Korean dramas, like all good stories, are designed to take us on a journey. We experience the highs and lows with the story's characters, and often, we feel their feelings...
Though most Korean dramas are set in Seoul and its environs, there are some dramas that take place in a foreign setting. Often these foreign locations start the drama, sometimes...
The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
javabeans: Second leaaaaaaads! Where would we be without them?
girlfriday: Happier, probably.
javabeans: But also maybe more bored? Because c’mon, a well-placed second lead (and his unrequited love for...
Ji Chang-wook
Ji Chang-wook recently wrapped filming on Chinese drama Mr. Right in Shanghai. He’s been in the city working on the show for three months, and he plays...
I suppose that Heirs, despite being bereft of narrative movement and limp of content, did somehow manage to turn itself into a pop-culture phenomenon, and now there is apparently going...
Happy new year, folks! Here's the first podcast of 2014.
Podcast #19
Running time: 60:43
In which we:
Talk about the end of the year reviews and awards;
mention possible future meetups...
The one good thing about working one day a year and outsourcing most of your menial labor to elves is that it gives you plenty of time to watch dramas....
Here are your winners for 2013! It was an interesting year in dramaland, with a wide array of genres to choose from all year long. It was also a year without...
It's that time of year, for Show to trade in all its good deeds and gold stars for a spot on Santa's list. Have you been naughty, nice, or something...
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How dramas use nostalgia
by missvictrix
Korean dramas, like all good stories, are designed to take us on a journey. We experience the highs and lows with the story's characters, and often, we feel their feelings...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Answer Me 1997, Boyfriend, City Hunter, editorial, Go Back Spouses, Heirs, I'm Sorry I Love You, Valid Love
Foreign beginnings, familiar faces
by missvictrix
Though most Korean dramas are set in Seoul and its environs, there are some dramas that take place in a foreign setting. Often these foreign locations start the drama, sometimes...
Tags: Boyfriend, City Hunter, editorial, Flower Boy Next Door, Heirs, I Remember You, I'm Sorry I Love You, Memories of the Alhambra, Shopping King Louis
Siblings of dramaland
by missvictrix
The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Answer Me 1988, Autumn Fairy Tale, Come Here and Hug Me, editorial, Heirs, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Kill Me Heal Me, Memories of the Alhambra, That Winter the Wind Blows, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Top 10 most virulent cases of Second Lead Syndrome
by DB Staff
javabeans: Second leaaaaaaads! Where would we be without them? girlfriday: Happier, probably. javabeans: But also maybe more bored? Because c’mon, a well-placed second lead (and his unrequited love for...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Autumn Fairy Tale, Boys Before Flowers, Chuno, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Heirs, lists, My Girl, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Who Are You–School 2015, You're Beautiful
News bites: February 27, 2016
by awcoconuts
Ji Chang-wook Ji Chang-wook recently wrapped filming on Chinese drama Mr. Right in Shanghai. He’s been in the city working on the show for three months, and he plays...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Heirs, Hwang Jung-eum, Ji Chang-wook, Jo Jin-woong, Kim Min-seo, Lee Je-hoon, Lee Kwang-soo, Lee Seo-jin, Lee Soon-jae, news bites, Signal, Yoon Kyun-sang
Choi Siwon headlines Chinese version of Heirs
by javabeans
I suppose that Heirs, despite being bereft of narrative movement and limp of content, did somehow manage to turn itself into a pop-culture phenomenon, and now there is apparently going...
Tags: Choi Siwon, Heirs, remakes
Dramabeans Podcast #19
by javabeans
Happy new year, folks! Here's the first podcast of 2014. Podcast #19 Running time: 60:43 In which we: Talk about the end of the year reviews and awards; mention possible future meetups...
Tags: Answer Me 1994, Basketball, featured, Heirs, Mi-rae's Choice, Miss Korea, Prime Minister and I, You From Another Star
Santa presents: Things I Learned from Dramaland
by Santa Claus
The one good thing about working one day a year and outsourcing most of your menial labor to elves is that it gives you plenty of time to watch dramas....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Basketball, Dating Agency Cyrano, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Good Doctor, Gu Family Book, Heartless City, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Jeon Woo-chi, Level 7 Civil Servant, Mandate of Heaven, Master's Sun, Medical Top Team, Mi-rae's Choice, Monstar, Nail Shop Paris, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Secret, Shark, Sirius, That Winter the Wind Blows, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013, You're the Best Lee Soon-shin
2013 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Here are your winners for 2013! It was an interesting year in dramaland, with a wide array of genres to choose from all year long. It was also a year without...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Editors' Picks, Empire of Gold, featured, Gu Family Book, Heartless City, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013
Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice [Year in Review, Part 4]
by girlfriday
It's that time of year, for Show to trade in all its good deeds and gold stars for a spot on Santa's list. Have you been naughty, nice, or something...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Dating Agency Cyrano, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Gu Family Book, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Jeon Woo-chi, Level 7 Civil Servant, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Monstar, School 2013, Shark, Two Weeks, Unemployed Romance, year in review, year in review 2013