As we live in such a dark and unfair world, we sometimes forget how powerful a good story can be. A good story can not only offer us solace and hope, but also serve as a protest, a frustrated scream against a system that protects the powerful and stifles the powerless. That’s the kind of…
2025 Korean dramas
Cashero: The Superpower of Plot Contrivance
If I were to think of a superpower that could best describe Netflix’s Cashero, it wouldn’t be super strength or telekinesis (i.e. the ability to move objects at a distance). No, the most important superpower in Cashero certainly is the writers’ ability to design an entire series purely based on convenience. An incredibly loose adaptation…
Year In Review: The Amazing (& Not-So-Amazing) Korean Dramas of 2025
As the year comes to a close, we ought to look back at 2025 and find the stories that made this year shine. Just like any other year, 2025 was a year of surprises and disappointments, of joys and sorrows. Korean content stole the spotlight for a considerable chunk of the year, thanks to the…
The Dream Life of Mr Kim: An Extraordinarily Humane Character Study
What’s your dream life? Maybe it’s a solid career, lots of money, a happy marriage, or travelling around the world? We all have different ideas when it comes to the ideal existence on this big planet Earth, but some goals are more common than others. For instance, in JTBC’s The Dream Life of Mr Kim,…
Typhoon Family: An Adorable(ish) Blend of Murphy’s Law & Groundhog Day
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” That’s what Murphy’s law dictates. But maybe we could change it to Typhoon’s law, after tvN’s charmingly histrionic Typhoon Family, which took over Saturday and Sunday evenings from October to November 2025. Directed by Lee Na-jung and penned by rookie writer Jang Hyeon-suk, Typhoon Family feels like…
The Last K-dramas of the Year: 9 New Series Coming Out in December 2025!
Believe it or not, 2025 is coming to an end! After dozens of marvellous (and not-so-marvellous) K-dramas that came out this year, December brings with it several new stories that we’ve been looking forward to watching: Netflix’s The Price of Confession and Cashero, Disney+’s star-studded Made in Korea, Park Seo-joon’s return to romance in JTBC’s…
My Youth: An Aimless Journey Through Nostalgia & Wistfulness
Have you ever watched a story that seemed incredibly full of potential, but once you reached the last episode, you felt completely empty? You can see its strengths, recognise its charm, but you can’t help feeling numb? Maybe you can’t really understand what the point was, or just couldn’t relate to most of the story’s…
Take Your Pick: 10+ Amazing K-dramas Coming Out in November 2025!
It seems that we’ll have a busy month ahead: November is bringing 10+ new K-dramas to our small screens. From the adorable pairings of Lee Jae-wook + Choi Sung-eun and Jang Ki-yong + Ahn Eun-jin to the completely unexpected ones (Lee Jung-jae + Im Ji-yeon!), this month is full of curious rom-coms. But we’ll also…
Genie, Make a Wish: Creating Magic Out of Chaos
Even if you know little about Korean dramas, I’m sure you’re familiar with Kim Eun-sook — or her incredible streak of hits. Her name has become almost synonymous with K-dramas as she’s the mastermind behind SBS’s Secret Garden, The Heirs and The King: Eternal Monarch, KBS2’s Descendants of the Sun, tvN’s Goblin and Mr Sunshine,…
8 New K-Dramas We’re Counting Down the Days for in October 2025!
After a busy month of September, October welcomes us with a smaller selection of dramas. But fear not, my fellow Korean drama fans! From the Kim Woo-bin & Suzy reunion to Lee Jun-ho’s return to the small screen, this month promises some extraordinary stories that we’re counting down the days for. October will also see…
