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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Photos: PCES – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
21 March 2025 8:09 PM | No CommentsPhotos from the PCES - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Photos: BILL BILL – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
16 February 2025 4:12 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the BILL BILL - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Photos: Meg Kim – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
14 February 2025 4:35 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Meg Kim - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Photos: LITTLE BEDROOM – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
14 February 2025 4:14 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the LITTLE BEDROOM - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Yi Seung-jun’s “Crossing Beyond” – 2018 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 9, 2018 | No CommentsPutting together a film that represents the scope of a large international event is daunting no matter what the language. Such was the case for “Crossing Beyond,” the documentary for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. -
“Memories of a Dead End” (막다른 골목의 추억) – 2018 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 9, 2018 | No CommentsIn the latest cinematic adaptation of Banana Yoshimoto’s work, Korean director Choi Hyun-young captures the spirit of the author’s literary style. -
Busan 2018: Lee Chang-dong, Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo talk about “Burning”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 8, 2018 | No CommentsLee's masterful "Burning" is his first work in eight years. The director, along with actors Yoo and Jeon, talked about its themes and script in Busan. -
Film Review: “Cold Eyes” (감시자들)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 22, 2018 | No Comments"Cold Eyes," one of the top-grossing South Korean films in 2013, focuses on an intelligence squad's chase of a group of dangerous criminals. -
“Steel Rain” – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 22, 2018 | No CommentsIn "Steel Rain," an almost pre-apocalyptic buddy cop thriller, North-South camaraderie save the day in an obvious paean to Korean fraternity and a reunified state. -
Hong Sang-soo’s “Claire’s Camera” – 2017 San Diego Asian Film Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 22, 2017 | No CommentsShot on the fly in nine days, "Claire's Camera" is a subtly non-linear narrative, and a charming roundelay of chance encounters and romantic complications. -
“The Villainess” (악녀) – 2017 BiFan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsKim Ok-bin sinks her teeth - or rather, her knife - into an exhausting lead role of a female killing machine who occasionally shows emotional cracks. -
Kang Dong-won (강동원) wins 2017 Star Asia Award in New York
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2017 | No CommentsThe South Korean actor won the award at the 2017 New York Asian Film Festival before the screening of his film, "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned." -
“Ordinary Person” – 2017 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsKim Bong-han's picture unabashedly shows that a mass of ordinary people can rewrite an entire nation’s narrative, from tyranny to democracy. -
“Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned” (가려진 시간) – 2017 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsAlthough "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned" focuses on time travel, a Disney movie this is not, and the consequences are more tragic than whimsical.