K-dramas, short for Korean dramas, have gained popularity worldwide in recent years. Their unique stories, dynamic characters, production quality, and diverse themes have caught the attention of ...

When TIME first curated its list of the 10 best Korean dramas available on Netflix in 2020, Squid Game had yet to be released. Since then, the show has become the most watched non-English show of all ...

Perhaps you saw Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning Parasite and then proceeded to add a dozen more Korean drama movies to your queue. Or maybe you’re currently binge-watching an endless stream of K-drama ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. What is a classic k-drama? That depends on when you started ...

The streamer has renewed a raft of its successful series from Asia recently, building on its international lead in the K-drama category. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Netflix is bringing back ...

But Squid Game isn’t a total anomaly. The Korean series is one chapter in a larger story with its own name and history: a seismic, ongoing shift in the global entertainment landscape known as Hallyu.

Nine years after launching in South Korea, Netflix has proven that Korean content overcame what Parasite director Bong Joon-ho once called the subtitle “barrier.” One just needs to look at the ...