The impending conclusion of Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo means SBS can return to the winning formula on Mon-Tues with the medical themed drama Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim. Its title is basically the underpinnings of the last SBS medical drama Doctors, what with Kim Rae Won‘s character being all three – romantic, teacher, and doctor – to Park Shin Hye‘s … Continue reading →
Nobody puts baby in the  corner, but if it’s Ji Chang Wook then please go right on ahead and make him stand in the corner for the enjoyment of the world. When he’s not rescuing damsels and kicking major butt on currently airing tvN drama The K2, Ji Chang Wook finds time to model the latest and greatest in Calvin … Continue reading →
K-Bu Bu Jing XIn finally make it into double digit ratings as episode 18 got 10.1%. nothing to write home about but an achievement for this underachieving drama. But the new drama The Man Living in Our House vaulted over Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo and look the lead with 10.6%, nice for a rom-com and definitely a bright of … Continue reading →
2016 has been a prolific year for actor Ji Soo on sheer volume output, but then again he’s young, career hot thanks to the breakout first drama of Angry Mom in 2015, and has plenty of stamina to strike while the iron is hot. This year alone he did short drama Page Turner, had a guest starring role in Doctors, … Continue reading →
I figured Legend of the Blue Sea would be Jeon Ji Hyun‘s chance to cosplay as a mermaid. It’s not the first time K-dramas have presented this fantasy role, Jo Boa did a wonderful mermaid job in the wacky Surplus Princess,but that was cable and this is taking mermaid K-drama style to the big leagues in a prime time SBS … Continue reading →
A win in the final stretch of a run is nothing to scoff at, and for what it’s worth a nice way to cap things off. With the ending of highly rated youth sageuk romance Moonlight Drawn by Clouds last week, the Mon-Tues prime time ratings was up for grabs and the perennial last place resident that is Moon Lovers: … Continue reading →
If Korean entertainment didn’t have the wedding bonanza that took place over in T-ent, it’s making up for it in a fall of baby news. The big congrats goes to married acting couple of Bae Yong Joon and Park Soo Jin, they became the proud parents to a healthy baby boy to start off this last week of October. Park Soo … Continue reading →
It’s my periodic check in on my cutie pie Lee Seung Gi, currently on hiatus from his entertainment career to serve military duty as required of all abled bodied young men in South Korea. The timing is also meaningful as in exactly one year he will be discharged, in October of 2017, which may seem far away but I’ve sent … Continue reading →
The mania stemming from Gu Jun Pyo in Boys Before Flowers feels so long ago, and it actually was as the drama aired way back when in 2009. Seven years is a long time to ride on iconic popular performance and to give Lee Min Ho credit he’s done many dramas and movies since to keep his popularity high. I’ve … Continue reading →
There are a handful of famous name screenwriters, and two are coming out with high profile K-dramas in winter of 2016 in Kim Eun Sook‘s Goblin on tvN and Park Ji Eun‘s Legend of the Blue Sea airing on SBS. I quite enjoy both but its Park Hye Ryun who I have a deeper connection with thanks to Pinocchio and … Continue reading →
Which of these four upcoming jTBC onscreen couplings are you looking forward to this most? For me it’s the Park-Park couple, as in Park Bo Young and Park Hyung Shik in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon airing in January 2017. Elle Korea has photographed these two cuties along with three other sets of jTBC drama leads in the upcoming November issue. … Continue reading →
Lee Jun Ki has been a huge jokester on the set of Korean Bu Bu Jing Xin, taking levity when the drama has been mostly intense and bloody. The most recent picture from his SNS shows his Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo 4th Prince character looming with a smile over the bodies of his poor deceased younger brother and sister-in-law. … Continue reading →
In what has turned into the most widely covered professional bowling trials in South Korean history, popular Korean star Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Hong Ki donned their bluest bowling shirts and hit the lanes this weekend before a packed media. KIm Soo Hyun and Lee Hong Ki are trying out to become professional bowlers, and their standing after the … Continue reading →
