailers… ‘A Better Tomorrow’ Remake So...

    News: A remake, a one hundred and first and some trailers…

    The updates on the site might have been limited this week to a review of 200 POUNDS BEAUTY while I’ve been setting up the Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages, but there’s been a couple of interesting news stories this week and a few cool trailers… ‘A Better Tomorrow’ Remake So...

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  • Just because one website isn’t enough in itself – and also because those young uns like their social networking sites – you can now join me on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace for more news and information on Korean cinema stuff: Facebook Group – become a fan! MySpace - become a...

    ‘New Korean Cinema’ on your Social Networking sites…

    Just because one website isn’t enough in itself – and also because those young uns like their social networking sites – you can now join me on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace for more news and information on Korean cinema stuff: Facebook Group – become a fan! MySpace - become a...

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