Week two is always the best marker of whether a K-drama’s hot start will continue on the right trajectory and luckily for SBS weekend medical drama Doctor X: Mafia in White it’s definitely got real momentum. The drama starring Kim Ji Won as the titular rule challenging genius surgeon kept going on in ratings the second week of airing hitting … Continue reading →
Looks like we have a bona fide hit in the making with newly premiered SBS medical drama Doctor X: Mafia in White. Starring Kim Ji Won as the titular crazy talented surgeon with supporting leads Lee Jung Eun, Son Hyun Joo, and Kim Woo Seok, the drama premiered this weekend with 11.4% double digit ratings and the second episode went … Continue reading →
Summer of 2026 was pretty meh for me in terms of K-dramas but fall is here and there a a few I’m curious to check out. One of them arrives this week with SBS premiering medical series Doctor X: Mafia in White in the Fri-Sat time slot. This is basically a Kim Ji Won drama with her playing the role … Continue reading →
If this was C-ent the standing positions would totally have been planned before hand and even jostled over. But with South Korea I’m not so clear and maybe these three just walked the media gauntlet and happened to stand in this arrangement. K-pop star Jang Won Young (Wonyoung) got the coveted center spot this past week at the star-studded Bulgari … Continue reading →
I feel like this role and project for Kim Ji Won feels cathartic maybe, like she’s purposely going as far away from her last role in Queen of Tears as possible. In the upcoming SBS medical K-drama Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia, the drama is adapted from a J-dorama and deals with an unconventional IDGAF type female lead … Continue reading →
With the arrival of 2026 I hope real life is filled with positivity and drama world drops mostly good dramas. One of the more high profile K-dramas is the SBS medical series Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia with Kim Ji Won as a remake of the same name older J-dorama. She attended the year end SBS drama awards … Continue reading →
So I thought this drama would be in production by now considering it was announced awhile ago with the casting of Kim Ji Won as the lead, but it’s not yet started and even adding additional cast members seems slower than usual. This week actor Kim Woo Seok was announced and joins veteran Lee Jung Eun in the drama Doctor … Continue reading →
It’s back to back fashion wins for Kim Ji Won, as she was photographed today attending a Bulgari event on the heels of looking stunning attending a different one last week. This time she went with a sleeveless high neck black dress cut similar to a cheongsam or qi pao with the form fitting silhouette, the close set buttons and … Continue reading →
I’m not a fan of the Bulgari Serpenti collection but seeing it worn beautifully by K-actress Kim Ji Won has made me do a second thought on maybe adding a Viper bracelet to my stack. She’s been with Bulgari as few years as a brand ambassador and this past week she was spotted at the airport jetting to Hong Kong … Continue reading →
So this news helps put Kim Ji Won and her likely next drama the SBS medical series Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia in more context and background. Japanese ent reported this week on her being offered the lead role and said that the drama is a remake of the J-dorama Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon starring Yonekura Ryoko. The … Continue reading →
This year 2025 might see a full reversal of last year’s K-netizen dislike of the medical profession and medical dramas getting delayed airing or fewer made. With the success of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and the soon to air Resident Playbook with the same production team behind Hospital Playlist, it’s no wonder SBS is getting on the medical … Continue reading →
There are two recent poll results out and both unrelated polls have the same four names on the the list. Kobaco, the Korean broadcast association, did a poll of consumers to ask their favorite most loved K-star of 2024 in commercials. Kim Soo Hyun is the top actor with 12.8% of the vote followed by Byun Woo Seok with 9.5%, … Continue reading →
When I think of South Korean luxury skincare brand The Whoo I immediately picture veteran top actress Lee Young Ae. She’s been the face of the brand for probably two decades and she remains top visuals and aura with K-netizens. But it’s nice to see fresh blood repping the line as Kim Ji Won has joined as the face of … Continue reading →
