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(LEAD) Agencies, producers pledge to cap actors' fees for state-supported films
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SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Film producers and major talent agencies on Thursday agreed to cooperate to cap actors' appearance fees at below 10 percent of net production costs for state-backed mid- and low-budget films, in a bid to revive the country's struggling film industry.
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SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Film producers and major talent agencies have agreed to cooperate to cap actors' appearance fees at below 10 percent of net production costs for state-backed mid- and low-budget films, in a bid to revive the country's struggling film industry, the culture ministry said Thursday.
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer Park Jin-young and all members of K-pop groups TWICE and Stray Kids have been invited to join the U.S. Recording Academy as voting members, their agency JYP Entertainment said Tuesday.
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- "Dracula," a collaborative single between Jennie of the K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Australian act Tame Impala, rose to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, its highest position to date, Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time).
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) --- All 13 members of K-pop boy band Seventeen have agreed to renew their contracts with Pledis Entertainment for the second time, the agency said Monday, marking a rare full-group renewal in the industry.
SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- BTS' chart-topping smash hit "Swim" has been accused of plagiarizing an unpublished demo track by little-known U.S. songwriters, with the group's label, BigHit Music, dismissing the claim as "one-sided" and pledging a strong legal response.
SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS will hold a large-scale fan event in New York to celebrate its world tour stop in a neighboring city later this month, its agency BigHit Music said Friday.
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Na Hong-jin's "Hope" attracted more than 330,000 audience members on the first day of its release in South Korea, box-office data showed Thursday, reflecting the buzz surrounding the highly anticipated film.
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- With just a day to go before the much-awaited release of Na Hong-jin's "Hope," all eyes are on whether the sci-fi blockbuster can help revive South Korea's struggling film industry.
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan and Hollywood actor Matt Damon will appear on the popular South Korean talk show "You Quiz on the Block" during their upcoming visit to Seoul, the show's broadcaster tvN said Monday.
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Singer-actress Choi Soo-young said Monday she wanted to play a character that is not predictable or cliched in the upcoming comedy action film "Okay! Madam 2," noting the scarcity of female villains in Korean cinema.
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The Hollywood live-action "Moana" claimed the No. 1 position in its first week on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, data showed Monday.
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The action-packed revenge thriller "Agent Kim Reactivated" continued its chart-topping run on Netflix's non-English chart for the second straight week, the streaming platform said Wednesday.
SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- Singer-actress IU and actor Lee Jong-suk have ended their four-year relationship, their respective agencies said Friday.
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Song Joong-ki and Park Ji-hyun will unite in the KBS rom-com series "Love Cloud" set to air next year, the broadcaster said Thursday.
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Legendary Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung has received a nomination for best supporting actress from this year's Primetime Emmy Awards.
SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming Netflix original series "The East Palace" seeks to highlight the visual beauty of traditional Korean palaces, while keeping its story universal enough for global audiences to follow, its director said Wednesday.
SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The action-packed revenge thriller "Agent Kim Reactivated" hit No. 1 on Netflix's non-English chart, dethroning "Teach You a Lesson" from its four-week streak in the top position, the streaming platform said Wednesday.
SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Amid a wave of reality dating shows featuring good-looking singles alluring one another, "Better Late Than Single" stands out by putting the spotlight on individuals who have never been in a romantic relationship.
SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of K-pop albums hit a record high in the first half of the year, government data showed Friday, driven in part by BTS' fifth studio album, "Arirang."
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Scores of heritage professionals from around the world gathered in South Korea on Thursday for a forum on safeguarding UNESCO World Heritage sites, organizers said, as the country prepares to host a major global heritage meeting later this month.
AVIGNON, France, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Nobel laureate Han Kang on Wednesday called the deepening hatred in South Korea and around the world "a challenge we must overcome," stressing the need to move forward beyond this division.
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- From a North Korean toddler wearing a butter-colored hat to a bored-looking couple on a Scandinavian ferry, seemingly indifferent to one another, British photographer Martin Parr (1952-2025) was renowned for capturing the most mundane moments with wit and irony.
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Korea drew a record number of visitors in the first half of this year, boosted by the global surge in interest in Korean culture, data showed Wednesday.