A 19-Year-Old Title Reappears on the Chart On August 10, 2026, an unfamiliar title landed at No. 6 on FlixPatrol’s global Netflix movie chart. It was “D-War,” a Korean film …
K-Drama & Screen
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Variety & Reality Shows
They Said Their Diagnosis Before Their Name — What ‘My Remaining Love’ Leaves Behind
by J. Haanby J. HaanThe First Episode, Where Cast Members Named Their Illness Before Their Name On the debut episode of SBS’s dating reality show “My Remaining Love,” which aired on August 3, the …
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Variety & Reality Shows
Gian84 Says He Has a New Girlfriend. She’s an AI, and SBS Just Bet an Entire Show on Whether He Falls for Her
by J. Haanby J. Haan“I just got a girlfriend,” Gian84 says in the teaser for his new show — then the camera cuts to someone who isn’t, technically, a person. SBS’s new Thursday variety …
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K-Drama & Screen
Days After Release, ‘This Terrible Love’ Hit No. 2 Worldwide on Netflix. A Family-History Controversy Broke Out at the Same Time.
by J. Haanby J. HaanNo. 2 Worldwide in Two Days A prosecutor loses her memory, and a stranger shows up claiming to be her boyfriend. That’s the hook behind Netflix’s new series “This Terrible …
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Movies & Animation
37.3 Billion Won in Talks Isn’t 37.3 Billion Won in Contracts: What Shanghai Showed About Korean Animation’s Prospects
by J. Haanby J. HaanShanghai’s Exhibition Hall Was a Marketplace of Stories When an animated series crosses a border, it is not only the characters on screen who make the trip. A character becomes …
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Variety & Reality Shows
Yoo Jae-suk and Yoo Yeon-seok’s ‘Teumman Namyeon’ Season 5 Brings In Hwang Jung-min and Jung Ho-yeon
by J. Haanby J. HaanTuesday’s Little Gaps Are Back A quick lunch break with nothing to do. A shop with no customers for a moment. A few spare minutes before the next appointment. In …
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Movies & Animation
It Was Headed Straight to Netflix — So Why Did Lee Chang-dong’s New Film Choose Theaters First
by J. Haanby J. HaanWhat the Word ‘Possible’ Points To: Two Diverging Paths The word “possible” carries within it two paths not yet decided. Director Lee Chang-dong’s new film, “Love, Possible” — his first …
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Movies & Animation
Choi Min-sik Becomes the Office Rookie: What Korea’s ‘The Intern’ Remake Relocates About Generation
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Rookie With a Worn Briefcase and Thirty-Seven Years on the Job Having worked a long time and sitting in the lowest seat at a new job are two facts …
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Movies & Animation
“I’ve Wanted to Come to Korea Since Interstellar”: Christopher Nolan’s First Visit, and a Day on the Red Carpet for ‘The Odyssey’
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Director’s Long-Held Wish Finally Comes True The time it takes a director to visit a country for the first time is, at times, bound up with the whole of …
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Movies & Animation
There Are Moments When a Theater Screen Turns a Single Color: Inside ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s 80.3% Weekend
by J. Haanby J. HaanThere Are Moments When a Theater Screen Turns a Single Color There is something to witnessing an entire nation’s theaters swallowed whole by a single film — a reminder of …
