Inform. Inspire. Influence. That’s the mission behind the impactful social network, Asians in LA, and it’s actually the perfect depiction of its founder Nancy Yoon. She is the Korean American female trailblazer who is the AAPI publicist for the Oscar-nominated movie Minari. Yoon helped catapult the movie Minari from a hidden treasure to a global…
Why You Need to Know About NCT No group has more ambitiously pushed all the boundaries of Kpop than NCT (short for Neo Culture Technology) to become one of the most talked-about Kpop groups of recent years. NCT’s Resonance Pt. 1 is the highest debut album at No. 2 after Taylor Swift’s Folklore on Billboard’s…
Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with Korean American film Minari receiving six nominations overall, including best picture and the first nomination in history for an Asian American lead actor for Steven Yeun. Also nominated for excellence in acting was Youn Yuh-jung, who became the first Korean performer to be nominated for best supporting actress…
Best of Korea is joining the ‘Gold Open’ effort to give Korean American film Minari a chance at a blockbuster opening week! #GoldOpen is a movement that coordinates theater buyouts and other community-engagement strategies in an effort to raise the power of Asian American films and filmmakers in Hollywood. It helped propel Asian-American films such…
The annual Korean Baeksang Awards (also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards) are the most popular and prestigious awards for film and television in South Korea. Similar to the Academy Awards, the Baeksang Awards have categories to present the best films, directors, actors and actresses, screenplays, etc. In addition to awarding films, awards also go the…
It’s looking like a great year for Korean American representation on screen as both Minari and Happy Cleaners becomes available for public viewing this week. A gritty realistic portrayal of the Korean American immigrant experience, Happy Cleaners details the experience of a second-generation Korean American family in Flushing, New York. Starting on February 12, Lunar…
It’s hard to say exactly when this drama stole my jaded middle aged heart, but it surely wasn’t long before I found myself completely invested in the lives of each vibrant member of the Reply 1988 cast. Revolving around a group of families who quite literally live on top of one another in a small…
Adding to the excitement of upcoming film Minari, Bong Joon Ho and Min Jin Lee have each released insightful interviews with Lee Isaac Chung, the writer, director, and producer of the film. Bong Joon Ho is currently one of the most sought after directors in Hollywood since his film Parasite, swept four Oscars in 2020.…
The explosive growth in the popularity of Korean pop culture has made Korean movies on Netflix a must have genre for this leading streaming platform. From nostalgic classics to slick modern dystopian thrillers, some very entertaining Korean movies are now available for viewing with a Netflix membership. Korean filmmakers always seem to know how to…
Kdramas with non-human lead characters and elements of fantasy are the best. I am not alone in this view; these supernatural Korean dramas are wildly popular and there are good reasons for this. When the lead character is nonhuman, whether an angel, robot, alien, mermaid, webtoon, or goblin, the storyline tends to be more unpredictable,…