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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.
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Law and the City: Lee Jong-suk, Moon Ga-young spar in legal K-drama
8 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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How K-dramas are making shamanism cool for Gen Z and millennials
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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K-movies
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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Bands
K-pop stars BTS announce new album and world tour to come in 2026
BTS are set to return with an album that will ‘reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas’ and a world tour, their first in nearly four years.
2 Jul 2025 - 10:35AM
BTS at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022, in Las Vegas. The K-pop septet are set to return with an album and a world tour in 2026. Photo: TNS
K-drama
Good Boy midseason recap: Park Bo-gum dominates action-crime K-drama
Park Bo-gum’s ex-boxer is still punching his way through this K-drama about athletes-turned-cops, but it feels too much of a one-man show.
1 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM
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Oh My Ghost Clients: middling supernatural K-drama with Jung Kyung-ho
This socially aware comedy-drama about a lawyer who serves those who died in workplace accidents is stronger on message than characters.
30 Jun 2025 - 7:15PM
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10 best K-dramas of 2025 so far ranked: Squid Game 3, Nine Puzzles and more
Weak Hero Class 2, The Haunted Palace, Way Back Love and Melo Movie also among the Korean dramas that have stood out this year.
30 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM
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8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in July 2025
From gun-crime thriller Trigger to Disney+ action drama Low Life and survival story The Defects, here are 8 Korean drama picks for July 2025.
29 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM
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Moon Ga-young in a still from Law and the City, streaming on TvN and Disney+ from July 5. Photo: Disney+
Entertainment
What Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters gets right and wrong about K-pop industry
Reimagining K-pop stars as demon slayers, the animated film offers a sharp look at how the industry presents its stars and hides its scars.
28 Jun 2025 - 5:15PM
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Squid Game season 3: thrilling end probes humans’ darkest depths
Souls are crushed as one despicable scenario unfolds after another in the highly anticipated return of Netflix’s hit Korean drama Squid Game.
27 Jun 2025 - 4:20PM
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Head Over Heels: Choo Young-woo in supernatural K-drama off to a bad start
Choo Young-woo and Cho Yi-hyun star in this awkward romcom about a schoolgirl moonlighting as a shaman trying to protect the boy she loves.
29 Jun 2025 - 11:27PM
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Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun parts with management agency after 3 years
Set to next appear in Disney+ series Tempest, Jun Ji-hyun is considering offers from multiple agencies as she leaves Ieum Hashtag.
24 Jun 2025 - 7:45PM
Jun Ji-hyun is considering offers from multiple agencies as she leaves Ieum Hashtag after three years. Photo: Netflix
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The First Night with the Duke: shaky start for period fantasy K-drama
Starring Seohyun from Girls’ Generation, The First Night with the Duke so far feels slapdash and half-baked, spoiling its amusing concept.
23 Jun 2025 - 6:45PM
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K-drama casting news about Lee Yoo-mi, Hwang In-youp and more
The latest from Korea includes Lee Yoo-mi and Hwang In-youp maybe leading romcom Dream to You, and Lim Ji-yeon weighing up Brave New World.
21 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM
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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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How long before apateu is an English word, given Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT?
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The world is getting smaller, at least culturally
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HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season
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Keeley Hawes’ ex-police officer gets caught in Crossfire on BBC First
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From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them
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Tamar Herman
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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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