You can search on Viki by standard/plus/free. I've not seen any external site that compiles info for viki. I keep a viki plus subscription since I find that I watch enough on viki to make it worth it for me not to be annoyed that I can't watch a drama. They seem to have streamlined the site a bit and seem to have less dramas then before, but they have brought in many classics and I like watching classics. Dramas have disappeared from viki without notice (or at least, I haven't figured out how and if there is notification). I prefer Viki because it also has individual reviews of dramas. That is very helpful. I also like that it has classics. Netflix just has a few classics. Netflix doesn't have reviews, but it does have a speed button which I have really appreciated for some dramas! I found most of the sites that say if a drama is on a streaming site to not be too accurate. Happy watching!!!

There is a list somewhere on reddit, I don’t know how regularly it gets updated, that has dramas available by region - might also have tiers. I found it by googling but I can’t remember what I searched.

Officially impressed with your spreadsheet tracking, from a spreadsheet nerd.

If you hear of a drama you're curious about go to Viki and do a search the name to see if it shows up. You might need to first got to Wiki and research *alternate names* for the series and search them too. More than once I was like 'THIS series on Viki is the same series they're discussing on Dramabeans?'

You often see a singer or an actor fall out of the limelight or stop working for no apparent reason, but one reason could be that the agency is not promoting their artist as leverage to re-sign or have the artist drop their demands such as a financial accounting.

The only positive outcome is that artists are now getting their own lawyers to review their management contracts.

I'm in the US, and my body can't really handle normal amounts of caffiene haha! So I love both, but only when I can get my hands on high quality decaf stuff, which can be hard to source (and which I know some folks think doesn't exist). Also very into herbal infusions, which are not really tea but are still great and usually naturally decaf.

I like both. I veer towards tea more.

If there was sweet coffee available, I'll take that. I can't bear the bitter taste of coffee so I down it to the very least with chunks of milk and sugar. Is it still coffee?

I like both but older me seems to prefer coffee more. It does nothing to keep me awake but more like a habit..

I'm from Spain. I prefer tea, even though coffee is much more popular here. However, I don't drink any of them because of the caffeine/theine.
Sometimes I have a decaf with milk, but I prefer to have milk with cocoa powder.

Coffee ☕️ coffee ☕️ coffee ☕️ ! On a cold February night like tonight, however, I will make a chai to hold and sip to keep warm as I watch kdramas. Milky but not too sweet.

coffee with ice cream.

Coffee. I'm one of those people who can drink coffee all day and still fall asleep. I enjoy a cup of tea too, but coffee is my mainstay.

I drink copious amounts of both--coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon. Unlike the sickly sweet energy drinks, these beverages supply caffeine in complex tasting packages.

But I have another question, if I may, about Korean drinking etiquette. Do subordinates have to turn to the side when they are drinking coffee? Or is that a different enough beverage that ridiculous hierarchical custom doesn't prevail?

And then, to change from caffeine to alcohol--in shows I haven't noticed social "inferiors" turning to the side as much when they drink beer, only soju. Is that true? As a beer drinker myself, I say that's as it should be. Beer is a more democratic beverage than any distilled liquor!

But, really my question is, does the same drinking etiquette prevail regardless of what beverage is being consumed?

Love good coffee in cafes, but at home I drink black tea. Trouble is, it’s getting harder and harder to find decent black tea. I read somewhere that climate change is affecting the quality of teas.

The only way I can drink tea is with milk and sugar. I love coffee in any form tho (except without sugar, if it doesn't have sugar it needs milk).

When it comes to food, I can't guess anything about my country. All my college friends are from different parts of the country so I realized that we are a really diverse nation. LOL

People around me are 50/50. But in my country coffee is really important and there's literally a region with a name related to coffee, and they make everything with coffee, so I guess coffee wins? 😆

Tea, no milk no sugar. I can’t even drink milk tea to be polite 😅

Herbal teas are good too, but coffee is a no from me. I used to wonder if that’s because I grew up in a tea drinking household, but both my brothers drink coffee now so I guess not.

I am more of a black coffee drinker but I also enjoy tea (with milk and sweetener (go figure) and I enjoy both together as in Hong Kong Coffee Milk Tea (Yuanyang).

Coffee. I hardly drink tea, and only when coffee is not available. I do not know whether this is true in other locations but my husband and work in the IT industry and everybody (at least in the 3 companies I had been with) drinks at least 4 cups of coffee a day. At one time, my company decided to cut costs and removed the free coffee from our pantry.. employees almost called for a strike so they had to bring that back.

I like both tea and coffee. I had to start drinking coffee when I started working as the tea took too long to cool for me to have time to drink it during my 30 minute break. ^^
So at work I always take coffee with a little milk to ease the stomach, but we drink green tea at home.

Coffee with milk and sugar! I know people call unadulterated caffeine as coffee, but it is a surprise that people have tea without milk+ sugar, which I usually consider as herbal tea.

It may sounds strange but I prefer coffee when I'm alone and I prefer tea when I drink with someone else.

Thank you all for answering, I’ve always found peoples preferences to things fascinating, it’s also what makes us so unique!

I'm Canadian. I have a coffee in the morning but then it is tea for the rest of the day.

I'm French, but I do not drink coffee (contrary to my familly) and prefer tea. Black fruit flavoured tea.

Tell me a little more about this drama~

I've read that it censors the novel, by removing references that are deeply critical of the cultural revolution. You haven't found that to be true?
I don't know, since I've only read parts of the novel, and not seen any of the show, but generally I find the censorship of Chinese dramas to be pretty heavy handed, as opposed to Chinese novels, which seem to be able to get away with more subversive themes.

Thanks @soyesterday. I was totally oblivious/ignorant of the whole THREE-BODY sci-fi phenomenon until a few days ago when I saw Avenue X give the tv dramatization a rave review on Youtube.
I stopped watching before she got into spoilers and decided to pick up THREE-BODY on Viki US. Sci-fi is not a genre that draws me in but I have been totally sucked into this story. Tonight I pick up at episode 6.

I recall some fast food places in foreign countries selling alcohol, but is McD's a fancy dating place?

I find them helpful.
1. Because I'm "trying" to learn korean.
2. Because sometimes the lyrics are on point with the scene and they make me cry. 😂

To clarify, it’s not so much a matter of clutter...more about wanting to focus on the action, body language, faces. OST subtitles are a distraction.

That’s interesting! I prefer having the OST translated, so I know why they chose that particular song (though it’s funny if a different song is being used in a different region for copyright reasons but the original translation is still there). Maybe there’s a happy medium where they only translate it the first time or something.

What I do really find distracting is Disney+ subtitles, where they only do an English close captioned subtitle, so you get all the sound effects transcribed too. I get why it’s important to have inclusive subtitles, and if they’re only going to have one set it’s the right choice, but can we not have two versions?

I can understand your frustration about the subtitled song lyrics, particularly if the same song keeps repeating throughout the series. I do like having the translation appear the first time a song is played, but once is enough.

When a show is on both Viki and Netflix, I opt for Viki. The Netflix subs seem to dumb down the translations, rather than using a more literal translation with an explanation of the context. I have learned a lot about Korean language and culture from the Viki titles—pointing out when someone is inappropriately addressing an elder or superior in banmal, explaining idioms and jokes, etc. It especially annoys me when Netflix subtitles move people’s surnames to the end of the name…why?

Count me in on translating lyrics. I think that is one of the positive differences between Viki and Netflix translation styles.

I don't use either, but Viki would be something I use if it wouldn't restrict its access to certain browsers. Yet another unnecessary technocratic restriction for whatever reason they do it.

I generally find non-dialogue subs annoying, but I'm a purist who's watched foreign films far before mainstream acceptance, so it may be a personal idiosyncratic preference.

I find the traduction of the song a hindrace because they are mixed with the traduction of the dialogues. It's sometime difficult to find which line to read.

I'm don't know if you read CR, but one on my Feb tbr is Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. It's a second chance romance about a divorced couple. Can't rec as I haven't read it yet, but it seemed to get a lot of positive reviews and buzz.

I only have 3 1/2 episodes to go on 'She and Her Perfect Husband' and I've slooowed doooown my viewing because I don't want it to end. Lots of marriage/divorce hijinks in the series.

World of the Married is awesome.

I wish Vagabond S2 would happen. Even if it does eventually they’ll probably recast the leads and destroy all my interest in it 😅

Don’t do it! It defines ick, and it’s not just the relationship. HB is the 2ML. Have you seen The Snow Queen? It’s also old and obscure HB-iana but much, much better. Snow Queen, I think, is what he did post-Sam Soon. Great OST.

I haven't seen it, but every review I've read says that it's absolutely terrible, and not just for the incest plot.

It looks like Viki has randomly picked up a bunch of old early-mid 2000s dramas and movies, probably only because they could get them for next to nothing.

Honestly, is nothing taboo or sacred anymore? I've never heard of this drama, but I can't believe it was even made.

I also put Ireland on my watch list, but reading these comments, maybe not....

DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only watched it for Hyun Bin and i regret it so much that i wanted to end myself. it is the worst drama i have ever seen in my life. Please spare yourself the pain of watching this drama.

There's this phenomenon in American entertainment were an aging star enters a difficult phrase of their career where they're too old to play the hot protagonist but they're not old enough to be a character actor playing judges and presidents. So the roles dry up. In K-dramas you see the same three actors playing the father in series after series. Sticking an ex idol star in a 'dad' role may be awkward.

BYJ retired to set up his own entertainment agency (and was kinda successful at it for a while, then things happened and company got acquired by a much bigger fish. he still works there, I think) while Won Bin constantly teases his fans with "I'd love to make a comeback if I'm given a good script"... and continues to only appear in nicely paid CFs. Knetz love to discuss how they envy his work-free rich life and would've totally do the same - aka nothing - if they were in his shoes)))