News bites: July 5, 2023
Advertisements 1. If this was pre-brownface, I would have been overjoyed and over the moon. Now, I’m still happy to see him finally make the envied career-jump, but my excitement has certainly dulled a little. *Sigh* being a South Asian fan can be tough at times. 2. My love-hate relationship with the Hong sisters aside, […]
News bites: June 29, 2023
Advertisements News bites: June 29, 2023 by tccolb Lee Hak-joo, Ahn Eun-jin, Namgoong Min, Lee Da-in It’s a bonanza of new promos kicking off this week, with script reading stills popping up left, right, and center. To start (in no specific order), MBC will be tugging at our heartstrings with the Joseon-era Lovers, starring Namgoong […]
Hiring Handsome Employees Is A Marketing Strategy — According To Celebrity Entrepreneur Hong Seok Cheon
Advertisements Celebrity entrepreneur Hong Seok Cheon is a forerunner in more ways than one: he was one of the first Korean celebrities to come out as gay in 2000 and one of the first restaurant owners to have an open rooftop. Hong Seok Cheon | @tonyhong1004/Instagram Hong Seok Cheon is known for owning multiple restaurants in […]
News bites: June 17, 2023
Advertisements News bites: June 17, 2023 by tccolb It’s official! After rumors and rumors of rumors, full Squid Game 2 casting is confirmed for Netflix’s sequel with Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-heon, and Wie Ha-hoon reprising their roles. And for the much-anticipated new players, we have — wait for it — Im Shi-wan (Summer Strike), Kang […]
Jung Woo and Bae Hyun-sung become JTBC’s Miracle Brothers
Advertisements Jung Woo and Bae Hyun-sung become JTBC’s Miracle Brothers by tccolb JTBC has released their first promo stills for the new mystery-fantasy Miracle Brothers, giving us a quick peek at our two main leads: Jung Woo (Mental Coach Jegal) and Bae Hyun-sung (Gaus Electronics).In a mysterious but heartwarming tale about friendship, Jung Woo takes […]
Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi versus the world in Bloodhounds
Advertisements Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi versus the world in Bloodhounds by missvictrix K-dramas don’t normally run on sheer testosterone, but Netflix’s upcoming series Bloodhounds sure does. Front and center of the new trailer are our heroes Woo Do-hwan (Joseon Attorney) and Lee Sang-yi (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) as Kim Gun-woo and Hong Woo-jin, respectively. They seem […]
Welcome to the concrete jungle of Numbers
Advertisements Welcome to the concrete jungle of Numbers by lovepark The promos for MBC’s Numbers: Watchdogs in a Concrete Jungle keep on coming, and the latest drop of character posters highlights the five faces that will lead the show. While the individual posters are simple in nature with each introducing a major player, there are […]
BLACKPINK Just Inspired LE SSERAFIM’s Kazuha In A Big Way Regarding Her Career
Advertisements BLACKPINK is incredibly influential not just among the general public but also among fellow K-Pop idols! This was never more obvious than in LE SSERAFIM Kazuha‘s recent interview with Weverse Magazine. From left to right: BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Rosé, Jennie, and Lisa at “Coachella 2023” | Coachella/YouTube Kazuha Midway through the interview, she was asked […]
Lee Jia’s traumatic memories resurface in Pandora
Advertisements Lee Jia’s traumatic memories resurface in Pandora by solstices What if you aren’t the person you always thought you were? tvN’s upcoming revenge thriller Pandora, starring Lee Jia (Penthouse) and Lee Sang-yoon (One the Woman), poses this exact quandary to its heroine. When protagonist Hong Tae-ra (Lee Jia) begins to recover her suppressed memories, […]