These days, there are so many Korean dramas that are inspired by manhwa and webtoon. Even though the number is not as huge as K-dramas based on webtoons, there is still a handful of television series which have gained their inspiration from Korean novels. So here are eight K-dramas based on South Korean novels to […]
The genre that has been gaining momentum in Korean television industry in recent years is none other than scientific fiction or sci-fi. With bigger budgets as well as huge support from giant companies such as Netflix, advanced computer-generated imagery is no longer only be found in Hollywood. These Korean sci-fi television series proved that everything […]
Also known as black comedy, dark humour, morbid humour, a dark comedy is a style of comedy that makes light of serious subjects. Unlike other genre such as romance and thriller, South Korean dark comedy dramas are quite rare. But it doesn’t mean that they are not unpopular. The common themes in Korean dark comedy […]
With K-pop music and K-dramas making waves around the world, it makes sense that Korean fashion is also gaining its own attention. Korean fashion brands are riding the wave of the K-wave phenomenon through product placements in K-dramas. For instance, any hardcore K-drama fans would recognise Korean jewellery brand J.Estina because it occasionally pops up […]
It is easy to identify whether a South Korean drama belongs to the romantic melodrama category by looking at the official poster. It would have the two main characters looking off in two different directions with somber and melancholy expressions. A melodrama commonly features one sad event after another and the characters’ emotions are often […]
In 1910, the Japanese empire formally annexed the Korean peninsula through the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910. Until the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was under Japanese rule which was administered by the Governor-General of Korea based in Keijo (now Seoul). While Korea saw a growth in industrialisation and an improvement in infrastructure […]
One of the many reasons why South Korean drama series do well not just domestically but internationally is because they know what they are good at and they stick to it. You don’t see Korean dramas doing a superhero storyline or comedy drama in front of a live audience. The first Korean drama genre that […]
Do you know that the first piece of television drama ever produced in Britain was screened by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1930? The drama was an adaptation of the play The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello. Due to the primitive camera technology, only one figure could […]
There is something about first love that it has always been romanticised about in movies and dramas. South Korean movie A Millionaire’s First Love (2006) for instance, is a story about how a millionaire gives up his inheritance for his dying first love. At the same time, these fiction stories show that not everyone ends […]
This Mother’s Day, we are giving tributes to mothers who exist in Korean drama-land. These mothers have the advantage over real mothers by being able to say and do the right thing at the right time, creating some perfect heartwarming moments. So here are mothers from 10 Korean dramas we love : 1.Jo Kang-ja (Kim […]
