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In-depth reviews of the latest and hottest South Korean television series, also known as K-dramas, on cable and streaming services.

Yook Sung-jae (left) as a royal official whose body a vengeful spirit has occupied and Bona as a skilled artisan and shaman’s granddaughter in a still from Korean drama series The Haunted Palace. Photo: Online

The Haunted Palace: Bona, Yook Sung-jae in spirited period K-drama

A shaman’s granddaughter and an official whose body a vengeful spirit has taken over end up in the royal palace. Will romance follow?

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Review | Weak Hero Class 2: school action K-drama sequel moves to Netflix

25 Apr 2025 - 3:28PMvideocam

Heavenly Ever After: new Netflix K-drama tugs at the heartstrings

21 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Review | Way Back Love: Kim Min-ha, Gong Myung shine in fantasy K-drama

This Korean drama mixes tragedy and humour in a tale of a Grim Reaper figure (Gong Myung) saving a guilt-ridden girl (Kim Min-ha).

18 Apr 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Kim Min-ha (left) and Gong Myung in a still from Way Back Love.

Review | Friendly Rivalry: Lee Hye-ri shines in Netflix high school mystery K-drama

Starring Lee Hye-ri, Chung Su-bin, Kang Hye-won and Oh Woo-ri, this new Korean drama has much to offer – if you don’t mind the bumpy ride.

16 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Review | Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik seeks revenge in second-rate K-drama

This corporate revenge thriller Korean drama tries to juggle too many moving parts and twists, and ends up a confusing mess.

15 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

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Resident Playbook: Go Youn-jung leads Hospital Playlist spin-off

Go plays one of a group of new hospital resident doctors learning the ropes as this K-drama gets off to a chaotic start.

15 Apr 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Go Youn-jung as debt-saddled resident doctor Oh Yi-young in a still from Resident Playbook. After a chaotic start, the Hospital Playlist spin-off should focus on turning its caricatures into characters.

Crushology 101: vapid youth romance K-drama wallows in cliché

Between its nauseating visuals, its shallow characters and its uninspired K-drama tropes, Crushology 101 fails to entertain on any level.

14 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Review | Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu tango in uneven thriller K-drama

Sul Kyung-gu and Pak Eun-bin are duelling surgeons who share a dark secret. Their final showdown is powerful but not what we were expecting.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Review | The Potato Lab: Netflix romcom K-drama is unconvincing to the end

Lee Sun-bin plays a researcher and Kang Tae-oh an executive who antagonise, yet fall for, each other in this weak romantic comedy.

8 Apr 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Kang Tae-oh (left) as corporate executive So Baek-ho and Lee Sun-bin as headstrong researcher Kim Mi-kyung in a still from The Potato Lab, a Korean drama series on Netflix. Photo: Online

Lee Dong-wook leads The Divorce Insurance, workplace romcom K-drama

A team of divorcees at an insurance company weigh the merits of selling divorce insurance in Killing Romance director’s small-screen debut.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:21PMvideocam

Lee Dong-wook in a still from The Divorce Insurance. Photo: Online

Review | Karma: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a lead morally murky Netflix thriller

The lives of six characters and their moral dilemmas are explored in a gruelling series that dives deep into human interconnectedness.

1 Apr 2025 - 10:25AMvideocam

Review | When Life Gives You Tangerines: one of the best K-dramas ever made

An emotionally rich script and a sensational cast make this series a gripping and rewarding watch from start to finish. Have tissues on hand.

31 Mar 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Buried Hearts midseason recap: corporate melodrama without the drama

This revenge drama about a swindler who targets a powerful man, then loses his memory, has a few high points but mostly lacks excitement.

27 Mar 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Park Hyung-sik as Seo Dong-ju in a still from Buried Hearts.

The Potato Lab midseason recap: Lee Sun-bin, Kang Tae-oh in generic romcom

The Netflix drama’s fun premise gives way to a run-of-the-mill story with developments that simply feel inconsequential.

26 Mar 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Lee Sun-bin (left) as potato researcher Mi-kyung and Kang Tae-oh as Wonhan executive Baek-ho in a still from The Potato Lab. Like all Korean romcoms, Mi-kyung and Baek-ho’s relationship begins on the wrong foot.

Review | Newtopia, zombie romcom with Blackpink’s Jisoo, misses the mark

The Korean zombie subgenre has rules, and creators break them at their peril. Newtopia is stylish, but its tone is off and it lacks tension.

25 Mar 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu in medical serial killer thriller

Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Park Eun-bin is barely recognisable as a talented young surgeon who falls out with her mentor (Sul Kyung-gu).

21 Mar 2025 - 7:26PMvideocam

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When Life Gives You Tangerines midseason recap: moving period K-drama

This touching story of Jeju islanders plays out over decades as urbanisation and modernisation change their worlds.

19 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

IU in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Netflix

Undercover High School midseason recap: fun but far-fetched Korean drama

Starring Seo Kang-joon, Jin Ki-joo and Kim Shin-rok, this K-drama requires full suspension of disbelief – but that doesn’t mean it’s bad.

17 Mar 2025 - 9:01PMvideocam

Lee Je-hoon leads The Art of Negotiation, K-drama set in corporate world

Playing an expert in mergers and acquisitions on a mission to save a debt-laden business, Lee’s slow-burn performance has us wanting more.

11 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

When Life Gives You Tangerines: IU, Park Bo-gum in period K-drama

Richer and more ambitious than most K-dramas, Netflix tale of two characters struggling to find their place in the world is vividly realised.

7 Mar 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Park Bo-gum (left) as Yang Gwan-sik and IU as Oh Ae-sun in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix

The Potato Lab: Lee Sun-bin, Kang Tae-oh in rural romcom K-drama

Obsessive rural-based researcher meets city slicker in Netflix series in which we have yet to see much evidence of chemistry between them.

4 Mar 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

Kang Tae-oh (left) as city slicker So Baek-ho and Lee Sun-bin as obsessive agricultural researcher Kim Mi-kyung in a still from Netflix K-drama series The Potato Lab.

Undercover High School, unassuming action comedy K-drama

Seo Kang-joon plays an agent who poses as a student to track down missing gold bars, while Jin Ki-joo plays his teacher in this fun comedy.

26 Feb 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik leads corporate mystery-thriller

ZE:A’s Park Hyung-sik plays a man who sees his world fall apart as his private and working lives collide in unexpected ways in this K-drama.

25 Feb 2025 - 12:45PMvideocam

Review | Sci-fi K-drama When the Stars Gossip goes from lame to ludicrous

Finale of When the Stars Gossip takes show from bad to worse, as its formerly professional female lead makes a series of bad decisions.

12 Mar 2025 - 10:19AMvideocam

Gong Hyo-jin as astronaut Eve Kim and Lee Min-ho as obstetrician-gynaecologist Gong Ryong in a still from K-drama series When the Stars Gossip.

Review | Hwang Min-hyun in Study Group, stylised high-school action K-drama

With the lowest marks in school, Yoon Ga-min wants to raise them through study, but must fight for the right to stick his head in his books.

22 Feb 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Hwang Min-hyun as Yoon Ga-min, who wants to study but has to prove himself as a fighter first, in a still from Korean drama series Study Group.

Review | Kim Hye-soo anchors Unmasked, uneven TV news K-drama

While full of promising ideas and interesting characters, Unmasked fails to tell a good story about journalistic integrity.

21 Feb 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Review | Love Scout: modern princess and unicorn man make for a shallow romance

Lee Joon-hyuk plays the implausibly perfect secretary to Han Ji-min’s CEO, and eventually her lover. Yet she has done nothing to deserve him.

18 Feb 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

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