Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

'Script books' see major surge in sales with popularity of K-dramas

Korean bookstores have a new section to add to their aisles — K-drama scripts. “Script books” of Korean TV series and films are seeing a surge in sales. According to online book retailer Yes24, 58 K-drama scripts have been published as books ...

2022-08-09

SBS drama 'Our Beloved Summer' lands on Netflix's Top 10 TV shows list

SBS drama series “Our Beloved Summer,” featuring actors Kim Da-mi and Choi Woo-shik, ranked No. 9 on the Top 10 TV shows on Netflix for Jan. 19. The show proved to be especially popular in Asian countries, topping the daily Netflix charts in...

2022-01-20

From 'Parasite' to playing a policeman, Choi Woo-shik keeps progressing

“The Policeman’s Lineage,” now playing in local theaters, is the first film Choi Woo-shik has starred in after earning global praise for his role in director Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” (2019). The film centers on two police detectives...

2022-01-12

V's 'Christmas Tree' makes it onto Billboard Hot 100

“Christmas Tree,” a song from the soundtrack to SBS drama series “Our Beloved Summer” sung by V of BTS, is the first track recorded for a Korean drama series to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to Billboard’s official Twitter page on...

2022-01-05

V from BTS sings on ‘Our Beloved Summer’ soundtrack

BTS’s V will sing on the soundtrack for SBS’s upcoming rom-com series, “Our Beloved Summer,” according to distributor Most Contents on Thursday. This is V’s third soundtrack for a series, following KBS’s “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth” (2016)...

2021-11-26