Okay, I’ll concede this post has no educational or informative value but for Hyun Bin fans it’s got nutritional eyeball value. After the closing scene of the most recent episode 6 of Crash Landing on You, when North Korean officer Hyun Bin secretly tails his super crush lady love South Korean heiress played by Son Ye Jin while riding a … Continue reading →
Dang, is everyone and their mothers going to be in this drama? Normally when new main lead caliber names are added to a drama casting it means prior rumored leads have declined but for SBS drama Penthouse it’s turning into a circus car because four new names have just appeared and it’s in addition to and not lieu of. Shin … Continue reading →
I find Park Shi Hoo a teflon zombie in terms of sustaining an acting career after his sexual assault scandal years ago that derailed his career at the height of his popularity. Many of his formerly ardent fan sites have closed one by one and yet he plows on, and now he’s likely going back to the genre that was … Continue reading →
If K-actress Jang Hye Jin picked lottery numbers I would follow suit because the lady is winner winner chicken dinner level of awesome in her project selection. I wondered where this awesome actress came from when I saw her in Crash Landing on You playing the rich North Korean mother of the second female lead, her antics in trying to … Continue reading →
I totally missed this but Channel A cable premiered the first new K-drama of 2020, rom-com Touch with Joo Sang Wook and Kim Bora. The drama started on January 3 and airs on Fri-Sat, with the first episodes getting 0.847% and 0.907% ratings. It’s not high but Channel A has been one of the smaller niche networks so clearly it … Continue reading →
Well this is certainly a terrible way to start off 2020 for 10 K-stars. Actor Joo Jin Mo is the first and only so far to go public after reporting a blackmail attempt to the police after a hacker contacted him demanding money otherwise his information would be released. Police have now revealed that 10 stars from actors to idols … Continue reading →
What another victory and another high profile celebration of South Korean film. Director Bong Joon Ho‘s critically acclaimed and box office topping social commentary film Parasite won the Best Foreign Film prize at last weekend’s 2020 Golden Globe Awards. It’s the first time a South Korean film has won at the Golden Globes and it’s about time. Parasite rightfully should … Continue reading →
There’s a new hit drama to kick off 2020 with as the December 2019 premiering TV Chosun sageuk Selection: The War of Women with Jin Se Yeon and Kim Min Kyu is a confirmed hit six-episodes in. It started off at 2.557% AGB nationwide ratings and the most recent episode 6 got 4.226% already. That’s plenty of time for the … Continue reading →
I find personal happiness the most sweet thing to write about with respect to stars. It’s easy to cover professional successes and failures but just straight up good mojos when hearing about a positive personal development. K-actress Han Da Gam (formerly known as Han Eun Jung which is also her birth name) got married this weekend in Seoul to a … Continue reading →
The first season of SBS medical drama Romantic Teacher, Doctor Kim premiered with 9.5% AGB nationwide ratings and ended with over 27% in its final episode. It’s one of the rare prime time successes in recent years so not a surprise the network decided on a season 2. What was weird was how long it took but I guess the … Continue reading →
It’ll be a new decade baby for K-actor Jo Jung Seok and his singer wife Gummy! Congrats to the couple as they announced they are expecting their first child, due sometime in August 2020. Jo Jung Seok is basically have a best life moment in 2019 with the critically acclaimed K-drama Nokdu Flower and the even bigger hit the disaster … Continue reading →
I feel like my articles about K-actress Han Ye Seul can simply be summed up with “do you like it?”. The actress has been on a tear with changing up her image in the last year, getting quite a few new tattoos along with dressing in more street and edgy looks. Nothing wrong with that other than one’s personal preference … Continue reading →
This is a really big casting win for young actor Park Seo Joon and IU. He was cast earlier and now she’s also confirmed for the upcoming movie Dream by the hit making director of 2019’s highest grossing South Korean film Extreme Jobs which is also the second highest grossing Korean movie of all time. I watched that movie on … Continue reading →
