Nine years after launching in South Korea, Netflix has proven that Korean content overcame what Parasite director Bong Joon-ho once called the subtitle “barrier.” One just needs to look at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Seo In-guk plays a man so exhausted by his failures that he ...

Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post (SCMP) has unveiled its list of the 15 best Korean dramas of 2025, naming When Life ...

Burt is a contributor for TIME. Burt is a contributor for TIME. The Korean television industry continued on its trajectory of global dominance in 2025, capturing an increasing chunk of TV watchers’ ...

As ‘Squid Game’ returns to Netflix, K-dramas have never been hotter. And global streaming service Rakuten Viki is seeing huge growth. Rakuten Viki, the top international streaming service for Asian ...

Although K-dramas have been popular in many parts of the world since the 2000s, their global popularity has exploded in recent years, largely thanks to the rise of Netflix. The streamer recently ...

The streamer made the announcement at its Asia Pacific content showcase in Hong Kong. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Disney+ announced a buzzy new original Korean drama and a surprise ...

With another year behind us, Soompi has prepared masterlists of 2024 Korean dramas for fans! This masterlist revisits all the K-dramas to binge-watch that aired in 2024 with romance elements such as ...

A new North Korean television drama has drawn attention for its unusually candid depiction of corruption and deep-rooted social problems inside the secretive communist state. The show's April release ...

Ms. Hong is the author of “The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.” South Korea is in the midst of a childbearing catastrophe. Birthrates are dropping ...