Category Archives: K-dramas

SBS Fri-Sat Night Drama Good Partner Ratings Stagnant Around 15% in Recent Episodes as Viewers Begin to Complain About the Push Towards Keeping Families Together with Cheating Spouse

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So the South Korean conservative culture remains strong despite in modern times divorce being more and more acceptable and even adultery being decriminalized. SBS Fri-Sat night legal drama Good Partner dealing with a family law firm started off very strong with increasing ratings each week up to a high of 17%. But the last three episodes dropped and is now … Continue reading →

K-actress Go Min Si Garners Rave Reviews for Her Performance in Netflix Drama The Frog Adding on Earlier Release of Sweet Home 3

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If Song Kang is the son of Netflix then maybe Go Min Si is becoming the daughter of Netflix on her own sweet time. It’s been a stellar summer for the actress as she has been in back-to-back Netflix K-drama hits, with Sweet Home 3 in July and now thriller The Frog in August. She was always great in SH … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye is Vibrant as The Judge From Hell in New Stills Opposite Hardworking Kim Jae Young as Her Detective Foil

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There are a ton more stills released this week for upcoming SBS Fri-Sat fantasy legal drama The Judge From Hell. Female lead Park Shin Hye plays a Judge who gets her body taken over by a demon who is using her position to track down wrongdoers to send the person to hell. Her foil and likely partner in crime may … Continue reading →

Seo Ji Hye Makes Cameo Appearance in tvN Rom-com Love Next Door as Male Lead Jung Hae In’s Ex-girlfriend

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There isn’t a lot of story per se with tvN drama Love Next Door, so it rests on the characterizations, interactions, and chemistry. And so far 4-episodes in it’s still a mixed bag for me. I want desperately to love it and find myself working hard to merely like it, if the leads weren’t Jung Hae In and Jung So … Continue reading →

Rookie Actress Bang Hyo Rin Cast in K-drama Knock Off after Kim Shi Eun Drops Off

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So I have no idea what happened but there is a change to one of the female actress leads in the K-drama Knock Off. Young actress Kim Shi Eun has dropped out and rookie actress Bang Hyo Rin has been cast in her role. Knock Off has already started filming so it’s a very interesting situation, and most recently happened … Continue reading →

Choi Woo Shik and Kim Da Mi in Talks for Third Collaboration in K-drama Hundred Times Memory

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I am so good with this if it comes true, as long as these two keep delivering the goods. K-ent casting gossip as Choi Woo Shik and Kim Da Mi in talks for a K-drama that if they accept would mark their third time acting onscreen together. He was a psychopath mutant and she killed him the first time around … Continue reading →

TVING Sageuk Drama Chunhwa Love Story Releases First Still of Leads Go Ara and Chang Ryul

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So not only is this drama feel like a random surprise appearance for me, the leading actress also made me do a double take. Sageuk romance Chunhwa Love Story released the first still of leads Go Ara and Chang Ryul this week and I was seriously unable to place that this was even in development. And then I realized the … Continue reading →

Big Budget Space Romance K-drama Where the Stars Gossip with Gong Hyo Jin and Lee Min Ho Confirm First Half of 2025 Airing on tvN Weekends

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There is good news for fans of Gong Hyo Jin and/or Lee Min Ho, their long finished space romance drama Where the Stars Gossip (Ask the Stars) has a confirmed airing network and time slot. The drama will air sometime in the first half of 2025 on tvN in the weekend Sat-Sun period. This makes the most sense for the … Continue reading →

Disney+ Announcement Confirms K-drama Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun will Air in 2025 and that Female Lead is Jo Boa

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I don’t think any of this is a surprise but it’s certainly a welcomed confirmation. The K-drama Knock Off set in the late 90’s onward as a period story of the Korean fashion industry and the counterfeit goods world got mega attention due to the casting of Kim Soo Hyun as the male lead. It was never expected to air … Continue reading →

Streaming Platform Wavve to Release Classic Hit K-dramas in 4K Remastered Director’s Cut Starting with My Name is Kim Sam Soon

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I recently wrote about the epic year that was 2005 for K-dramas with so many memorable hits and now streaming platform Wavve has found a way to commemorate and monetize older K-dramas from that era. The platform will be releasing anniversary edition director’s cut versions of classic K-dramas starting with the release of My Name is Kim Sam Soon next … Continue reading →

tvN Period Female Empowerment Drama Jung Nyeon with Kim Tae Ri Releases First Official Posters to Mixed K-netizen Reaction

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There is a lot of online K-netizen chatter feedback with the release of the first official posters for tvN drama Jung Nyeon, adapted from the same name webtoon. The drama is scheduled for a mid October release so in two months and has been a high profile project thanks to its prestige roots – the female lead is award winning … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee Confirmed as Leads for Romance K-drama My Youth Airing in 2025

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Sometimes casting rumors are all but confirmed but there is still proper news when it’s confirmed confirmed, and now the pairing of Song Joong Ki with Chun Woo Hee is indeed 100% happening. K-ent is reporting that the two are signed on and will start filming the K-drama My Youth, a classic second chance romance. Song Joong Ki plays a … Continue reading →

Jang Ki Yong and Cha Seung Won Lead Cast of Mystery K-drama Pigpen Adapted from Webtoon

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Mysterious things seem to happen in K-dramas when it comes to small remote islands. A new K-drama has been cast and will start filming shortly for release in early 2025. The drama is titled Pigpen and is adapted from a webtoon of the same name by the same manhwa artist behind Sweet Home. Jang Ki Yong plays a man who … Continue reading →