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Viu

Viu is a Hong Kong-based over-the-top (OTT) video streaming provider from Viu International Ltd, a PCCW Group Company. Offering subtitled content that includes new and classic Korean TV drama and Japanese anime series, Viu is available in over a dozen markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Chairman / President

Janice Lee

CEO / Managing Director

Lofai Lo

CFO / Finance Director

Nishant Timothy

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Media

Website

viu.com

Headquarters address

99 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

Year founded

2015

last updated:

27 August, 2024

Viu

The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2

From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.

The Tale of Lady Ok, period rags-to-riches K-drama with Lim Ji-yeon

Review | What Comes After Love: cross-cultural K-drama is just too slow

Doubt: Han Suk-kyu leads immersive murder mystery K-drama

An aloof criminal profiler finds out his daughter is involved in a case he is investigating in this immersive, psychological Korean series.

What Comes After Love: tender cross-cultural romance K-drama

Lee Se-young plays a South Korean student who has a romance in Tokyo with Kentaro Sakaguchi’s aspiring writer. They part, then reconnect.

8 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in October 2024

Lee Sang-yi and Han Ji-hyun spice things up in a spin-off show, four women sell adult products door-to-door in A Virtuous Business, and more.

Dear Hyeri: Shin Hye-sun has her hands full in romcom K-drama

Shin plays two roles – Joo Eun-ho, who has multiple-personality disorder, and Joo Hye-ri, her alter ego – in a complex but watchable K-drama.

Profile | Meet Kim Young-dae, rising star of No Gain No Love and Perfect Family

Musical polyglot Kim started with modelling before making his name as an actor in Extraordinary You and The Penthouse. He hasn’t looked back.

Review | Queen Woo Part II: Jeon Jung-seo-led period K-drama turns to action

Part I of this big-budget show was a stinker and Part II is not much better, a threadbare narrative setting up a season 2 that’s unlikely.

Review | Queen Woo Part I: period K-drama gets almost everything wrong

One-note performances, anachronistic costumes, a lack of intrigue – big-budget drama about a king’s death and the power vacuum it creates is dull, confusing, and doesn’t even get the sex scenes right.

5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, August 31-September 1

This weekend watch Nicolas Cage as a serial killer or see a princess K-drama, a new Hong Kong gangster film, or an absurdist Greek triptych.

Cinderella at 2AM, romance K-drama starring Shin Hyun-been, Moon Sang-min

‘Princess’ K-drama follows the relationship between an office worker (Shin Hyun-been) and the office rookie (Moon Sang-min), who is secretly the heir to the corporation.

DNA Lover, tacky romcom K-drama starring Jung In-sun, Choi Si-won

A geneticist (Jung In-sun) believes in using DNA matching to find her ‘ideal man’. She meets a doctor (Super Junior’s Choi Si-won) who is her opposite in Korean romantic comedy series DNA Lover.

Perfect Family, baroque K-drama starring Park Ju-hyun, Kim Young-dae

Park Ju-hyun is Seon-hee, the adoptive daughter of the titular family, and Choi Ye-bin her former fellow orphan Soo-yeon. When they meet at the home of Seon-hee’s friend (Kim Young-dae), sparks fly.

Profile | Meet Park Ju-hyun, feisty star of new K-drama Perfect Family

The South Korean star was close to becoming a K-pop trainee before pursuing an acting career. She’s been on the ascendant since 2020’s Extracurricular, and had a star turn in drama series Mouse.

Review | The Auditors: Shin Ha-kyun is the Sherlock of corporate corruption

Another K-drama based on corporate corruption? Surely not? But Auditors stands out with its solid plot and a strong performance from Shin Ha-kyun, who plays corporate auditor Shin Cha-il.

The Auditors midseason recap: Shin Ha-kyun tackles corporate wrongdoing

Shin Ha-kyun’s upstanding, corruption-fighting corporate auditor clashes with executive-level power players in the company he works for as this Korean drama series nears its end.

Serendipity’s Embrace: Kim So-hyun, Chae Jong-hyeop in romance K-drama

This initially forgettable K-drama follows Kim So-hyun, a bubbly young woman wary of relationships, and Chae Jong-hyeop, who had a crush on her at school, as they meet up again after 10 years.

Tarot, new K-drama horror anthology full of ill-fated characters

K-drama horror anthology Tarot features Cho Yeo-jeong and Dex among others playing characters cursed by tarot cards, in a series whose characters meet terrible fates in some fairly generic scenarios.

Good Partner: Jang Na-ra, Nam Ji-hyun lead promising legal K-drama

This K-drama series follows two divorce lawyers, the established Cha Eun-kyung (played by Jang Na-ra) and brilliant rookie Han Yu-ri (Nam Ji-hyun), and gets off to a promising start.

The Auditors: Shin Ha-kyun leads workplace corruption K-drama

A personality clash between auditors played by Shin Ha-kyun and Lee Jeong-ha as they root out corruption at a construction firm is the starting point for this entertaining Korean drama series.

7 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in July 2024

Lee Do-hyun returns in Netflix K-drama Sweet Home season 3, Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop share the screen in romance Serendipity’s Embrace, and Jang Na-ra plays a feared lawyer in Good Partner.

‘I could taste his passion’: Hong Kong bartender wins TV cocktail contest

Lok Cheung, bar manager at three-time Asia’s 50 Best Bars winner Coa, explains how connecting his drinks to Hong Kong helped him take first place in ViuTV’s Master Mixologist cocktail competition.

Profile | Meet Lee Je-hoon, K-drama star of Taxi Driver and Chief Detective 1958

South Korean actor Lee Je-hoon, best known for his role in K-drama Taxi Driver, endeared himself to viewers with his fearless approach to acting and his willingness to challenge himself in a variety of roles.

Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale: Cinderella gets a grating update

Pyo Ye-jin and Lee Jun-young star in this update of the Cinderella tale. The K-drama is brash and uneven, and the story surprisingly difficult to follow.

The Player 2: Master of Swindlers – crime/action K-drama returns

Song Seung-heon’s gang of con artists returns to fight more injustices in The Player 2: Master of Swindlers, which offers plenty of banter and brawls – but will it be enough to keep viewers tuning in?

High School Return of a Gangster: Yoon Chan-young leads body-swap K-drama

Yoon Chan-young pulls double duty as a middle-aged gangster stuck in the body of a student in High School Return of a Gangster – it is a diverting watch, but something seems to be missing.

Bitter Sweet Hell: stylish mystery K-drama is light on plot

A psychologist teams up with her nagging mother-in-law to find out why her family is being threatened by an unknown blackmailer in Bitter Sweet Hell – which, so far, is heavy on style without much happening.