New Korean drama Under the Gun, starring SF9’s Zuho and Jo Soo-min, makes heavy use of poker symbolism, but is so far proving to be little more than a generic high-school romance.

Starring Kim Nam-joo, Cha Eun-woo, Kim Kang-woo and Im Se-mi, Wonderful World on Disney+ had its issues – including a meandering midsection and silly twists – but showed the power of a strong ending.

Ju Ji-hoon and Han Hyo-joo star in Blood Free on Disney+, a sci-fi series by writer Lee Soo-yeon that looks set to drop its interesting premise involving lab-cultured meat and global food production.

Kim Hye-yoon has appeared in 50 productions since her debut in 2013. We look back at her career, from her breakthrough parts to roles in hit K-dramas and films including SKY Castle, Midnight and Ditto.

Kim Hye-yoon and Byeon Woo-seok star as a woman confined to a wheelchair, and a K-pop idol who inspires her. Years later, they meet again and after he commits suicide, she travels back in time.

Hugely popular Netflix K-drama stars Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won as country boy Baek Hyun-woo and his wife Hong Hae-in, an heiress who is diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The Glory actress Song Hye-kyo is in talks about a role in a series about the birth of broadcasting in Korea; Flex X Cop star Ahn Bo-hyun is mulling an offer to star in another period drama series.

This clunky Disney+ K-drama dud follows two friends (played by Lee Jae-wook and Lee Jun-young) who plot to take over a Korean corporation, and the woman (Hong Su-zu) who comes between them.

Netflix K-drama Parasyte: The Grey – directed by Train to Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho – stars Jeon So-nee as Jung Soo-in, who is infected by one of the ‘parasytes’ invading the Earth.

Jeon Jong-seo and Moon Sang-min star in Amazon Prime’s Wedding Impossible, a K-drama that begins with a focus on LGBTQ themes, only to abandon them and meander towards a hollow ending.

Ko Young-ok, South Korea’s first ‘full-time’ food stylist for K-dramas and films, recalls a mad dash around Macau for a scene in K-drama Princess Hours, and reveals the advice she gives her students.

The Escape of the Seven: Resurrection, created by the writer and director behind Korean drama series The Penthouse and featuring many of the same stars, is highly watchable despite its absurdity.

Jang Da-ah, the older sister of Jang Won-young of IVE, has a debut lead role in K-drama Pyramid Game, which sees a class take part in a monthly voting game that allows those ranked higher to bully those below them.

April K-drama highlights include Parasyte: The Grey, an alien-invasion drama from Train to Busan’s director, Byeon Woo-seok in high-school fantasy romance Lovely Runner, and Goodbye Earth with Yoo Ah-in.

Beauty and Mr. Romantic stars Im Soo-hyang and Ji Hyun-woo – but begins during the childhoods of the characters they portray and reveals some big family secrets early on.

The pieces are falling into place for Kim Nam-woo and Cha Eun-woo by midseason in the Disney+ K-drama Wonderful World, which deals with how people approach grief and how it can affect them.

This Disney+ series follows two police officers, Jin I-soo (played by Ahn Bo-hyun) and Lee Gang-hyun (Park Ji-hyun), who infiltrate a cult, and investigate a death at Jin’s corporate family compound.

The Train to Busan director’s Korean drama series for Netflix Parasyte: The Grey offers a sober, yet at times wickedly funny, take on Hitoshi Iwaaki’s classic Japanese manga about an alien invasion.

Kim Jae-wook, Lee Jun-young and Hong Su-zu struggle through Disney+ K-drama The Impossible Heir, a weakly scripted series that, two-thirds of the way through the show, is still a confusing mess.

Kim Soo-hyun, currently on air in K-drama Queen of Tears, has been offered the lead role in a black comedy on Disney+, while several sequels have been announced – including one for 2016 hit Signal.

Nothing Uncovered, a K-drama based on the web novel Grabbed by the Collar, stars Kim Ha-neul and Yeon Woo-jin. It’s a classic thriller featuring corruption, illicit romance and murder.

So far Amazon Prime K-drama Wedding Impossible has handled the struggles of A-jeong (Jeon Jong-seo) and Ji-han (Moon Sang-min) deftly – but everything else feels less than satisfying.

Save for a few scenes, Doctor Slump failed to discuss mental health and stigmas surrounding it in Korean society as it was supposed to – but the series was never less than a breezy watch.

Fans love Kim Ji-won for her award-winning turn in Descendants of the Sun and her iconic My Liberation Notes role, and for her cool and poise as an actress – traits on show in new K-drama Queen of Tears.

O Yeong-su, 79, has been found guilty of sexual misconduct, a local court said on Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017.

Ryu Seung-ryong and Ahn Jae-hong star in surreal comedy K-drama Chicken Nugget as a duo who must set out to change Kim Yoo-jung back into a human from a chicken nugget. Yes, really.

Joo Won stars as a cursed photographer alongside Kwon Nara’s lawyer in this supernatural K-drama that is far from original, but its better episodes nevertheless provide diverting entertainment.

One Ordinary Day’s Kim Soo-hyun returns to screens alongside Kim Ji-won in Netflix’s romantic K-drama about a dysfunctional wealthy couple, which started well but has begun to lose momentum.

Kim Nam-joo and K-pop band Astroboy’s Cha Eun-woo star in Disney+ K-drama Wonderful World, in which Kim plays a grieving woman who seeks the truth about a traumatic incident that landed her in jail.