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Latest news and features on South Korean celebrities, including K-movie and K-drama actors and actresses, and K-pop stars.

Shin Hye-sun as Sarah Kim in a still from The Art of Sarah. Netflix’s dark mystery is just one of the many new K-dramas to keep you entertained as Lunar New Year approaches. Photo: Netflix

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in February 2026

Shin Hye-sun and Lee Jun-hyuk lead The Art of Sarah, Yeon Woo stars in Love Phobia and Ryeoun is deadly in Disney+’s Bloody Flower.

30 Jan 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Meet Son Sook, grandma to Bridgerton’s Yerin Ha and award-winning actress

30 Jan 2026 - 12:00AM

Asian cinema: Korean films

The 10 most successful Korean art-house films of all time

27 Jan 2026 - 4:15PMvideocam

Latest K-drama casting news about Shin Min-a, Ha Ji-won and more

Shin Min-a is looking at a role in Wed Thu Fri, possibly with Lee Jin-wook, while Ha Ji-won is considering an offer to appear in Affair Hunter.

24 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM

Shin Min-a in a still from The Remarried Empress, a K-drama series in which she will appear later this year. She is now also considering a role in Wed Thu Fri.

Korean drama reviews

No Tail to Tell: Kim Hye-yoon, Lomon lead lively fantasy romcom K-drama

Bright, lively and fun, fantasy K-drama No Tail to Tell follows a self-centred nine-tailed fox demon who clashes with a star football player.

22 Jan 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Undercover Miss Hong: Park Shin-hye tackles corruption in workplace K-drama

Park plays a financial investigator infiltrating a corrupt firm in Undercover Miss Hong, a ’90s-set drama that also tackles gender equality.

21 Jan 2026 - 9:15PMvideocam

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Review | Can This Love Be Translated?: Kim Seon-ho, Go Youn-jung in globetrotting romance

Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung star in this globetrotting Korean drama that mixes genres at the expense of the core plot.

21 Jan 2026 - 1:38PMvideocam

Kim Seon-ho (left) as Joo Ho-jin and Go Youn-jung as Cha Mu-hee in a still from “Can This Love Be Translated?” Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix

Profile | Who is Go Youn-jung, rising star of Netflix’s Can This Love Be Translated?

After starting out as a model, Go rose to K-drama stardom in series such as Alchemy of Souls and Moving. Now she leads her first romcom.

17 Jan 2026 - 5:15PM

BTS’ comeback concert sparks Dynamite price hikes in South Korea’s Busan

The K-pop group’s show in Busan is months away but already room prices have soared beyond the 1 million mark.

17 Jan 2026 - 11:35AM

Blackpink star Jennie’s 8 top brand collaborations as she turns 30

The K-pop singer has been a style icon for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Calvin Klein, Jacquemus, Adidas and more.

16 Jan 2026 - 6:00AM

Blackpink’s Jennie Kim models for Jean Paul Gaultier’s fall 2025 pre-collection last June. Photo: @jennierubyjane/Instagram

Video | KPop Demon Hunters leads to record export of ramyeon

The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.

14 Jan 2026 - 3:01PM

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Video | KPop Demon Hunters leads to record export of Korean instant noodles in 2025

The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.

14 Jan 2026 - 2:23PMvideocam

The 15 most anticipated K-dramas of 2026, from Scandals to Show Business

Second seasons of All of Us Are Dead and Bloodhounds join new series like Scandals and Show Business in our list of what’s coming in 2026.

13 Jan 2026 - 4:58AMvideocam

World of performing arts

Frozen, Spirited Away among shows lighting up Seoul’s theatre stages in 2026

Broadway imports Hell’s Kitchen and Lempicka, novel adaptation Arang and musical Six also among the South Korean capital’s highlights.

11 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM

Mone Kamishiraishi performs in a production of the Japanese musical “Spirited Away”. The stage adaptation is among a host of blockbuster imports and ambitious original works lighting up Seoul’s theatre stages in 2026, including Frozen, Billy Elliot, Hell’s Kitchen, Lempicka, Arang and Six. Photo: courtesy of Johan Persson

Latest K-drama casting news about Park Min-young, Song Joong-ki and more

Park Min-young is eyeing a role in Nine to Six and Song Joong-ki is considering joining Love Cloud in the latest Korean drama casting news.

10 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM

Korean actress Park Min-young is in talks to star in the coming K-drama Nine to Six. Photo: Instagram/rachel_mypark

Korean drama reviews

Spring Fever: Ahn Bo-hyun, Lee Joo-bin in formulaic rural romcom K-drama

Spring Fever pairs Ahn Bo-hyun and Lee Joo-bin in a rural romcom that leans hard on the ‘city woman finds love and healing in the countryside’ formula.

9 Jan 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars gives Hong Kong a taste of Korea

In Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner, Scott Kang opens up on his Culinary Class Wars experience and redefining Korean cuisine.

6 Jan 2026 - 6:49PMvideocam

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Korean drama reviews

The Judge Returns: Ji Sung fights corruption in legal thriller K-drama

Starring Ji Sung, Won Jin-ah and Park Hee-soon, The Judge Returns is set in a dystopian near-future Seoul torn open by rampant corruption.

6 Jan 2026 - 11:10AMvideocam

Ji Sung as corrupt judge Lee Han-young in a still from The Judge Returns, a new Korean drama on HBO Max.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Korean film icon Ahn Sung-ki remembered: 5 of his best films

Known affectionately as ‘The Nation’s Actor’, South Korea’s Ahn Sung-ki starred in more than 100 feature films during his long career.

5 Jan 2026 - 7:45PMvideocam

South Korean ‘nation’s actor’ Ahn Sung-ki dies at 74

Ahn collected over 40 major movie awards in his lifetime, including winning the Grand Bell Awards for best actor five times.

5 Jan 2026 - 3:58PM

South Korean singer Nana’s home intruder claims he ‘never touched her’

The intruder, who sustained a slight cut in the struggle, has also accused the K-pop star of attempted murder.

4 Jan 2026 - 3:00PM

South Korean singer and actress Nana. Photo: Instagram/jin_a_nana

BTS are back! A new album and tour are coming after their military service

South Korea’s top act has been on hiatus since 2022 for military service. Their new album is the first since 2022’s record-breaking ‘Proof’.

1 Jan 2026 - 7:31PM

K-pop boy band BTS visit the “Today” Show at Rockefeller Plaza in February 2020 in New York City. Photo: Getty Images

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in January 2026

Ji Sung stars in The Judge Returns, Nam Ji-hyun and Moon Sang-min clash in To My Beloved Thief, and Park Shin-hye is Undercover Miss Hong.

30 Dec 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Made in Korea: Hyun Bin, Jung Woo-sung in slick political thriller K-drama

Made in Korea, set in the 1970s, is a political thriller exploring power, corruption and moral ambiguity under an authoritarian regime.

29 Dec 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

How Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars season 2 stays ‘true to the original essence’

Amid off-screen scrutiny on one of the show’s judges, season two of Culinary Class Wars returns with a focus on its intense cooking battles.

28 Dec 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

A poster for Netflix’s cooking show Culinary Class Wars season two. The Netflix hit cooking competition returned on December 16. Photo: Netflix

Korean drama reviews

The 15 best K-dramas of 2025 ranked, from Melo Movie to Squid Game 3

Here are our 15 favourite Korean dramas from the past year, which also include Dear X, Typhoon Family, Way Back Love, Aema and Nine Puzzles.

28 Dec 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Park Bo-gum (left) and IU in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines, one of the best K-dramas of 2025. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix

Korean drama reviews

Idol I: Choi Soo-young, Kim Jae-young lead K-pop-infused legal K-drama

Choi Soo-young plays a lawyer defending Kim Jae-young’s K-pop star – who she’s secretly obsessed with – in this new Korean drama.

27 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Review | Cashero: Lee Jun-ho can’t save this messy superhero K-drama

While it has a compelling concept and potentially great characters, Cashero’s poor writing means the K-drama fails to deliver.

26 Dec 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

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