jTBC Drama Snowdrop with Jung Hae In and Jisoo Finally Shows Hand in Revealing the Politically Tumultuous 1980’s Era College Backdrop in New Preview

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Now this is much better! The latest preview dropped for jTBC drama Snowdrop as it starts the two week countdown to premiere day on December 18th. Instead of the cheesy OTP focused earlier previews that made Jung Hae In look like a princely school boy and Jisoo a lovestruck dim school girl, there’s an actual plot with this preview and … Continue reading →

Kim Go Eun Sheds Yumi’s Lowkey and Comfortable Image for Edgy Chic Couture in December 2021 Dazed Korea Pictorial

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I think Kim Go Eun will be Yumi for me for the near future, especially with her going back for season 2 of Yumi’s Cells. She deservingly got praise many years ago for bringing the female lead in Cheese in the Trap to life but the drama was so problematic it doesn’t stand the test of time. If season 2 … Continue reading →

K-netizens Rightfully Peeved at KBS for Forgetting Solid Ratings Hit Secret Royal Inspector for Year End Awards in 2020 and Likely 2021

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When a K-drama bisects a year during its airing period it does create potential for year end network award gaps. Case in point Secret Royal Inspector, the KBS sageuk that started airing in December 2020 and finished in early February 2021. The drama was low rated per usual for KBS dramas when it started airing at 5.0% but slowly went … Continue reading →

Netflix Drama D.P. is the Only K-drama to Make the New York Time’s Year End Best International Shows of 2021 List

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I’m not surprised to see this K-drama on the list but am surprised to not see another K-drama as well join. It’s December so the Best Of lists are starting to come out. The Gray Lady herself The New York Times is off to an early start and for the Best International TV Shows of 2021 list one K-drama got … Continue reading →

tvN Teases Immortality and Fated Love in Posters and Teaser for Bulgasal with Lee Jin Wook, Kwon Nara, Lee Joon, and Gong Seung Yeon

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When I first saw the previews for Squid Game I totally went “Huh, I’ve gone on this rodeo before”, but of course doing a same concept doesn’t mean there isn’t an appetite for it in the here and now so that drama went on to set records. Seeing the promos for tvN fantasy drama Bulgasal: Immortal Souls, I totally think … Continue reading →

Episode 7 of The Red Sleeve Cuff Increases to 10.7% as Now, We are Breaking Up Decreases to Low 6.4% Matching Premiere Episode

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If this was an actual battle then the outcome has been decided as of episode 7. The Fri-Sat direct ratings competition between MBC sageuk The Red Sleeve Cuff and SBS romance Now, We are Breaking Up has the victor nearly double the ratings after 7 episodes and also fully reversing the pole position from the premiere episode. I can see … Continue reading →

Kim Yoo Jung is the Chic Celine Mood in New Picture Updates on SNS

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It’s just a hair over a month since Lovers of the Red Sky (Hong Chun Gi) ended, and as wonky as the drama was it will undoubtedly get year end drama recognition by SBS so I’m excited to see Kim Yoo Jung attending the ceremony. I thought she would take a break until then, the shoot looked exhausting especially with … Continue reading →

K-actress Jeon Jong Seo Confirms She’s Dating Thriller Movie Call Director Lee Chung Hyun as Netizens Fangirl that He Should Move in Front of the Camera

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Oh, what a nice and totally out-of-the-blue dating news. A new couple is born in K-ent as movie actress Jeon Jong Seo and her Call movie director Lee Chung Hyun are dating. The two confirmed the news and admitted they fell in love while he directed her in the movie, to which I saw win and win! She’s gotten tons … Continue reading →

Squid Game Stars Lee Jung Jae and Jung Ho Yeon Represent at Various US Events Including The Gotham Awards, LACMA Gala, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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The year 2021 is definitely the yet of Netflix K-dramas, and if you asked me in January which of the K-dramas Netflix produced that would be the big breakout hit I would not have necessarily picked Squid Game. I’m still amazing at how BIG this drama got worldwide, and feel it’s both the right timing and also the right drama … Continue reading →

Never Aging Won Bin Returns to Spotlight in New CF Pictorial as K-netizens Continue to Wish for His Acting Return

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Any post about K-star Won Bin inevitably feels like deja vu, the same sentiments about how handsome he was/is and how he hasn’t acted in any project in so long. The only difference is how long, and it’s now been 11 years since the 2010 movie The Man From Nowhere (Ahjusshi) that was his last movie which was of course … Continue reading →

Yook Sung Jae Cast as Male Lead in MBC Summer 2022 Drama The Golden Spoon

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Another recent military service returnee has a project lined up woo hoo, so happy to see these hardworking male stars who come back from duty get back into the swing of things. Actor-singer Yook Sung Jae was discharged last month in November 2021 and didn’t come back with a drama lined up right away. But now he’s signed on as … Continue reading →

New Promos for KBS Sageuk Thinking of the Moon When the Flowers Bloom Amps Up the OTP Cuteness Between Yoo Seung Ho and Hyeri

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KBS has gone ahead and given an one word English title for the mouthful youth sageuk Thinking of the Moon When the Flowers Bloom. It’s called Moonshine and is absolutely apropos to the subject matter (illegal alcohol brewing during a prohibition era) but loses the lyricism of the original title which just reminds of a tipsy scholar looking skyward at … Continue reading →

K-netizens Upset that tvN Drama Queen Cheorin’s Naver Channel has Been Restored as TVing Tries to Re-promote it on Streaming

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It’s nearing the one year anniversary of when Queen Cheorin (Mr. Queen) premiered on tvN on December 12th, 2020. Oh what a year makes, for this drama it’s been the see-saw of hugely successful airings and audience feedback when it aired followed by blacklisting afterwards as collateral damage from other fallouts tied to K-netizens sudden fixating on punishing shows that … Continue reading →