Category Archives: K-dramas

K-netizens Discuss the Complex Collapse of Once Hit Drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal in that Only One of the Leads is Scandal Free

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I thought Sungkyunkwan Scandal was basically un-re-watchable after the Park Yoochun toilet scandal, and even more so with his drug arrest and myriad additional subsequent scandals after. But now K-netizens are saying its unfathomable levels of un-re-watchable with only one remaining non-scandal ridden star among the four leads namely Song Joong Ki. With Yoo Ah In‘s propofol investigation and Park … Continue reading →

Jang Ki Yong in Talks for Fantasy K-drama Though Not a Hero as First Project Post Military Discharge

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I felt like K-actor Jang Ki Yong hasn’t been gone for military enlistment for that long but that’s due to him having a drama air months after he enlisted, namely Now, We are Breaking Up. That one was a raging snoozer but I did enjoy the one before My Roommate is a Gumiho. Maybe fantasy is his genre so this … Continue reading →

K-netizens So Happy to Learn that Prolific Supporting Actress Lee Bong Ryun Most Recently in Crash Course in Romance is Married to Scene-stealing Supporting Actor Lee Gyu Hoe

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Fans of K-dramas must recognize these two on sight but I’m ashamed to admit, myself included, that most don’t know their names. We do now! K-netizens are chattering about the recent discovery that supporting leads Lee Bong Ryun and Lee Gyu Hoe are married in real life. Lee Bong Ryun is most recently in Crash Course in Romance as the … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo is Ready to Take Her Revenge to the Destructive End in Posters and Preview for Part 2 of Netflix Drama The Glory

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Anticipation and making her enemies wait for what she has in store is part of the torture of unknown revenge that Song Hye Kyo is dishing out as her character in Netflix drama The Glory. Perhaps that is why the drama was split into two parts, because unlike multi season shows where there is an end of sorts splitting this … Continue reading →

First Poster and Teaser for KBS Period Young Romance Drama Oasis with Jang Dong Yoon, Seok In Ah, and Choo Yeong Woo

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Period set in the 1980’s youth dramas are pretty trendy in the last few years there was Youth of May and Snowdrop and coming up on KBS Mon-Tues will be Oasis. I expect conflict in the form of political protest transgressions and someone going to jail, and lo and behold in the preview that’s exactly what’s shown. Nothing wrong with … Continue reading →

Lee Min Ho Shares Pictures From the Set of When the Stars Gossip with Costars Gong Hyo Jin, Oh Jung Se, and Kim Joo Hun as Drama Wraps Filming

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K-actor Lee Min Ho really seems at ease playing an OB/GYN doctor in his next upcoming K-drama, fully comfortable with the purple scrubs and Crocs lol. The drama When the Stars Gossip (Korean title Ask the Stars) has wrapped filming and this week Lee Min Ho shared pictures from the set of him hanging with his costars. There is Gong … Continue reading →

Crash Course in Romance Hits 11.823% Ratings for Episode 8 as the Found Family Dynamic and the Rigors of High School Tutoring Continue to Interest Viewers

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Now midway through airing, tvN weekend rom-com Crash Course on Romance is a winner through and through. It’s just a good drama, but from a long time K-drama viewer I think the drama is made better thanks to Jung Kyung Ho‘s sparkling performance as the beta male lead with boatloads of emotional hangups but also could be a better “romance” … Continue reading →

Park Hyung Sik and Jeon So Nee Attend Press Conference with Cast of Our Blooming Youth Ahead of Monday Premiere on tvN

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I have high hopes for tvN‘s next Mon-Tues drama, the sageuk Our Blooming Youth, simply with the soon to end The Interest of Love I’ll need another weekday drama to follow along with. The routine is comforting for me as it marks the passage of time with a story that develops in a way I want to find out how … Continue reading →

The Interest of Love Takes Steps Forward in Unraveling Emotional Tangles But One Character Remains Frustratingly Masochistic

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It’s the second to last week airing of The Interest of Love, with episodes 13 and 14 like expecting to watch a horror movie through hands over the eyes but with tiny slits to peek through. Thankfully it wasn’t that painful and actually had a lot of breakthroughs. Mi Kyung finally accepted how toxic her rich family was and how … Continue reading →

Jung Kyung Ho Rockets Up the Buzz Charts Again as the Perfect Beta Male Lead Thanks to Impeccable Performance in Crash Course on Romance

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If I haven’t watched Jung Kyung Ho stretch his acting (and genre) chops so much in his nearly two decade long career I would absolutely believe that he is always acting as himself, the perfect beta male lead. It started with Smile, You as his breakout drama and has continued off and on until now it’s back in the spotlight … Continue reading →

Lee Min Ki and Han Ji Hyun Pair Up for Wavve Thriller Drama Look at Me

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The streaming platforms in South Korea continue to get into the drama production line and Wavve is prepping a new thriller drama called Look at Me. In talks for the leads are Lee Min Ki and Han Ji Hyun. The story is about a famous plastic surgeon who gets caught up in a major crime investigation and spirals into an … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young Picks Next Drama the MBC Time-travel Romance Park’s Contract Marriage Story

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I’ve long since put Love by Law (The Law Cafe) in the rear view mirror and neither leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young have come out worse for wear with, I just chalk it up to wrong roles in a lackluster story. I’m ready for whatever each has in store for 2023 and Lee Se Young has just … Continue reading →

K-ent is Reporting that Lee Do Hyun Will Likely Enlist at the End of March 2023 After the Release of The Glory Part 2

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I thought there were a lot of poised elements in the first half of The Glory, namely characters and plot elements whether flashback or present that may seen random or we don’t pay much attention to but will be super important in the second half. I find Lee Do Hyun‘s character like that, he seemed like he was in his … Continue reading →