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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
16 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik seeks revenge in second-rate K-drama
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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Go Youn-jung as debt-saddled resident doctor Oh Yi-young in a still from Resident Playbook. After a chaotic start, the Hospital Playlist spin-off should focus on turning its caricatures into characters.
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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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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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Park Hae-soo as “Eyewitness” in a still from the new Netflix Korean drama Karma. Photo: Jihyeong Seo/Netflix
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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
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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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Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Kang Tae-oh (left) as corporate executive So Baek-ho and Lee Sun-bin as headstrong researcher Kim Mi-kyung in a still from The Potato Lab, a Korean drama series on Netflix. Photo: Online
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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Why are Korean stars opening up about divorce years after their marriages end?
More South Korean stars are revealing their divorces years later, balancing privacy, public image, and societal expectations amid evolving attitudes.
7 Apr 2025 - 6:13PM
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K-drama casting news about Jun Ji-hyun, Ji Chang-wook and more
From a fantasy drama offer made to Jun Ji-hyun to one for Squid Game’s Park Sung-hoon, the latest Korean drama casting announcements.
5 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
For Park Ji-hoon, new fights and friends in Netflix’s Weak Hero Class 2
Trailer for the Korean teenage action drama debuting April 25 show main character Si-eun battling unresolved trauma and more school violence.
5 Apr 2025 - 6:31PM
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Park Ji-hoon reprises his role from Weak Hero Class 1 as Si-eun in Weak Hero Class 2, which premieres on April 25 on Netflix. Photo: Instagram/weakhero_class2
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Case of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron shows harsh spotlight on Korean stars
An actress under relentless scrutiny. An actor accused of underage dating. His tearful denial. Her suicide. What is it with actors in Korea?
5 Apr 2025 - 1:15PM
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What did IU learn from Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines?
Singer-actress IU talks about playing Ae-sun and Geum-myeong and what the K-drama taught her about living a successful and fulfilling life.
4 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM
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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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How long before apateu is an English word, given Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT?
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The world is getting smaller, at least culturally
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HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season
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From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them
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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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