Park Eun-bin, Kim Min-ha to attend Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles

Actors Park Eun-bin of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and Kim Min-ha of “Pachinko” will attend the upcoming 28th Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles, according to their agencies on Tuesday. The ENA series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” ...

Actors Park Eun-bin, left, and Kim Min-ha [NAMOO ACTORS, SARAM ENTERTAINMENT]

Actors Park Eun-bin of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and Kim Min-ha of “Pachinko” will attend the upcoming 28th Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles, according to their agencies on Tuesday.

The ENA series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (2022) and Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” (2022) are both nominated in the Best Foreign Language Series category.

Park portrayed the titular character Woo Young-woo, a lovable genius attorney on the autism spectrum. Kim played the role of Sun-ja, a Korean woman in the early 20th century who emigrates to Japan and leads a tumultuous life.

Last year, the Netflix Korea series “Squid Game” (2021) won Best Foreign Language Series and its lead actor Lee Jung-jae won Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Director Park Chan-woo’s film “Decision to Leave” is nominated in the category of Best Foreign Film.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]