Roundtable: Separating Actors From Their Bad Boys

Dramas have many character archetypes but it seems none are more hotly contested than the 'bad boy.' Whether a bad boy with a good heart or a charismat…

The Rise of Mysteries and Thrillers

The Western world has watched crime series like CSI for over a decade now, and Japan's famed Detective Conan just celebrated his 20th anniversary this …

Secret Babies: The Recurrence of Birth Secrets in Dramas

There are some plot twists that are ubiquitous in dramas. Love triangles take first place, but the birth secret is a close second. It seems almost impo…

Can “Billion Dollar Man” Live Up to “The Heirs?”

It wouldn't be surprising for a drama fanatic to name The Heirs as one of the most watched dramas of 2013, despite its not-so-exciting story. In the pa…

Open Thread: Heirs, episodes 15 and 16

Happy Gobble Gobble to our American readers, and Happy Heirs day for the rest of you guys. This is your open thread for episodes 15 and 16 of Heirs…

5 Things I LOVED in K-pop: 11/18 – 11/24

Here's to wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving with a few things to be thankful for in the K-popiverse: good music, good dramas, good fun, and go…

5 Things I LOVED in K-pop: 11/4 – 11/10

It was an eventful week in the K-popiverse, so here's a quick break down of what some of the biggest news stories were: Boom, Tak Jae-hoon, Lee Su-geun…

The Sunday Social: 11/3, Favorite K-drama Second Lead?

Happy Sunday and Happy November! As of late, Kim Woobin has been stealing Lee Minho's thunder as Heirs' Choi Young-do, and it doesn't hurt that he's…

Week in Review: Being Thankful

It was Chuseok this past week in South Korea, so here's a few things that happened this last week in the K-popiverse to be thankful for. It seems a…

Week in Review: Control

For those of us not in the Los Angeles area for KCON 2013 with better things to do this weekend, here are some of the top stories that happened the pas…