Romance Korean dramas are a favorite among fans. They encompass all the binge-worthy tropes of falling in love with a twist. The genre of romance K-dramas has flourished in 2021 as the streaming ...
March 7, 2022 – 2020 and 2021 were genuinely magical years for the South Korean entertainment industry, with successes abroad on online-streaming platforms such as Netflix. Naturally, with Covid-19 ...
From Crash Landing on You to Goblin, the best K-dramas ever are award-winning hits that capture everything that makes the genre great.
Move over, “Squid Game,” the latest Korean sensation is here. It’s called “Hellbound, and for writer/director Yeon Sang-ho, his hit Netflix show was over 20 years in the making. “I’m very pleasantly ...
“Have you watched Squid Game?” It’s the question on everyone’s lips. The Netflix Korean drama exploded in popularity this fall, with a whopping 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and over 100 ...
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the streaming revolution and everything that it’s wrought. Still, one undeniable benefit of all these streaming services is that, in addition to more ...
These days, I watch almost exclusively Korean dramas — or K-dramas, as they’re commonly called. Originating from South Korea, these shows tend to span only a single season, but they pack a lot of ...
The death earlier this month of Chin Doo-hwan, the most hated of South Korea’s three military dictators, who ruled for nearly a decade until 1988, is a timely reminder of the foundations of the ...
Following in the footsteps of Squid Game, Netflix's new Korean drama series brings the death, gore, and zombies Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined ...
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Korean-made series have continued to dominate viewership on Netflix, following on from the breakout successes of “Squid Game” and “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” in 2021. For ten of the 13 weeks in the first ...