“D.P.,” the critically-acclaimed Netflix Korean drama starring Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan, bagged an award at the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN). BIFAN announced that “D.P,” which premiered on Netflix in August 2021, won the Series Film Award, which was...
Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service that offers a wide variety of entertainment content, has supported a Philippine IT-based institute - iAcademy - to give young Filipino filmmakers access to resources for film production using indigenous backgrounds to promote creative inclusion and...
The ratings for the Korean romantic comedy series “King the Land,” starring Lee Junho and Yoona, continued to increase and reached 10 percent in the metropolitan area in South Korea. “King the Land” aired its episode 3 on June 24, which showed Gu Won (Junho), a chaebol (family-owned...
Two female stars have been cast in Netflix’s “Squid Game 2,” according to Korean media. On June 23, two media outlets reported that singer and actress Jo Yu-ri, former member of girl group IZ *ONE, and actress Park Gyu-young will be part of the second season of “Squid Game,” which became...
The ratings for the Korean romantic comedy series “King the Land,” starring Lee Junho and Yoona, rose for episode 2. According to polling firm Nielsen Korea, episode 2 of “King the Land” on June 18 garnered a nationwide rating of 7.544 percent in South Korea, up by 2.469 percentage points...
“King the Land,” the new Korean romantic comedy series starring Lee Junho (2PM) and Yoona (Girls’ Generation), made its debut at No. 1 in South Korea. It is about Gu Won (Junho), a chaebol (family-owned conglomerate) heir who hates fake smiles, and smile-girl (Yoona), who both become...
Netflix has revealed the new and returning cast of the global hit Korean series “Squid Game,” the video streaming service’s biggest show with 1.65 billion hours viewed in the first 28 days on the platform. During the Tudum 2023 global fan event in Brazil, Netflix revealed the final cast...
Korean stars Lee Junho (2PM) and Yoona (Girls’ Generation) have teamed up for the romantic comedy “King the Land,” which will premiere on Netflix on June 17. The story centers between Gu Won (Junho), a chaebol (family-owned conglomerate) heir who hates fake smiles, and smile-girl c(Yoona),...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has blamed what she described as the "borderline softcore pornography"-themed films that have been streaming online as contributing factors to the harmful stereotyping of women and normalized gender-based...
“Bling Empire” star Anna Shay has died at the age of 62, on Monday, June 5, 2023. According to Los Angeles Times, Anna suffered from a stroke leading to her death. Anna is known for her appearance in Netflix’ “Bling Empire” that premiered back in 2021. She was a billionaire heiress from...
Six Korean romance series will be coming to Netflix this year. Korean romance dramas have grown in popularity. From 2018 to 2022, global viewership of Netflix’s K-Romance titles tripled. In 2022, more than 90 percent of viewing came from outside South Korea. (Photos courtesy of Netflix)...
The Korean drama “Doctor Cha” garnered lower ratings for its second to the last episode due to competition. “Doctor Cha,” which airs every Saturday and Sunday on JTBC in South Korea and other countries and regions on Netflix, stars Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin and Min...
