This is Part 1 of a special edition of What's Up in Dramaland where we discuss why representation matters, and cover depictions of race and identity specifically. We called for your input, you responded spectacularly! (See the bottom of this post for a link to everyone's comments.) We're really excited to bring you this two-part... Continue Reading →
It's the beginning of July, which means time for What's Up in Dramaland! This month we talk about the well-deserved backlash to Backstreet Rookie, K-pop fans leveraging their power for good, and our thoughts on the US remake of Hotel Del Luna. Plus, July K-drama premieres! https://soundcloud.com/akdramapodcast/63-backstreet-rookies-problems-go-k-pop-fans-upcoming-in-july TIMESTAMPS:NEWS00:03:25 Backstreet Rookie00:15:33 Kpop fans' activism00:18:01 Hotel Del... Continue Reading →
Once again, we're light on news, but there's a bunch of May dramas we're excited about! (And maybe a couple not so much.) Seems like a mix of workplace dramas and food-themed shows. 02:12 Soul Mechanic 05:40 Twitter conversation about Noona romances 10:18 Oh My Baby 17:20 Wind and Cloud and Rain 24:49 Mystic Pop-Up... Continue Reading →
We're back with news and views to wrap up 2019, though this one's a little delayed due to a combination of technical problems and the gang getting busy with our year-end fun (check out the Year-end Yak and our retrospective posts, part 1 and part 2)!). Thanks to LollyPip for joining us for this episode!... Continue Reading →
We're back with more news and views! I (Saya) swanned off this time, so we're joined by DOF's little sister, Zaynab, who takes over the closing joke segment with the best style (I'm still laughing!). List of November 2019 dramas here. Listen to the episode here: TIMESTAMPS: NEWS 02:12 - Sulli's death: regulating online bullying... Continue Reading →
We're here, we're here, we're really here! We look back at what was up in Dramaland in September, and look forward to what's coming up in October 2019. Paroma was away scoping out our spiritual home, the Yak Cafe (a real place!), so we invited our good friend and Dramabeans' writer Helen to join us.... Continue Reading →
We have a new guest! Fangirl JustMe joins us to chat about current headlines. whether on screen romances can last off screen, and what she's excited about from the upcoming batch of September dramas! Listen to the episode here: List of September dramas here. TIMESTAMPS: NEWS 02:22 - Gu Hye-sun and Ahn Jae-hyun divorce and... Continue Reading →
We round up news from July and look forward to the dramas that August brings. Listen to the episode right here: TIMESTAMPS: 03:48 - Kang Ji-hwan under arrest for sexual assault 09:14 - Korea and India collaborating on a sageuk about Heo Hwang-ok 17:40 - Agency 51K taking a hard line against sasaengs 21:11 -... Continue Reading →
Some news and lots of new dramas to check out in July. To help everyone keep track of the massive list, we have compiled them with helpful summaries and interesting notes on our blog, right here. TIME STAMPS: 01:09 - Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki file for divorce 02:41 - YG CEO resigns amidst corruption... Continue Reading →
We bring you some updates to the Burning Sun controversy, the tale of Park Yoochun's expulsion from his agency, our anticipation of Ji Chang-wook's next project, and some discussions of Korean multiculturalism. Plus the new dramas of May and what we expect from them! (00:10:53 - We move on from the Burning Sun update to... Continue Reading →
