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Lee Do Hyun Back on the Small Screen in Sweet Home 3 During His Military Enlistment and Netizens Marvel at His Range Having Filmed It Along with The Good Bad Mother and Exhuma at the Same Time

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The first Sweet Home was a hit for Netflix at the beginning of the platform’s rise in produced K-dramas but sadly Sweet Home 2 was a bloated mess so now the returning Sweet Home 3 just feels anticlimactic. If there is a reason to check out SH3 airing on July 19th it’s the return of Lee Do Hyun and his … Continue reading →

Moving Takes Home Drama Daesang, The Worst of Evil Wins Best Director, Namgoong Min Gets Long Awaited Best Actor, and Honey Lee Upsets for Best Actress in Fun Night at the 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards

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The 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards took place this Tuesday May 7th in Seoul and it was also the 60th year of the event so a milestone for sure. There is a lot to digest so let’s get to it! Moving took home the drama side Daesang and I knew that would happen when Best Drama went to My Dearest so … Continue reading →

K-actor Lee Do Hyun Celebrates Success of K-movie Exhuma Breaking Records and Also Spotted on Date with Girlfriend Lim Ji Yeon

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There was a period where I wondered if Lee Do Hyun would really break out. I loved him in Hotel Del Luna and he gave off strong the next Jung Hae In vibes. He went off to pick smart roles and interesting dramas but it really was the last year in 2023 right before his military enlistment that all the … Continue reading →

Occult Horror Movie Exhuma Hits 2 Million Tickets in Premiere Weekend as Biggest Domestic Film Opening in Two Years Amid Rave Reviews

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The doldrums of the South Korean box office was happily shattered this past weekend with what is now the biggest domestic Korean movie opening in more than two years since The Roundup: No Way Out in 2022. The occult supernatural horror movie Exhuma had over 2 million admissions in its opening weekend (2.29m from Thurs through Sunday) and also got … Continue reading →

Excitement Builds for Horror Thriller K-movie Exhuma with Top Cast Choi Min Sik, Yoo Hae Jin, Kim Go Eun, and Lee Do Hyun

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So I love good K-horror whether movies or dramas like The Guest and The Wailing and this one looks to join the list. The grave horror film Exhuma is getting ready for premiere towards the end of February and viewers are excited judging from the buzz. Starring veterans Choi Min Sik and Yoo Hae Jin with younger leads Kim Go … Continue reading →

K-actor Lee Do Hyun to Enlist Today for Military Service Joining the Music Division of the Air Force

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Time to bid farewell to another drama male lead for the next two years. K-actor Lee Do Hyun enlisted today for his mandatory military service, joining the Air Force in its music/entertainment corps. That’s a solid use of his talents as most entertainers do similar stints and also doing his duty for his country. Lee Do Hyun leaves on a … Continue reading →

jTBC Wed-Thurs Drama Bad Mom with Ra Mi Ran and Lee Do Hyun Wraps Ratings Quadrupling Run with Episode 14 Getting 12.032%

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Congrats to the Bad Mom (The Good Bad Mother) and her complicated loving relationship with her son as the jTBC weekday drama ends with this Thursday’s episode 14. Most K-dramas are 16-episodes, some 20 and a few even 12-episodes but this is an odd length as I can recollect. Other than that the drama was a one way success train, … Continue reading →

Wed-Thurs Drama The Good Bad Mother with Ra Mi Ran and Lee Do Hyun Doubles in Ratings to 7.033% in 4 Episodes Notching Another Hit for jTBC

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I was just writing about weekend jTBC drama Doctor Cha which has broken 13% ratings and is a massive hit for the cable network with many more episodes left. Then I looked over and the same network has another hit in the Wed-Thurs time slot, the same time slot that tvN announced it was abandoning and the other three network … Continue reading →

Lee Do Hyun Plays High School to Adult Prosecutor and then Back Again in Upcoming jTBC Drama The Good Bad Mother

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So Lee Do Hyun has done this type of role again, the second chance do-over and he was so amazing the first time in 18 Again as an adult husband and father getting to re-live his high school heyday. Now’s going for it in The Good Bad Mother as a successful prosecutor with a bad relationship with his single parent … Continue reading →

Netizens Note that The Glory Stars Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon Dating in Real Life was Already Hinted at Press Conference When They Stood Very Close Together

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Inches don’t lie and the recently revealed real life dating relationship between K-stars Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon was clearly not being kept under wraps that hard. Dispatch outed the two after catching them on dates since December 2022 after the two met and fell for each other after filming The Glory. Since they didn’t have many scenes … Continue reading →

Dispatch Outs Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon of The Glory Dating in Real Life and Both Stars Confirm Through Their Agency

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Hot diggity dog is this fantastic and fun dating news! Dispatch kicked off April 1 with breaking exclusive dating news of K-stars Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon, the unlikeliest couple if you think of their characters in hit drama The Glory but obviously in real life they totally click. The tabloid snapped the two since December 2022 on … Continue reading →

Ra Mi Ran and Lee Do Hyun Get a Second Chance at Familial Love in jTBC Drama The Good Bad Mother

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I loved 18 Again and Hello, Me! and this one sounds right up the same alley. The do-over or second chance drama especially if it’s about familial ties just tugs at my heartstrings, it’s deeper and more poignant than just lovers and romantic love and also gives veterans and youngsters both equal chance to shine. Upcoming jTBC drama The Good … Continue reading →

Lee Do Hyun Guest on Yoo Quiz on the Block to Promote The Glory and Jo Se Ho Hilariously Cosplay’s Song Hye Kyo in Memorable Scene

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The K-ent reporter that wrote about how Lee Do Hyun doesn’t do promotions for his dramas since he didn’t do any post-drama interviews in recent years hit publish a few days too early because this week Lee Do Hyun is in fact doing promos for The Glory and will guest star in the variety show Yoo’s Quiz on the Block … Continue reading →