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3 Apple TV Soccer Picks to Watch Before the World Cup Ends

3 Apple TV Soccer Picks to Watch Before the World Cup Ends

The world’s festival of football — and, for South Koreans, a somewhat bittersweet one — the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America has reached its final stages. The global tournament, featuring national teams from 32 countries, opened in June 2026 and has delivered high-stakes showdowns among the...
SBS’s 〈Agent Kim Reactivated〉 Hits No. 1 in Ratings and on Netflix Worldwide: A Review Through Episode 4

SBS’s 〈Agent Kim Reactivated〉 Hits No. 1 in Ratings and on Netflix Worldwide: A Review Through Episode 4

SBS drama 〈Agent Kim Reactivated〉 is dominating both television and streaming, drawing a 21. 6% rating for Episode 4 on July 4, according to Nielsen Korea, and reaching No. 1 globally among non-English Netflix series.
[TV Scorecard] Cineplay Critics’ Star Ratings for SBS Drama ‘Agent Kim Reactivated’

[TV Scorecard] Cineplay Critics’ Star Ratings for SBS Drama ‘Agent Kim Reactivated’

[TV Scorecard]The SBS Friday–Saturday drama 〈Agent Kim Reactivated〉 has surpassed a 21.6% viewership rating and has aired through its fourth episode. The series is a revenge action drama about the world's most ordinary father, who fights to become the world's most dangerous man in order to get back...
Interview: Rising Star Choi Hyun-wook of ‘Notes from the Last Row’ ②

Interview: Rising Star Choi Hyun-wook of ‘Notes from the Last Row’ ②

※ This interview with 〈Notes from the Last Row〉 star Choi Hyun-wook continues from Part 1. 〈Notes from the Last Row〉 sets up Lee Gang’s decision to take revenge after an offhand remark from Heo Mun-o, whom he met at the orphanage as a child, becomes a wound.
[Interview] Rising star Choi Hyun-wook takes on a tiger-like co-star in 'Notes from the Last Row' ①

[Interview] Rising star Choi Hyun-wook takes on a tiger-like co-star in 'Notes from the Last Row' ①

Choi Hyun-wook, born in 2002, squares off with Choi Min-sik, born in 1962, in Netflix's 〈Notes from the Last Row〉 — and, furthermore, few expected he'd end up literally playing on top of the veteran; still, he never gives ground.
Interview: Choi Min-sik on stripping insecurity bare in 〈Notes from the Last Row〉

Interview: Choi Min-sik on stripping insecurity bare in 〈Notes from the Last Row〉

※〈Notes from the Last Row〉 actor Choi Min-sik interview continues from Part 1. Among viewers' reactions to 〈Notes from the Last Row〉, many say, "It feels like my most embarrassing, hidden complex has been stripped bare and exposed — it's funny but very uncomfortable.
Interview: Choi Min-sik Lays Bare the Raw Face of an Inferiority Complex in 〈Notes from the Last Row〉, Part 1

Interview: Choi Min-sik Lays Bare the Raw Face of an Inferiority Complex in 〈Notes from the Last Row〉, Part 1

Forty-five years into his career, Choi Min-sik can still reveal a new side. In Netflix’s 〈Notes from the Last Row〉, he trades his usual untouchable charisma for the exposed, raw face of an intellectual consumed by an inferiority complex — a petty man trapped in his own world and steeped in a sense...
In 〈The Boy in the Last Row〉, a Meta-Drama Exposes the Underside of an Imagined ‘Makjang’ Tale

In 〈The Boy in the Last Row〉, a Meta-Drama Exposes the Underside of an Imagined ‘Makjang’ Tale

※Spoilers for 〈The Boy in the Last Row〉.​We live in the age of binge-watching. The days of waiting one or two episodes a week, predicting the next twist and musing about what comes next are gone. Netflix originals routinely end each episode with cliffhangers designed to make viewers hit the...
[OTT Ratings] Cineplay Reporters Review Netflix's 'Notes from the Last Row'

[OTT Ratings] Cineplay Reporters Review Netflix's 'Notes from the Last Row'

[OTT Ratings]Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook's suspense drama 〈Notes from the Last Row〉 is now streaming on Netflix. The series follows Heo Mun-o, a failed writer and Korean literature professor, as he discovers the genius of Lee Kang, a student in the back row, and grows obsessed with the boy's...
[Interview] Pyo Jihoon on 〈Chamgyoyuk〉, Part 2: ‘〈Chamgyoyuk〉 gave me the courage to believe my sincerity can reach viewers’

[Interview] Pyo Jihoon on 〈Chamgyoyuk〉, Part 2: ‘〈Chamgyoyuk〉 gave me the courage to believe my sincerity can reach viewers’

▶ [Interview] Pyo Jihoon on 〈Chamgyoyuk〉, Part 2 — continues from Part 1. There’s also a romantic thread between Bong Geundae and Im Hanlim. At first there wasn’t any obvious romantic tension, but it intensifies in the back half of the series.