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Hello Dramabeans series
Video greetings from K-actors to the Dramabeans community
Interview with Lee Chae-young
Lee Chae-young shares what she looks for in a role, non-acting interests, and more
Interview with Baek Bo-ram
Baek Bo-ram shares her fitness and happiness rituals
Interview with Jang Do-yeon
Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
Interview with Ham Eun-jung
Ham Eun-jung talks about what roles she'd like to tackle and her fans
Interview with Oh Chang-seok
Oh Chang-seok talks about role prep and wisdom for budding actors
Drama Reactions & Reviews
From youth romances to mid-life melos: K-drama and storytelling perspectives
by missvictrix
Drama Casting & News
Dimples and smiles with Shin Mina, Kim Sun-ho in new promos for Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
by tccolb
Subtitles: Barrier or gateway?
by missvictrix
Parasite What with Bong Joon-ho's Parasite making Oscar history and all, there's been a lot of talk about subtitles in the press of late. It seems translated words on the...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Crash Landing on You, Legend of the Blue Sea, Man to Man, Parasite, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
The glamorization of overwork
by missvictrix
When I’m not lost in the world of dramas, I’m usually reading, and lately it’s been some interesting research around the culture of rest versus the culture...
Tags: Crash Landing on You, Flower Boy Next Door, Itaewon Class, Legend of the Blue Sea, Love Alarm, Misaeng, The Secret Life of My Secretary, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
JYP brings the magic in new web drama
by tipsymocha
Clockwise from top left: GOT7's Jinyoung, Yoon Park, 2PM's Nickhun, Shin Eun-soo, Ryu Seung-soo On the heels of KBS's Andante, JYP has announced they will also be producing a...
Tags: Introverted Boss, Legend of the Blue Sea, Nickhun, Ryu Seung-soo, Yoon Park
Dramabeans Podcast #35
by javabeans
We're eternally in catch-up mode for our podcasts, since time tends to move faster than we've been able to make them, but this time we're determined to cover some lost...
Tags: featured, Hwarang, Legend of the Blue Sea, Solomon's Perjury, The Lonely Shining Goblin, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
More new shows! Did any of this week’s premieres grab anyone’s attention and take over a coveted spot on the watch list? There’s still another week of...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Chief Kim, Defendant, Hwarang, Introverted Boss, Legend of the Blue Sea, Solomon's Perjury, What We're Watching
Legend of the Blue Sea: Episode 20 (Final)
by javabeans
It's time to say goodbye to this show, which has been a sweetly funny ride all the way through and retains those qualities through its final hour (and regains some...
Tags: Episode 20, featured, Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Min-ho, Legend of the Blue Sea
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
It’s just the beginning of all the new drama premieres in the new year, and already I’m wondering how I’ll keep up with watching all of them....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Hwarang, Introverted Boss, Legend of the Blue Sea, Missing 9, New Journey to the West, Night Light, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Solomon's Perjury, Three Meals a Day, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What We're Watching
Legend of the Blue Sea: Episode 19
by javabeans
Almost at the end! On one hand, it's a relief to wrap up our story threads one by one as we head into our finale, leaving only our most central...
Tags: Episode 19, featured, Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Min-ho, Legend of the Blue Sea
Legend of the Blue Sea: Episode 18
by javabeans
Yay for twists and turns and character revelations! The episode serves up gratification in multiple forms, and while there are still questions up in the air that we'll have to...
Tags: Episode 18, featured, Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Min-ho, Legend of the Blue Sea
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
We're winding down with a number of shows these days, which means we'll soon be greeted with an influx of new titles. (The cycle, it never ends, it just goes...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Hwarang, Legend of the Blue Sea, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What We're Watching