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Latest news and features on South Korean celebrities, including K-movie and K-drama actors and actresses, and K-pop stars.

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9 September, 2024

Minnie of K-pop group G-(I)DLE has released a solo album, Her. Photo: Instagram/min.nicha

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 - 5:00PMvideocam

Anorexia, extreme dieting, body shaming: singers on K-pop’s dark side

21 Jan 2025 - 7:42AM

Profile | Meet Ju Ji-hoon, star of K-dramas Light Shop and The Trauma Code

18 Jan 2025 - 1:15PM

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 - 8:41PMvideocam

Kim Hye-soo as investigative-news reporter Oh So-ryong in a still from Disney+ Korean drama series Unmasked. Jung Ji-sung and Joo Jong-hyuk co-star.

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 - 1:18PMvideocam

Review | XO, Kitty season 2: Netflix’s Seoul-set spin-off series disappoints

Anna Cathcart returns as Kitty Song Covey for a second semester in Korea, but the new season wastes opportunities to explore engaging topics.

17 Jan 2025 - 10:41AMvideocam

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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

Korean actor and singer Choi Seung-hyun (left) and as Thanos in a scene from season two of Netflix Korean drama series Squid Game. Instagram/con_pochoclos

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Baby V. O. X, 2NE1, BigBang … older K-pop faves are coming back

K-pop legends like 1990s girl group Baby V. O. X, 2NE1, BigBang and GFriend have been making highly successful returns to the stage.

16 Jan 2025 - 5:45AMvideocam

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 - 7:15PMvideocam

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

Jisoo in a still from Newtopia.

TV shows and streaming video

‘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 - 7:15PMvideocam

Lee Byung-hun as the Front Man in a still from the hit Korean drama Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix

Korean drama reviews

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 - 8:34PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Review | 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 - 7:45PMvideocam

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

Kang Ha-neul as Kang Dae-ho, or player #388, in a still from Squid Game season 2. The actor is among those in the new series with impressive portfolios. Photo: Netflix

Special Report - Jewellery

Colour analysis in jewellery: how to choose gems to best suit your look

American designer Suzanne Caygill built on the 19th century foundations of seasonal colour theory in the 1980s and Vivian Seo, of Find Your Colour Hong Kong, continues that work today.

8 Jan 2025 - 8:00AM

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya show how their careful choice of colour extends to their jewellery at a Bulgari event in Venice, in May 2023. Photo: Getty Images

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 - 7:45PMvideocam

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

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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 - 7:15PMvideocam

Lim Ji-yeon as Gu-deok, who becomes Ok Tae-young, in a still from The Tale of Lady Ok.

Korean drama reviews

Review | 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 - 5:15PMvideocam

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 - 1:45PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Review | The Fiery Priest 2, childish follow-up that trades logic for pratfalls

The main characters from season 1 return in crime-fighting comedy sequel that is hit and miss, the jokes not making up for its inane story.

31 Dec 2024 - 7:45PMvideocam

Kim Nam-gil in a still from The Fiery Priest season 2. Lee Ha-nee and Kim Sung-kyun co-star.

7 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in January 2025

Lee Min-ho leads Netflix’s space romance When the Stars Gossip, Kim Hye-soo is an investigative journalist in Disney+’s Unmasked, and more.

7 Jan 2025 - 4:46PMvideocam

Lee Min-ho in a still from When the Stars Gossip, one of our seven Korean drama picks to watch in January 2025. Photo: Netflix

Korean drama reviews

Check-in Hanyang, period/hotel drama mash-up with Kim Ji-eun, Bae In-hyuk

Neither lead character is who they appear to be in this tale set in the past but tapping themes usually seen in contemporary dramas.

27 Dec 2024 - 7:45PMvideocam

Actress Lee Min-jung shares update on her son with Lee Byung-hun

Korean actress, who is set for return to screens after long break, posts photo of son Joon-hoo captioned ‘How dependable. Merry Christmas!’.

14 Jan 2025 - 1:20PM

Asian cinema: Korean films

Song Joong-ki opens up on Bogota struggles and why he supports Hyun Bin

Song, whose new film Bogota: City of the Lost was heavily delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, says he is driven by a sense of challenge.

27 Dec 2024 - 3:04PMvideocam

Korean actor Song Joong-ki, 39, says that his new movie, Bogota: City of the Lost, is fundamentally about responsibility. Photo: Instagram/hi_songjoongki

Korean drama reviews

Review | Squid Game season 2 offers electrifying and pulse-pounding new games

Richer, deeper, more cohesive, with familiar characters like Lee Jung-jae’s Gi-hun and new ones, and kinetic camerawork, Squid Game is back.

26 Dec 2024 - 4:00PMvideocam

Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix

Fame and celebrity

21 celebrities who died in 2024, from O.J. Simpson to Liam Payne

Also among those who passed away this year are The Shining actress Shelley Duvall, dissident Alexei Navalny, and Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5.

26 Dec 2024 - 5:00AM

Asian cinema: Korean films

‘I’m second,’ says South Korean star Hyun Bin on life now he’s a dad

Hyun Bin says his son and his wife, Crash Landing on You co-star Son Ye-jin, are his priorities, and reveals the pressures of making Harbin.

19 Jan 2025 - 10:35AMvideocam

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