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Lee Chae-young shares what she looks for in a role, non-acting interests, and more
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Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
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Jo Yeo-jung talks work ethics, inspiration, and Parasite
Interview with Park Sun-ho
Park Sun-ho talks drama recommendations, singing, and more in this latest Ask an Actor video
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You Who Forgot Poetry's Lee Yubi talks about her desert island essentials, poetry, and acting
Drama Casting & News
Ryu Hye-young, Kim Bum, and Kim Myung-min in the classroom for Law School
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[Movie Review] Minari paints a moving, vivid portrait of rural Korean Americana
by Laica
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
If You Like… Contract Marriages
by javabeans
We're rolling out a new feature, which we're calling the "If You Like..." series, intended to help you wade through dramaland waters for your favorite plot devices, character types, or...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Accidental Couple, Big, Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Empire of Gold, featured, Full House, Goong, Haeundae Lovers, I Love You, If You Like, It's Okay Daddy's Girl, Lie To Me, lists, Mary Stayed Out All Night, Ojakkyo Brothers, Sweet 18
Will Salon H become the next Goong?
by javabeans
(I wouldn't hold my breath, but don't let that stop you from hoping.) Where lightning strikes once, there will always be producers camping out wanting it to strike again, it...
Tags: adaptations, Goong
Dramabeans Podcast #6
by javabeans
Podcast #6 is here! In which javabeans and girlfriday discuss: My Name Is Kim Sam-soon Soulmate (18:05) What's Up Fox (23:25) Goong and Goong S (35:09) (more…)
Tags: featured, Goong, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Soulmate, What's Up Fox
U-Know Yunho takes the lead in Goong musical
by javabeans
Now THIS I can see!: Dong Bang Shin Ki's leader U-Know Yunho has been cast in the lead role of Prince Shin in the musical adaptation of the phenomenally popular...
Tags: Goong, musicals, U-Know Yunho
Goong to be turned into a musical
by javabeans
Four years after it was a drama sensation, Goong (aka Princess Hours) is being turned into a musical. (That means that the franchise has a manhwa, a drama, a drama...
Tags: Goong, musicals
Romantic-comedy drama recommendations
by javabeans
Since I've had a lot of requests for drama recommendations following You're Beautiful, I thought I'd put this up as its own post. I may be spotty with some of...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Family, Coffee Prince, Dal Ja's Spring, Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Fantasy Couple, Full House, Goong, Hong Gil Dong, My Girl, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Soulmate, The Last Scandal of My Life, What's Up Fox
Drama theme-song ringtones
by javabeans
Somehow the mention of ringtones came up on the last Open Thread, and I posted some ringtones that I'd made of You're Beautiful OST songs. I got some requests, so...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Coffee Prince, Goong, Goong S, My Fair Lady, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Return of Iljimae, Story of a Man, Strongest Chil Woo, The World They Live In, You're Beautiful
Wherein I self-critique
by javabeans
I like seeing how other people translate, for a few reasons. For one, it helps me improve my own translations, seeing how others express a phrase, plus I'm curious at...
Tags: Coffee Prince, fansubbing, Goong, Goong S