Category Archives: K-dramas

tvN Weekend Drama Our Unwritten Seoul with Park Bo Young and Jinyoung Off to Promising Start with Steady Ratings Increase and Strong Reviews

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It’s rarer these days to see K-dramas burst out of the gate and start increasing in ratings noticeably. Most of the stronger offerings increase incrementally and hope to be buoyed by strong reviews. That’s the case for recently premiered tvN Sat-Sun drama Our Unwritten Seoul with Park Bo Young playing life swapping polar opposite twins with Jinyoung as the male … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun All Smiles at the Laughter Filled Press Conference for jTBC Drama Good Boy Premiering This Weekend

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Finally! This weekend its time for some Good Boy! The sports and police procedural themed K-drama premieres this last weekend of May on jTBC led by young leads Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun along with veteran stars Lee Sang Yi, Heo Sung Tae, Oh Jung Se, and Tae Won Seock. The preview looked sharply executed yet emotionally resonant, … Continue reading →

Yoona and Lee Chae Min Occupy Different Drama Genres in First Stills for K-drama Bon Appetit, Your Majesty

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After the male lead change little snafu, K-drama Bon Appetit, Your Majesty (Korean title A Tyrant’s Chef) proceeded into filming and now the first drama stills are out. Leads Yoona and Lee Chae Min give audiences a glimpse of their before meeting life, she’s a top Michelin star chef in modern times and he’s a tyrant King in historical times. … Continue reading →

Ahn Hyo Seob, Chae Won Bin, and Kim Bum Confirmed for K-drama Sold Out Today Again

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There is a shopping and consumer goods topic K-drama coming and it’s cast the main trio of leads. The K-drama is titled Sold Out Again Today and tells the story of a multi-job hardworking male farmer and his romance with a burnt out from her job home shopping network host. The leads will be Ahn Hyo Seob, Chae Won Bin, … Continue reading →

Park Min Young, Park Hee Soon, and Joo Jong Hyuk Led K-drama Confidence Man KR Confirmed to Air in Second Half of 2025

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I’m super excited for this K-drama because I liked all three leads and loved the original J-dorama. Confidence Man KR has finished filming and is now confirmed for a second half of 2025 release. It’s a remake of J-dorama The Confidence Man JP which was so popular it spawned multiple movies all of which were super fun watches and when … Continue reading →

K-actress Go Min Si’s Agency Denies Anonymous School Age Bullying Allegations as Her Current ENA Drama Tastefully Yours Has Recently Started Airing

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A new bullying allegation has emerged in K-ent and this one allegedly points at K-actress Go Min Si. Her new ENA drama Tastefully Yours with Kang Ha Neul started airing two weeks ago to a solid premiere and has doubled in ratings so is doing quite well for a small cable offering. But over the weekend there was an anonymous … Continue reading →

Poster and Preview for SBS Modern Romance K-drama Our Movie with Namgoong Min and Jeon Yeo Bin Convoy Warmth and Lingering Sadness

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It’s been slow for me in K-drama land but with the end of May arrival of Good Boy on jTBC and then the mid-June arrival of Our Movie on SBS there are two dramas I’m looking forward to that could potential hold my interest. Our Movie from synopsis sounds like a true classic melo, with Namgoong Min playing a movie … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye and Go Kyung Pyo Cast in Upcoming Comedic Office tvN K-drama Miss Undercover Boss

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A new K-drama got the main cast finalized this week and it a reunion from a long time ago. Park Shin Hye and Go Kyung Pyo will be the leads in tvN drama Miss Undercover Boss airing on tvN. It’s a comedic drama set in the late 1990’s during the IMF crisis, the female lead is a top managerial employee … Continue reading →

The Good Boy Team Headlined by Park Bo Gum is Assembled to Fight Crime with Their Sports Process in Full Cast Posters

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We’ve passed the midway point of May woo hoo which means it’s closer and closer to the premiere of jTBC drama Good Boy. I’ve been in such a K-drama slump since When Life Gives You Tangerines and it’s only fitting that another Park Bo Gum drama will bring me back to K-drama land from his prior one. Good Boy isn’t … Continue reading →

Kim Go Eun Confirmed for Yumi’s Cells Season 3 Heading into Production Later in 2025

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My mad love and respect for K-actress Kim Go Eun continues to grow with news about how she’s managing her career. She’s coming off a new career high with Exhuma being both a box office mega hit and also winning her tons of acting awards, yet she’s still someone of her word. She said when she accepted the K-drama of … Continue reading →

Suzy in Talks for K-drama The Men of the Harem Adapted From Webtoon

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Oh boy, not sure I like this story set up at all just from the brief blurb. But if Suzy does indeed take the drama then I guess I have to check out the webtoon to see it’s hopefully just a dumb sounding story board but executed in an entertaining way. Suzy has been offered the lead role in the … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum in Talks for Next Drama and Also Brings Back Answer Me 1988 OTP Throwback with Hyeri Backstage at the 2025 Baeksang

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The cast of Answer Me 1988 is/was very close and in the past would get together from time to time in the intervening 10 years since the drama aired. I say was now because two costars dated and then broke up so not sure if the full group hangouts be happening go forward. But I rarely saw leads Park Bo … Continue reading →

Judges Reveal Joo Ji Hoon Wins 20205 Baeksang Drama Best Actor Over Park Bo Gum While Kim Tae Ri Was Unanimous Vote for Best Actress

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I love getting a peek into any voting process (let me inside Conclave!) and for the 2025 Baeksang Awards the judges are revealing the votes behind the scenes. For the Best Actor and Best Actress, the most coveted for the acting industry, it was not what I was thinking behind the scenes. Kim Tae Ri was near unanimous in getting … Continue reading →