https://www.scmp.com/rss/523913/feed The latest news and top stories on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). A Seoul, South Korea-based entity in the Media & Entertainment sector, SBS specialises in terrestrial television and radio, alongside cable, IPTV and satellite channels. It primarily serves the domestic market and is known for pioneering HD and UHD broadcasting in South Korea. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Spring is here and with it an all-new line-up of tantalising K-drama offerings, ranging from fantasy, action and animation to a wide variety of romance. 1. Bloodhounds season 2 Lead cast: Woo Do-hwan, Lee Sang-yi, Rain Following their first rip-roaring adventure, Gun-woo (Woo Do-hwan) and Woo-jin (Lee Sang-yi) are back for a second helping of cathartic beatdowns in Bloodhounds 2. Jason Kim is once again at the helm, directing from his own scripts, while this season’s villain is the vicious... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3348069/10-best-new-k-dramas-watch-april-2026-including-perfect-crown-disney?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3348069/10-best-new-k-dramas-watch-april-2026-including-perfect-crown-disney?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:15:10 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran In this week’s K-drama production round-up, stars gravitate towards a corporate succession drama, an artificial intelligence-themed vigilante thriller, a heart-warming food-themed gangster comedy and a tale of long-term romance. Read on for the latest casting news. Another Romance Besides You Seo Kang-joon and Ahn Eun-jin have officially been cast in the coming KBS2 drama Another Romance Besides You, as a couple who have been together for 10 years. Despite their enduring loyalty, they are... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3347255/k-drama-casting-news-about-seo-kang-joon-ju-ji-hoon-kim-nam-gil-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3347255/k-drama-casting-news-about-seo-kang-joon-ju-ji-hoon-kim-nam-gil-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:15:09 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Lead cast: Yoo Yeon-seok, Esom Latest Nielsen rating: 8.7 per cent Following last year’s Oh My Ghost Clients with Jung Kyung-ho, the worlds of jurisprudence and the supernatural collide once more in Phantom Lawyer, a legal comedy about a lawyer who unwillingly takes on the cases – and occasionally the personalities – of the ghost clients that drift into his practice. Jung’s Hospital Playlist co-star Yoo Yeon-seok leads the series, while Esom (LTNS) co-stars as an ace lawyer at a larger firm who... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3346826/k-drama-phantom-lawyer-yoo-yeon-seok-represents-deceased-clients-jaunty-legal-comedy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3346826/k-drama-phantom-lawyer-yoo-yeon-seok-represents-deceased-clients-jaunty-legal-comedy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran With temperatures on the rise, the K-drama calendar is also heating up next month, as a mix of high-concept romance, thrills and even some supernatural lawyers get ready to meet audiences. Here are the highlights to watch over the coming weeks. 1. Siren’s Kiss Lead cast: Park Min-young, Wi Ha-joon Following last year’s Confidence Queen, Park Min-young is once again teaming up with Prime Video, which will stream the tvN thriller Siren’s Kiss globally. Based on the 1999 Japanese television... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3344804/8-best-new-k-dramas-watch-march-2026-including-netflixs-boyfriend-demand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3344804/8-best-new-k-dramas-watch-march-2026-including-netflixs-boyfriend-demand?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:15:08 +0000 CNA CNA A man who raped a foreign domestic worker in the bushes near a Singapore railway station after pretending to be a police officer was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Thursday. Sharveen Chetty, a 48-year-old Malaysian, had pleaded guilty to one count of rape on the second day of his trial. A second rape charge and a charge of impersonating a police officer were taken into consideration. In sentencing, Justice Dedar Singh Gill said Chetty was aware that the victim was a... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3344780/singapore-jails-malaysian-who-posed-policeman-and-raped-domestic-helper?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3344780/singapore-jails-malaysian-who-posed-policeman-and-raped-domestic-helper?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:30:14 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times By Kim Se-jeong Netflix’s romance series Can This Love Be Translated? has drawn attention for many reasons, including the casting of Japanese actor Sota Fukushi as Hiro, a Japanese superstar whose initial contempt for Cha Mu-hee (Go Youn-jung) gradually turns into love as the story unfolds. Fukushi’s role is smoothly woven into the narrative as a Japanese celebrity working alongside a top Korean star, with several scenes filmed in Japan. The casting of Japanese actors in Korean productions – and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/article/3342581/when-k-drama-meets-j-drama-sparks-fly-korea-and-japan-team-screen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/article/3342581/when-k-drama-meets-j-drama-sparks-fly-korea-and-japan-team-screen?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Love is in the air – and undercover – in this month’s K-drama casting announcements, which find Korea’s top stars circling some novel twists on K-drama standards. Read on to find out more. 1. Nine to Six Park Min-young (Marry My Husband) and Yook Sung-jae of the K-pop outfit BTOB are in talks to lead the coming SBS drama Nine to Six, and representatives have confirmed the discussions. The project is an adaptation of the Chinese series The Rational Life. Park is eyeing the role of Kang Ji-yi, a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3339270/k-drama-casting-news-about-park-min-young-song-joong-ki-im-si-wan-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3339270/k-drama-casting-news-about-park-min-young-song-joong-ki-im-si-wan-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran After a high-octane end to 2025, the K-drama industry kicks off the new year with a diverse slate of largely fantasy and romance fare, seemingly saving some of its bigger series for February’s Lunar New Year festivities. Here are the highlights to watch over the next month. 1. The Judge Returns Lead cast: Ji Sung, Park Hee-soon, Won Jin-ah Four years after The Devil Judge, Ji Sung is donning judicial robes once more in the legal thriller The Judge Returns. He plays Lee Han-young, a struggling... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3338125/8-best-new-k-dramas-watch-january-2026-such-can-love-be-translated?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3338125/8-best-new-k-dramas-watch-january-2026-such-can-love-be-translated?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:15:11 +0000 Yating Yang Yating Yang A South Korean man sued his wife for “malicious abandonment” and filed for divorce after she refused to donate part of her liver to save him, sparking heated debate on Chinese social media. The couple, both in their early 30s, had been married for three years and were raising two daughters – a two-year-old and a newborn just one month old at the time of his diagnosis. Last winter, the husband was diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis, a rare liver disease, and doctors warned that without a... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3335927/korean-man-sues-wife-malicious-abandonment-after-she-refuses-donate-liver-save-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3335927/korean-man-sues-wife-malicious-abandonment-after-she-refuses-donate-liver-save-him?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:00:10 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong A career-ending revelation about an actor’s teenage crimes has plunged South Korea into a soul-searching debate over justice, redemption and the ethics of public shaming in the digital age. Cho Jin-woong, 49, long celebrated for his commanding on-screen portrayals of justice-seeking figures, came under intense scrutiny last week after a tabloid outlet reported that he had been sent to a juvenile detention centre in high school for robbery and sexual assault. The report also included unverified... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3335617/cho-jin-woong-south-korea-torn-crime-fighting-actor-quits-over-criminal-past?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3335617/cho-jin-woong-south-korea-torn-crime-fighting-actor-quits-over-criminal-past?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:30:23 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Another major K-pop name begins to build her K-drama résumé in this week’s Korean casting news, which includes a romantic drama, an office romcom, a supernatural legal show and an action-packed casino-set series. 1. My Favorite Employee Yuna of the girl group Itzy has booked her second major drama role in the upcoming series My Favorite Employee. She will be joining series leads Kang Hoon (A Time Called You), Kim Hye-jun (A Shop for Killers) and Cha Woo-min (Melo Movie). The series, which is... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3335306/k-drama-casting-news-about-yuna-k-pop-group-itzy-yoo-yeon-seok-jung-so-min-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3335306/k-drama-casting-news-about-yuna-k-pop-group-itzy-yoo-yeon-seok-jung-so-min-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 09:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran After a slowdown in new casting items following this year’s unusually long Chuseok holiday season, production companies and agencies are back to work, matching stars with juicy future K-drama projects. Read on to find out more. 1. Wonderful New World Lim Ji-yeon and Heo Nam-jun are set to headline the coming time-travel-themed romantic comedy Wonderful New World, which will air on SBS next year. Having drawn some of the best reviews of her career in the recent period drama The Tale of Lady Ok,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3330162/k-drama-casting-news-about-lim-ji-yeon-han-suk-kyu-kim-min-ju-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3330162/k-drama-casting-news-about-lim-ji-yeon-han-suk-kyu-kim-min-ju-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:15:09 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Singapore’s acting transport minister Jeffrey Siow has told parliament that while “zero disruptions” across the city state’s rail network is an unrealistic expectation, the government is boosting efforts to strengthen rail reliability and provide better support for commuters when incidents occur. “Train delays happen in every system, in every city,” Siow said during a parliamentary sitting on Monday. “Our phones, our computers have to be restarted every now and then. Cars will break down too. So... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3326426/zero-disruptions-unrealistic-singapore-vows-stronger-rail-reliability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3326426/zero-disruptions-unrealistic-singapore-vows-stronger-rail-reliability?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:44:07 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Korean stars are lining up for a range of new thrillers and dramas in this week’s round-up of K-drama casting news. 1. The New Employee Chairman Kang Lee Jun-young and Jung Chae-yeon will be leading an ensemble cast in the coming series The New Employee Chairman Kang. Joining the young stars will be Son Hyun-joo (Your Honor), Jeon Hye-jin (Not Others), Lee Joo-myung (Like Flowers in Sand) and Jin Goo (Descendants of the Sun). Due to air next year, the series will follow the chairman of the Choi... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3326073/k-drama-casting-news-about-lee-jun-young-jung-chae-yeon-so-ji-sub-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3326073/k-drama-casting-news-about-lee-jun-young-jung-chae-yeon-so-ji-sub-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:15:08 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times In the TvN fantasy romance drama Head Over Heels, high school student Seong-ah, who secretly works as a shaman by night, says, “When life wavers in the face of crisis, people seek out shamans.” She performs a ritual called cheondojae to send off spirits and holds exorcisms to drive away evil ghosts, but the overall tone of the drama is not entirely dark and gloomy. During the solemn cheondojae ritual, her watch alarm goes off, prompting her to hurry the ceremony, saying, “If I can’t finish the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3317310/how-k-dramas-are-making-shamanism-cool-gen-z-and-millennials?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3317310/how-k-dramas-are-making-shamanism-cool-gen-z-and-millennials?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:15:08 +0000