Korean animation has spent years building its presence at Annecy, the industry’s biggest international market, mostly through individual studios. This year, that changed: Gwangju’s Information and Content Agency (GICON) brought …
Daniel Yoon
Daniel Yoon
Covers K-dramas, movies, and variety shows for KoreaUpClose. INTP. Reads the credits, checks the runtime, explains why it matters.
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Korean Animation
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Movies
The Director Who Made Train to Busan Just Had the Biggest Korean Movie Month of the Year
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonIf “Colony” sounds like familiar territory, that’s because its director built his career on exactly this kind of premise. Yeon Sang-ho — the filmmaker behind “Train to Busan” and its …
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Variety & Reality Shows
Korea’s Newest Cooking Show Doesn’t Tell Customers Who the Chefs Are — On Purpose
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoontvN’s newest competition show has a simple, slightly brutal premise: take some of Korea’s most accomplished chefs, strip away their reputations, and let strangers on the street decide who’s actually …
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Dramas
JTBC’s Body-Swap Comedy Just Hit Its Highest Rating Yet — Four Episodes After Barely Registering
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel Yoon“Reborn Rookie” just posted its best ratings of the run: 11 percent nationwide and 10.9 percent in the Seoul metropolitan area for Episode 8, which aired June 21 — a …
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K-Drama & Screen
The WONDERfools: Why the Director of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” Just Made K-Drama’s Strangest Comedy of 2026
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonIf you only know director Yoo In-shik from “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” — the gentle, globally beloved legal drama about an autistic lawyer — his new Netflix series will catch you …
