Movies: Park Chung-hee

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a doubl...

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The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a social weapon....

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences....

My father led a coup in 1961. Two years later, I became the president's daughter....

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A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative....

Major corporations and the financial industry are thought to be the case of growth in exports and also the dangers of the IMF. The realities of the '97 Asian Financial Crisis and the IMF bailout are looked into in detail. While the government-led ec...

USA is something like a religious belief in Korean history since the liberation. A powerful essay film is born with archival footages and a compilation of images of the Korean modern society. The right film for a generation who's losing the knowledge...

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