I feel guilty for consciously / unconsiously partaking in these two trends after reading the comments: 1. Jumping into a drama just for the leads’ pretty faces and not realising how problematic the subject matter is. Is incest the newest trend in Kdramas? I don’t care about the morality and social acceptance, but I do […]
News bites: March 1, 2023
News bites: March 1, 2023 by tccolb Chun Woo-hee, Kim Dong-wook Casting has been confirmed for Chun Woo-hee (Be Melodramatic) and Kim Dong-wook (King of Pigs) in tvN’s new series Beneficial Fraud. With Chun playing a notorious con artist and Kim her sympathetic lawyer, the drama is currently slated for the Monday-Tuesday slot, premiering on […]
Jang Dong-yoon fights for life and love in KBS’s Oasis
Jang Dong-yoon fights for life and love in KBS’s Oasis by tccolb A new teaser has been released for KBS’s Oasis, dropping us straight into South Korea’s distressing 1980s, where our characters played by Jang Dong-yoon (Search), Seol In-ah (Business Proposal), and Choo Young-woo (Once Upon a Small Town) come of age.As children, Lee Doo-hak […]
News bites: February 7, 2023
News bites: February 7, 2023 by tccolb JTBC has released a magazine cover style poster for their man of the hour, Divorce Attorney Shin. With Jo Seung-woo (Sisyphus) playing the title role, joined by Han Hye-jin (Let’s Hold Hands and Watch the Sunset), Kim Sung-kyun (Grid), and Jung Moon-sung (The Good Detective 2), the webtoon […]
Jang Dong-yoon finds a bittersweet Oasis
Jang Dong-yoon finds a bittersweet Oasis by tccolb The first teaser has arrived for KBS’s period romance Oasis with Jang Dong-yoon (Search), Seol In-ah (Business Proposal), and Choo Young-woo (Once Upon a Small Town) taking us through the blooms of their friendship and love, before spiraling us into the story’s angst.Set during the turbulent 1980s […]
News bites: January 21, 2023
News bites: January 21, 2023 by tccolb Cha Eun-woo (Island) may potentially be joining Jo Woo-jin (Narco-Saints) and Ha Yoon-kyung (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) in a new crime drama called Bulk. With each character representing the police, prosecution, and vigilante justice, the story will follow our trio as they team up to tackle the underbelly of […]
News bites: January 10, 2023
News bites: January 10, 2023 by tccolb As the promos continue for tvN’s Our Blooming Youth, we also got news this week about Lee Jong-hyuk’s (Bad Prosecutor) casting, taking on his first king role as Park Hyung-shik’s (Soundtrack #1) father. Also starring Jeon So-ni (Dr. Brain), the sageuk will be coming to our screens next […]
Choo Young-woo ventures Once Upon a Small Town with Joy and Baek Sung-chul
Choo Young-woo ventures Once Upon a Small Town with Joy and Baek Sung-chul by tccolb The first teaser has been released for KakaoTV’s rom-com, Once Upon a Small Town (previously Unexpected Country Diary), featuring our three leads: Joy (The One and Only), Choo Young-woo (School 2021), and Baek Sung-chul (Inspector Koo).Based on a popular web […]
News bites: August 17, 2022
1. So they had the biggest budget of any kdrama ever, but didn’t have any left over for the poster?? 2. Na In-woo’s really accepting every offer he gets huh. Not that the premise doesn’t intrigue me (I didn’t know ghost marriages were a thing in Korean culture), it just seems like he’s working a […]
Joy, Choo Young-woo, and Baek Sung-chul in KakaoTV’s Unexpected Country Diary
Joy, Choo Young-woo, and Baek Sung-chul in KakaoTV’s Unexpected Country Diary by solstices If you’re looking for a feel-good drama to tide you through the summer heat, this looks like it may be the one for you. KakaoTV’s upcoming romantic comedy Unexpected Country Diary has released its first stills, featuring Red Velvet’s Joy (The One […]