Korean idioms: Do you want to eat rice with beans?
‘Do you want to eat rice with beans?’ This might sound like a perfectly ordinary question. Even thoughtful. Maybe the
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FILM&DRAMA
What is the Korean Candy in Squid Game?
This post is about the children’s game played with traditional Korean candy dalgona. It appears in the Netflix drama series Squid Game ‘The Man with the Umbrella’
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Netflix Korean drama Squid Game is full of surprises
Everyone’s talking about the Korean drama, Squid Game (Ojing-eo Geim). Internationally it’s a huge success, ranking top on Netflix in
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Ashin of the North: prequel to Kingdom
There’s an important question that doesn’t get answered in the first two series of historical zombie drama Kingdom: How did this zombie debacle begin?
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An engaging Korean comedy drama set in Andong
Two very different brothers have to return to their conservative hometown of Andong for their father’s funeral.
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What is the most popular Korean comedy film?
Extreme Job is a comedy about a hapless narcotics team who take over a chicken restaurant to stake out a drug trafficking organisation.
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Recaps of Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum) 41-54
Here’s the final post of the recaps of Jewel in the Palace (MBC 2004), a Korean historical drama that I can watch again and again!
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Jewel in the Palace Recaps (Dae Jang Geum) 31-40
Feeling nostalgic? Here is the 4th instalment of Jewel in the Palace recaps (MBC 2004) starring Lee Young Ae as Jang Geum and Ji Jin Hee as royal official Min Jung Ho.
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Dae Jang Geum (Jewel in the Palace) episodes 21-30
Here’s the third post in this nostalgic series looking back at the blockbuster historical drama Dae Jang Geum. (AKA Jewel in the Palace, MBC 2004)
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Jewel in the Palace episode summaries (11-20)
Here is the second instalment in this series on nostalgia dramas! By episode 10 Jang Geum has already gone through a lot! Life in the palace is tough. But luckily, nobody can deny her talent for cooking.
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Jewel in the Palace Drama Recaps episode 1-10
Feeling nostalgic? Jewel in the Palace (MBC 2004) is one of those dramas that I can watch again and again. I can’t believe it’s nearly 20 years old!
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Is Peninsula (2020) as good as Train to Busan?
The Korean zombie film Peninsula (2020) is out on Netflix. It’s the sequel to Train to Busan (2016) (also directed by Yeon Sang-ho). My expectations were high, but then I read the reviews which weren’t so good. And after watching the film, I could see why.
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Korean zombie film review: #Alive (2020)
I can’t say no to a Korean zombie film. And #Alive (#살아있다) was the most popular film on Netflix when it was released in September 2020.
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Forbidden Dream (2019) Korean Film review
Forbidden Dream is the story of the fruitful but ill-fated relationship between two heavyweight historical figures: King Sejong the Great (r.1418–1450) (Han Suk-kyu) and his famous scientist Jang Yeong-sil (Choi Min-sik)
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Gye ttong (dog turd) and other humble names in Korean dramas
It’s sometimes possible to tell the class of a character in a Korean historical drama just by looking at their name.
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Korean Drama: Mr Sunshine Review
Mr Sunshine now has the second-highest ratings of a Korean drama on cable TV after The World of the Married. In this Mr Sunshine review, I’ll get into my thoughts on the overall story and the influence of viewers on the drama.
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What Is the Time Period of Mr Sunshine?
Korean historical drama Mr Sunshine (tvN 2018) reflects the huge political and cultural upheavals that were going on in the country at the time.
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The 5 Royal Palaces in Seoul and Korean Historical Dramas
There were FIVE grand palaces by the end of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). So where did the kings live throughout the period? And what are the related historical dramas?
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Historical Zombie Drama Kingdom Season 2 Review
Season 2 is brilliant. I’ve been gasping in shock. Shouting at the screen. Covering my face with a cushion. If you thought Prime Minister Cho was bad, and nobody could be worse, get ready. There are surprises in store!
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Historical Zombie Drama Kingdom (Netflix 2019) Season 1
Series 2 of historical zombie drama Kingdom is now out on Netflix! I started watching it and then realised I couldn’t remember exactly what happened in Series 1! Well, it has been a year… There are some key points of the plot from series 1 that I really wanted to remember, so I went back over the plot.
If you’re in the same boat, here’s a quick summary of the six episodes of series 1!
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