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Pink Villa
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
2025 Buil Film Awards Nominations: Hyun Bin's Harbin bags 8 nods, Kim Go Eun up for Best Actress with Love in the Big City
The prestigious 2025 Buil Film Awards has officially released its final list of nominees. Spy-thriller Harbin has emerged as a frontrunner with nominations in multiple major categories. They include Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. The ceremony is set to be held on September 18, 2025, at the Signiel Hotel in Busan. It'll bring together some of the most prominent names in Korean cinema. Complete nomination highlights Best Picture What Does Nature Say to You? The Seagulls of the Morning Sea House of the Seasons Uprising Harbin Best Director Ian Hee – Love in the Big City Jeong Yun-cheol – Sea Tiger Kim Hyung-joo – The Match Hwang Byung-guk – Yadang: The Snitch Woo Min Ho – Harbin Best Actor Lee Byung Hun – The Match Yoon Joo Sang – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea Hyun Bin – Harbin Ahn Jae Hong – High Five Jo Jung Suk – Land of Happiness Best Actress Kim Go Eun – Love in the Big City Shim Eun Kyung – The Killers Oh Min Ae – Concerning My Daughter Han Ye Ri – Spring Night Lee Hye Young – Breakthrough Best Supporting Actor Jung Hae In – Veteran 2 Oh Man Seok – House of the Seasons Park Jeong Min – Uprising Jo Woo Jin – Harbin Yoo Jae Myung – Land of Happiness Best Supporting Actress Jeon Yeo Bin – Dark Nuns Ha Yoon Kyung – Concerning My Daughter Claudia Kim – A Normal Family Yang Hee Kyung – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea Chae Won Bin – Yadang: The Snitch Best New Director Lee Mirang – Concerning My Daughter Kim Tae Yang – Widow Lee Jong Soo – Parents Are Fools Jang Byeong Gi – Yeoreum-i Jinagamyeon Oh Jeong Min – House of the Seasons Best New Actor Moon Woo Jin – Dark Nuns Noh Sang Hyun – Love in the Big City Choi Hyun Jin – Yeoreum-i Jinagamyeon Kang Seung Ho – House of the Seasons Jang Seong Beom – Following Best New Actress Lee Myeong Ha – Widow Hong Ye Ji – A Normal Family Lee Hyeri – Victory Jo Aram – Victory Roh Yoon Seo – Statement Best Screenplay Park Lee Woong – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea Oh Jeong Min – House of the Seasons Shin Chul, Park Chan Wook – Uprising Park Hong Jun – Work to Do Heo Jun Seok – Land of Happiness Best Cinematography / On the Shoot Kim Jin Hyung – Widow Lee Jin Geun – House of the Seasons Joo Sung Rim – Uprising Lee Jae Woo – Breakthrough Hong Kyung Pyo – Harbin Music Award Primary – Love in the Big City Cho Young Wook – Uprising Jo Young Wook – Harbin Kim Jun Seok – High Five Kwon Hyun Jung – Because I Hate Korea Art / Technology Awards Special Effects: Hong Jang Pyo – The Firefighters Production Design: Eunyoung Jeong – The Match Costume Design: Ancestors – Uprising Kwak Jeong Ae – Harbin
South China Morning Post
13-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
China's kindergartens grapple with economic impact of plunge in prospective pupils
The government-affiliated kindergarten that Lily Wang works for in northeastern China used to be reserved for the children of officials, but China's plunging birth rate means it is having to cast its net wider nowadays. 'The leadership has shifted its approach, enlarging the enrolment base and learning from the southern regions by adopting group-based management,' said Wang, a senior teacher at the kindergarten in Harbin, Heilongjiang's provincial capital. It began recruiting pupils from the general populace in autumn last year. While it still gives priority to officials' children when reviewing applications, Wang said it felt as though even more pupils came from other backgrounds this year. With fewer children being born in China, the country's kindergartens are struggling to find a path to survival. Solutions range from enrolling pupils from a wider range of backgrounds to offering other services that make use of teachers' skills. China's population fell for the first time in 60 years in 2022 , with 9.56 million babies born that year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The number of births fell further in 2023 before rebounding slightly last year – due in part to the Year of the Dragon being regarded as auspicious. There were 253,300 kindergartens operating in China last year, down about 38,400 – or just over 13 per cent – from 2020. The number of children enrolled in them, which peaked at 48.18 million in 2020, was down 25.5 per cent at 35.84 million.
South China Morning Post
13-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
China's kindergartens grapple with economic impact of plunge in prospective pupils
The government-affiliated kindergarten that Lily Wang works for in northeastern China used to be reserved for the children of officials, but China's plunging birth rate means it is having to cast its net wider nowadays. 'The leadership has shifted its approach, enlarging the enrolment base and learning from the southern regions by adopting group-based management,' said Wang, a senior teacher at the kindergarten in Harbin, Heilongjiang's provincial capital. It began recruiting pupils from the general populace in autumn last year. While it still gives priority to officials' children when reviewing applications, Wang said it felt as though even more pupils came from other backgrounds this year. With fewer children being born in China, the country's kindergartens are struggling to find a path to survival. Solutions range from enrolling pupils from a wider range of backgrounds to offering other services that make use of teachers' skills. China's population fell for the first time in 60 years in 2022 , with 9.56 million babies born that year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The number of births fell further in 2023 before rebounding slightly last year – due in part to the Year of the Dragon being regarded as auspicious. There were 253,300 kindergartens operating in China last year, down about 38,400 – or just over 13 per cent – from 2020. The number of children enrolled in them, which peaked at 48.18 million in 2020, was down 25.5 per cent at 35.84 million.
Japan Times
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
‘Harbin': Somber historical drama sees act of mercy lead to bloodshed
Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence fighter, shot and killed Japanese statesman Hirobumi Ito at the train station in Harbin — a northeastern Chinese city then under Russian control — on Oct. 26, 1909. Generations of Koreans have since revered him as a national hero. The Japanese government, which ruled Korea as a colony from 1910 to 1945, once regarded him as a terrorist. All of the movies about Ahn have understandably been Korean, though the latest, Woo Min-ho's 'Harbin' is not a flag-waving celebration of his violent gesture of resistance. Rather, the film, which became a No. 1 hit in South Korea following its December 2024 release, is somber in tone, shot in richly atmospheric browns and grays in South Korea, Mongolia and Latvia — the latter a stand-in for Harbin and Russia's Vladivostok. Also, Hyun Bin as Ahn is a complex personality with a cloud of self-chosen doom hanging over him. And his allies in his assassination plot have their own identities and narrative arcs that make 'Harbin' more of an ensemble piece than a one-man show. The only two Japanese characters — Lily Franky's Ito and Park Hoon's Maj. Tatsuo Mori, a gimlet-eyed army officer who becomes Ahn's implacable nemesis — are framed as villains, though Franky's layered performance, with its projection of inner steel beneath a velvety urbane exterior, is a master class in doing much with little. The action begins in the winter of 1908, when Anh, a Korean resistance army general, leads his outnumbered forces in a surprise attack on a Japanese unit that ends in brutal hand-to-hand combat (think 'Gladiator,' not 'Saving Private Ryan') and victory for the Korean side. Over the objections of several of his subordinates, Ahn decides to spare his handful of prisoners, but Mori, one of captured men, can never forgive Ahn for denying him an honorable warrior's death. Once freed, Mori promptly mounts a lightning raid on Ahn's camp while the general is away. Returning to a scene of slaughter, Ahn is swept by feelings of guilt and remorse. He decides to avenge the spirits of the dead by killing Ito, the leading Japanese architect of Korea's colonization. The story focuses on the days leading up to Ito's assassination and follows the outline of actual events, if with an emphasis more on thriller tension than the political and historical backdrop behind the plot. There are also twists aplenty, with the plotters divided between a true-blue loyalist like Woo Duk-soon (Park Jeong-min), who fought with Ahn and trusts his leadership, and a malcontent like Lee Chang-sup (Lee Dong-wook), who also served under Ahn but vehemently opposed his decision to let the Japanese prisoners live. These interpersonal clashes, as well as the complications that follow on the arrival of a possible traitor, may not be always easy to follow in the gloom of the various hideouts, alleyways and night journeys, but they add texture to what would have otherwise been a simple story running on predetermined rails. There is also a spare poetic beauty in cinematographer Hong Kyeong-pyo's camerawork, beginning with an opening drone shot of Ahn crossing a frozen lake in bitter cold, looking like a determined lone traveler in an alien hellscape. An apt metaphor for Ahn, who stopped at nothing to carry out his mission despite the nearly insurmountable difficulties — and the ultimate personal cost.
West Australian
08-07-2025
- Health
- West Australian
Royal Perth Hospital co-named Noongar phrase ‘Walbirring Karlup', meaning ‘healing place'
Royal Perth Hospital has been co-named Walbirring Karlup, a Noongar phrase meaning 'healing place' or 'place that brings good health'. The hospital on Tuesday said it had been given its new name as part of NAIDOC Week, following extensive consultation with more than a dozen First Nations people. Aboriginal elder Aunty Sandra Harbin, who was part of the consultation process, said Aboriginal people were more likely to engage with organisations that recognised their land and culture. 'The purpose of a hospital is to bring good health . . . if you are unwell and need medical resources, (a hospital) gets them on their way to good healing and good health,' she told The West Australian. 'I think Aboriginal people are more likely to connect (to a place) when they hear the Aboriginal language. 'When you look at Noongar country we had place names everywhere, and it's a sense of honouring the historical tradition that places had (Aboriginal) names.' Ms Harbin said she felt honoured to be part of such a monumental change. '(We were asked) 'what sort of legacy do you want to leave for your future generations?'' she said. 'Well I could easily say being part of the consultative group that gave the name for Royal Perth Hospital, what a legacy.' East Metropolitan Health Aboriginal Health director Francis Eades said she hoped the co-name would make Aboriginal patients feel more welcome and safe. 'Historically, Aboriginal people didn't feel welcome in places where healthcare was provided,' she said. 'We know if you get things right for Aboriginal people, you get it right for everyone. 'When you go the extra mile in terms of those interactions, (you make) the person feel centred and safe.' East Metropolitan Health Service — which includes RPH, Armadale Health Service and Bentley Health Service — is now looking at increasing Aboriginal employment. 'When you look at it, the health of Aboriginal people isn't good, and so there is a high proportion of Aboriginal people who have complex needs and are in the health system,' Ms Harbin said. 'It makes sense, that if you're going to provide culturally safe services and culturally safe spaces, you have Aboriginal people around them. 'The important thing is to stay engaged, monitor and take their health responsibly.'
