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Kim Yoo-jung answers questions sent in by Beanies from Ask an Actor series
Hello Dramabeans series
Video greetings from K-actors to the Dramabeans community
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K-drama YA novel alert: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
by javabeans
It isn't often that we write about books on Dramabeans, but when I heard there was a Young Adult novel coming out that explicitly deals with K-dramas—and a Korean-American...
Tags: books, interviews
Dramabeans Asks a Korean: What is Seo Taiji’s Sogyeokdong?
by T.K.
[We've got a special post for you today, brought to you by TK, the author of the excellent blog Ask a Korean. We've admired his well-researched and in-depth posts for...
Tags: Ask a Korean, IU, Seo Taiji, song lyrics
Why Do Dramas Do That?: The Book Launch!
by javabeans
Guess what, we wrote a book! And it only took us a gazillion years! We finally got Part 1 written up (thanks monkeys) and ready for launch, and we promise we...
Tags: Dramabeans the book, featured, Why Do Dramas Do That?
Why Do Dramas Do That?: The Table of Contents
by javabeans
Last week we gave you a brief taste of what'll be in our forthcoming ebook Why Do Dramas Do That? (Part 1), and now we're unveiling the full lineup. So here's...
Tags: Dramabeans the book, featured, Why Do Dramas Do That?
Dramabeans the (e)Book: Why Do Dramas Do That?
by javabeans
Why do dramas do that? If ever there were a question that characterized the seven years we've been running this site, that would be the one. What's with the back...
Tags: Dramabeans the book, featured, Why Do Dramas Do That?
Goodbye beast men, hello candy men?
by girlfriday
Are choco abs a thing of the past? Probably not, but there does seem to be a new wave of heroes making a comeback, and sweeping the 'Beast Men' under...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Kim Hyun-joong, Micky Yoochun, Playful Kiss, Song Joong-ki, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Pop Culture: Gumiho
by girlfriday
In honor of My Girlfriend is a Gumiho premiering this week, we thought it would be a good time to define what a gumiho is, and discuss this mythical creature's...
Tags: featured, Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho
Pop Culture: The Fairy and the Woodcutter
by javabeans
One of the reasons girlfriday and I wanted to open up the blog to this Pop Culture series is because we'd sometimes like to depart from the norm and muse...
Tags: song lyrics
Pop Culture: Piggyback Rides
by girlfriday
My Name is Kim Sam-soon Hey, girlfriday here to kick off a new series that we're doing, to call attention to some of the recurring motifs in kdramaland, by way...
Tags: Coffee Prince, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Personal Taste
Western actors becoming more visible on Korean TV
by javabeans
Here's an article that takes a look at the growing trend of non-Korean actors being featured on television, which caught my eye because it talks about one of the leads...
Tags: Hwang Chan-bin, Misuda, Tamra the Island, variety shows