Like the female lead to a male lead, to every chaebol boss there must be a right-hand man. To the elderly chairmen, he's the one who knows where all the...
javabeans: It seemed only natural to follow up our list of favorite couples with our list of favorite bromances, which are sometimes just as compelling as the love stories—er,...
javabeans: Okay, I think we were being punished in this list for saying how easy the last one was (in picking our top 10 drama tropes), because damn if picking our...
girlfriday: We promised more Dramabeans Top 10s and now we’re back! Year-end shenanigans kept us busy for a while there, but it’s a brand new year and there...
More psychiatry romances? Hrmmm. JTBC is looking to schedule their next series to follow D-Day, which just premiered last weekend, and talk is out that it'll be a series titled...
Annnnnnnd another year comes to a close.
Big thanks to our recap minions HeadsNo2, gummimochi, and kaedejun for sharing their reviews with us and joining the spirited discussion for the...
If there's anything that Santa has taught me over the years (other than a musical mnemonic about single-malt scotches), it's that Christmas is a time of giving. Dramaland gives us...
My first year-end review!
I was so excited for this opportunity that I decided to watch as many dramas as I could in preparation this year, and all but forced...
Looking at the buffet table of 2012, I'm left in awe at the vast array of possible selections before me. The sheer number of choices is growing every year and I...
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The right-hand men of dramaland
by Unit
Like the female lead to a male lead, to every chaebol boss there must be a right-hand man. To the elderly chairmen, he's the one who knows where all the...
Tags: Business Proposal, editorial, King the Land, Master's Sun, See You in My 19th Life, The Forbidden Marriage, The King 2 Hearts, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Trolley, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
You can only pick one: Enemies-to-lovers drama
by DB Staff
You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited to do the same in...
Tags: Hwayugi, Hyena, Our Beloved Summer, The King 2 Hearts, You can only pick one, You From Another Star
Top 10 favorite drama bromances
by DB Staff
javabeans: It seemed only natural to follow up our list of favorite couples with our list of favorite bromances, which are sometimes just as compelling as the love stories—er,...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Gentleman's Dignity, Answer Me 1988, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Heartless City, lists, Sandglass, School 2013, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The King 2 Hearts, The Lonely Shining Goblin
Top 10 favorite drama OTPs (One True Pairings)
by DB Staff
javabeans: Okay, I think we were being punished in this list for saying how easy the last one was (in picking our top 10 drama tropes), because damn if picking our...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Coffee Prince, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Goong, Healer, lists, Master's Sun, Ojakkyo Brothers, Princess's Man, Queen In-hyun's Man, The King 2 Hearts, You From Another Star
Dramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas about enemies-to-lovers romances
by javabeans
girlfriday: We promised more Dramabeans Top 10s and now we’re back! Year-end shenanigans kept us busy for a while there, but it’s a brand new year and there...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, All About My Romance, Athena: Goddess of War, Boys Before Flowers, Dramabeans Top 10, Emergency Couple, Fantasy Couple, featured, Gaksital, Golden Cross, Green Rose, Level 7 Civil Servant, lists, Princess's Man, Prosecutor Princess, Secret, Sword and Flower, The King 2 Hearts
JTBC considers new rom-com with King 2 Hearts writer
by javabeans
More psychiatry romances? Hrmmm. JTBC is looking to schedule their next series to follow D-Day, which just premiered last weekend, and talk is out that it'll be a series titled...
Tags: cable programs, D-Day, Mi-rae's Choice, The King 2 Hearts
2012 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
Annnnnnnd another year comes to a close. Big thanks to our recap minions HeadsNo2, gummimochi, and kaedejun for sharing their reviews with us and joining the spirited discussion for the...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, Dr. Jin, Editors' Picks, Fashion King, featured, Gaksital, History of the Salaryman, Nice Guy, Padam Padam, Queen In-hyun's Man, Rooftop Prince, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The King 2 Hearts, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, year in review, year in review 2012
Dramaland: The gift that keeps on giving [Year in Review, Part 5]
by girlfriday
If there's anything that Santa has taught me over the years (other than a musical mnemonic about single-malt scotches), it's that Christmas is a time of giving. Dramaland gives us...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Gentleman's Dignity, Answer Me 1997, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, Faith, featured, Gaksital, I Do I Do, I Miss You, I Need Romance 2012, King of Dramas, Nice Guy, Queen In-hyun's Man, Rooftop Prince, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The Chaser, The King 2 Hearts, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, To the Beautiful You, Vampire Prosecutor 2, year in review, year in review 2012
If I Could Turn Back Time [Year in Review, Part 4]
by HeadsNo2
My first year-end review! I was so excited for this opportunity that I decided to watch as many dramas as I could in preparation this year, and all but forced...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, Dr. Jin, Equator Man, Fashion King, featured, Gaksital, History of the Salaryman, Love Rain, Nice Guy, Oohlala Spouses, Operation Proposal, Padam Padam, Queen In-hyun's Man, The King 2 Hearts, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, To the Beautiful You, year in review, year in review 2012
A Variety of Flavors in 2012 [Year in Review, Part 3]
by gummimochi
Looking at the buffet table of 2012, I'm left in awe at the vast array of possible selections before me. The sheer number of choices is growing every year and I...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, featured, Full House Take 2, Gaksital, I Do I Do, Marriage Plot, Nice Guy, Operation Proposal, Queen In-hyun's Man, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The King 2 Hearts, To the Beautiful You, Vampire Prosecutor 2, year in review, year in review 2012