https://www.scmp.com/rss/524020/feed Choo Young-woo is a prominent South Korean actor who debuted in 2021 with the web series "You Make Me Dance." He swiftly gained recognition for roles in K-dramas like "Police University" and "School 2021," earning a Best New Actor nomination. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Roberto Losada was keeping his feet on the floor after Hong Kong beat FC Seoul 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time on Saturday, although the interim head coach acknowledged that winning the FWD Insurance Chinese New Year Cup was “a beautiful thing”. Hong Kong led through Juninho’s first-half goal, but Patryk Klimala’s skilful 57th-minute leveller sent the game to a shoot-out. In front of a Hong Kong Stadium crowd of 14,089, roughly 6,000 down on attendances for the previous... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344211/hong-kong-win-lunar-new-year-cup-after-dramatic-penalty-shoot-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344211/hong-kong-win-lunar-new-year-cup-after-dramatic-penalty-shoot-out?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:35:29 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran The latest round of casting news hints at a diverse slate of K-dramas on the horizon, including a real-life story of South Korea’s first female detective, a high school exam cheating thriller, a recasting for the follow-up to a hit legal thriller and a star-driven romantic drama. Read on to find out more. 1. Detective Park Mi-ok Writer Chung Seo-kyung and director Kim Hee-won, the duo responsible for Little Women and Tempest, are set to return with the investigative thriller Detective Park... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3331880/k-drama-casting-news-about-kim-ji-won-kim-so-hyun-cha-kang-yoon-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3331880/k-drama-casting-news-about-kim-ji-won-kim-so-hyun-cha-kang-yoon-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:15:14 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran A baseball drama, a fantasy romance, a romantic melodrama and the star-studded return of one of Korea’s most celebrated writers feature in the last round of casting announcements before most of South Korea shuts down for this year’s extra-long Chuseok harvest holiday. Read on to find out more. 1. Gift Kim Woo-bin has just returned to the small screen opposite Bae Suzy in the Netflix series Genie, Make a Wish and reports suggest that he may be following that up with Gift, a baseball-themed drama... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3327756/k-drama-casting-news-about-kim-woo-bin-lee-se-young-lee-sung-kyung-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3327756/k-drama-casting-news-about-kim-woo-bin-lee-se-young-lee-sung-kyung-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran This article contains spoilers. 2/5 stars Lead cast: Cho Yi-hyun, Choo Young-woo, Cha Kang-yoon, Choo Ja-hyun Latest Nielsen rating: 4.9 per cent Teenage shaman Park Seong-ah (Cho Yi-hyun, All of Us Are Dead) has been taking care of her cursed and devilishly handsome classmate Bae Gyeon-woo (Choo Young-woo, The Tale of Lady Ok), first from the shadows and steadily out in the open, since the beginning of the supernatural romantic comedy Head Over Heels. In the show’s final few episodes, the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3320150/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-review-supernatural-romcom-fails-satisfy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3320150/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-review-supernatural-romcom-fails-satisfy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:15:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran This article contains spoilers. Lead cast: Cho Yi-hyun, Choo Young-woo, Cha Kang-hoon, Choo Ja-hyun Latest Nielsen rating: 4.43 per cent At the heart of the supernatural high school romcom Head Over Heels are two characters who, on the surface, appear to be very different. Yet as the show progresses, they come to learn that they share much in common. Both have been marginalised by society and abused by their families thanks to their connections to the spirit world. Ever since she was a young... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3318522/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-midseason-recap-shaky-supernatural-high-school-romcom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3318522/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-midseason-recap-shaky-supernatural-high-school-romcom?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:15:07 +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 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Lead cast: Cho Yi-hyun, Choo Young-woo Latest Nielsen rating: 4.4 per cent A high school girl moonlights as a popular shaman in the supernatural-tinged romantic comedy Head Over Heels, starring Cho Yi-hyun (All of Us Are Dead) and Choo Young-woo (The Tale of Lady Ok). In this adaptation of the webtoon Gyeon-woo and the Fairy – which remains the Korean title of the series – Cho plays the bubbly Park Sung-a, who has managed to keep her school and shamanic worlds separate until Bae Gyeon-woo... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3315949/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-choo-young-woo-new-romcom-bad-start?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3315949/prime-video-k-drama-head-over-heels-choo-young-woo-new-romcom-bad-start?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:45:08 +0000