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Late last year, Netflix signed an output deal with the major Korean broadcaster SBS, promising to deliver new and older ...

“How could a woman know how to prepare a royal meal?” asks a palace cook in Netflix’s “Bon Appetit, Your Majesty.” Set five hundred years ago during Korea’s Joseon era, the hit period k-drama reveals ...

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 ...

K-drama fans are used to their favorite shows being bottle series—meaning a story resolves within one season. However, there are plenty of K-drama shows out there that span across seasons and allow us ...