Stars arrive on red carpet for opening ceremony of Busan International Film Festival

Stars arrived on the red carpet for opening ceremony of the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The world premiere of Jang Kun-jae's "Because I Hate Korea" will open Asia's largest film festival as it looks to rally from a year marked by scandal and budget cutbacks.

Based on the best-selling Chang Kang-myoung novel, the movie received support from BIFF's Asia Project Market back in 2016. South Korea has transformed itself into a cultural powerhouse since then thanks to the explosive success of the Oscar-winning "Parasite" and the Netflix series "Squid Game".