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August 31, 2012

The Thieves, #2 Most Successful Movie In Korean Film History
KBS Global

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Many saw it coming, but the movie The Thieves has just broken another record.

According to the movie's distributors, as of 5 PM on August 30th, The Thieves had attracted about 12,310,000 people. This brings its total higher than the 12,302,831 that the movie The King And The Clown brought in several years ago. Now the only movie between it and the #1 spot is The Host, which was the highest grossing Korean film to date, with 13,019,740 viewers.

The Thieves was able to reach the 12.31 million mark in just 37 days after its release, which was a day faster than the movie The Host.

The ultimate #2 highest grossing movie in Korea is about a group of 10 thieves from Korea and China, that are all after a very valuable diamond called "The Tear Of The Sun", held in a casino in Macau. The movie features an A-list cast of Kim Yoon-suk, Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jung-jae, Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Hye-sook, Oh Dal-soo, and Kim Soo-hyun.

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September 18, 2012

Stealing hearts in Hong Kong
The Thieves reach number one at the Hong Kong box office


by JANG Sung-ran KOFIC

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The second most popular film in the history of Korean cinema, The Thieves has once again proved the power of Korean films, reaching to the top spot at the Hong Kong box office in the first week after its release. The film opened in Hong Kong on the 6th September and on its first weekend, (6th-9th), it reached the number one stop.

The overall profits garnered by the film during the film’s first weekend have been found to be 204,950 dollars. The release of The Thieves in Hong Kong has drawn much media attention for opening on 36 screens, the second biggest released there since Haeundae with the number of screens being twenty more than The Host. My Sassy Girl of 2002 reached the top stop at the Hong Kong box office and the two films have Gianna Jun in common.

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September 20, 2012

Cinema box offices on course for record year
By Cho Chung-un The Korea Herald

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The number of movie tickets sold at domestic theaters is expected to hit a record high this year, thanks to the growing popularity of Korean films.

According to the Korean Film Council, 128 million tickets were sold at movie theaters in the first eight months, an increase of 20.2 percent from the same period last year. If the number continues this trend for the rest of the year, the tally for all of 2012 will reach 180 million, a 13 percent increase from 160 million last year, officials said.

The estimated figure would be the highest turnout since the film council started compiling box-office data in 2004 through online networks of movie theaters around the country.

The market share of Korean films at local theaters is also rising.

The share of patrons watching Korean movies is expected to reach 58.3 percent this year, up from 51.8 percent last year.

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September 21, 2012

Top Film Stars Wrap Up Shooting New Noir Action Pic
Reporter: Lee Hye Ji Editor: Lucia Hong KStar10

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Director Park Hoon-jung (left) give directions to actor Lee Jung-jae (right) during the last shooting of their new film "New World" [translated title], in the set located at Gangwon Province, Korea on September 14, 2012. [NEW]

Several A-list Korean movie stars have completed shooting a noir flick, working together for a total of three months.

The film’s distributor NEW said in a press release Thursday that “New World” [translated title], starring Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik and Hwang Jung-min, cranked up on September 14 in the set located in the Gangwon Province in Korea.

The anticipated flick wrapped up its final shooting with a scene featuring the first meeting between Lee and Hwang's characters. 

“We did our best in working hard during the hot summer weather and I'm sure that the film will be different from other releases,” Lee said in the statement, expressing his confidence in the film.

“The chemistry amongst the cast members and staffs was great and I hope I can have a chance to work with them again. It has been such a pleasant and lovely three months,” Hwang added.

Helmed by the acclaimed scriptwriter Park Hoon-jung of “I Saw the Devil” (2010), the noir story centers around a detective named Ja-sung [played by Lee] who goes under cover into a notorious gang group. 

While he gets involved in a firm relationship with the group’s second-in-command Jung Chung [Hwang], the secret investigation’s operator Kang [Choi] plans to arrest the whole gang group.

Aiming to open a gate of Korean noir action flicks, the movie will undergo post production and scheduled to open in the first half of 2013.

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October 2, 2012

'The Thieves' becomes top-selling Korean movie
The Korea Times

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"The Thieves" has became the most popular Korean movie of all time, beating the previous record set by the 2006 movie "The Host," the latest box-office sensation's distributor said Tuesday.

The movie by director Choe Dong-hoon had drawn 13,020,393 local movie goers as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, breaking the previous top audience record of 13,019,740 set by "The Host," directed by Bong Joon-ho, Showbox said.

After opening on July 25, the film about 10 Korean and Chinese thieves plotting to steal a diamond in Macao has demonstrated explosive ticket power, topping the 5 million mark in 10 days and the 10 million barrier in 22 days.

In ticket sales, "The Thieves" recorded about 93.56 billion won (US$84 million), followed by "The Host" with 78.5 billion won and "Haeundae," another Korean film, with 81.9 billion won, according to official box-office figures by the Korean Film Council.

Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" (2009) sits on top of local box-office sales with 13.62 million viewers.(Yonhap)

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October 3, 2012

'The Thieves' steals Korean box office record
By Julie Jackson The Korea Herald

Director Choe Dong-hoon’s box office smash hit “The Thieves” has now become the top-selling Korean movie of all time. 

As of Tuesday, the movie featuring a star-studded cast set a box office record for Korean films by drawing in 13,020,393 movie goers to the theaters, stealing the top spot from director Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 sci-fi thriller “The Host.” 

Official box office figures showed that the movie has earned approximately 93.6 billion won ($84 million), surpassing the previous admissions leader “The Host,” which earned about 78.5 billion won.

The film’s domestic success and strong box office numbers have received widespread international attention as well. “The Thieves,” set in Macau, was released on 32 screens in Hong Kong last month, making it the second-largest Hong Kong release for a Korean film following “Haeundae,” which was released on 36 screens. 

The distribution rights to the film were sold all over Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. The movie also premiered in North America at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. 

“The Thieves” is an action-packed heist film about a team of Korean and Chinese thieves plotting to steal the “Tear of the Sun,” a $20 million diamond necklace that is kept guarded in a casino safe in Macau. It features some of Korea’s top actors and actresses such as Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Soo-hyun, Giana Jun and many others.

James Cameron’s Hollywood blockbuster “Avatar,” which attracted 13.6 million locals, still sits at the top in the country’s all-time box office sales that include non-domestic films.

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October 4, 2012

The Thieves becomes most-watched Korean film
By Carla Sunwoo Korea JoongAng Daily

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It’s official. As expected, “The Thieves” has become the most-watched Korean film with a whopping 13 million plus viewers having watched the flick in the last 70-odd days.

Show Box, the film’s distributor announced on Oct. 2 that the film chalked up some 13,020,393 views, and usurped the place of “The Host” which was released in 2006 and amassed 13,019,740 views in 106 days.

The current hit movie starring Kim Soo-hyun, Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Hye-su was No. 2 as of Sept. 3. Having garnered 12.31 million views at the time.

After its release on July 25, “Thieves” began breaking records across the board.

Just three days after the film opened, more than a million people had watched it; that number doubled the following day and tripled by day six.

Directed by Choe Dong-hoon, the film is about a heist carried out by 10 Korean and Chinese thieves stealing a $20 million diamond necklace at a casino in Macau. 

To date, the most-watched film of all time in Korea is “Avatar” with some 13,624,328 views. It should be interesting to see if the Korean action-drama can usurp the place of the Hollywood blockbuster.

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October 29, 2012
Korean films to shine at the City of Light
By Carla Sunwoo Korea JoongAng Daily
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The 7th annual Le Festival du Film Coréen à Paris will kick off today in the French capital and run until Nov. 6.
Over the next week, iconic Korean films ranging from classics, documentaries, animated films and experimental works will be shown. 24 features and 23 short films will be screened in total. Some major films to be shown include “The Crucible,” “The Taste of Money” and “War of the Arrows.”
The opening piece will be “Gwanghae,” starring Lee Byung-hun, while the closing film will be “The Thieves” featuring the all-star cast of Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Hye-soo and Kim Soo-hyun among others.
In the shorts segment, 10 works will compete against one another to win the “Fly Asiana Award,” which is being sponsored by the Korea-based airline.
In addition, director Kim Kyung-mook and composer Hyun Jung-jae have been invited to open the ceremony, while “The Thieves” director Choe Dong-hoon, producer Ahn Soo-hyun and actor Lee Jung-jae have been asked to take part in the closing ceremony.
Bae Yong-jae, a member of the film festival’s committee, said that this year they focused on bringing a diverse range of films to the event.
“After last year we have been receiving support from the Paris city government and this year we hope to win over the hearts of French cinemagoers.”

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November 6, 2012
Parisiens' Interest in Korean Cinema
7th Paris Korean Film Festival opens by Jang Sung-ran KOFIC
20121102214206020.jpg Paris, which saw the hottest summer this year, is once again experiencing the heat of Korean films this fall as the 7th Paris Korean Film Festival is held. The event opened on 30th October and Masquerade, the opening film was sold out with following screenings also being very popular. Q and A sessions after screenings are serving to satisfy the sense of curiosity of audiences and the event is fulfilling the role of bridging the cultural gap between the two nations. The festival will go on until 6th November and it is held at the Cinéma Saint-André des Arts. The event is organized by Association 1886, a group of young Koreans who are passionate about Korean cinema and is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Film Council as well as the Korean Film Archive. The films chosen have received international acclaim at major festivals and programmers in charge of different sections pick them, creating a unique program for the event. The festival serves to introduce more Korean films to French film fans. On the 3rd, Jeong Jae-eun, director of Talking Architect attended the Q and A session after the screening which many audience members enjoyed. An attendee asked her why this documentary is so different from her other films, Jeong said she originally wanted to portray an architect creating a building but that she got to know Jung Ki-yong and decided to make a documentary instead. Another question posed was how she felt about the architect's family being at the screening. The director answered that Jung may have been a bad father and a bad husband but that she felt that his bereaved family must feel proud of him as a historic figure in architecture. After the Q and A, director Jeong moved to the official festival bar, Venus Noire, where she continued the discussion. At the closing ceremony to be held on the 6th, director Choi Dong-hoon of The Thieves as well as actor Lee Jung-jae are to visit. The event will highlight a total of 48 Korean films. uHqcUBZWLPbESaMdqUWQ.jpg

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November 21, 2012
Korean films break 100 million in attendance
By Claire Lee The Korea Herald
20121120001067_0.jpgKorean films are set to break the 100 million mark in attendance by Wednesday, according to the state-run Korean Film Council.
As of Tuesday morning, some 99.8 million viewers had watched Korean films since the beginning of January. 
The milestone means Koreans saw at least two local films on average this year. 
Korean films enjoyed much success this year, at both the box office and film festivals. Two local films ― Choi Dong-hun’s star-studded heist film “The Thieves” and Choo Chang-min’s period drama “Gwanghae: the Man who Became the King” ― sold more than 10 million tickets. It was the first time two Korean films had done so in the same year.
Local auteur Kim Ki-duk also made headlines by winning the top prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival for his bleak morality tale “Pieta,” becoming the first Korean filmmaker to win the award. 

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December 20, 2012
[12 Days of 2012] Top 5 Movies
CJ E&M enewsWorld Nancy Lee 
Christmas is fast approaching, which means the New Year is just around the corner!
Although we’re looking forward to what 2013 has in store, we can’t close out 2012 without looking back on the stars, dramas, movies and more that shined this year, so we’re launching a new series here at enewsWorld, called 12 Days of 2012, to round up and reflect on one exciting year in Korean entertainment. 
Stick around (and wish us luck) as we try to jam pack everything 2012 into 12 days!
We’re kicking off our countdown to 2013 with the top 5 films of 2012.
It was a particularly standout year for Korean films, where many domestic films across genres drew in record numbers of viewers with refreshing storylines and talented casts. From melodramas and romantic comedies to heist films and even period pieces, the Korean film landscape was colored with a wide range of features to satisfy every moviegoer’s taste. 
Dancing Queen
The year was off to a great start thanks to the romantic comedy Dancing Queen, starring Hwang Jung Min and Uhm Jung Hwa, which opened in January. 
Rave reviews for the underrated film drew moviegoers to theaters by means of word-of-mouth, enabling it to cross the 2.5 million mark within two weeks of its premiere. 
The film was even released in North America, spreading its positive message about following your dreams (just because it’s cliché doesn’t meant it’s not true!) to cities like New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto. 
Architecture 101
We think it’s safe to say Architecture 101, starring Uhm Tae Woong, Han Ga In, miss A’s Suzy and Lee Je Hoon, was one of the runaway hits of 2012.
The melodrama proved to appeal to more than just its typical, largely female target audience, drawing in more than one million viewers within eight days of its release back in March, later becoming the most-watched melodrama in Korea. 
Although Suzy rose to fame in the acting world with KBS drama Dream High, Architecture 101 proved to be the breakthrough film that would solidify her as one of the brightest young talents as well as the ‘Nation’s First Love’ and earn her the Best New Actress Award at the 48th Paeksang Arts Awards. 
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It appears if you graduate from Dream High, you go on to achieve great things, as another alum, Kim Soo Hyun, and his cast mates found astounding success with heist film The Thieves, which was released in July. 
The action comedy, which stars A-listers like Jun Ji Hyun, Lee Jung Jae and Kim Hye Soo, was out to do some serious damage from the outset, smashing the record for the biggest opening in Korean film history. 
As of August, it was the number one film of the year, drawing in more than five million moviegoers to theaters in August, before hitting the 10 million mark later that month. 
The Thieves definitely stole the show this year, that’s for sure. 
Masquerade
From Los Angeles to London, the world’s eyes were on Lee Byung Hun—and not because of his budding romance with actress Lee Min Jung. 
The globetrotting star of Masquerade has received worldwide attention, not only for his successful foray into Hollywood but for his portrayal of the Joseon Dynasty king Gwanghae in the period piece. 
The film swept the 49th Daejong Film Awards, taking home 15 awards, including Lee Byung Hun’s Best Actor Award. 
A Werewolf Boy
With Song Joong Ki on the roster, it came as no surprise that feature film A Werewolf Boy would find success, even before its premiere. 
But we know what matters in the film world is opening day, and the movie lived up to expectations, even knocking 007 Skyfall down to second place when it premiered on October 31. 
The big names and intriguing storyline made for the perfect recipe at the box office, proving James Bond has nothing on our werewolf boy!

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Hi @PeerNorway, apart from Il Mare, I personally like Lee Jung Jae's performances in Last Present (with Lee Young Ae), Over the Rainbow (with the late Jang Jin Young) and An Affair (with Lee Mi Sook). 
Last Present was incredibly sweet but super-sad tearjerker, LJJ showed such hilarious comic timing in the movie, for the character he's playing. It's quite a melodrama but he showed such varied acting.
Over the Rainbow.. another sweet love story.. too bad there was no kiss scene between him and JJY. Oops.. spoiler..
An Affair.. though it was done some 14 years ago.. it's so much sexier than any of those risque love stories filmed these days. LJJ and Ms. Lee Mi Sook have incredible onscreen chemistry.

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December 23, 2012

Museum exhibits new PR initiatives

By Moon So-young Korea JoongAng Daily

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Actor Lee Jung-jae poses with National Museum of Contemporary Art Director Chung Hyung-min after being appointed goodwill ambassador for the state-run museum. Designer Zinoo Park’s show in the museum’s art shop, ULL, is another effort to raise the institution’s profile. Provided by the museum

The National Museum of Contemporary Art is making various efforts to come closer to the public, starting with casting actor Lee Jung-jae in a new role as its goodwill ambassador.

Lee, 39, who starred in the 2010 Cannes-nominated film “The Housemaid” and this year’s megahit “The Thieves,” will help the museum promote its major exhibitions and other events through September 2014. 

“I’m happy to be the first goodwill ambassador of the national art museum,” Lee said during the appointment ceremony on Dec. 14.

“We have picked Lee because he is a great lover and supporter of art, appearing without compensation in a film by artists Moon Kyung-won and Jeon Joon-ho, who won the 2012 Korea Artist Prize,” according to a statement by the state-run museum based in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi. 

Lee starred with actress Lim Soo-jung in the two-channel short film “El Fin del Mundo [The End of the World]” as an artist who struggles to continue his work even with doomsday on the horizon. 

Moon and Jeon presented the film earlier this year as part of the “News From Nowhere” project of videos and installations at Germany’s Kassel Documenta, one of the world’s biggest contemporary art shows. The central theme of the project was: “What can art do for society?” The two 43-year-old artists teamed up again to win the first annual Korea Artist Prize, sponsored by the National Museum of Contemporary Art and the SBS Foundation, for their follow-up project “Voice of Metanoia.”

And in another move to raise its profile with the general public, the museum is holding a show by designer Zinoo Park in its art shop ULL, while selling several products developed by him there. 

Park is well known for his “Spaghetti Chandelier,” which uses a powder-coated wire bowl and a tangle of industrial red wires to produce unique illumination and shadow effects. Another hit design product is his pocket-sized “5-Minute Candles.” 

In the exhibition titled “One Bright Man Light Show” in the NMOCA’s Ull, Park is presenting not only his signature-style Spaghetti Chandeliers, but also other new illuminations.

It is the third designer exhibition since the museum renovated its art shop and started to actively collaborate with well-known designers.

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January 7, 2013
NEW WORLD Is a New Kind of Korean Crime Drama Top Korean Actors Set to Thrill in Explosive Ensemble by Kim Hyun-min KOFIC
oFQVYWBnBQrQOnFJRovW_zpse6e0fc48.jpg Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-shik and Hwang Jung-min’s New World has confirmed its release date as February 21st. Just by looking at the cast, this movie is grabbing people's attention as the most anticipated film of early 2013. Lee Jung-jae, who has shown a remarkable range of acting through The Housemaid and The Thieves, an unrivalled performer in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’s Choi Min-shik, and Hwang Jung-min, who has time and again shown off his pwerful bravado from Bloody Tie and The Unjust have joined for this film. There are to portray a tense relationship through this film. New World is about an undercover cop who has snuck into Korea’s biggest mafia, it is a drama about conspiracy, fidelity and betrayal. A detective (Choi Min-shik) who has constructed an undercover operation, a cop (Lee Jung-jae) who has snuck into the mafia as ordered by the detective, and the second top person in the mafia (Hwang Jung-min) who has no idea who he is but takes care of him. The relationship between these three is drawn into a tense drama. Park Hoon-jung in the director's chair wrote the scripts for The Unjust, and I Saw the Devil. Following on from his debut The Showdown he has written and director his sophomore feature the New World.

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January 13, 2013
Teaser builds anticipation for crime thriller New World
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If dark crime thrillers are your thing (and Chungmuro certainly has a way of churning them out), heads up for another entry in the genre with New World getting ready for its big premiere. The movie opens next month and has just released a trailer to whet our appetites, which has set a record that points to heightened anticipation for the film — the video logged an impressive 180,000 views in its first day out, a new high.
It’s a pretty simple preview, but it gets the crux of the issue across — we have three men, on various sides of the loyalty and legality line, portrayed by three of Chungmuro’s top dramatic stars: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-shik, and Hwang Jung-min. Talk about spot-on casting; they’ve all got a way with gravitas and menacing auras, which make them perfect for gangster dramas.
In New World, a detective (Choi Min-shik) infiltrates Korea’s largest crime organization (Hwang Jung-min’s base), and what unfolds is an entanglement of “conspiracy, betrayal, and loyalty,” with Lee Jung-jae caught in the middle. Mmm, Lee Jung-jae caught in the middle… *gets a grip* *not really*
The trailer ends with the tagline: Three men. Each wanting to go to a different new world.
Director Park Hoon-jung has much made himself at home in this genre, having written the screenplays for dark thrillers I Saw the Devil and The Unjust, and directed The Showdown. I’m expecting lots of taut suspense and powerhouse acting for this project — let’s hope the story’s as tightly wound as the tension in the trailer. New World premieres on February 21.
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January 17, 2013
Top actors collaborate for crime thriller
Choi Min-sik, Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Jeong-min co-star in ‘New World’
By Claire Lee The Korea Herald
Three heavyweight actors are co-starring in one of the most anticipated films of the first half of the year.
Choi Min-sik (“Oldboy,” “I Saw the Devil”), Lee Jung-jae (“The Thieves,” “The Housemaid”), and Hwang Jeong-min (“The Unjust,” “You Are My Sunshine”) are returning to the big screen next month in a crime thriller directed by Park Hun-jeong.
The thriller tells the story of police detective Ja-seong (Lee Jung-jae), who is assigned by his boss Park (Choi Min-sik) to do an undercover investigation into “Gold Moon,” one of the biggest crime organizations in the country. Ja-seong disguises himself as one of the gang’s members. 
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The investigation goes on for eight years, and Ja-seong finds himself caught between the gang’s second-in-command Jeong Cheong (Hwang Jeong-min), who “trusts him with his life,” and his senior detective Park, who uses Ja-seong for his own success. The film deals with the themes of betrayal and loyalty, as well as conspiracy.
Park was one of the writers for Kim Ji-woon’s 2010 film “I Saw the Devil,” which starred Choi Min-sik as a serial killer. 
The two met during the production phase of the film, and Park told Choi about some of the scripts he was working on at the time, including the “New World.” Choi was impressed and promised to star in the films. 
“I felt like this guy had something,” Choi said through the promoters. “All of the scripts sounded interesting. But it seemed like ‘New World’ would attract the investors the most.”
It was also Choi who brought actor Lee Jung-jae into the project.
“It was actually Choi who called me and asked me to read over the script,” said Lee. “He sounded almost as if he were producing this film. Of course, I was really excited to work with someone as great as Choi.”
Meanwhile, Hwang had to learn Chinese for his role as Jeong Cheong, who is a descendent of Chinese migrants who settled in Korea’s Jeolla provinces. 
“The role required me to speak in Chinese for a number of scenes,” Jeong said. “Learning Chinese was certainly more challenging than mastering the Jeolla accent.”
“New World” opens in local theaters on Feb. 21. 

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