A new SBS weekend drama based on a popular Naver Webtoon is proving that a slow-burn premise about a mild-mannered bank manager hiding a secret past can still deliver blockbuster …
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K-Drama & Screen
This Korean Drama Got 2.7% Ratings at Home. It’s Been the No. 1 TV Show in Four Southeast Asian Countries for 30 Straight Days.
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel Yoon“Waiting for Kyeong-do,” a 12-episode JTBC and Coupang Play drama that wrapped January 11, opened domestically to a 2.7 percent rating and closed with a self-record 4.7 percent — solid …
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Dramas
A Netflix Drama About Vigilante Teachers Just Became Korea’s 6th Biggest Show Ever. It Almost Didn’t Get Made This Way.
by Mina Choby Mina Cho“Chamgyoyuk” (“True Education”), a 10-episode Netflix Korean original that premiered June 5, has climbed to No. 6 on Netflix’s all-time chart for Korean originals by cumulative views, trailing 5th-place “The …
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Dramas
So Ji-sub’s New SBS Drama Hit 15.7% Ratings in Its Second Episode. No Korean Drama Has Climbed That Fast in Five Years.
by Hana Suhby Hana Suh“Kim Bujang” (“Manager Kim”), the SBS Friday-Saturday action-revenge drama marking So Ji-sub’s return to the network after 13 years, posted a 15.7 percent nationwide rating (per Nielsen Korea) for its …
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Dramas
Hit K-Drama ‘Perfect Crown’ Apologizes Over Historically Inaccurate Coronation Scene
by Joon-ho Baekby Joon-ho Baek“Perfect Crown,” the MBC romantic comedy starring IU and Byeon Woo-seok that became one of the most-watched Korean dramas of the year, spent its final weeks fending off a very …
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Webtoons & Comics
“Teach You a Lesson” Just Knocked “My Name” Out of Netflix Korea’s All-Time Top 6 — In Three Weeks Flat
by Mina Choby Mina ChoNetflix’s “Teach You a Lesson” (참교육) has spent three straight weeks at No. 1 on the platform’s Global Top 10 Non-English TV chart, and its 39.3 million cumulative views are …
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Dramas
Park Shin-hye’s Demon-Judge Hit Just Got a Season 2 — Confirmed Before She’s Even Had the Baby That’s Delaying It. That’s How Confident Korean TV Has Gotten About Sequels.
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonOn June 1, at SBS’s “NEXT EPISODE” drama media day in Seoul, the network confirmed that “The Judge from Hell” — the demon-possessed-judge drama that hit a peak rating of …
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K-Drama & Screen
Netflix Just Won Best Drama at Korea’s Most Prestigious Awards Show, Beating Four Network and Cable Dramas. Is That a Streaming Verdict, or Just a Verdict on This Show?
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonOn May 8, at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul, Netflix’s “Eun-jung and Sang-yeon” won the night’s top television honor — Best Drama — beating four other nominees from …
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Dramas
A Rom-Com About a Fake Royal Family Just Became Disney+’s Most-Watched Korean Show Ever. Critics Still Weren’t Sold.
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel Yoon“Perfect Crown” wrapped its run on May 16, 2026 with a 13.8% nationwide rating — its personal best, hit on the finale — and by then it had already become …
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K-Drama & Screen
A Netflix Drama Just Became an Actual Korean Education Policy Proposal. Whether That’s Encouraging or Alarming Depends Entirely on Who You Ask.
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonIt’s a strange thing when a TV show stops being a TV show. On June 15, 2026, Gyeonggi Provincial Education Superintendent Ahn Min-seok publicly called for a debate on creating …
