I just listened to a few books on Audible that I wouldn't mind seeing in drama form:

The Name Drop by Susan Lee - An American college student begins an internship at the Korean company her dad works for and finds herself in a prestigious executive training program. Meanwhile, the son of the company owner finds himself thrown in with a group of overworked, underpaid college interns. The source of the mistake is that they share the same Korean name. In a "Prince and the Pauper" like twist, each decides they would like to see how the other half lives, but can they keep up the deception or will their parents find out and put an end to the best summer of their lives?

Falling for Korea by Piper Jean - American teenager Sydney Moore is suddenly packed off to Korea to stay with friends of her mother, a family she has never met and knows nothing about. That family turns out to be one of the wealthiest and most prestigious in Korea, and their oldest son is charged with helping Sydney acclimate to her new life and school - the uber pretentious Daeshim Academy. Neither one is happy about their parents' arrangements, and why has Sydney's mom has mysteriously gone radio silent?

XOXO by Axie Oh - Jenny is an award-winning classically trained cellist who prefers practice to fun. But after a disappointing competition performance she meets a mysterious and handsome Korean why helping at her uncle's L.A. noraebang and ends up on an all-night adventure with him around the city. It is not until she arrives in Korea to care for her ailing grandmother that she discovers her one night distraction was with one of the newest and hottest K-pop idols.

Script by the writer of All of Us Are Dead.

FL was impressive in Jeongnyeon... will she have a chance to sing/chant here?

Anyway, I'll have to give it a try.

This looks very interesting, though the September premiere date might prove to be a problem. Counting this one, there are 11 dramas I'm interested in that premiere next month, and that is simply way too many.

I'm looking forward to this drama.
The trailer doesn't disappoint.

Yes, and he really was a tyrant.

I almost didn't recognize him in the still, this could be interesting.

Thought about it some more, and I think the Murderbot series would be perfect. I haven't seen the apple version, but I read several of the books recently, and the key thing is, Murderbot loves dramas.

Also, According to "When Life Gives You ... " he likes raw fish. 🐟🍉🐈‍⬛😛 😉🤭
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"He is much too sweet" was an answer to @amnesiayawns suggestion that Seonho play evil sexy boss in Bridget Jones' Diary.
I do agree though that he has smarmy dimples.

I think he is much too sweet for the role, in a good way. It needs someone with the "I'm irresistible and I know it" vibes. Of course you never know what a good actor has up his sleeve.
But my first thought for Seonho would rather be the ML. Someone who seems a little uptight but is super nice, someone you can giggle with over the food that is ruined.
After having seen Gong-yoo in Squid game the evil sexy boss could be him, for example.

Right off the bat, before I check my bookwyrm list, I can think of Free Food for Millionaires, by the author of Pachinko. It features Korean-Americans in NYC, which would be great as is, but I think the story could easily be moved to Korea.

What does BTS say about it?

Well said @nessa

I too was shaken to my core when I saw that the coach who assaulted a student was still employed. Who wrote this? Anyway I need to stop complaining since I'm the one actively choosing to watch these episodes at ×3 speed, maybe I missed something

*regulators* and not “regular”

@cliosservant1846 That’s odd 🤔

I agree, technology isn’t a new thing anymore, yet legislation in cyber crime is still a VERY new thing, and depending on the place (country, city, etc.) it’s all different, and the people in power (government, police, regular, etc.) all handle it differently and the severity of the crime is also very different (tangent not related to cyber crime: It still blows my mind that legislation over drug crimes carry out heavier sentences than murder crimes in South Korea ugh).
People may laugh and poke fun at how much of a “Big Brother” country China is with all of its censorship and watchdog groups and activities, but as all the cyber crime committed—and the cyber crimes which continue to be committed—against people in showbiz have already proven, there are still things that can be improved upon in legislation, because people will always find loopholes to go through so that they don’t have to be held accountable, and even when they are held accountable—because the laws are relatively lax i.e. A measly apology letter and a very affordable monetary fine— the ones committing the crimes aren’t even going to take the consequences very seriously. It’s a sad thought , but for a country—such as China— that has a death penalty, I guess people view a
monetary fine and an insincere written apology worthless in comparison sigh

Meanwhile, those on the receiving end of the cyber crimes are still people who are hurting—and continue to be hurt— immensely. It also doesn’t help that those involved in the crimes— directly or indirectly— are fellow peers, acquaintances, and co-workers in showbiz. That is the cruelest part of it all, imho

Wait, so this is a real historical figure? I had assumed he was made up

Well, it's more about the shape of Carrot's physique than the actual colour of his hair. And, like you said, all innocence on top, but depth and intelligence if you bother to look.

I agree that they're going to have to tread carefully with the romance. I can already see a little of what they're trying to do in terms of re-setting the historical narrative (for example: the King is obviously a jerk for forcing all the women in the country to make themselves available to him, but it's not because he's a controlling, potentially violent misogynist but simply an extension of his playboy nature--the "Dude just really loves the ladies" defense). I'm willing to go along with some of that for a time, and I understand this is obviously a very fictionalized account of a real person. But there may be a point when it starts to feel like erasure or minimization of serious injustices rather than an enjoyable romp that's basically a wallpaper historical.

Yeah, well, I'm more with BTS on that one 😁