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Straits Times
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Culinary Class Wars wins top prize at Baeksang Arts Awards; IU loses out on Best Actress again
Netflix's hit cooking competition series Culinary Class Wars became the first variety series in the Baeksang Arts Awards history to clinch the top honour of Grand Prize. PHOTO: NETFLIX Culinary Class Wars wins top prize at Baeksang Arts Awards; IU loses out on Best Actress again Netflix originals won big in the television category at South Korea's prestigious Baeksang Arts Awards on May 5. The streamer's hit cooking competition series Culinary Class Wars, which pits established chefs against underdogs, became the first variety series to clinch the top honour of Grand Prize, also known as 'daesang', in the television category. 'It feels especially meaningful to receive the grand prize for a variety show,' Mr Yoon Hyun-joon, chief executive of Studio Slam, the production company behind the series, said in his acceptance speech. 'The stature of South Korean variety shows is rising.' The Baeksang Arts Awards was introduced in 1965 and recognises the country's best in film and television. The Best Drama prize went to the Jeju-set tearjerker When Life Gives You Tangerines, which wrapped its run on Netflix in March. It beat period drama The Tale Of Lady Ok, romance series Lovely Runner, thriller Doubt and Netflix's medical comedy The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call, which won for Best Screenplay. The supporting stars of When Life Gives You Tangerines were named Best Supporting Actress and Actor. Yeom Hye-ran played the protagonist's haenyeo (female free diver who harvests seafood for sale) mother, and Choi Dae-hoon played a vulgar village bully. Yeom's co-stars, singer-actress IU and child star Kim Tae-yeon, both of whom played her daughter Ae-sun onscreen, cheered her on in the audience. In tears, Yeom said: 'It's just nice that both my Ae-suns are here. Ae-sun, mummy won a prize!' Choi broke out his character's favourite catchphrase, 'Damn it!', in his speech. In disbelief, he said: 'Is this some sort of hidden camera prank? I'll continue living and doing my best. And in this cruel world, when you feel tired, remember to yell out: 'Damn it!'' Singer-actress IU pulled double duty playing two characters in When Life Gives You Tangerines. But she lost out for a third time in the Best Actress category. The winner was Kim Tae-ri, who reportedly spent three years training in the traditional Korean art of musical storytelling, or pansori, for period drama Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born. IU was previously nominated for My Mister (2018) and Hotel Del Luna (2019). The Best Actor accolade also went to the star of a Netflix series, with Ju Ji-hoon winning for his role of a cocky trauma surgeon in The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call. In the film category, the Grand Prize was given to cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo for his work on the Hyun Bin-led biographical period drama film Harbin, which also won the Best Film award. The movie centres on Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated the first Prime Minister of Japan in 1909. Hyun Bin, who was nominated for Best Actor for Harbin, lost to Jo Jung-suk, who played a pilot in the comedy film Pilot. The Best Actress prize went to Jeon Do-yeon for the crime action movie Revolver. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
South China Morning Post
23-04-2025
- South China Morning Post
South Korean court upholds 16-year sentence for doctor who raped sedated patients
South Korea 's Supreme Court has finalised a 16-year prison sentence for a doctor who prescribed illegal drugs to the driver involved in the high-profile 'Rolls-Royce incident' and raped multiple women while they were under sedation. Advertisement The Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Oh Seok-jun, upheld a lower-court ruling on Tuesday, sentencing Yeom (full name withheld) to 16 years in prison and a fine of 5 million won (US$3,700) for violations of the Narcotics Control Act and quasi-rape. Yeom was indicted for illegally prescribing and administering a variety of controlled substances, including propofol, midazolam and ketamine, to Shin, the Rolls-Royce driver who in August 2023 fatally struck a pedestrian near Apgujeong Station in Seoul while under the influence of drugs. The court concluded that the drugs were not used for medical purposes. In addition to the drug charges, Yeom was also convicted of repeatedly raping more than 10 female patients while they were under sedation and illegally filming their bodies hundreds of times without consent. The Seoul Central District Court initially sentenced Yeom to 17 years in prison and a 5 million won fine in June last year. The court emphasised the gravity of his crimes, saying: 'One cannot overlook the moral collapse of a medical professional entrusted with the highest ethical standards.' Advertisement The Seoul High Court later reduced his sentence by one year in January 2024, citing Yeom's partial admission of guilt and a 76 million won deposit he made as part of restitution efforts.
Korea Herald
22-04-2025
- Korea Herald
Doctor sentenced to 16 years for drugging and sexually assaulting patients
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 16-year prison sentence for a doctor who illegally prescribed drugs and sexually assaulted multiple women while they were under anesthesia. The court confirmed a lower court's ruling that sentenced the doctor, surnamed Yeom, to 16 years in prison and a 5 million won ($3,500) fine for violating the Narcotics Control Act and committing rape by intoxication. Yeom's illegal prescription of narcotics came to light during an investigation into an August 2023 car accident involving a Rolls-Royce driver, Shin. Yeom was found to have prescribed and administered powerful sedatives — including propofol, midazolam and ketamine — beyond medical necessity to Shin, who later killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence of the drugs. His medical license suspended during the investigation, but he continued to practice medicine until early October 2023, administering propofol and performing other procedures. Yeom was later also charged with sexually assaulting about 10 unconscious female patients and illegally taking hundreds of photos of their bodies between January 2022 and October 2023. 'The offense caused serious social harm and warrants a strict punishment. A heavy sentence is unavoidable,' the lower court said in its ruling. The Supreme Court found no grounds to overturn the verdict. Yeom was initially sentenced to 17 years in prison and a 5 million won fine in June 2024. At the time, the court cited his 'severe moral hazard' as a medical professional. The sentence was later reduced to 16 years in January after he admitted to the crimes and paid 76 million won in compensation. Meanwhile, Shin, the man who killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence of the drugs prescribed by Yeom, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. That sentence was later reduced to 10 years on appeal.
South China Morning Post
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
This artist put audiences at the centre of her digital creations
'Operating at the intersection of art and technology ' is a near-ubiquitous phrase, often trotted out to define the work of digital artists . Ambiguous and overused, yes, but it's also where South Korean media artist Inhwa Yeom draws the most freedom. Advertisement 'I don't think you should have to choose between learning one or the other,' says Yeom. 'They're both just forms of expression.' For Yeom, 'new' and 'old' are equally fraught. 'I don't even like to call myself a 'new' media artist,' she says. 'I don't think there should be a dichotomy between old or new media – technology changes every day.' In addition to her art practice, Yeom is a researcher and the founder of BiOVE, a biotech and bioart start-up, where she aims to increase accessibility in medical, rehabilitative, therapeutic and creative-learning experiences through extended reality, or XR, and artificial intelligence-powered interactive systems. 'Future Tense', an exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, explores lesser-known stories of the city's cultural heritage, reimagined in the future. Photo: Handout Yeom is in Hong Kong for 'Future Tense', an exhibition that opened at the Hong Kong Arts Centre on March 1. The show explores lesser-known stories of Hong Kong's cultural heritage reimagined in the future, with the added effects of social shifts, climate change and urban development. Advertisement 'The genesis of this project came from how we make up or adapt these stories based on our memories,' says exhibition director Ray LC. 'The exhibition is not about technology. It's about the nature of how we preserve cultural heritage and stories. We use technology to express how we reimagine the future, as you'll see in Inhwa's work – she uses imagery to speculate.'
