[Korean Film News] Kim Yong-hwa to Attend Panel Discussion on Korean Wave at NYKFF
The Korea Society, as part of its 7th edition of the New York Korean Film Festival, which runs from August 19 through September 2, will be holding a panel discussion about hallyu (the Korean wave). Titled, "Is the Korean Wave Dead? The Next Phase of Korean Pop Culture", panelists will include director Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pound Beauty), Michael Huh (Vice-President, ImaginAsian TV), Robert Cagle (Assistant Professor of cinema studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Samuel Jamier (Moderator, The Korea Society Film Blog). Kim Yong-hwa will be making other appearances throughout the festival, including the opening party (also this Thursday!) and Q&A sessions. Director Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered) will also be attending the festival, and holding a Q&A session at the IFC Center on August 28.
For a brief response to "Is the Korean Wave dead?", read Michael Hurt's essay at Scribblings of the Metropolitician.
