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The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, starring Ju Ji-hoon, is thrilling
Ju Ji-hoon stars as an impossibly good surgeon who is handsome, fearless and an all-round hero in this Netflix drama.
24 Jan 2025 - 4:00PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Why The Glory actress Song Hye-kyo is taking on darker roles
24 Jan 2025 - 7:15AM
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K-drama news
Squid Game 2 is already the third most watched Netflix series ever
23 Jan 2025 - 10:42AM
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
K-pop star Minnie of G-(I)DLE on launch of first solo album, Her
‘It’s like my personal diary,’ Thai singer says of album out January 21, for which she wrote the seven tracks over a period of years.
21 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM
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Minnie of K-pop group G-(I)DLE has released a solo album, Her. Photo: Instagram/min.nicha
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Anorexia, extreme dieting, body shaming: singers on K-pop’s dark side
Soyou of Sistar and other K-pop stars open up about extreme dieting and depression in a documentary, sparking discussion about body shaming.
21 Jan 2025 - 7:42AM
K-drama news
The Penthouse K-drama actor Um Ki-joon marries ‘at 49, finally’
Actor posts announcement with photo of himself in white tuxedo, having revealed he had not expected to find ‘someone to spend my life with’.
19 Jan 2025 - 10:34AM
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Meet Ju Ji-hoon, star of K-dramas Light Shop and The Trauma Code
Ju Ji-hoon was a successful model, then actor, before a scandal brought him down. He fought his way back, and today his talent is in demand.
18 Jan 2025 - 1:15PM
Ju Ji-hoon in a still from Light Shop. Photo: Disney+.
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
K-pop group Oneus members reflect on new album Dear.M and look back
Oneus members talk about competing in two seasons of the Road to Kingdom reality show and how the Dear.M album is a thank you to their fans.
18 Jan 2025 - 4:15AM
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Korean drama reviews
In K-drama Unmasked, Kim Hye-soo plays investigative news for laughs
Given recent events in South Korea, a K-drama about investigative-news journalism may appear timely. Unmasked mixes the heavy with the light.
17 Jan 2025 - 8:41PM
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K-drama news
Why so many webtoons and web novels are being made into K-dramas
More K-dramas based on web fiction are launching, as streamers seek to reverse falling viewership. Webtoon platforms are getting involved.
17 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Korean actress Kim Min-hee pregnant with first child at 42
Director Hong Sang-soo, 64, left his wife for actress Kim Min-hee in 2015. The child she is carrying will be the first for both of them.
19 Jan 2025 - 1:18PM
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Korean actress Kim Min-hee and film director Hong Sang-soo, who it has been revealed are having a child together, who will be the first for both of them. Photo: Instagram/hong.sangsoo, Reuters/Pool
K-drama news
Why Thanos role in Squid Game 2 was ‘destiny’ for Choi Seung-hyun aka T.O.P
In first interview in 11 years, K-pop star with BigBang reflects on ‘lost years’, how he saw playing Thanos in Netflix series and the future.
16 Jan 2025 - 1:49PM
Asian cinema: Korean films
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K-Family Affairs: how a family endured 30 years of Korean political turmoil
Nam A-rum’s documentary is an intimate study of her family, her civil servant father and former activist mother, told through home movies.
15 Jan 2025 - 4:45PM
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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
New K-pop girl group Hearts2Hearts to debut in February
The eight-member outfit are Korean music label SM Entertainment’s first rookie girl group since Aespa in 2020 – find out their names here.
15 Jan 2025 - 9:49AM
Korean drama reviews
Check-in Hanyang midseason recap: hotel/period K-drama gets political
Netflix period drama about trainees at a prestigious guest house is shifting focus towards political intrigue and a royal backstory.
13 Jan 2025 - 7:15PM
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Kim Ji-eun as hotel trainee Hong Deok-soo in a still from Netflix period K-drama Check-in Hanyang. Bae In-hyuk, Jung Gun-joo and Park Jae-chan co-star.
K-drama news
The 13 most anticipated K-dramas of 2025, from Two Women to Squid Game 3
K-pop stars IU and Jisoo, and actress Kim Min-ha, are among the stars of 2025’s most anticipated K-dramas, from Way Back Love to Newtopia.
11 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
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‘I feel much more loved,’ Lee Byung-hun says after Squid Game success
Lee, whose Front Man has a much bigger role in Squid Game season 2, says the Netflix series has brought him far more fame than Hollywood did.
10 Jan 2025 - 7:15PM
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Love Scout: Han Ji-min, Lee Joon-hyuk in headhunting romcom K-drama
One of South Korea’s best headhunters hires an unflappable secretary in this romcom. It is frothy and fun, but will there be any substance?
9 Jan 2025 - 8:34PM
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Lee Joon-hyuk (left) as secretary Eun-ho and Han Ji-min as headhunter Ji-yoon in a still from Love Scout, a frothy and fun Korean romcom.
Korean drama reviews
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When the Phone Rings: formulaic K-drama follows all the tropes
This Netflix series slavishly sticks to Korean-drama stereotypes while including a clumsy, unnecessary allusion to the Israel-Gaza war.
8 Jan 2025 - 7:45PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Best movie roles of Squid Game season 2’s new players
Do they look familiar? From Park Sung-hoon to Kang Ha-neul, we look at films new Squid Game actors were in before entering the deadly arena.
8 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
Korean drama reviews
When the Stars Gossip: Lee Min-ho, Gong Hyo-jin in space station romcom
A hackneyed melodrama dressed up as sci-fi, Netflix romantic comedy set aboard a space station is so silly the writer may be in on the joke.
7 Jan 2025 - 7:45PM
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K-drama news
K-drama casting news about Jung So-min, Ahn Jae-hong and more
Jung So-min and Choi Woo-shik are considering roles in Would You Marry Me, while Ahn Jae-hong was approached for Signal season 2.
4 Jan 2025 - 1:15PM
Jung So-min, (pictured in a still from Love Next Door) has been offered a role in Would You Marry Me alongside Choi Woo-shik. Photo: tvN
Korean drama reviews
The Tale of Lady Ok midseason recap: Lim Ji-yeon matures
While the drama set in Korea’s Joseon dynasty continues to impress with its fresh story, it’s the protagonist’s evolution that is compelling.
2 Jan 2025 - 7:15PM
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Love Your Enemy: home is where the heart is in comforting romcom K-drama
The strict adherence to the genre blueprint in this romcom starring Ju Ji-hoon and Jung Yu-mi makes this Korean drama easy to watch.
1 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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Korean drama reviews
Who Is She, spirited Miss Granny remake, adds body swap to the mix
While not as well acted as the original Miss Granny film by Squid Game’s Hwang Dong-hyuk, fantasy comedy Who Is She is an engaging watch.
1 Jan 2025 - 1:45PM
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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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What a view
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HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season
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What a view
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Keeley Hawes’ ex-police officer gets caught in Crossfire on BBC First
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What a view
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From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them
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Opinion
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2022 is the year of the woman in K-pop, and there is no going back
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Opinion
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What needs to happen to better protect K-pop stars from obsessive fans?
28 Sep 2022 - 8:45AM
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