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The Haunted Palace: Bona, Yook Sung-jae in spirited period K-drama
A shaman’s granddaughter and an official whose body a vengeful spirit has taken over end up in the royal palace. Will romance follow?
28 Apr 2025 - 6:15PM
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Holy Night: Demon Hunters star Ma Dong-seok on film’s dark-hero energy
28 Apr 2025 - 6:21PM
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K-drama casting news about Lee Jae-wook, Go Youn-jung and more
26 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM
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Weak Hero Class 2: school action K-drama sequel moves to Netflix
Reluctant fighter Yeon Si-eun (Park Ji-hoon) is in another new school, where he tries in vain to avoid trouble, in this Netflix drama.
25 Apr 2025 - 3:28PM
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Park Ji-hoon as Yeon Si-eun in a still from Weak Hero Class 2. Photo: Darae Lee/Netflix
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Heavenly Ever After: new Netflix K-drama tugs at the heartstrings
Starring Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-ku and Han Ji-min, Heavenly Ever After sees a husband and wife reunite in the afterlife – with a twist.
21 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Way Back Love: Kim Min-ha, Gong Myung shine in fantasy K-drama
This Korean drama mixes tragedy and humour in a tale of a Grim Reaper figure (Gong Myung) saving a guilt-ridden girl (Kim Min-ha).
18 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
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Friendly Rivalry: Lee Hye-ri shines in Netflix high school mystery K-drama
Starring Lee Hye-ri, Chung Su-bin, Kang Hye-won and Oh Woo-ri, this new Korean drama has much to offer – if you don’t mind the bumpy ride.
16 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Lee Hye-ri as popular student Yu Je-yi in a still from Netflix K-drama Friendly Rivalry.
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Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik seeks revenge in second-rate K-drama
This corporate revenge thriller Korean drama tries to juggle too many moving parts and twists, and ends up a confusing mess.
15 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Resident Playbook: Go Youn-jung leads Hospital Playlist spin-off
Go plays one of a group of new hospital resident doctors learning the ropes as this K-drama gets off to a chaotic start.
15 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM
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K-pop songs with a ‘French touch’? Korean precision meets French flair
Korean and French music professionals collaborated in Seoul’s first Atelier K-pop songwriting camp, creating K-pop tracks with a French vibe.
15 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM
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Crushology 101: vapid youth romance K-drama wallows in cliché
Between its nauseating visuals, its shallow characters and its uninspired K-drama tropes, Crushology 101 fails to entertain on any level.
14 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Roh Jeong-eui in a still from Crushology 101.
Park Hae-soo says he’s never played such an ‘extreme’ character as in Karma
Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo says it was strange but also exciting to play the mysterious ‘Eyewitness’ in Netflix’s new Korean drama Karma.
14 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM
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Meet Lee Kwang-soo, star of K-dramas Karma and The Divorce Insurance
Lee Kwang-soo, currently on screens in two Korean drama series, has enjoyed a long career, his credits including Confession and Running Man.
12 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
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Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu tango in uneven thriller K-drama
Sul Kyung-gu and Pak Eun-bin are duelling surgeons who share a dark secret. Their final showdown is powerful but not what we were expecting.
10 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Korean actress Kim Min-hee gives birth to boy; film director the father
Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea.
9 Apr 2025 - 5:42PM
Actress Kim Min-hee and film director Hong Sang-soo. Kim is said to have given birth to a baby boy, with Hong the father. Photo: Instagram/hong.sangsoo and Reuters
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The Potato Lab: Netflix romcom K-drama is unconvincing to the end
Lee Sun-bin plays a researcher and Kang Tae-oh an executive who antagonise, yet fall for, each other in this weak romantic comedy.
8 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Church in Netflix hit When Life Gives You Tangerines draws K-drama fans
Gasil Cathedral, a historic Korean church, is the subject of renewed interest thanks to a scene with IU in When Life Gives You Tangerines.
8 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM
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Who is Park Bo-gum, IU’s co-star in Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines?
Park’s soft looks and easy smile made him popular, but it is his expressive performances and acting talent that have made him a star.
15 Mar 2025 - 10:01AM
Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix
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8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in March 2025
From IU’s turn as a rebellious Jeju island youth to a drama directed by Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won, here are the shows not to miss.
4 Mar 2025 - 8:11PM
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Queen of Tears star Kim Soo-hyun addresses co-star dating rumours
For months fans have speculated Kim and the actress who played his wife in hit K-drama, Kim Ji-won, are dating. Now the actor has reacted.
28 Jan 2025 - 8:01AM
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Kim Sae-ron the latest in a long line of Korean stars bullied to death
Korean celebrities may be loved by their fans, but make one slip-up and the online abuse starts, often fuelled by mass media.
20 Feb 2025 - 4:34PM
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2022 is the year of the woman in K-pop, and there is no going back
5 Oct 2022 - 10:37AM
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