top posts & recap index
Unofficial Soundtrack: Coffee Prince Song List & Downloads
Unofficial Soundtrack: Soulmate Song List
BEHIND THE SCENES :: DRAMAS & FILMS
Behind the Kdrama Scenes
Coffee Prince: Gong Yoo’s Han Gyul Exactly As Writer Pictured
Coffee Prince: Second Interview with Writer
Sequel Mania
Mania dramas and the people who love ‘em
The perils of historical accuracy
“P.S. I Love You” vs. “The Letter”
Which 2007 dramas were the most watched?
Why is Bad Love so bad?
Drama leading ladies, oh how you’ve changed
“Boys Before Flowers,” aka the Korean Hana Yori Dango
Historical inaccuracy, or dramatization?
Popular vs. buzzworthy dramas
Failed dramas still result in high star price tags
Monday-Tuesday ratings analysis: One hit, one cult following, one flop
Meet your Korean F4
Rounding out the Boys Before Flowers cast
Lee Da-hae: Simply tired, or irresponsible actress?
More cast members to leave Eden following Lee Da-hae
A day behind the scenes of Boys Before Flowers
The Korea-Japan telecinema experiment
Congratulations, Boys Before Flowers parody winners!
Sending off East of Eden
Point-counterpoint: Pursuing beauty in 200 Pound Beauty
ACTORS
Shameless Prince Eye Candy
Is celebrity education really education?
Army-bound
Working child celebrities to the bone
Breaking the fourth wall: Stars and their homepages
The grass is always greener…
Nobody cares about the ‘woulda, coulda, shouldas’
No celebrity good deed goes unpunished
Role modeling in action
You haven’t made it till you’ve got anti-fans
They’re A-list for a reason
The brainiacs among us — stars with high IQs
Rain, watch out for that — *thunk!* — glass ceiling
Rain and Colbert: The dance(Dance Revolution)-off
The dilemma of Kang Ji Hwan
44th Baeksang Arts Awards
Kwon Sang-woo and Sohn Tae-yong: The wedding frenzy
Ahn Jae-hwan found dead in apparent suicide
Mourning Ahn Jae-hwan
Choi Jin-shil found dead, indicators point to suicide
More on Choi Jin-shil’s suicide
Choi Jin-shil’s death spurs talk of cyber slander laws
Interview from the drama set with Song Hye-gyo
Lee Yeon-hee addresses acting criticism
Blue Dragon Awards 2008
7th Korean Film Awards
Han Ye-seul makes a bad situation worse
Stars in love: Choi Ji-woo and Lee Jin-wook
45th Baeksang Arts Awards
Boys Before Flowers actress commits suicide
Jung Il-woo talks about acting, fame, and the future
Kim Joon lives life from the center
MBC documentary special features Kim Myung-min
Kang Ji-hwan is still thirsty for success
Kim Kang-woo: Birth of a Devil
Joo Ji-hoon busted for drug use
More on the Joo Ji-hoon drug scandal
All Joo Ji-hoon events canceled
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Yes, but what does it SAY?! (Epik High’s Tablo)
Cultivating the Lolita complex
“Please, for the love of god, lip-synch already!”
Here’s one way to jump to conclusions
The future of kpop
More troubles for Ivy
Se7en performs at Highlands in Hollywood
Oh. No. They. Di’n't.
Epik High maps the soul, redefines kpop business model
ARTIST PROFILES
Seo Taiji
Oldfish
Yi Sung Yol
The Blue
Jang Kiha and the Faces
KOREAN CULTURE
Korea, Calm Down. Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Hate Rain
Fansubbing the Korean Language
More on Fansubbing: Wherein I Self-Critique
Happy Chuseok! (Pretty hanboks galore)
Where have all the uljjangs gone?
Modernizing the hanbok
Help a reader out: Seoul recommendations
DRAMA COMMENTARY
Korean dramas & family relations
How was 2007 for you?
The Year in Review, Part 1: The Best of 2007
The Year in Review, Part 2: Thunderbolt’s hits and misses
The Year in Review, Part 3: Dahee Fanel’s drama round-up
The Year in Review, Part 4: The Rest of 2007
First-date dramas
Point-counterpoint: In defense of Eun-soo
The current drama landscape: An overview [Sept. 08]
Year 2008 in Review, Part 1: Witterings on 2008 Dramas
Year 2008 in Review, Part 2: A Grump Reviews 2008
Year 2008 in Review, Part 3: Dahee Fanel’s 2008 Review
Year 2008 in Review, Part 4: Finding Merit in the Mediocre
Drama trends for 2009
Currently airing dramas: A roundup [April 09]
RECAP & REVIEW INDEX
Accidental Couple / Just Looking / That Fool
[ Episodes 1-2 |
Air City
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14-15 | 16 (Final) ]
Auction House
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 ]
Bad Couple
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final) ]
Beethoven Virus
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 || 17 18 (Final) ]
Boys Before Flowers (Korean Hana Yori Dango)
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | F4 special | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 (Final) | After Story 1 & 2 | After Story 3 & 4 ]
Cain & Abel
[ Episodes 1-3 ]
Cinderella Man
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Coffee Prince
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 (excerpt) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 (Final) | Special ]
Coffee Prince the novel
[ Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 & epilogue ]
Dal Ja’s Spring
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 (Final) ]
Feelings / Neukkim
[ General comments ]
Flowers For My Life
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final, Pt. 1) | 16 (Final, Pt. 2) ]
Goong S
[ Thru episode 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 (Final) ]
Gourmet
[ Episodes 1-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | 15-16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 (Final) ]
Hello Franceska
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Hometown of Legends
[ Outline of episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 (Final) ]
Hong Gil Dong
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 (Final) | Special ]
I Am a Model (reality)
[ General comments ]
Iljimae (SBS, Lee Junki version)
[ Episodes 1-2 | Overall review ]
Insoon Is Pretty
[ Episode 1 | 2 ]
Legend / Taewangsashingi
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 ]
The Last Scandal of My Life
[ Episodes 1-4 | 5-6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final) ]
Love & Marriage
[ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final) ]
Mixed-up Investigative Agency
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final) ]
My Sweet Seoul
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ]
On Air
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Painter of the Wind
[ Episode 1 | Episode 1, another review | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ]
Que Sera Sera
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 (excerpt) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 (Final) ]
Queen of Housewives
[ Episodes 1-4 ]
The Return of Iljimae (MBC, Jung Il-woo version)
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19]
Rivals
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Robbers / Bulhandang
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Romance Hunter
[ Episodes 1-5 ]
The Sol Pharmacy House Sons / My Too Perfect Sons
[ Episodes 1-4 | 5-8 ]
Soulmate
[ General comments ]
A Star’s Lover
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15-17 ]
Story of a Man / The Slingshot
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14]
The Story of Hyang Dan
[ Episode 1 | 2 (Final) ]
Strike Love / Outsider Baseball Team
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Strongest Chil Woo
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 (Final) ]
Taereung National Village
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
Tazza
[ Episode 1 | Open thread ]
Three Dads, One Mom
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3 | 4 ]
War of Money
[ Episodes 1-2 ]
When Night Comes
[ Episode 1 | 2 ]
Who Are You?
[ Episodes 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 (Final) ]
Witch Amusement
[ Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (Final) ]
