Drama

Almost every network, cable channel and streaming service active in South Korea has a new show out in May as the spring K-drama season continues to heat up. Here’s the month’s new K-drama line-up. 1. Bloody Heart Korea’s latest period drama stars Lee Joon (The Silent Sea) as Lee Tae, a young man whose father overthrew the king and took the throne for himself, with the assistance of Park Gye-won (Jang Hyuk, Voice). Lee Tae eventually replaces his father, but instead of ruling wisely he is determined to rule with an iron fist. He finds opposition in the counsel of Gye-won,...

Disney+ is dropping new details about its 2022 slate of hotly anticipated original Korean content. The streamer previously said it would release over 20 Korean titles this year, including at least 12 Korean originals. This week Disney is sharing info on three of its forthcoming Korean series and one new licensed show. The originals include: Big Mouth, a thriller starring Lee Jong-suk and Lim Yoon-a; Soundtrack #1, a music-centered romantic drama about two friends walking the line between romance and friendship; and The Zone: Survival Mission, a survival gameshow where celebrities are challenged to break out of escape rooms. Disney+ has also picked...

Netflix’s popular Korea romance reality series Singles Inferno is coming back for a second season. The streamer dropped a trailer this week, confirming another eight episodes of the show (watch it below). The show’s concept places a group of hot young Korean singles on a tropical “Hell Island,” where the only means of escape is to become a couple with someone every night. Those who couple up can move to “Heaven Island” for a night, where high-quality food and accommodations are provided, while those who fail to become a couple are forced to spend an evening of self-sufficiency on “Hell Island. The...

Over the past week, MBC and SBS had been in a dispute over the broadcast schedules of two upcoming dramas, both starring ‘My ID is Gangnam Beauty’ star Im Soo Hyang. The issue arose due to SBS’ plans to air the actress’ upcoming drama ‘Starting Today, We’ (literal title) in May, despite MBC already planning to air another drama starring Im Soo Hyang, ‘Doctor Lawyer’, in the same month. On April 12, a representative from SBS confirmed that ‘Starting Today, We’, will go ahead with premiering in May, as had been previously announced. The series has now been confirmed to premiere on May...

Hotel Del Luna actors Yeo Jin-goo and Jung Dong-hwan plus Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha actor Kang Hyung-suk are due to appear in Ajoomma, an upcoming film about a widow’s obsession with K-dramas. Produced by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen of Ilo Ilo and Wet Season fame, Ajoomma is based on director He Shuming’s mother, per a Variety report, and is about a widow who is obsessed with Korean dramas and finds herself lost in Korea while trying to find her new life purpose. Yeo, who besides Hotel Del Luna has also appeared in the K-dramas Start-Up and Beyond Evil and will star in the upcoming Link: Eat, Love, Kill, will guest-star in Ajoomma as himself. The roles of Kang, who has also appeared in Crash...

Three Korean drama series — “Work Later, Drink Now,” “Monstrous” and “Damn Good Company” -- will be screened at the Cannes International Series Festival Season 5’s non-competition section of South Korea fiction on April 6.Established in 2018, the Cannes International Series Festival is an event that aims to highlight drama series from all over the world and to give them an international voice. The festival will be held from April 1 to 6 in Cannes, France this year.First released on local streaming service platform Tving in October last year, the 12-part hit series “Work Later, Drink Now” features the story...