In 2007, a chaebol heir turned reluctant coffeeshop manager and a poor Taekwondo instructor fell in love, overcoming misunderstandings, lies, class differences and first loves. The show became a sensation that...
My very first K-drama was You’re Beautiful, the gender-bender rom-com that was centered on the pop idol industry. Soon after I completed that drama, I searched for other dramas...
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...
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016!
girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
javabeans: With She Was Pretty, Answer Me 1988, and the upcoming Oh My Venus in our collective consciousness at the moment, we're reminded once again that dramaland loves its image ruinations....
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
Inch by inch, Kim Jae-wook has been stealing the show in SBS's Bad Guy, with his deeply layered portrayal of a wounded feral animal, otherwise known as Hong Tae-sung. In...
While Eun-jo never called Ki-hoon "oppa," she certainly used her share of banmal with him
One of the things I find endlessly fascinating about the Korean language is the magnitude...
My Name is Kim Sam-soon
Hey, girlfriday here to kick off a new series that we're doing, to call attention to some of the recurring motifs in kdramaland, by way...
Was there ever such heartbreaking confusion over the meaning of
the word "oppa" as with these two in Triple?
Perhaps you've seen that Glossary link in the menu to the...
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My Dear Youth: Coffee Prince (Review)
by Anisa
In 2007, a chaebol heir turned reluctant coffeeshop manager and a poor Taekwondo instructor fell in love, overcoming misunderstandings, lies, class differences and first loves. The show became a sensation that...
Tags: Chae Jung-ahn, Coffee Prince, featured2, Gong Yoo, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Jae-wook, Lee Eon, Lee Seon-kyun, Yoon Eun-hye
[Revisiting Dramas] I’ll take a refill of Coffee Prince
by TeriYaki
My very first K-drama was You’re Beautiful, the gender-bender rom-com that was centered on the pop idol industry. Soon after I completed that drama, I searched for other dramas...
Tags: Coffee Prince, Theme of the Month
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, King 2 Hearts, lists, Master's Sun, Ojakkyo Brothers, Princess's Man, Queen In-hyun's Man, You From Another Star
Top 10 gateway dramas to hook your friends on
by DB Staff
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016! girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, I Hear Your Voice, lists, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Nice Guy, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Thing vs. Thing: Image ruinations
by javabeans
javabeans: With She Was Pretty, Answer Me 1988, and the upcoming Oh My Venus in our collective consciousness at the moment, we're reminded once again that dramaland loves its image ruinations....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Coffee Prince, conversation post, featured, Go Ara, Honey Lee, Hwang Jung-eum, Hyeri, Kim Sun-ah, Modern Farmer, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Oh My Venus, Shin Mina, Thing vs. Thing, Yoon Eun-hye
Our love-hate relationship with drama remakes and adaptations
by javabeans
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Cantabile Tomorrow, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Fated To Love You, Gaksital, Hana Yori Dango, Liar Game, Misaeng, Nodame Cantabile, Pretty Man, remakes, Strike Love, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Surplus Princess, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Three Musketeers
Triple threat Kim Jae-wook
by girlfriday
Inch by inch, Kim Jae-wook has been stealing the show in SBS's Bad Guy, with his deeply layered portrayal of a wounded feral animal, otherwise known as Hong Tae-sung. In...
Tags: Bad Guy, Coffee Prince, Kim Jae-wook
Glossary: Banmal
by girlfriday
While Eun-jo never called Ki-hoon "oppa," she certainly used her share of banmal with him One of the things I find endlessly fascinating about the Korean language is the magnitude...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee Prince, Pasta
Pop Culture: Piggyback Rides
by girlfriday
My Name is Kim Sam-soon Hey, girlfriday here to kick off a new series that we're doing, to call attention to some of the recurring motifs in kdramaland, by way...
Tags: Coffee Prince, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Personal Taste
Glossary: Oppa
by javabeans
Was there ever such heartbreaking confusion over the meaning of the word "oppa" as with these two in Triple? Perhaps you've seen that Glossary link in the menu to the...
Tags: Bad Guy, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee Prince, My Girl, Triple