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Young Korean Filmmakers Weigh Streaming Versus the Big Screen

Young Korean filmmakers at Netflix and BIFF's Creative Asia event weighed global reach against the theater, while Han Jun-hee discussed his Japanese-Korean series The Blue Road; the popcorn remains undecided.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAt the Creative Asia event in Busan, young Korean filmmakers talked about how Netflix and streaming have changed distribution, and they have mixed feelings about trading the theater for a global audience.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMixed feelings is generous. They get the whole planet, and in exchange the planet watches on a phone in a bathtub.

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  1. Asia edges lower after U.S. record highs; oil gains · Economic Times
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