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PD Shin Won Ho to Produce 10th Year Anniversary Special for Answer Me 1988 with Entire Cast Returning Except for Ryu Jun Yeol Due to Scheduling Conflict

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The beauty of the Answer Me/Reply series of three K-dramas was the family, the romance, the nostalgia, and the evoking of memories in the passage of time. So looking back it’s wild that 2012-2015 may have been THE heyday for K-dramas in terms of sheer quality when PD Shin Won Ho went back-to-back-to-back with Answer Me 1997, then Answer Me … Continue reading →

Netflix Drama The 8 Show Press Conference Turns into Ryu Jun Yeol Responding to Transit Love Questions and Bae Seung Woo Deeply Apologizing for Drunk Driving Arrest

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I can only say thank god this drama is airing on global platform Netflix which for the most part doesn’t have to adhere to as much of the social cues as the mainstream channels in Korea. Otherwise this would probably be shelved but instead game show mystery thriller K-drama The 8 Show is arriving on cue. Starring an ensemble cast … Continue reading →

Netflix Releases First Mysterious Poster and Preview for Game K-drama The 8 Show with Ryu Jun Yeol and Chun Woo Hee

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Streaming giant Netflix has been a roll in 2024 with its own produced K-dramas, much more akin to the success of 2022 than in 2023 when its K-drama were just okay received. There was A Killer Paradox, Chicken Nugget, and most recently Parasyte: The Grey. But it feels like the network is going too fast paced with a new released … Continue reading →

Hyeri’s Latest Instagram Post Still Flooded with Hate Comments Even After Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee’s Breakup

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Can this story die already, for the sake of the three celebs involved who are people with their own emotions and weaknesses. It’s been just two weeks since Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee were spotted in Hawaii, first denied and then admitted the relationship, ex-girlfriend Hyeri made a comment, then Han So Hee melted down demanding clarification and … Continue reading →

Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee’s Respective Agency Confirms Breakup After Two Weeks of SNS Drama

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So this is not like a slow motion trainwreck but like a fast accident when the car then keeps going and mows down additional vehicles rather than stopping. I feel so bad for all involved, even celebrities have feelings valid in their personal lives and it’s unfortunate this played out in public and had a lot of netizen commentary. K-stars … Continue reading →

Han So Hee Posts Another Long Statement on SNS Claiming She Dated Ryu Jun Yeol After He Broke Up with Hyeri and Asking Hyeri to Confirm the Breakup Date was Prior to November 2023

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Oh goodness girl, I really wish you had some wise older women in your life to give you counsel and stop you from behaving this rashly. Because this too shall pass but you’re making it so much worse. I’m talking about K-actress Han So Hee who went on another SNS statement posting before deleting it, but it’s all screencapped immediately … Continue reading →

Hyeri Issues Apology for Her Instagram Post After Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee Dating News

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I don’t know why Hyeri needs to issue an apology or anything at all, girl has done nothing wrong. But in K-ent she probably feels pressure for having causing scrutiny on the situation, i.e. creating a scene so to speak. She issued an apology today for creating a situation from her Instagram post after rumors of Ryu Jun Yeol and … Continue reading →

Han So Hee Turns Instagram Private After Confirmation of Relationship with Ryu Jun Yeol and Dispatch Releases Pictures Taken in Hawaii

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This is one case where Dispatch got PWNED by a Japanese tourist lol. The tabloid was clearly in Hawaii and staking out Han So Hee and Ryu Jun Yeol, enough to get these clear and pretty close-up shots of the two that are hard to deny they definitely spent time together there. But before these pictures could be released a … Continue reading →

Han So Hee Posts on Her Blog Revealing Relationship with Ryu Jun Yeol, Apologizing to Hyeri for Immature Response, and His Agency Confirms Afterwards

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Welp this has indeed turned messy, at least for K-ent standards. The J-tourist alleged sighting of Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee flirting in Hawaii has now indeed been confirmed as the two are dating. Han So Hee went first by posting on her personal blog a very long message to her fans (translated below). She admitted the relationship, … Continue reading →

The Ryu Jun Yeol-Han So Hee Allegedly Dating Story Gets No Comment From Either Agency and an SNS Post From Ex-girlfriend Hyeri

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So the news for the last 24-hours in South Korean entertainment has been the alleged Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee are dating rumors. A Japanese tourist in Hawaii claims to have seen them by the pool in side-by-side lounge chairs flirting with each other and that it was being talked about at the hotel as top gossip. The … Continue reading →

Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee in Talks for Period Mystery K-drama Delusion

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So K-actress Han So Hee is going back to the 1930’s Gyeongseong era again as her next drama. She’s in talks alongside Ryu Jun Yeol for a new K-drama titled Delusion adapted from the same name webtoon. It’s set in both the 1800s and the 1930s era and revolves around a painter hired to paint a portrait of a mysterious … Continue reading →

2023 Blue Dragon Awards Fetes K-movies with Smugglers Taking Best Picture and Lee Byun Hun and Jung Yu Mi Winning the Best Acting Prizes

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I didn’t follow the K-movies this year so I don’t even know if any of the winners were the right ones lol but I still love awards ceremonies for the glitz and glamor. It was the usual level of awards show dressing for the 2023 Blue Dragon Awards which fetes the best in film with plenty of A-list and rising … Continue reading →

Ryu Jun Yeol and Hyeri Confirmed to Have Broken Up After 6 Years of Dating

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It’s the end of the Answer Me 1988 real life couple era, as popular young stars Ryu Jun Yeol and Hyeri confirmed they have split up. The couple dated for 6 years after filming the drama together and it was a balm for drama shippers as their characters were beloved to end up together onscreen but didn’t so the off … Continue reading →