School Violence and Bullying in K-dramas: A Reality Check

Note: this article contains discussions of bullying and violence, and references to suicide. School violence and bullying is a serious issue in…

SB End-of-Year Review, 2017: Dramas That Impressed

From nerve-wracking plot lines of revenge to beautifully crafted love stories, our favorite K-dramas this year were a juxtapose of genres. The writers …

Suicide in K-Dramas: How Have They Changed?

South Korea ranks at one of the highest suicide rates in the industrialized world, and even held the number one place for 8 consecutive years up until …

Save Me, Ep. 11-16: Earn Your Happy Ending?

The previous installments of Save Me chronicle a dark series about a cult and its leaders. The final set of episodes wrap up the plots in an imperf…

Save Me, Ep. 5-10: An Even Darker Turn

In its first four episodes, Save Me sets up a sensibly bleak scaffolding with human cynicism and dark subject matter framed with eerie aural and visual…