Netflix’s Frankly Speaking, a K-drama starring Go Kyung-pyo and Kang Han-na, has the ingredients needed for a good romantic comedy but is lacking in humour and chemistry between its lead characters.
Disney+ K-drama, a prequel to the popular Chief Inspector series of the 1970s and 80s, stars Lee Je-hoon as Detective Park Yeong-han and Seo Eun-soo as his sweetheart Lee Hye-ju.
Rough-edged detective Do-cheol (Hwang Jung-min) returns in I, The Executioner, in which he and his team, including Jung Hae-in’s new recruit, must protect a paroled thug from a vigilante justice warrior.
K-pop fans have a lot to be excited about in the coming weeks as RM from BTS, New Jeans and Aespa drop new albums, and Treasure release a new single. Which group will dominate the K-pop charts?
Song Kang-ho plays the titular character in Uncle Samsik, a political fixer with a shady past to overcome who tries to get close to Byun Yo-han’s idealistic civil servant.
Korean actress Chun Woo-hee, currently on screens in Netflix’s The Atypical Family and The 8 Show, has been appearing in films and on TV in Korea for two decades. We look back over her acting career.
Eight strangers, each living on a separate floor in a giant room, play a violent game, whose rules are unclear, to earn prize money in The 8 Show, a stylish Korean drama series that is compulsive viewing.
Disney+ K-drama Crash stars Kwak Sun-young as Min So-hee, the head of Traffic Crime Investigation, and Lee Min-ki as insurance investigator Cha Yeon-ho, as they track down a serial killer.
The one gimmick in a show packed with K-drama clichés – having the male lead dress, talk and act as if he is from the historical Joseon era in Korea – doesn’t come off. As a result, Dare to Love Me falls flat.
South Korea’s 1979 coup d’état is brought to the big screen in 12.12: The Day. The film’s director, producer, and lead actor Jung Woo-sung talk about dramatising an event whose details were secret for decades.
Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon star as an instructor and her former star pupil at one of the after-school private academies ubiquitous in South Korea in this tvN series on Viu directed by Ahn Pan-seok.
Han Hyo-joo and Ju Ji-hoon put in adequate performances in a Disney+ K-drama that moves away from its promising sci-fi premise to become a boring story about corporate greed.
Korean horror film The Sin, by Han Dong-seok, sees the shooting of an experimental movie break down when a series of bizarre events occur. The film shows glimpses of promise but is ultimately underwhelming.
Busy Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo has roles in the pipeline in Queen Woo and heist series Project Y, and is being courted for social drama Genie House; Park Eun-bin is eyeing superhero series The B Team.
An unusual family with special powers lose their gifts for one reason or another, until the appearance of a woman offers them hope of regaining them – but she is not all she seems.
A new US investment fund gives fans and others a chance to invest in K-pop companies such as BTS’ label Hybe and Blackpink’s label YG Entertainment to help the industry grow.
The arrival of new K-pop girl group NewJeans, whose youngest member is 14, has led to heated debate over minors in an often hyper-sexualised industry, and whether age limits are required.
K-pop girl group Blackpink took the No 1 spot on the US Billboard chart with Born Pink, a week after the album, their second, was released. They are now planning the biggest female K-pop concert tour ever.
The return of Nayeon from Twice’s stalker is the latest indication that South Korean entertainment companies and authorities are not doing enough to discourage obsessive K-pop fans.