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...kitchen table doing nothing for a full minute. Then he gets up, goes outside and returns to his nothingness at the table. Four minutes. And that's the last we see of him; he dies, off camera, soon after. We're then introduced to his son, Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng), who sells watches in Taipei. Days after his father's death a young woman, Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi), buys a dual-time watch from him before she leaves for Paris. Hsiao-kang is disturbed that his mother (Lu Yi-ching) has responded to her husband's death...
...park is located at the fringe of a majestic legacy of Shanghai's colonial past: the former French Concession, a great place for wandering along treelined avenues past graceful villas. Next, walk back toward Fuxing Park to pamper yourself at the Kang Ning Point Pressure Massage Center (597 Fuxing Zhong Road), where an hour with one of the expert blind masseurs will set you back only...
...hindsight, there were clues to Kim's obstinate leadership style. His single-minded pursuit of the presidency is legendary. Kang Won Yong, head of the Peace Forum, an NGO that promotes North-South relations, first met Kim when the future President came to Seoul from Cholla half a century ago. After dictator Park Chung Hee kidnapped and then released the dissident in 1973, Kim met furtively with Kang in a garage. Afraid of wiretaps, Kim used improvised sign language: a big nose meant the Americans, a tap on the shoulder signified epaulets?Korea's generals. Kim said just one thing...
...Decades later, Kang saw a less laudable side. During the 1997 presidential campaign, Kim knew he couldn't win enough seats to govern because the bulk of his support was in Cholla. So he joined with ultra-conservative Kim Jong Pil, the United Liberal Democrats party leader who bolted from the ruling coalition last week. Many saw it as a pact with the devil. In 1961, J.P. (as he is known) had set up the notorious Korean Central Intelligence Agency, which harassed the future President and regularly interrogated and tortured his aides. (J.P. was Prime Minister when Kim was kidnapped...
...sale of the movie to the U.S. for coast-to-coast distribution, possibly before the end of the year. Miramax and 20th Century Fox have expressed interest in Little Match Girl and 2009, says Judy Ahn, international sales manager for Tube Entertainment, which is producing both films. Shiri director Kang Je Gyu is setting his sights even higher. There's a hush-hush project in the works, he says, which involves taking his production company to Hollywood to shoot. "We might get a big U.S. star," he says from his trendy office in southern Seoul. "But I can't tell...