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Korean drama actress Park Ji-ah has died at the age of 52 after a brain stroke. Photo: Instagram/@trstdly

Actress Park Ji-ah, Moon Dong-eun’s mum in The Glory, dies of a stroke

Park Ji-ah, who cut her teeth in a series of Kim Ki-duk films and played the mother of Song Hye-kyo’s character in K-drama The Glory, dies at the age of 52.

Park Ji-ah, who cut her teeth in a series of Kim Ki-duk films and played the mother of Song Hye-kyo’s character in K-drama The Glory, dies at the age of 52

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

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

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Review | Gyeongseong Creature season 2: awful Netflix K-drama follow-up

Han So-hee and Park Seo-joon return in season two of Gyeongseong Creature, but Netflix’s new Korean drama series fails in many ways.

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Han So-hee (left) as seeker Yoon Chae-ok and Park Seo-jun as private investigator Jang Ho-jae in a still from the Korean drama Gyeongseong Creature season 2. Photo: Netflix

Good Partner’s Jang Na-ra on her ‘desire to do well’ in legal K-drama

The actress known for her sweet roles shares how she overcame her struggles playing a cold lawyer opposite Nam Ji-hyun to impress viewers.

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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.

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The Judge from Hell: Park Shin-hye lords over court in Disney+ K-drama

Park is formidable as a judge from hell sent to Earth in the body of a slain judge on a quest to kill 10 murderers and return to Hades.

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Park Shin-hye as Kang Bit-na in a still from The Judge from Hell, a Korean drama series streaming on Disney+.

Blackpink’s Jisoo eyed for Monthly Boyfriend and more K-drama casting news

In the latest K-drama casting news, Jisoo has been offered a part in Monthly Boyfriend and Song Kang-ho is confirmed for Inside Men.

No Gain No Love midseason recap: Shin Min-a, Kim Young-dae get closer

This office romance K-drama is heating up as the leads’ sham marriage turns into more. Can they be honest with each other and everyone else?

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Love Next Door midseason recap: Jung So-min, Jung Hae-in outshone

Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in play the romantic leads in this Netflix drama, but the supporting characters’ stories are more interesting.

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Jung So-min as Baek Seok-ryu in a still from Netflix drama Love Next Door.

Review | Romance in the House: comic high jinks in family drama

A loser dad reappears, suddenly wealthy, then loses his money again. Not to worry – his daughter is dating a chaebol family’s unwitting heir.

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Ji Jin-hee (left) as Moo-jin and Kim Ji-soo as the ex-wife he is challenged to woo again in a still from Netflix Korean drama series Romance in the House.

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.

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Seoul Busters: Disney+ K-drama swaps crime for comedy

Over-the-top humour and slapstick comedy characterise show about a useless police team and an expert (Kim Dong-wook) brought in to lead them.

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Seo Hyun-woo as Jeong Jeong-hwan in a still from Seoul Busters. Photo: Disney+

Park Ju-hyun eyed for thriller, and more K-drama casting news

Park Ju-hyun could lead K-drama The Hunter with a Scalpel, while names have dropped for romance shows The Witch, and I am Human From Today.

Park Ju-hyun in a still from Mouse. Photo: tvN

K-drama drama as Han So-hee’s mum arrested and Yoo Ah-in jailed

Korean actress Han So-hee distances herself from mother’s arrest over illegal gambling, as Korean actor Yoo Ah-in is jailed for a year for using propofol, the drug that killed Michael Jackson.

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.

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

Action, drama, romance and comedy are on the K-drama schedule in September, from the heart-wrenching Iron Family to season 2 of monster series Gyeongseong Creature.

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Park Shin-hye in a still from The Judge from Hell, one of seven new K-dramas to watch this September.

No Gain No Love, fake-marriage romcom K-drama starring Shin Min-a

Shin Min-a impresses as a character obsessed with getting her fair share, to the extent she plans a staged wedding to snare a promotion at work.

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The lead actors in Korean dramas are getting older. It’s no accident

K-dramas tell stories about young people less often than they used to. That reflects changing demographics and shrinking audiences for TV that cause producers to play safe by casting established actors.

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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.

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Shin Hyun-been (left) and Moon Sang-min in a still from K-drama Cinderella at 2AM.

Review | No Way Out: The Roulette review – twisty Disney+ K-drama

Although engaging, an overabundance of hammy characters and a superficial, twisty narrative means the series steadily sinks under the weight of its own story. Will we see a season two?

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Cho Jin-woong as Detective Baek Joong-sik in a still from No Way Out: The Roulette, which is engaging but becomes bogged down by the weight of its own story. Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Mu-yeol, Yum Jung-ah, and Lee Kwang-soo co-star. Photo: Disney+

Lee Bo-young eyed for Mary Kills People, and more K-drama casting news

Actress known for role in Mine could play a doctor who performs illegal euthanasia in Mary Kills People. Meanwhile Lee Jae-wook and Choi Sung-eun may team up in romance The Last Summer.

Review | The Frog: Netflix mystery K-drama favours philosophy over reason

The slow-burn story of The Frog unfolds on twin timelines 20 years apart, both involving rural Korean holiday homes. In one a murder occurs, in the other a disappearance, maybe. They are connected, but how?

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Love Next Door: Jung Hae-in, Jung So-min in colourful Netflix K-drama

New Netflix Korean drama Love Next Door stars Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min as childhood friends thrown back together in a series echoing popular recent healing dramas.

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Jung So-min (left) and Jung Hae-in in a still from Love Next Door.

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.

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Jung In-sun as geneticist Han So-jin in a still from K-drama DNA Lover, currently streaming on Viu. K-pop star Choi Si-won co-stars.

Can Squid Game season 2 halt Netflix’s Korean viewer decline?

Scheduled for release in December, Squid Game season two has a tough task ahead as Netflix’s viewers in South Korea drops and its recent K-dramas struggle to live up to the success of season one.

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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.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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