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Farewell to Ahn Sung-ki, a Master Actor and a Moral Center of Korean Cinema

Farewell to Ahn Sung-ki, a Master Actor and a Moral Center of Korean Cinema

By Jason Yim Published January 5, 2026 07:18 AM

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Frozen Politics, Frozen Art: Hoping for a Thaw in Korea’s Art Market Next Year: Sayart December 23, 2025; This year, Korea’s art market endured not only the global economic slowdown but also a distinctly domestic chill: political ...

Why Lee Byung-hun Deserves to Win the Golden Globe: Kang In sig December 9, 2025; Actor Lee Byung-hun’s nomination for Best Actor in a Non-English Language Film at the 81st Golden Globe Awards is more than ...

Why Korea’s Language Archives Deserve a Place in UNESCO’s Memory of the World: Maria Kim November 25, 2025; Korea’s latest proposal to UNESCO — the nomination of Naebang-gasa and early modern Korean dictionary manuscripts &mda ...

It’s Time for the Grammys to Let K-pop Win—Fairly: Jason Yim November 14, 2025; For decades, the Grammy Awards have positioned themselves as the global benchmark of musical excellence—an institution that ...

When the Market Cools, Art Thinks: Lessons from Art Basel Paris 2025: Jason Yim October 21, 2025; PARIS — The champagne still flows, but the mood feels altered. At Art Basel Paris 2025, the world’s most glamorous art ...

After the Louvre Heist: It’s Time to Fix the Barn—Even After Losing the Cow: Jason Yim October 20, 2025; The Louvre robbery shocked the world not merely because of what was stolen, but because of where it happened. In the heart of Pari ...

Beyond the Numbers: Why the National Museum of Korea Must Not Rest on Its 5-Million Milestone: Jason Yim October 16, 2025; When the National Museum of Korea announced that it had surpassed five million visitors for the first time in its 80-year history, ...

[Editorial] Behind Every Star Shines an Unsung Hero: Sayart October 12, 2025; In every corner of the entertainment world, from Seoul to Los Angeles, there are people who never step in front of the camera&mdas ...

When Art Stops Crossing Borders, Soldiers Will: Jason Yim October 11, 2025; In October 2025, Donald Trump announced a sweeping 100 percent tariff on all Chinese imports. Global markets trembled, but the sho ...

The DNA of K-Music: Youngbin and the Future of Korean Entertainment: Maria Kim October 9, 2025; Sometimes the smallest discoveries reveal the biggest truths. One day, a short YouTube clip introduced me to a young woman whose p ...

Love Across Borders: How Korean-Japanese Marriages Are Bridging Divides: Maria Kim October 9, 2025; Marriages between Korean men and Japanese women have been steadily increasing, driven by a combination of cultural, economic, and ...

Racism Is Our Other Climate Crisis: Jason Yim October 8, 2025; When the controversy erupted over Rosé, the global K-pop star and ambassador for Saint Laurent, being cropped out of a grou ...

Let Cinema Breathe: Why Trump’s Tariff Plan Could Choke Hollywood: Kang In sig October 7, 2025; Cinema has never belonged to one nation. It is a borderless collaboration of talent, capital, and imagination — a conversati ...

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