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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
Interview with Im Jung-eun
Im Jung-eun talks about her rookie days, inspiration, and marriage
Interview with Jo Yeo-jung
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
Interview with Lee Yubi
You Who Forgot Poetry's Lee Yubi talks about her desert island essentials, poetry, and acting
Drama Casting & News
Jeon Do-yeon, Ryu Joon-yeol to star in JTBC drama Human Disqualification
by tineybeanie
Drama Casting & News
Lee Seo-jin and Lee Joo-young connect across time in political thriller Times
by tineybeanie
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
K-drama problems: A matter of time
by missvictrix
Contrary to what we might sometimes think, K-dramas ask a lot of their viewers. While we might not have to decode unique, stream of consciousness plot lines, we still have...
Tags: 9.9 Billion Won Woman, Chocolate, Crash Landing on You, Lookout, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Splish Splash Love, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
The ways we watch dramas
by missvictrix
An often overlooked part of watching Korean dramas is the actual methods we use to watch them. Because many of us are international fans living outside of South Korea, there's...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, City Hunter, Misaeng, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Siblings of dramaland
by missvictrix
The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Answer Me 1988, Autumn Fairy Tale, Come Here and Hug Me, Heirs, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Kill Me Heal Me, Memories of the Alhambra, That Winter the Wind Blows, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
The magical world of meta
by missvictrix
Of the many things that Korean dramas do well, one of my favorites is meta. Half fan service, half navel-gazing statement on the act of creation, meta is an undeniable...
Tags: I'm Not a Robot, Let's Eat, Memories of the Alhambra, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Oh My Ghostess, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, W–Two Worlds, You're Beautiful
What watching K-dramas might do to your wardrobe
by missvictrix
Korean dramas have a way of affecting us long after their stories have been told. Sometimes it's because they made us re-examine a corner of our lives, or because they...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, City Hunter, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, High School King of Savvy, Misty, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, You From Another Star
We’ve met before… once upon a K-drama
by missvictrix
Korean dramas love interconnectedness. In fact, it's hard to find a drama that doesn't connect even the smallest, faintest of dots between its characters through their shared histories and experiences....
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Come Here and Hug Me, Healer, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Just Between Lovers, Kill Me Heal Me, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, Shark, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim: Episode 16 (Final)
by LollyPip
Young-joon and Mi-so still have quite a few things to iron out in their relationship, whether it's learning that being a couple doesn't mean never disagreeing, or that they're both...
Tags: Park Min-young, Park Seo-joon, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim: Episode 15
by LollyPip
Just because Young-joon and Mi-so are in love, doesn't mean their struggles are over, because romance is tricky enough to navigate when you don't also work together. And Young-joon still...
Tags: Park Min-young, Park Seo-joon, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
So, what are we all watching this week? What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote...
Tags: Investigation Couple, Let's Eat 3, Mr. Sunshine, Thirty But Seventeen, What We're Watching, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, Your House Helper