Category Archives: K-dramas

Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Gold Medalist Announces that It Will Provide Factual Statement Response to the Current Kim Sae Ron Allegations Next Week

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Hahahaha, OMG I’m dying at the ballsy and shameless response from Gold Medalist on behalf of Kim Soo Hyun. In the face of three days worth of mounting allegations and evidence that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was still underaged and also contributed to her stress and worries with a debt collection notice after her … Continue reading →

Dispatch Confirms Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron Did Date and Garo Sero Institute Releases Two More Intimate Photos and Kim Soo Hyun’s Handwritten Love Letter During His Military Enlistment and a Postcard From Paris

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I’ve covered so many wild fall from graces – drug use, prostitution, drunk driving, bullying, assault, tax evasion, and more – and cannot believe that the top drama actor from South Korea will also top the list for one of the grossest violations in pedophilia, i.e. romantically intimate with an underage person. I don’t know if those two actually had … Continue reading →

Garo Sero Institute Releases New Picture Allegedly of Kim Soo Hyun Cheek Kissing Kim Sae Ron and Text Message From Her Pleading for Help on the Debt Repayment Demand

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Well, unless Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist sues all the parties involved and gets a full retraction and apology, its hard to believe this was all made up and nothing happened with him and now deceased young actress Kim Sae Ron. Just saying it’s all lies is not enough with so much information out there and now … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young Takes on the Female Antagonist Role in the K-drama Adaptation of Remarried Empress Joining Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, and Joo Ji Hoon

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The casting for this K-drama has turned into one of the wildest (and most intriguing) in recent years and this final piece in the foursome of leads is the cherry on top. K-actress Lee Se Young has joined the upcoming adaptation of manhwa Remarried Empress as the second female lead/antagonist Rashta. As a former child actress turned leading lady, this … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun Transform Their Olympic Athleticism into Policing in New Look at jTBC Drama Good Boy

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I know that When Life Gives You Tangerines is the prestige drama with Park Bo Gum as the lead but I’m looking forward more to his other drama Good Boy on jTBC. There are two new stills and also a network promos of a few of its upcoming dramas that include clips from Good Boy and it’s giving strong physical … Continue reading →

The Potato Lab with Lee Sun Bin and Kang Tae Oh Take Over the tvN Weekend Timeslot From When the Stars Gossip and Premieres in the High 1% Range

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There is a new tvN weekend drama and it’s a world’s away from the budget and profile of its predecessor. The Potato Lab with Lee Sun Bin and Kang Tae Oh premiered this past weekend taking over for When the Stars Gossip and debuted with 1.705% and 1.811% ratings. That’s low but on par with what Stars did for the … Continue reading →

Moving Remains Most Expensive K-drama Ever Filmed with the Top 5 Budget K-dramas Resulting in 3 Massive Hits and 2 Failures

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Normally I would say 3 hits and two flops is at least still a winning percentage but considering the magnitude of the sunk costs of the two failures it’s still not a track record K-dramas can boast of. With When the Stars Gossip ending, K-ent is doing yet another reflecting of how best to produce hits and it’s not by … Continue reading →

First Stills for jTBC Romance Drama My Youth with Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee

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I legit forgot about this upcoming K-drama until I saw the first stills today, and it’s probably because the female lead isn’t someone who excites me to watch onscreen despite loving the male lead. With that said, it’s still on my anticipated drama list when My Youth premieres later this year on jTBC. Starring Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo … Continue reading →

tvN Mon-Tues Rom-com Drama My Dear Nemesis with Moon Ga Young and Choi Hyun Wook Starts Off Promising with First Week 3% Ratings Rising to 4% in the Second Week

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The M0n-Tues tvN time slot seems to be the one where the occasion rom-com has a shot to deliver a well-received product, at least within the last year. Starting with Lovely Runner last April, then No Gain, No Love in August, and now My Dear Nemesis this February. MDN stars Moon Ga Young and Choi Hyun Wook as boss and … Continue reading →

When the Stars Gossip Ends with 2.550% Ratings and an Ending that Outdoes itself in Stupidity and Absurdity on its Way Out

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If I could shoot a drama into outer space it would be When the Stars Gossip, and even then it may not even deserve that ignominious ending because what has poor space does to deserve literal cinematic crap thrown at it. The drama ended with 2.550% ratings and that’s probably due to morbid curiosity to see how it ended, and … Continue reading →

When the Stars Gossip Records Lowest Ratings of 1.783% in Penultimate Episode 15 and Heading into Finale with Viewer Fuming About a Physical Scene Between the Leads

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So I have been following along with When the Stars Gossip even after the ridiculous and laughable space sex scene that ended episode 8 but didn’t feel the need to write more about it. It felt like the remaining viewers were along for the ride out of loyalty for the leads, sheer boredom with nothing else to do, or morbid … Continue reading →

Park Eun Bin and Sol Kyung Gu Match Surgical Genius and Wits in First Poster and Teaser for Disney+ K-drama Hyper Knife

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Well this is certainly an eye-catching drama poster, I totally did a fear-cringe and double take when I saw it so props to female lead Park Eun Bin for so thoroughly being scary AF. Disney+ is releasing medical thriller K-drama Hyper Knife next month on March 19th and it pairs up two award winning stars from two generations both in … Continue reading →

Kim Ji Hoon and Seo Ji Hye Cast as Second Leads in Rom-com K-drama Petty Romance with Lee Jung Jae and Seo Ji Hye

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The casting has been rounded out for the main roles in upcoming rom-com K-drama titled Petty Romance that a few months ago cast Lee Jung Jae and Lim Ji Yeon in the lead roles. Now Kim Ji Hoon and Seo Ji Hye are joining as the second leads, and from the description likely has their own love line which makes … Continue reading →