If you are K-Drama fan living outside of South Korea, you may have heard about SKY Castle, especially now that it’s available on Netflix. JTBC’s SKY Castle broke records in South Korea for being the first drama on cable...
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Andrea Centeno
Drama Review: Woman of Dignity
Social status, adultery, betrayal and money ‘Woman of Dignity’ (or ‘The Lady in Dignity’ depending on the translation) takes these themes for a fascinating whirl, blending comedy...
Asian TV Series to binge-watch this December
December can totally be a busy month for most of us. Nevertheless, we all love our ‘me time’ moments at home, watching shows that take us on a rollercoaster of emotions. Before 2018 ends, we thought of rounding-up some...
My ID is Gangnam Beauty—K Drama Review
“I’ll get some cosmetic procedures done, but I hope I don’t end up looking like a Gangnam girl.” I remember the first time I heard this from a Korean friend years ago. I was bewildered when she worried about being a...
Kim’s Convenience: the Kim family is perfectly flawed
Recently, I binge-watched Kim’s Convenience. I went through its two full seasons of 13 episodes each in just three days. Riveting. It’s a shame I kept delaying seeing this ‘till now—it’s been sitting on my what-to-watch...
Marj Ostani
Saimdang and The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci
As someone who enjoys historical fiction, I had the opportunity to watch Saimdang and read Belle Ami’s The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci within the last year. At first glance, the two works seemed unrelated. Saimdang is a...
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Malay drama ‘Nur’ shines the light on faith and hypocrisy
Malay dramas are often the bane of my life. During my adolescence (which happened to be the rocking late 80s) I watched my share of awful melodramatic Malay series which, over time, sounded like broken records. Sub-par...
Eliza Ali