‘12.12: The Day’ Review: South Korea’s Oscar Submission Is an Exciting Political Thriller About the Nation’s 1979 Coup d’Etat
The Day,' a box office hit in South Korea and its Oscar submission for international feature, recreates the country's 1979 ...
'Are we about to repeat history?': Martial law's traumatic legacy in South Korea
Some were blockbusters featuring South Korea's biggest stars, such as last year's 12.12 The Day, a historical drama starring popular actor Hwang Jung-min. The movie depicts the political chaos that ...
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The troubled history of martial law, coups and toppled presidents many hoped South Korea had left behind
Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful ... independence from Japan after the Second World War was forced into exile by a student revolt in 1960.