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Baseball and dating, two of South Korea’s biggest obsessions right now, have been brought together. The genre of Korean dating shows — which has evolved from remote islands to unfamiliar travel spots, from sibling duets to programs pairing people who have never dated before — has reached another...

Names matter, and titles are just as important in popular entertainment. A title has to be instantly recognizable, memorable and true to the work if it is going to stick with audiences. Yet some series have ended up with two names.

If I had to name just one Korean commercial film released this year whose performance fell short of expectations, it would unquestionably be 〈Gyeongju Trip〉. The film's provocative story and its sheer determination to swing between comedy and tragedy with almost ungainly roughness certainly shone,...

​ ▶ 〈Street Fighter〉 continues from the interview with Andrew Koji, who plays Ryu. ​ Chun-Li is such an iconic character in Street Fighter. What did Chun-Li mean to you when you were growing up. I grew up playing Street Fighter at arcades. I grew up in Beijing, and there was an arcade near our home.

Official website crashes after inappropriate remarks targeting 17-year-old junior singer at local festival Singer Sim Soo-bong, 71, officially apologized after facing intense criticism for directing the phrase “girl who doesn’t know songs” at 17-year-old singer Kim Da-hyun, who is 54 years her...

In 〈Assassin 〉, Yoo Hae-jin plays Cheol-gu, a deeply human detective whose life is overturned by the 1974 presidential assassination attempt that killed Yuk Young-soo. Cheol-gu is a family man, a dependable boss and a public servant anyone would respect.

As MBC's flagship variety show 'Hangout with Yoo' takes a brief break, a bold 'spinoff' program is coming to television to ease viewers' disappointment. MBC officially announced on the 18th that it had scheduled a new travel-variety show, 'What Is It. What on Earth Is Going On.

From the audience's perspective, it seems the new momentum actor Roh Jae-won is showing has already begun. Looking at the cast lineup for 〈Made in Korea〉, I found myself wondering whether an actor known for his freewheeling style could adapt to acting within a demanding format — in other words,...

Legendary IPs Make a Dazzling Comeback, Poised to Shake Up the Streaming Market 'Infinite Challenge', one of the most influential shows in South Korean broadcasting history, is bringing back its megahit segment 'Infinite Company' and the legendary sitcom 'Hello, Francesca' with entirely new stories.

“Kim Hye-soo,” one of South Korea’s leading actresses, has pushed past another limit through the Coupang Play original series “Now Affairs Aren’t the Problem”. The work, which achieved a landmark as the No. 1 in cumulative viewership among all Coupang Play series, is a daring black comedy that...