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Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy – Korean fantasy is glossy but uninspired
Featuring Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Min-ho, Chae Soo-bin and K-pop’s Nana and Jisoo, this Korean sci-fi fantasy fails to live up to its ambitions.
23 Jul 2025 - 7:45PM
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The Nice Guy: Lee Dong-wook tries to go straight in gangland K-drama
23 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM
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Our Movie: Disney+’s tender terminal-illness K-drama pulls its punches
23 Jul 2025 - 4:15AM
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Good Boy: action K-drama with Park Bo-gum packs very little punch
Despite a surge of intense action at the end of the series, Good Boy’s flat narrative and lacklustre characters fail to ignite any passion.
22 Jul 2025 - 7:45PM
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Park Bo-gum as former boxer Yoon Dong-ju in a still from Good Boy, an underwhelming Korean drama on Prime Video.
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Wall to Wall: homeowning is a nightmare in Netflix’s Korean thriller
Wall to Wall on Netflix explores Korea’s property woes and neighbourly nightmares – but it sadly loses focus with a clichéd mystery element.
21 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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Latest K-drama casting news: Park Seo-joon, Jeon Do-yeon and more
Park Seo-joon is eyeing the lead role in I Am a Sinner, Jeon Do-yeon is considering The Great Oksuk – check out all the latest updates.
19 Jul 2025 - 12:15PM
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Low Life: Disney+ crime K-drama superbly brings 1970s Korea to life
Ryu Seung-ryong and Yang Se-jong play petty crooks in search of sunken treasure in a show that looks great but spends too long stuck at port.
18 Jul 2025 - 7:47PM
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Yang Se-jong in a still from Low Life. Photo: Disney+
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Head Over Heels midseason recap: shaky high school romcom K-drama
Head Over Heels is improving but the Prime Video Korean drama starring Cho Yi-hyun and Choo Young-woo could still be doing a lot better.
17 Jul 2025 - 4:15PM
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Meet Moon Ga-young, star of K-dramas True Beauty and Law and the City
A former child actress and model, Moon has been active in TV and film for two decades and is set to appear next in Once We Were Us.
12 Jul 2025 - 5:21AM
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Our Movie midseason recap: Namgoong Min, Jeon Yeo-been face love and death
As the lead characters’ feelings for each other come out, will they finish shooting their film in time for terminally ill actress Lee Da-eum?
11 Jul 2025 - 7:11PM
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Moving’s Ryu Seung-ryong and Big Bet director on new K-drama Low Life
Kang Yoon-sung and Ryu Seung-ryong open up about this hotly anticipated Disney+ drama based on a webtoon about a treasure hunt at sea.
10 Jul 2025 - 5:28PM
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Ryu Seung-ryong (right) and Jung Yun-ho in a still from Low Life, which will start streaming on Disney+ on July 16. Photo: Disney+
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Squid Game brought prestige to South Korea. But it also reflected a dark side
The most successful South Korean TV series in history, Squid Game sped up a golden age of ‘Hallyu’ while provoking serious conversations.
9 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM
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Law and the City: Lee Jong-suk, Moon Ga-young spar in legal K-drama
This Disney+ Korean drama about young lawyers balancing a demanding profession with their personal lives gets off on the right foot.
8 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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How K-dramas are making shamanism cool for Gen Z and millennials
Forget horror, portraying shamanism in Korean dramas is now about relatable characters that offer emotional healing to the dead.
8 Jul 2025 - 12:15PM
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K-drama casting news about Han Hyo-joo, Song Kang, Lee Do-hyun and more
Han Hyo-joo is being hunted for the romantic drama Your Ground, while Song Kang is considering a role in the coming-of-age series Four Hands.
5 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM
Korean actress Han Hyo-joo may join the coming romantic K-drama series Your Ground. Photo: Instagram/hanhyojoo222
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Our Unwritten Seoul: affecting end for K-drama starring Park Bo-young
Rather than a story about living as someone else, Our Unwritten Seoul was ultimately about understanding others and embracing what you have.
2 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM
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12 best movies of Squid Game’s Front Man, Lee Byung-hun, ranked
Concrete Utopia, Bittersweet Life, Joint Security Area and more – South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has lit up the big screen for decades.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM
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Family & Relationships
BTS Army celebrate group’s return by helping South Korean adoptees
As BTS return from military service, the Army fandom launches a project to help adoptees reconnect with or learn about their birth families.
19 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM
BTS members RM (right) and V salute their fans in Chuncheon, South Korea after finishing 18 months of military service, on June 10, 2025. Photo: AFP
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All about K-pop giants BTS as last member finishes up military service
BTS’ seven members are expected to reunite later this year. Before they do, we examine their global impact, records and advocacy journey.
21 Jun 2025 - 4:23AM
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Will BTS make a comeback with members’ military service nearly over?
Four more members of superstar Korean boy band finish their compulsory military service this week, raising fans’ hopes they’ll perform again.
9 Jun 2025 - 9:45AM
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K-drama casting news about Lee Jae-wook, Go Youn-jung and more
Chae Soo-bin has been approached for fantasy romance Charge Me Up, while Lee Jae-wook is set to lead horror fantasy Honey Jar Project.
26 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM
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OPINION
Lisa Lim
Language Matters
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How long before apateu is an English word, given Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT?
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Han Hua
Opinion
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The world is getting smaller, at least culturally
1 Sep 2024 - 9:30AM
Stephen McCarty
What a view
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HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season
19 May 2023 - 6:15PM
Stephen McCarty
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Keeley Hawes’ ex-police officer gets caught in Crossfire on BBC First
14 Apr 2023 - 7:45AM
Stephen McCarty
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From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them
24 Mar 2023 - 7:45AM
Tamar Herman
Opinion
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2022 is the year of the woman in K-pop, and there is no going back
5 Oct 2022 - 10:37AM
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