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2025 Baeksang Awards Nominations Out with When Life Gives You Tangerines Leading the Pack with Most Nominations Followed by Lovely Runner

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With so much distraction the last few weeks in K-ent it’s nice to get back to regular business and none bigger than the 2025 Baeksang Awards nominations which came out this week. On the drama side, When Life You You Tangerines led the pack with the most nominations across Best Drama, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, … Continue reading →

Jang Nara Tearfully Accepts the Daesang for Good Partner at the 2024 SBS Drama Awards

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Awwwww, such a deserving recognition and a long time coming for K-actress Jang Nara. She’s been in the industry now into her third decade (23 years) and started from the cute plucky young heroines to now a wide plethora of roles and projects that show her continued acting evolution. This weekend SBS held its 2024 Drama Awards a week earlier … Continue reading →

Joynews Poll of Industry Insiders Names Byun Woo Seok as Top K-drama Actor of 2024 Followed by Jang Nara and Kim Soo Hyun

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So the Joynews poll of over 200 industry insiders spanned many topics and the one on Top of Best K-drama actor/actress of 2024 is out. Topping the poll with a commanding 56 votes is Lovely Runner breakout Byun Woo Seok, cementing that he’s the real deal even among industry folks and not just viewers. Now I don’t think this vote … Continue reading →

K-ent Discusses the Good Problem SBS Has in Deciding the Daesang for the 2024 Year End Drama Awards

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The year isn’t over yet and one of the candidates for the SBS year end drama award Daesang hasn’t even aired his drama lol but there is definitely a good feel for what it’s going to come down to by the end of December. SBS has had the most hits out of the big three networks this year in 2024 … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Night Drama Good Partner Ratings Stagnant Around 15% in Recent Episodes as Viewers Begin to Complain About the Push Towards Keeping Families Together with Cheating Spouse

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So the South Korean conservative culture remains strong despite in modern times divorce being more and more acceptable and even adultery being decriminalized. SBS Fri-Sat night legal drama Good Partner dealing with a family law firm started off very strong with increasing ratings each week up to a high of 17%. But the last three episodes dropped and is now … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Legal Drama Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun Rockets to 17% Ratings by Episode 7

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So there is a hit K-drama airing right now and it hasn’t gotten as much international buzz but with the fast rising ratings should be enough to pique interest. SBS Fri-Sat family law centered legal drama Good Partner has quietly hit 17% ratings in the most recent episode 7 that aired this past weekend. The drama premiered with 7.8% and … Continue reading →

SBS K-drama Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun Break 10% Ratings by Episode 3

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There is a new K-drama on a quick rise to popularity and it’s one I initially didn’t have much interest in but whenever I hear something is legit good it’s always worth checking out. SBS premiered Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun last week and since then the drama has increased in ratings and got past the … Continue reading →

SBS Confirms New Legal Drama Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun

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A new legal drama is coming on SBS in early 2024, the directly titled Good Partner centered around attorneys at a divorce firm. My fave divorce attorney K-drama remains Love and Marriage which feels like multiple lifetimes ago. Good Partner pairs the veteran partner with a pragmatic attitude to divorce law with the younger rookie who remains morally righteous, who … Continue reading →

Jang Nara Could Not be Further From My Happy Ending in Posters for TV Chosun Drama Reuniting with Son Ho Jun

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So I hear that Go Back Couple is one of those underrated and recommended faves from K-drama watchers but it’s still parked on my growing list of dramas I need to go back and watch (pun intended). Now leads Jang Nara and Son Ho Jun are reuniting in a new TV Chosun drama My Happy Ending and seeing the posters … Continue reading →

Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara Balance Marriage and Spy Hijinks in Posters and Preview for tvN Comedy Family: The Unbreakable Bond

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Currently airing tvN Mon-Tues sageuk Our Blooming Youth isn’t doing so hot in ratings or buzz but the next drama might be the right genre to bring in more viewers. Family: The Unbreakable Bond stars Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara in their third full length drama together spanning three decades so quite a feat, but nothing compared to Hyukkie playing … Continue reading →

Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara’s Third Drama Together Family: The Unbreakable Bond Previews Comedic Spy Hijinks to Come

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I think Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara are trying for a new record, not just their third drama reunion as OTP but also doing one drama together each new decade. They started with Successful Story of a Bright Girl in the aughts, then Fated to Love You in the 2010s, and now it’s as a married spy couple who don’t … Continue reading →

Jang Nara’s Agency Releases Wedding Photos Showing Her as an Elegant Bride

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K-actress Jang Nara got married this past weekend and it was a closed affair to the media to reflect her low key style and also to keep her new husband from the public as he’s not a star like her. I love that even from the pictures posted by their guests his face is always blocked but I did want … Continue reading →

Jang Nara Holds Lovely and Warm Wedding with Friends and Family in Attendance

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This weekend was the wedding ceremony for K-actress Jang Nara and it wasn’t an open to the media affair so the only pictures to come out are from the SNS updates of the wedding guests. I don’t want to overly pry but I think she would accept that as a famous star there would be much interest in her nuptials. … Continue reading →