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Many Korean Variety and Year End Shows Cancelled in Light of Jeju Airlines Plane Crash Tragedy Today, MBC to Hold Drama Awards But Without Live Broadcast

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It’s a terrible tragedy to happen in South Korea today December 29th. Regional carrier Jeju Airlines had an plane crash today during a hard landing and by current count over 180 passengers have perished with two survivors. Since this is year end days, there are a lot of award shows and events scheduled many of which have been cancelled. MBC … Continue reading →

Iconic and Seminal Chinese Romance Writer Qiong Yao with Countless Drama Adaptations Passes Away at 86 Years Old

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It’s with a bittersweet heart that the world learned today Chinese born writer Qiong Yao, who grew up and lived her adult life in Taiwan, passed away at 86 years old. Her sixty-some years of writing dozens of books are so famous not just in readership, but also in even broader reach adapted into countless dramas over multiple decades. Probably … Continue reading →

First Look at Next MBC Fri-Sat K-drama the Political Thriller When the Phone Rings with Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin

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So it’s coming up on November and I’m starting to pay attention to what’s on deck in K-drama land for the remaining two months. The new MBC Fri-Sat drama slipped under my radar when it was announced but now that the poster and stills are coming out it may be worth a check out. When the Phone Rings starring Yoo … Continue reading →

New Sat-Sun K-drama Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born with Kim Tae Ri Nearly Doubles in Ratings by Episode 8 Breaking 8%

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Wow, consider me surprised by how quickly the new tvN weekend drama is doing well. Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born premiered on Saturday with 4.844% ratings and has nearly doubled the next day with episode 2 bringing in 8.216%. This is incredible and kudos to Kim Tae Ri for once again delivering on both quality and ratings and showing her … Continue reading →

Streaming Platform Disney+ Releases Posters of Five High Profile Upcoming K-dramas Including Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun

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Thank you Disney+, you’re definitely doing the drama gods work and giving us fans a surprise treat. Today the platform released the first teaser posters of five K-dramas that will be airing either at the end of 2024 or sometime in 2025. Top of the heap for me is Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun, I can’t wait for that … Continue reading →

ENA Legal and Mob K-drama Your Honor with Veteran Actors Kim Myung Min and Son Hyun Joo Doubles in Ratings by Episode 4 with Another Hit in the Making

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So it’s not just one legal K-drama doing well in ratings and reviews right now, with Good Partner dominating the weekends for SBS. During the weekdays, small cable network ENA quietly premiered legal and gang violence K-drama Your Honor last week and in four episodes the drama has doubled in ratings from 1.736% to now 3.667%. Starring award winning veterans … Continue reading →

First Look at Stylish and Scary Park Shin Hye as the Demon Judge in Upcoming SBS Drama

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The devil doesn’t wear Prada in this K-drama, it’s more like the demon wears Chanel instead. Upcoming SBS drama Demon Judge released first stills this week of female lead Park Shin Hye in character as a female judge that is secretly a demon and together the two sides mete out worldly and otherworldly punishment in tandem. This drama concept sounds … Continue reading →

Kwon Nara Joins Kim Soo Hyun’s Next Drama the Black Comedy Knock Off

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Well this is turning into a big cast production with each new announcement of the cast. K-actress Kwon Nara has been confirmed to be in the upcoming K-drama Knock Off starring Kim Soo Hyun and set during the 1997 IMF crisis in the world of counterfeit luxury goods. The drama earlier announced actresses Jo Boa and Kim Shi Eun in … Continue reading →

Wu Jing Yan and Wang Xing Yue Bring the Dramatic Chemistry in Modern Pictorial Ahead of Tomorrow’s Premiere of C-drama The Double

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So May went with no grippy C-drama for me, I’m not on the Joy of Life train so I can’t watch season 2 without even watching the original, and Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact was so listless and wan it’s like a match made specifically to sadden me. That means tomorrow’s June 2nd premiere of period revenge C-drama The … Continue reading →

Marry My Husband Cancels Press Conference While Love Song for Illusion Continues On as Both Dramas Gear Up for Premiere Next Week

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So this was supposed to be a busy week for K-ent with year end drama awards scheduled for this coming weekend on the 30th and 31st. My take is the events will still go on despite the bombshell sad news of veteran male lead Lee Seon Kyun‘s unexpected passing. But one event did get cancelled and that was the press … Continue reading →

Park Min Young Shares Her Betrayal in tvN Drama Marry My Husband But has Successful Na In Woo Lined Up for a Second Chance

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This week there are new promos for tvN drama Marry My Husband after the shocking first stills of female lead Park Min Young method acting a late stage cancer patient. Now she is in the first teaser looking a little healthier but sharing her very sad tale of betrayal by her husband and best friend getting together while she was … Continue reading →

iQiyi Premieres Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning on November 28th

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So last week was Thanksgiving in the US and as expected the amount of food consumed was pants splitting. It feels the same with the amount of dramas consumed because there are so many drams premiering recently that I can barely keep but have FOMO and want to watch them all. iQiyi decided to follow up Story of Kunning Palace … Continue reading →

Cheng Lei and Zhou Ye Pair Up for Period C-drama Legend of the Female General to Start Filming this Month

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After Cheng Lei got his breakout for My Journey to You there was talk of his leveling up to male lead and it’s here with the kick off filming of Legend of the Female General. The female lead is Zhou Ye who is also getting solid female lead work but still cementing her rising status so this will be an … Continue reading →