KDrama Premiere Review: Mystic Pop-Up Bar
Advertisements Karie the Maknae and I volunteered to take one for the team with the new fantasy drama Mystic Pop-Up Bar. We both share a love for the adorable idol actor, Yook Sung Jae, and also ‘Hwarang Dad’, Choi Won Young. So we were willing to brave the probable loud and screechy acting from Hwang […]
Drama Review: Oh My Baby (Premiere)
Advertisements If you are like me, you read the description of this drama and you weren’t interested. I really didn’t want to see an “older” woman run around and try to get married and have a baby because society told her she needed to. But the drama choices out there aren’t holding my interest right […]
Jay Park and Hyolyn on a Charity Livestream Event
Advertisements IDENTITY is a virtual charity event hosted by Transparent Arts as part of Project Blue Marble. IDENTITY encourages people to ‘identify with unity, aid, and awareness to battle COVID-19’. They will do so through an 8 hour, worldwide Livestream, with all money raised benefiting United Way. #OURIDENTITY: Project Blue Marble – an 8 hour […]
BTS’s Suga Shyly Forgot That He Could Speak Korean — And It’s The Funniest Thing Ever
Advertisements When you think of BTS‘s Suga, you may think of him as a cool rapper who loves spitting fire every time he performs on stage and captures the hearts of millions ARMYs worldwide. You can also think of Suga as the group’s well-known “Savage God” who loves showing affection to his members by playfully bullying them […]
The World of the Married S01E15 (ENG SUB)
Advertisements Ji Sun-Woo (Kim Hee Ae) is a family medicine doctor and married to Lee Tae Oh and they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others. Meanwhile Lee Tae Oh dreams of becoming a famous movie director. […]
Feeling Down? Here’s How IU Cheers Herself up at Her Lowest Times
Advertisements EDAM Entertainment recently shared a video titled, “IU’s Birthday Without IU”, and it showed IU’s fan club wishing IU a happy birthday in person. During the party, IU’s fans asked IU some questions that they had always been curious about. One fan asked, How do you make yourself feel better when you feel down? […]
“Mystic Pop-up Bar” Primer + Yook Sung Jae and Cast
Advertisements It’s the pocha (outdoor bar) you shouldn’t be able to walk into, but somehow, Han Kang-bae (Yook Sung-jae) who is human, manages to do it. He was following Wol-joo (Hwang Jung-eum) who slips into the supposedly invisible tent of Ssanggap Pocha. Also shocked is the supervising chef, Chef Gwi (Choi Won-young). You see, Ssanggap […]
‘The King: Eternal Monarch’ Episode 3 Recap & Review
Advertisements Netflix’s “The King: Eternal Monarch” has begun its reign over K-drama streaming, with one episode dropping every Friday and Saturday. Super will devote itself to make sure you’re fully informed about each episode, so Super’s Ruel S. De Vera and Ruth L. Navarra will recap and break down every episode for you as soon […]
ABS-CBN Books launches “Hello Hallyu,” the very first local-based fan book on Korean culture
The Korean wave or Hallyu refers to the popularity of Korean culture globally, which started in the 1990s. The Philippines, of course, was not spared from this trend, and has now fully embraced all forms of Hallyu—
K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty, K-fashion, and even K-food. But while Korean culture spread like wildfire in the whole country, we never really understood how it began, how it grew, and how big is its impact now in our own culture.