Korea’s 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) opened last Thursday (Oct 2) and will run until October 10. The opening ceremony of the event was marred by the suicide news of Choi Jin-shil that early morning, but the show must go on.
Some red carpet pics from the opening ceremony (image from Newsen)…
Jung Jin-young and Kim Jung-eun - emcees of the opening ceremony

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“Le Grand Chef” (식객 - Shikgaek) is a Korean movie based on Heo Yeong-man’s popular comic book. The movie was directed by Jeon Yun-su and starred Kim Kang-woo, Lee Hana and Lim Won-hie etc.

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The cast of Korean drama “Sikgaek” (식객; literally ‘Best Chef’) met with the press on June 9 at SBS to promote the drama, which is scheduled to start showing on June 17 in Korea.
Based on Heo Yeong-man’s popular manhwa (comic), Shikgaek is about a chef on his journey of discovery to become the rightful heir of Korea’s last royal chef. The drama stars Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi, Kwon Oh-joong, Kim So-yeon and Woon Ki-joon etc.

(L-R) Woon Ki-joon, Choi Bul-Ahn, Kim Rae-won and Woon Ki-joon
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