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PRIME-TIME DRAMAS THIS WEEK
Monday-Tuesday (September 16-17)
Monday-Tuesday (September 16-17)
- No Gain No Love 7-8 (tvN)
- Perfect Family 11-12 (KBS) Weekend (September 20-22)
- Cinderella at 2AM 9-10 (Channel A + Coupang Play)
- Beauty and Mr. Romantic 49-50 (KBS)
- Black Out 10-11 (MBC)
- Bad Memory Eraser 15-16 (MBN)
- Good Partner 16 (SBS)
- The Judge from Hell 1-2 (SBS)
- DNA Lover 11-12(TV Chosun)
- Love Next Door 11-12 (tvN)
- Seoul Busters 5-6 (Disney+)
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Where have all the uljjangs gone?
by javabeans
The "uljjang" phenomenon is one that is fascinating, odd, borderline disturbing (or at least perplexing), uniquely Korean -- and now, it appears, waning. The word uljjang comes from a mashup...
Tags: Gu Hye-sun, Kim Ok-bin, Nam Sang-mi, netizens, Park Han-byul, uljjangs
Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 3
by javabeans
Mixed-up Investigative Agency is getting better. I appreciate that we're building up to the eventual treasure hunt slowly, and it's clear the story has been well-planned in advance, which is...
Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won
Another rising star
by javabeans
(Way too) pretty boy actor Lee Junki just received his Rising Star Award at this year's Hawaii International Film Festival, presented at the opening ceremonies on the 18th. The festival...
Tags: awards, Lee Jun-ki
The top 10 kdrama occupations of the past year
by javabeans
And the most common occupation was... the average rank-and-file employee! So was it the year of the regular joe after all? Well, not quite. A survey of the past year...
Tags: lists
Miscast
by javabeans
Moon Sori in Legend I haven't seen many of the dramas mentioned (they're mostly historical dramas, which I've noted is not something I regularly watch). Some of the following...
Tags: Bae Yong-joon, Gu Hye-sun, Jumong, Kim Mi-ryeo, Kim Myung-min, King and I, Lee Seo-jin, Legend, Moon Sori, Yi San
Birth of a franchise: Coffee Prince cafe opens
by javabeans
Riding the Wave of Popularity for Drama "Coffee Prince," Cafe Launches in Hongdae MBC embarks on franchise; first store of opens in Hongdae's "Theater Chu" on the 20th Before...
Tags: Coffee Prince
Follow-up: Jang Dong Gun’s CNN interview
by javabeans
Following up on this earlier report on CNN's "Eye on South Korea" special broadcast, actor-superstar Jang Dong Gun's interview on Talk Asia aired on CNN on the 14th. I missed...
Tags: Jang Dong-gun
Blast from kpop’s past
by javabeans
Wow, here's one to make you feel really old. (Or really young, I suppose.) Back in the Stone Ages, aka the '90s, there was a pop group that was...
Kwon Sang Woo screws up love, but in a manly way
by javabeans
Kwon Sang Woo returns to television after three years in the upcoming KBS Monday-Tuesday drama (starting December 3) Wretched Love (a more apt but slangy translation could be "Screwed-up Love"), which...
Tags: Bad Love, Kwon Sang-woo
“Soulmate” Song List Posted
by javabeans
I was looking through some of my files today, and came across this list of songs for the series Soulmate, sorted by episode. (I'd found it compiled on a Korean...
Tags: bloggy, Soulmate, soundtracks