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On December 31, the 2021 SBS Drama Awards took place at the SBS Prism Tower in Seoul, hosted by Shin Dong Yup and Kim Yoo Jung. In her speech, Kim So Yeon said, “I started off as an extra 28 years ago ...

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 ...

The best K-dramas of 2021 offered something for everyone. While some people may conflate K-dramas with daytime soap operas — and there certainly are some that fall into this genre — in reality, Korean ...

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 ...

Netflix had a mixed year in 2021. While it had a noticeable slowdown in subscriber growth midway through the year due to COVID hitting production schedules, it also launched some of its biggest-ever ...