Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix
Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix
Stephen McCarty
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When the Camellia Blooms – not your average South Korean romantic-comedy drama

  • Now showing on Netflix, the series centres on out-of-towner Dongbaek and the local policeman who falls for her
  • Plus, HBO’s Watchmen updates Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic with contemporary demons – neo-fascism and white supremacy

Stephen McCarty
Stephen McCarty

Updated: 9:30am, 3 Nov, 2019

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Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix
Gong Hyo-jin as Dongbaek in When the Camellia Blooms, now showing on Netflix. Photo: Netflix
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Stephen McCarty

Stephen McCarty

After 20-odd years spent peddling and polishing words in Hong Kong, Stephen McCarty now resides in Britain, from where he scribbles, daydreams and laments the state of the world.