Jung Yoon-suk’s Dear Jinri is a heartbreaking documentary built around the final interview given by K-pop star Sulli of girl group f(x) – recorded ‘shortly before her passing’ in 2019.

Starring Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won and Han Hyo-joo, new Korean action movie Believer 2 on Netflix is an orgy of senseless violence that adds nothing but questions to its far superior forerunner.

Ko A-sung stars as Gye-na, a young Korean woman who moves to New Zealand to start a new life in this muddled story that was shown as part of the 2023 Busan festival’s Korean Diasporic Cinema programme.

From Junta Yamaguchi’s River to Song Kang-ho’s Cobweb, here are 11 of the best movies to catch from the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2023, which also includes masterclasses from Koji Yakusho and Song Kang-ho.

A slickly executed Korean thriller from The Call director Lee Chung-hyun, Ballerina stars Jeon Jong-seo as an assassin avenging the death of her old friend the only way she knows how.

The Moon is the latest in a slew of bad Korean space dramas. Director Kim Yong-hwa has managed to make a film that is illogical, infuriating, casually xenophobic and head-bangingly stupid.

From Hyun Bin’s breakthrough in the 2005 drama My Lovely Sam Soon to huge hit Secret Garden to Netflix series Crash Landing on You, five of the Korean actor’s career-defining roles as he turns 41.

Kim So-hyun, the 24-year-old star of Korean drama series My Lovely Liar, has been acting for 18 years. We look back at her career, starting when she was a child actress, and ahead to her upcoming roles.

Ha Jung-woo excels in Kim Seong-hun’s Ransomed opposite Ju Ji-hoon, a Korean film that uses the true story of a kidnapped diplomat in Lebanon as the backdrop for a well-paced comedy thriller.

Moving’s Han Hyo-joo has appeared in big-budget and low-budget productions spanning a variety of genres, and tackled a wide range of roles. Look out for her next in Believer 2 on Netflix, and Dominant Species.

Led by zombie blockbuster Train to Busan, starring Gong Yoo and Ma Dong-seok, and including recent release Concrete Utopia, we share our 10 must-see Korean disaster movies.

Lee Hanee, star of Alienoid, Killing Romance and Phantom, who picked up an award at the recent New York Asian Film Festival, tells the Post about wanting to ‘cool down that comedy streak’ and play ‘a dark role’.

Blackpink superstar Jisoo is confirmed to be dating K-drama star Ahn Bo-hyun – so what do we know about this handsome talent who’s captured the singer’s heart?

Dream director Lee Byeong-heon talks about why he wanted to make his Netflix movie about a homeless Korean football team – starring IU and Park Seo-joon – such an entertaining one.

A comedy musical with toe-tapping K-pop karaoke anthems that also tackles domestic violence and toxic masculinity, Killing Romance defies easy categorisation.

Korean actor Kim Seon-ho’s career has taken him from stage to TV and now his first film, The Childe. Along the way, he has impressed with his looks, acting skills and sharp suits.

Parasite’s Lee Sun-kyun stars with Lee Hanee in quirky musical romcom Killing Romance, with reworked K-pop songs used as characters’ theme tunes. Director Lee Won-suk talks about his ‘tribute to Enchanted’.

Oldboy actor Oh Tae-kyung, who portrayed a younger version of the protagonist in that film, plays a version of himself in cautionary Korean dark comedy I Haven’t Done Anything.

The popularity of South Korean webtoons in China has led to hit adaptations on the big screen and partnerships with Chinese streaming services. Here’s why their meteoric rise looks set to continue.

Kim Seon-ho – of Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha fame – shines in The Childe, a slick but not especially remarkable Korean crime thriller about Kang Tae-ju’s half-Korean, half-Filipino boxer.

Korean shows are hugely popular on Netflix, but calls are growing for the government to support locally funded projects and secure the rights for content amid concerns about its effects on the local market.

Shin Hye-sun is about to play Ban Ji-eum in Netflix’s See You in My 19th Life, marking more than 10 years since her debut on screen – here’s how the 33-year-old went from wannabe to mega star

Han So-hee, the breakout star of K-drama The World of The Married who cemented her status by appearing in series such as My Name, has quickly become one of South Korea’s leading actresses.

Ma Dong-seok is back as ‘beast cop’ Ma seok-do in The Roundup: No Way Out, the third instalment of the Korean action-comedy franchise, this time taking on Japanese yakuza drug dealers.

From Grand Jury prizewinner The Zone of Interest to Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, here are 10 of the best movies from the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

Song Kang-ho of Parasite stars as a director in Cobweb, a Korean movie about filmmaking – but with a bloated runtime, too often the good moments are outweighed by the bad.

Starring Song Joong-ki, Hong Xa-bin and Kim Hyoung-seo, Korean thriller Hopeless is an impressive debut feature from Kim Chang-hoon that simmers with tension.

Premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and starring Parasite’s Lee Sun-kyun and Along with the Gods’ Ju Ji-hoon, Project Silence is a clanging catastrophe that shows limited invention.

Korean actor Park Seo-joon, most well known for his role in the Netflix Korean drama Itaewon Class, will make his Hollywood debut later this year in The Marvels, alongside Brie Larsen.