https://www.scmp.com/rss/524237/feed The latest news and top stories on Kang You-seok, a South Korean performer. He began his career in 2018, initially taking on minor and supporting roles in various television series. He is currently portraying Cho Chang-won, an extroverted associate attorney and mood maker, in the legal drama "Law and the City". Kang You-seok gained wider recognition for his work in "Light on Me", "Payback: Money and Power" and "Black Knight". His recent roles in "When Life Gives You Tangerines" and "Resident... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Eugene Yim Eugene Yim After a family trip in the summer to attend a K-pop concert at the O2 in London, I returned to Hong Kong and resolved to step outside my comfort zone by tuning in to watch a Korean drama for the first time. In the 10th episode of Law and the City (starring Lee Jong-suk and Moon Ga-young), junior attorney Cho Chang-won (played by Kang You-seok) grapples with the moral dilemma of defending a perpetrator of school violence. He voices his concerns to his principal, who retorts coolly that lawyers do... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3329987/k-drama-dilemma-versus-reality-cab-rank-rule-hong-kong-barristers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3329987/k-drama-dilemma-versus-reality-cab-rank-rule-hong-kong-barristers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:30:19 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran This article contains mild spoilers. Lead cast: Lee Jong-suk, Moon Ga-young, Kang You-seok Latest Nielsen rating: 5.78 per cent During the otherwise pleasant and routine slice-of-life legal drama Law and the City, one recent moment has stuck out like a sore thumb. At the beginning of the show, landlord Kim Hyung-min (Yeom Hye-ran, When Life Gives You Tangerines) convinced the partners of the four different legal practices renting floors in her building to merge into one large legal group. Ever... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3319998/disney-k-drama-law-and-city-midseason-recap-legal-drama-pleasant-unsurprising?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3319998/disney-k-drama-law-and-city-midseason-recap-legal-drama-pleasant-unsurprising?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:45:08 +0000 Pierce Conran Pierce Conran Lead cast: Lee Jong-suk, Moon Ga-young Latest Nielsen rating: 5.12 per cent Not seen in a leading role since Big Mouth in 2022, Lee Jong-suk once again plays a lawyer in Law and the City, this time opposite Moon Ga-young (True Beauty). Unlike the larger-than-life excess of his previous show, Lee’s latest is a slice-of-life legal drama about young lawyers balancing a demanding profession with, hopefully, a rewarding personal one. The show’s English title, which references the classic HBO series... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3317329/disney-k-drama-law-and-city-lee-jong-suk-moon-ga-young-slice-life-legal-drama?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3317329/disney-k-drama-law-and-city-lee-jong-suk-moon-ga-young-slice-life-legal-drama?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:45:07 +0000