The mother of Korean actor and “Produce 101” season 2 alumnus Lee Jihan, who died in the crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul on Oct. 29, posted a heartbreaking letter addressed to his late son. Lee Jihan, 24, was one of the 157 people including 26 foreigners who died during the Halloween celebration...
Korean actor and “Itaewon Class” star Park Seo-joon tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He is the latest Korean celebrity to be diagnosed with COVID-19 amid a surge in cases in South Korea, which recorded 171,452 new cases on Feb. 23 to bring the total confirmed cases to 2.32...
Kim Dong-hee, who starred in JTBC’s Korean dramas “Itaewon Class” and “Sky Castle,” and in the Netflix series “Extracurricular,” has issued an apology after admitting that he bullied his classmate in elementary school. Back in February 2021, a netizen accused the 22-year-old Korean...
One of the actors who appeared in Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” was caught by the police for drunk driving in Seoul. Korean media reported that Korean actor Na Jo-eun (real name: Yoo Hee-sang), 37, was caught by the police driving under the influence on Nov. 25. "Squid Game"...
“Kingdom,” “Itaewon Class” and “True Beauty” emerged as the most mentioned Korean dramas on Twitter in the last three years. During the MU:CON 2021 trade show, Kim Yeon-jeong, Twitter’s head of Global K-pop and K-content Partnerships, revealed the most mentioned Korean dramas and...
(Clockwise from top) Top K-dramas 'Crash Landing on You,' 'The World of the Married' and 'Itaewon Class' (tvN / JTBC) “Crash Landing on You” of tvN and “The World of the Married” and “Itaewon Class” of JTBC became the overall most talked about Korean dramas in the first half of the...