Azrael, a near-wordless action horror film starring Samara Weaving, opens in South Korean theaters on October 15. The 85-minute, adults-only film builds tension through breath, movement and pursuit rather than dialogue.
Korean release
Lumix Media and Nine Planners are handling the Korean release, set for October 15. The film follows Azrael after she escapes a post-Rapture community where speaking is treated as a sin and becomes the target of a ritual hunt.
Main trailer
The Korean main trailer uses almost no dialogue, cutting between forest imagery, ritual scenes, bows, guns and a night car chase. The film was invited to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Adrenaline Ride section.
Chicago-based food and travel creator Josh Slavin eats a $15 meal at a Korean snack restaurant in Seoul in a 50-second Short.
A snack-shop meal
The original description identifies the setting as a Gimbap Cheongug in Seoul and frames the meal around a $15 budget. The video centers on the meal itself.
Branch details
The video names the restaurant brand, but the exact branch could not be identified. Its address, opening hours and current menu prices were not confirmed.
NOWHITZ PICK · Poonam, an Indian-Italian creator based in Seoul, spends 24 hours eating Korean street food in Busan, a look at regional food outside the capital.
24 hours in Busan
The original video, “24 HOURS KOREAN STREET FOOD CHALLENGE in Busan,” was published on April 7, 2026. It follows the process of choosing, ordering and eating on location.
About the channel
Pooh in Korea regularly covers food, daily life and travel while living in Korea. Addresses, prices and hours for the individual stalls in the video were not confirmed.
NOWHITZ PICK · Travel creators Angelica & Aileen Wanders sample 50 budget dishes and drinks at Seoul restaurants, markets and cafés. The video was filmed and published in 2024, and the prices shown are from that time.
From markets to cafés
The pair move through several Seoul districts, including Gwangjang Market, Myeongdong and Hongdae, trying street food, restaurant dishes, café drinks and snacks. Eating, comparing and ranking the food drives the whole video.
Prices and promotions
The video was published on December 7, 2024, and its description notes that prices can change. The description also includes Klook, Agoda and other discount or promotional links.
Current prices and hours for the individual shops were not confirmed.
Brazil-born travel and food creator Haruyuki samples convenience-store food in Korea in a short-form video.
Korean convenience-store food
The original Short, “Trying convenience store foods in Korea,” was published on August 8, 2025. The vertical video centers on choosing and tasting items from a convenience store.
Store details and creator
The exact convenience-store branch could not be identified, and its address, prices and hours were not confirmed.
Haruyuki is a Brazil-born Japanese-Brazilian creator who regularly covers travel and food around Asia.
NOWHITZ PICK · jucchini, an American creator who moved to Korea, describes 10 habits and attitudes she says changed after the move. The video is one person’s account.
A resident’s self-observation
She walks through changes she noticed in taking photos, patience, fear of mistakes, eating out, nunchi, family and her sense of safety.
One person’s experience
The original video was published on September 25, 2026. Her observations are a record of her own adjustment, not general claims about Korean society.
lil bean life’s October 2 Short packs meals from Seoul into a 50-second food diary.
A fast Seoul food diary
The original title is “what i ate in south korea (seoul).” Quick cuts present the meals as a food, lifestyle and travel record rather than a restaurant guide.
Venue details
The restaurants shown could not be confirmed from the source, so addresses, prices and opening hours are not included.
A true first-step lesson for connecting Hangul letter shapes with their sounds.
READ ALOUD
가 나 다 라 마 바 사 · 아 자 차 카 타 파 하 / 아 야 어 여 오 요 우 유 으 이
HOW TO PRACTICE
For your first passes, look at the Hangul and repeat each syllable aloud instead of depending on romanization.
REMEMBER
Romanizations such as eo and eu are approximations. Copy the spoken Korean sound.
What it covers
The video pairs the 14 basic consonants with ㅏ to make syllables such as 가, 나 and 다, then pairs the 10 basic vowels with ㅇ to make 아, 야 and 어. The aim is to link each letter’s shape with its sound.
How to practice
Listen once, then replay and speak along while watching the Hangul. Romanization is only a hint. Sounds such as ㅓ and ㅡ do not map neatly to English letters, so imitate the spoken sound rather than the spelling.
This lesson teaches five phrases for a first day in Korea, yes, no, hello, thank you and sorry, setting each polite form beside its casual form. Visitors should start with the polite forms.
TODAY'S KOREAN네 · 아니요 · 안녕하세요 · 감사합니다 · 죄송합니다
MEANING
Five first-day Korean expressions, shown in polite and casual forms.
PRONUNCIATION
ne · a-ni-yo · an-nyeong-ha-se-yo · gam-sa-ham-ni-da · joe-song-ham-ni-da
WHEN TO USE
Use polite Korean with strangers, staff and older people. Use the casual forms only with close friends or an established informal relationship.
EXAMPLE
At a café: 감사합니다. / To a close friend: 고마워.
The five phrases
The video compares 네/응, 아니요/아니, 안녕하세요/안녕, 감사합니다/고마워 and 죄송합니다/미안해. Each pair shares a meaning, but Korean changes the form depending on the relationship between speakers.
Polite or casual
Polite forms are used with strangers, older people and service staff. Casual forms are for close friends, comfortable peers or younger people in an established informal relationship. When in doubt, the polite form is the safe choice.
Megabox apologized and said it will destroy all remaining stock of an original-ticket design for ‘The Assassin(s)’ after criticism that it treated the pain of a real historical event too casually.
How the ticket was made
The company said staff had not seen the film and designed the ticket from a limited set of images supplied after consultation with the distributor and production company. The remaining free collector tickets will be discarded.
Stricter review ahead
Megabox said future merchandise tied to real historical events or figures will get closer social and ethical review. The video shown is the film’s official main trailer from the distributor’s channel.
NOWHITZ PICK · HIWASTE TV’s April vlog follows an ordinary day for a foreign resident in Korea rather than a sightseeing route.
Daily rhythm, not landmarks
The video records a day of living in Korea in vlog form. Meals, getting around and downtime take the place of a list of attractions, showing a different Korea from the polished one in travel promotion.
An archive creator pick
The original video was published on April 28, 2026. It was chosen for its foreign-resident view of everyday Korean life, not as a trending or viral video.
NOWHITZ PICK · In this 2019 video, food traveler Mark Wiens works through knife-cut noodles, banchan, mung-bean pancakes and yukhoe at Seoul’s Gwangjang Market. It remains a clear introduction to how the market eats.
Jongno 5-ga Station · Line 1 · Exit 8 · about 1 min walk
Inside the market
Rather than focusing on one signature dish, the video moves through the market’s layers: noodle stalls, banchan counters, mung-bean pancakes and raw beef. Very different foods sit within a few steps of one another.
Current visitor details
The video was published in 2019. Visit Seoul currently lists the food alley about 62 metres from Exit 8 of Jongno 5-ga Station on Line 1, open 09:00–23:00.