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On December 31, the 2021 KBS Drama Awards kicked off at the Yeouido KBS Hall in Seoul, hosted by Kim So Hyun, Lee Do Hyun, and Sung Si Kyung. The 2021 KBS Drama Awards celebrated the best and ...

Netflix NFLX added 4.4 million new subscribers in the third quarter of 2021 which brought its total up to 214 million paid subscribing households. The streamer can thank the huge draw of South Korean ...

It wasn't just that 2021 was a fantastic year for Korean content for Netflix subscribers. I only need utter three words — Squid Game, and Hellbound — to offer the reminder, which shouldn't even be ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seoul International Drama Awards 2021, an international drama festival, was closed as it broadcasted live on the official SDA YouTube channel at 5 pm KST on 21 st.

Following in the footsteps of Squid Game, Netflix's new Korean drama series brings the death, gore, and zombies Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined ...

Move over, “Squid Game,” the latest Korean sensation is here. It’s called “Hellbound, and for writer/director Yeon Sang-ho, his hit Netflix show was over 20 years in the making. “I’m very pleasantly ...

Korean-made series have continued to dominate viewership on Netflix, following on from the breakout successes of “Squid Game” and “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” in 2021. For ten of the 13 weeks in the first ...

Lee Sun-kyun, who appeared in 2019 Oscar winner “Parasite” and now stars in Apple’s first Korean show, “Dr. Brain,” said he’s not surprised that the world is embracing Korean drama right now.