Korea Times K-Culture Reporter
Park Jin-hai primarily focuses on K-dramas, entertainment shows and actor interviews. Beyond that, she also pens articles covering the broader arts scene, with a particular emphasis on classical music, dance and various aspects of lifestyle. Since joining The Korea Times in 2013, she has made significant contributions in the realms of hallyu (Korean wave), industry news and international affairs.
SINGAPORE — Disney+ unveiled its highly anticipated 2025 global lineup, with a collection of new series and sequels of iconic Marvel series that are sure to captivate audiences worldwide.
Korea's first artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drama, "Kiss Lighting — Ghost Cupid," is generating buzz ahead of its premiere scheduled for Dec. 4, with a pre-release on YouTube.
While watching the popular TV drama, "Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born," which is based on the traditional Korean all-female theatrical performance known as "gukgeuk," Cho Young-sook, a 90-year-old master of the art, saw herself mirrored in the protagonist of the show.
Model-turned-actor Gang Dong-won has ventured into the fashion industry, launching his own brand, NONYMOUSAA, his agency AA Group said Tuesday.
As the highly anticipated new season of "Squid Game" approaches its December release, the silence has been broken, and director and showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk, who captivated global audiences by exploring humanity beyond survival in Netflix's hit series, said his latest season goes even deeper into the harsh realities of the world.
German conductor Simon Edelman clinched the top prize at Korea's only international conducting competition.
Fueled by the global craze for Korean dramas and movies, Korean "ramyeon," or instant noodles, has become a sensation. With social media challenges featuring Korean ramyeon having taken the world by storm, a Korean essay celebrating ramyeon is ready to be translated into English in Britain.
Han Kang, the first Korean and the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature, is set to create another historic moment in Korean literature, as she will be heralded at the upcoming award ceremony with a special Korean introduction.
"As an ordinary person, I and my wife have not had a single peaceful day since the sudden spotlight was on me," said Yu Bibim, who gained popularity through his passion for "bibimbap" (rice topped with assorted vegetables) on the hit Netflix cooking show "Culinary Class Wars," after confessing he illegally operated a restaurant until recently in a handwritten apology on Instagram.
Set in 1950s post-war Korea, Tving’s new historical drama, "Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born," is captivating audiences both domestically and internationally by reviving the nearly forgotten world of "gukgeuk," traditional Korean all-female theater, and presenting it with a modern twist.