Streaming Apple TV K-drama Pachinko season 2 premieres today and this week the cast as been on a series of press tour events. I’m not interested in the drama but am happy for Lee Min Ho to land one of the male leads in this sprawling cast prestige drama and also get a broader global audience. He was supposed to … Continue reading →
The airing date is imminent, reportedly next week on August 26th, for period investigation and romance C-drama Chang Le Qu (长乐曲 which translates to Long Happy Song). Starring Ding Yu Xi and Deng En Xi the drama is about a noble daughter trained in solving crime who partners with the head of the imperial guard so the drama will have … Continue reading →
It’s a fresh new image for K-actress Seo Ye Ji in her first public event since joining her new agency. She’s been on hiatus for two years since her last drama Eve, and been on the downtrend since her 2021 scandal with being a controlling girlfriend and gaslighting her then boyfriend Kim Jung Hyun. Her scandal wasn’t anything illegal but … Continue reading →
The Republic era period C-drama Ran Shuang Wei Zhou 燃霜为昼 has started filming and the first stills are out from the film set of leads Tian Jia Rui, Wang Yu Wen, and Li Wen Han in costume. NGL, these three look way better than I expected and kinda serving mood solo just wandering around the set. The drama is your … Continue reading →
So it’s unfair that marriage issues for star couples play out in the public realm but then again the stars themselves make it public and capitalize on it when it suits them. Married acting couple Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen are going on ten years of marriage but their relationship has been pooh-poohed from the very beginning with her being … Continue reading →
This week the event called the NEWSIS K-EXPO took place and was sponsored by many Korean agencies and government groups including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Seoul Metropolitan Council, Korea Creative Content Agency, and Seoul Tourism Organization. The event awarded Korean stars various prizes for their commitment and contribution to Korean culture this year and … Continue reading →
I don’t know who Song Wei Long pissed off but he has one finished drama collecting dust on the shelf which is Everlasting Longing with Angelababy, and now another drama where he gets flower vase Ju Jing Yi in all her dangly bits glory. The drama with Ju Jing Yi is titled The Eternal Fragrance and is a xianxia story. … Continue reading →
So novelist Fresh Guo Guo is still best known for her novel and drama adaptation The Journey of Flower that leveled up Zhao Li Ying‘s career. A new drama adaptation of her other novel which is a prequel of sorts to The Journey of Flower is now casting and headed into production, the two leads will be Wang Xing Yue … Continue reading →
There is a lot of online K-netizen chatter feedback with the release of the first official posters for tvN drama Jung Nyeon, adapted from the same name webtoon. The drama is scheduled for a mid October release so in two months and has been a high profile project thanks to its prestige roots – the female lead is award winning … Continue reading →
I’ve been watching Are You the One Since it premiered a week ago and honestly I haven’t felt any urge to write about it substantively on the merits or lack thereof. The drama starring Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran still has my interest to click on new episodes every day but I FF more than I watch as … Continue reading →
Sometimes casting rumors are all but confirmed but there is still proper news when it’s confirmed confirmed, and now the pairing of Song Joong Ki with Chun Woo Hee is indeed 100% happening. K-ent is reporting that the two are signed on and will start filming the K-drama My Youth, a classic second chance romance. Song Joong Ki plays a … Continue reading →
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 →
Mysterious things seem to happen in K-dramas when it comes to small remote islands. A new K-drama has been cast and will start filming shortly for release in early 2025. The drama is titled Pigpen and is adapted from a webtoon of the same name by the same manhwa artist behind Sweet Home. Jang Ki Yong plays a man who … Continue reading →
