Category Archives: K-dramas

Yoo Yeon Seok and Jung Kyung Ho to Make Guest Starring Appearance in tvN K-drama Resident Playbook Tentatively Scheduled for April 2025 Release

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Last year all of K-netizens hated doctors in real life after the doctor strike so even medical K-dramas got delayed from premiere due to the anticipated backlash. The most high profile being Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung leading a cast of young stars all playing med school residents in the same medical universe as the veteran doctors from hit … Continue reading →

First Official Stills of Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung in Netflix Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated

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This week a lot of new stills came out for upcoming K-dramas and I’ve been sifting through the ones that interest me. Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated with Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung dropped three official stills showing the leads visuals solo and in one interacting shot. Kim Sun Ho plays a translator and Go Yoon … Continue reading →

Choi Woo Shik and Jung So Min Confirmed for SBS Romance K-drama Will You Marry Me

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So the earlier casting rumors have come true and K-ent is reporting that Jung So Min and Choi Woo Shik will be partnering up onscreen for a new rom-com K-drama. It’s title Will You Marry Me and is a fake marriage set up story. What’s funny is that this casting confirmation led one reporter to write an article with the … Continue reading →

First Official Stills of Suzy and Kim Woo Bin in Netflix K-drama Everything Will Come True by Writer Kim Eun Sook

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I feel like this drama was my version of Everything Will Come True. I had a wish that Suzy and Kim Woo Bin would do a drama together, the universe made it happen a decade ago with Uncontrollably Fond and with one of my favorite screenwriters Lee Kyung Hee, and it was such a rollercoaster of an experience for me. … Continue reading →

SBS Inks Deal to Air Existing K-dramas on Netflix Starting in February 2025 with The Fiery Priest and Suspicious Partner

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This totally makes sense as the existing K-drama deck on Netflix needs to continually be added to otherwise it just feels like the same few dramas being pushed with a new one or two added every month. SBS has signed a deal with Netflix to air it’s most popular older dramas on the streaming platform which should give new life … Continue reading →

The Massive Scope of the Failure of When the Stars Gossip Leads the Overall Trend of Money Losses and Struggles in the K-drama Industry with tvN and CJ E&M Taking Big Hits

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There is a very comprehensive and in depth Nate news article (here) going into detail with hard numbers on why the breadth and scope of the failure of space romance K-drama When the Stars Gossip will have “heads will roll” and “things must change” type ramifications across the industry. So let’s get to it as I explain the highlights of … Continue reading →

Medical K-drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call with Joo Ji Hoon is a Surprise Hit Landing on #3 of the Netflix Global Non-English Shows List One Week After Release

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K-actor Joo Ji Hoon went on a tear in 2024 with three released K-dramas in Blood Free and Light Shop both on Disney+, and Love Your Enemy which aired on tvN. He’s continuing his drama stream to start 2025 with the release of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call exclusively on Netflix. It’s actually called Season 1 so I know … Continue reading →

The Ending Scene in Episode 8 of When the Stars Gossip is Being Called the Worst Sex Scene in the History of K-dramas by Netizens

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Hahahaha, OMG I thought I was just losing brain cells continuing to watch When the Stars Gossip but it managed to one-up its sheer dumbassery at the end of episode 8 in ways that still boggle the mind. For a drama where characters spend all their time talking about fruit fly sex, mice sex, artificial insemination, lottery winnings, this weekend’s … Continue reading →

Disney+ Releases New Glam Shots of Top Stars Including Kim Soo Hyun for Knock Off at the Earlier Drama Event in Singapore

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This could be a big year for Disney+, what with Netflix hit or miss these days, terrestrial channels still struggling, and big cable like tvN and jTBC also not consistently producing hits. Last year the streaming platform hosted the leads of its biggest on deck dramas to Singapore for a media event and this week released new official shots of … Continue reading →

Joo Ji Hoon in Talks for the Male Lead Antagonist Role in Remarried Empress with Shin Mina and Lee Jong Seok

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In a real casting way and in a meta casting way, this is about as good as I can hope for with the drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress coming along. This week there is news that Joo Ji Hoon is in talks to play Emperor Sovieshu, the male lead antagonist of the drama, or shall we say the BIGGEST … Continue reading →

First Official Poster and Preview for Netflix 1950’s Era K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines with IU and Park Bo Gum

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Jeju and the 1950’s are coming for K-drama viewers in a month and a half, with Netflix announcing this week the premiere date of March 7th for When Life Gives You Tangerines. I like the idea of a cute punny drama title but this one is too punny and a mouthful, but still the drama starring IU and Park Bo … Continue reading →

When the Stars Gossip Drops Out of Netflix Global Top 10 Non-English Shows and Opens with a Low 5.4 on Douban with Chinese Viewers

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The low domestic ratings of K-drama When the Stars Gossip in South Korea is now being met with the same fate in other major broadcast platforms. In the full second week of streaming since its release on Netflix, Stars is no longer in the global top 10 of non-English shows, and in the first week it placed #8 behind three … Continue reading →

A Tyrant’s Chef with Yoona and Lee Chae Min to Start Filming This Week on January 23rd

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So the timing seems off to kick start filming right before the lunar new year holiday stretch but likely this drama was already delayed after needing to re-cast the male lead. Sageuk romance A Tyrant’s Chef with Yoona and Lee Chae Min will start filming this week on January 23rd. Complaints from netizens have ended after original male lead Park … Continue reading →