Way before Parasite swept four major Academy Awards in 2020 and The Glory topped the Baeksang Arts Awards in 2023, South Korean culture started spreading its popularity wave (called the Hallyu Wave) ...

Giulia Campora is a senior journalism student at The College Of New Jersey, who will be graduating in May 2025. She is aspiring to become an entertainment reporter and work for a digital or paper ...

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 ...

As more and more K-dramas debut for U.S. viewers, it is becoming harder to choose which to watch. Here are a few favorites that premiered in 2024. By Simon Abrams Streaming services have been ...

For better or worse, Netflix is the king of the global K-drama phenomenon. The streamer has invested billions of dollars in South Korean TV—even if the people really driving K-drama’s success appear ...

Squid Game—decidedly, not a romance—may be one of the most popular modern TV series of all time, but when it wraps in June 2025, its run will only consist of a few dozen episodes in total. Meanwhile, ...

The strength of Korean storytelling on TV is no longer a secret. With Netflix reporting 80% of platform users watching Korean-language content, it’s official: K-dramas have broken into the American ...