With Two Months Remaining in 2024 K-netizens Wonder What the Biggest “Thing” to Happen This Year is: From Queen of Tears to Byun Woo Seok Onward

Oh this is a fun question to ponder! A recent hot post has K-netizens heatedly discussing what they think the biggest “Thing” to happen in 2024 is/will be. It’s basically what a top zeitgeist event is for K-ent and here are some of the contenders: mega hit and award winning movie Exhuma, new cable ratings champion Queen of Tears, the one-two punch of cult hit drama Lovely Runner or the newly minted super popular actor Byun Woo Seok, the Min Hee Jin affair (i.e. Ador, HYBE, New Jeans, teary accusation filled press conference, lawsuits, et. al.), Netflix hit cooking show Culinary Class Wars, and the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature going to Han Kang. And of course with Squid Game 2 coming at year end it could blow it all up but may end up fitting better into a 2025 moment.

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tvN and TVING Announce Hacking of Channels with Videos of Recent Hits Queen of Tears and Lovely Runner Deleted and Suspicious Content Added

On the same week a software update caused global travel chaos, this news feels like a blip but for us K-drama watchers it’s rather concerning. Cable network tvN and its streaming arm TVING announced this weekend that it has been … Continue reading

Lovely Runner Sold to Multiple Countries for Network Airing, Confirming Overseas Sale of Dramas Remain Primarily Due to Lead Actor Popularity Abroad

This is the reality whether we think it fair or not, and ultimately dramas and movies and the stars in them are all commodities. The business is the end product. Lovely Runner has wrapped its airing and has already sold … Continue reading

Streaming Platform TVing Beats Netflix Total Viewership Numbers Last Week For the First Time Ever Thanks to Lovely Runner

In yet another record set by Lovely Runner, or record set thanks to Lovely Runner, cable network tvN‘s hit Mon-Tues drama was exclusively streaming on TVING and last week the total viewership hours came out and for the first time … Continue reading

Lovely Runner Heads into Finale Week with Excitement and Releasing OST and Script Book Collector Sets for Fans

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen K-dramas release ancillary merch, that used to be so de rigueur during the era of probably 2008-2014, with super popular with the young fans drama producing DVD sets plus extra commentary, official OST CDs … Continue reading

Kim Hye Yoon’s Agency Releases Statement Outlining Her Current and Pending Events After Her Fans Complain She’s Not Getting Promoted for Lovely Runner

So hopefully this is quell the loud complaints from the last two weeks by K-actress Kim Hye Yoon’s fandom. Her drama Lovely Runner has been doing fantastic in online buzz and positive reviews and the ratings albeit not a hit … Continue reading