Category Archives: K-dramas

Park Bo Gum Hits a Home Run in Picking When Life Gives You Tangerines as His First Post Military Drama and is Grateful for the Role in Recent Interview

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This coming April will be the third year that K-actor Park Bo Gum has been discharged from the military in 2022 but his comeback drama only recently aired and for awhile fans wished he took on more projects and faster. But with the critical and commercial success of Netflix drama When Life Gives You Tangerines, it’s clear he values quality … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun to Hold Press Conference on March 31st with Lawyer Present to Respond to the Allegations Swirling for Two Weeks on His Dating then Allegedly a Minor Kim Sae Ron and Other Claims

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So there are now way more allegations than the original reveal two weeks ago that top K-actor Kim Soo Hyun allegedly dated then minor underaged now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron and his agency’s debt collection towards her contributed to her stress and suicide. The most recent new allegation comes from another party, the family of also deceased actress Sulli … Continue reading →

Late K-actress Sulli’s Family Publicly Demands Answers From Kim Soo Hyun and Movie Director for Nude Scene in Real that They Claim She was Pressured Into Adding More Allegations to the Scandal that He Dated Underage Kim Sae Ron

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You can call this piling on, or that once the dam has opened so people can openly discuss what was once powerless to discuss then more information will come out. This week the brother of late K-actress Sulli first shaded and insinuated that Kim Soo Hyun was going to get what he deserved a long time coming in SNS posts, … Continue reading →

Netflix Drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Releases Final Four Episodes as the Sadness of Winter Emerges Back to Spring in the Cycle of Life

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If you’re on the fence or waiting to binge watch Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean title Thank You for Your Hard Work) then now is the time to start. The final four episodes dropped on Friday and wraps up a truly exceptional drama, telling the story through four seasons and three generations of parents and children set … Continue reading →

Both IU and Byun Woo Seok’s Agencies Deny Rumors of Dropping Out of Upcoming Romance K-drama 21st Century Prince’s Wife

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Oh this is juicy gossip, if it’s out in the open there clearly is things happening behind the scenes. Today the respective agencies of IU and Byun Woo Seok had to make a statement that neither star is dropping out of the upcoming romance K-drama 21st Century Prince’s Wife. It’s an MBC drama that was planning to stream on Netflix, … Continue reading →

Lawyer for Kim Sae Ron’s Family Releases Texts Between Her and Kim Soo Hyun as the Family Remains Committed to Suing Youtuber Lee Jin Ho and Continues Demand that Kim Soo Hyun Admit He Dated Her When She Was a Minor

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It’s now over two weeks since the Kim Soo Hyun allegedly dated deceased young actress Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor scandal broke. Today had a very substantive day in terms of documentation being released rather than in previous days when it was ex-boyfriend, short term husband, friend of a friend, etc. all giving interviews about Kim Sae … Continue reading →

Posters and Preview for SBS Sageuk The Haunted Palace with Yook Sung Jae, Bona, and Kim Ji Hoon Premiering April 2025

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There is an upcoming sageuk coming in April that I’m planning to watch but not wildly excited about (yet). SBS will premiere The Haunted Palace (Gwigong) on April 18th in the Fri-Sat time slot and it has a fantasy/supernatural element in it. Male lead Yook Sung Jae gets possessed by an Imoogi, a Korean fantasy dragon/serpant/giant snake creature in folklore … Continue reading →

Park Sung Hoon Cast as the Male Lead in Romance K-drama Efficient Dating of Single Men and Women Opposite Han Ji Min

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The great reception for Han Ji Min in her last romance K-drama makes sense that her next pick will also be the same genre. She earlier signed on for K-drama Efficient Dating of Single Men and Women (Efficient Dating of Singles) and this week it’s announced that her male lead will be Park Sung Hoon. It took me a moment … Continue reading →

jTBC Drama Good Boy with Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun Appeared Scheduled for May 31st Premiere According to Naver

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The great start to 2025 for Park Bo Gum hopefully will continue into the summer now that it’s basically confirmed his next drama the jTBC sports and police show Good Boy will be airing soon. The Naver page for the drama just updated to a May 31st premiere which means this will be a summer show to follow along with. … Continue reading →

Nam Ji Hyun and Moon Sang Min Start Filming KBS Sageuk Soul Swap K-drama Dear Bandit

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This sounds so potentially awesome with both the cast and the story outline it’s like why hasn’t K-drama land thought of this before? Lol, it did but that was the modern take with Secret Garden, the soul swap hit drama about a chaebol and stunt woman, and now we will be getting the KBS sageuk version with Dear Bandit, the … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Files Additional Lawsuit Against Garo Sero Institute This Time for Blackmail

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The lawsuits are definitely flying in the Kim Soo Hyun scandal where he is alleged to have dated actress Kim Sae Ron when she was 15 years old and still a minor. This new one is now the third lawsuit, the first was Kim Sae Ron‘s family against Youtuber Lee Jin Ho, then came Kim Soo Hyun’s agency Gold Medalist … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum’s Costars Kim Yoo Jung, Jinyoung, and Kwak Dong Yeon From Moonlight Drawn By Clouds Guest Star in His New Variety Show The Seasons

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This is so sweet and wonderful to see, old coworkers still friends and together again in support. Park Bo Gum is doing double duty this March as an actor with his Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines and also hosting a new variety stage show The Seasons: Park Bo Gum’s Cantabile. Nearly all his leading cast costars from the … Continue reading →

K-actor Yoo Yeon Seok Hit with Largest Ever Tax Audit Owed Amount of 7 Billon Won

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Well this is becoming a case of which star can top the next tax audit bill for unpaid amounts in South Korea. Last month Honey Lee was hit with a 6 billion won of owed taxes after an audit that started with her agency, and not a month later we have Yoo Yeon Seok topping that amount with a 7 … Continue reading →