Netflix Mic Drops First Stills for 2023 K-dramas Including High Profile Gyeongseong Creature, Lee Doo Na!, Remake of Someday or One Day, Sweet Home 2, and Many More

Holy drama gods is this a veritable buffet of goodies for the eyes. I won’t even go into details on each drama because enough has been written on the casting and storylines already. Netflix Korea went into turbo mode today with the drop of drama stills for basically every single drama airing in 2023 on the streaming platform, half are exclusives produced by Netflix and the other half terrestrial or cable dramas that will also simul-stream on the channel. Here are my most excited about – period drama Gyeongseong Creature with Park Seo Joon and Han So Hee, school romance Lee Doo Na! (The Girl Downstairs) with Suzy and Yang Se Jong, the K-remake of Someday or One Day with Ahn Hyo Seob and Jeon Yeo Bin, the second season of Sweet Home, classic chaebol romance King the Land with Junho and Yoona, critically acclaimed D.P. coming back for a second season, Park Bo Young in Morning Comes to Psychiatric Wards Too, and Ro Woon and Jo Boa in fated love This Romance Is a Force Majeure. I am SO GLAD it’s 2023 already!

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Baeksang Awards 2022 Voting Results are Out with Squid Game the Unanimous Pick for Daesang and Competition Fierce in the Male Lead Category with Junho Victorious

Oh I love seeing how the cheese is made! This also gives more legitimacy so here goes – the 2022 Baeksang Awards was last Friday and the judges have announced how the voting went. I’m only covering the television side, … Continue reading

Netflix Officially in Talks for Second Seasons of D.P., Hellbound, and All of Us are Dead After Overseas Success

The Netflix K-drama machine plows on with both original new projects and sequels to successful ventures. Squid Game is already confirmed for a new season and now the platform is in talks for second seasons of three additional original dramas: … Continue reading

Squid Game and then D.P. Selected by Joynews Insider Poll of Best Streaming Shows of 2021

Looks like the Joynews Best Of insider poll this year has split the television programs with the streaming only programs. That’s fine though it would be interesting to see the same program stacking up against each other since where it … Continue reading

Jung Hae In and Koo Kyu Hwan Bring the Buddy Comedy in Unexpectedly Entertaining Teaser for Netflix Drama D.P. Deserter Pursuit Premiering End of August

After K-actor Jung Hae In broke our in While You Were Sleeping and Prison Playbook, his first male lead role in Pretty Noona Buys Me Food (Something in the Rain) was as expected a star making turn that got all … Continue reading

Netflix Holds Press Stage to Introduce Slate of 2021 K-dramas Including Sea of Silence, Hellbound, D.P., Kingdom: Ashin of the North and Many More

Holy smokes what a diverse and rich line up Netflix has in store for K-drama viewers in 2021. The network held a press stages yesterday to showcase its upcoming dramas and released official stills for each, a veritable smorgasbord of … Continue reading

Jung Hae In Confirmed to Lead Netflix Army Themed K-drama D.P. Adapted From Manhwa

Streaming giant Netflix continues onward with drama investment and production especially on the heels of COVID-19 when onscreen entertainment is mostly streaming with movie theaters closed or limited. The platform is adapting the manhwa D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) into a K-drama … Continue reading