Jan 11 2025

See list of winners and nominees at the 2024 KBS Drama Awards

See list of winners and nominees at the 2024 KBS Drama Awards. The award show took place on December 31, 2024, but did not air until January 11, 2024. The delay in broadcasting the award show was due to a one week national mourning period for the Jeju Air plane crash. Meanwhile, big winners at this year’s KBS Drama Awards were “Dog Knows Everything,” “Iron Family,” and “Beauty and Mr. Romantic.” “Dog Knows Everything” received 4 awards, including the Grand Prize to actor Lee Soon-Jae. “Iron Family” received 9 awards, including Best Actor award to Kim Jung-Hyun and Best Actress award to Park Ji-Young. “Beauty and Mr. Romantic” received 7 awards, including Best Actor award to Ji Hyun-Woo and Best Actress award to Lim Soo-Hyang.

Jan 9 2025

Teaser trailer 2 and teaser poster for KBS2 drama series “For Eagle Brothers”

Teaser trailer 2 and teaser poster added for KBS2 drama series “For Eagle Brothers” starring Uhm Ji-Won, Ahn Jae-Wook, Choi Dae-Chul, Kim Dong-Wan, Yoon Park, & Lee Seok-Gi. The drama series has Uhm Ji-Won playing Ma Gwang-Sook. She becomes a widow after only after a few days of marriage and becomes the CEO of a brewery run by her late husband. She also takes care of her four brother-in-laws played by Choi Dae-Chul, Kim Dong-Wan, Yoon Park, & Lee Seok-Gi.

“For Eagle Brothers” first airs February 1, 2025 (takes over KBS2’s Saturday and Sunday 8PM time slot after “Iron Family“).

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Jan 9 2025

Teaser poster for U+mobiletv drama “Friendly Rivalry”

First teaser poster added for U+mobiletv drama series “Friendly Rivalry” (literal title) starring Hyeri & Chung Su-Bin. The mystery-thriller is based on webcomic “Sunuiui Gyeongjaeng” by Song Chae-Yoon & Sim Jae-Young. The teaser poster features Hyeri as high school student Yoo Je-Yi and Chung Su-Bin as transfer high school student Woo Seul-Ki. Caption on the teaser poster states “Do you think she’s sincere? Do you think she has good intentions?”

“Friendly Rivalry” will be available to stream from February 10, 2025.

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Jan 9 2025

Kim Da-Mi, Shin Ye-Eun, & Heo Nam-Jun cast in JTBC drama “Memories of No. 100”

Kim Da-Mi, Shin Ye-Eun, & Heo Nam-Jun are cast in JTBC drama series “Memories of No. 100” (literal title). The youth melodrama drama series is scripted by Yang Hee-Seung (“Crash Course in Romance“) and directed by Kim Sang-Ho (“Thirty Nine“). “Memories of No. 100” is set in the 1980’s and will have the two female leads play best friends who work for the same bus company as bus attendants. Heo Nam-Jun will play a man who is the first love of both of the female leads.

“Memories of No. 100” will first air sometime later this year.

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Jan 7 2025

Trailer for Coupang Play drama “Newtopia”

First trailer added for Coupang Play drama series “Newtopia” starring Park Jeong-Min and Kim Ji-Soo (Blackpink). “Newtopia” has Park Jeong-Min playing a soldier and Kim Ji-Soo playing his girlfriend. They try to find each other during a zombie apocalypse. The trailer begins with Kim Ji-Soo stating “How about we take some time apart?”

“Newtopia” will be available to stream from February 7, 2025 on Coupang Play in South Korea and Amazon Prime in international markets.

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Jan 7 2025

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix drama “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for Netflix drama series “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” starring Ju Ji-Hoon. The drama series is based on web novel “Joongjeunguesangcenter: Golden Hour” by Hansanyiga and directed by Lee Do-Yoon. Director Lee Do-Yoon and actor Ju Ji-Hoon previously worked together for 2014 movie “Confession.” For “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call,” Ju Ji-Hoon plays always confident trauma specialist Baek Gang-Hyeok.

“The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” will be available to stream from January 24, 2025.

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Jan 6 2025

Main trailer and poster for Disney+ drama “Unmasked”

Main trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Unmasked” starring Kim Hye-Soo, Jung Sung-Il, & Joo Jong-Hyuk. “Unmasked” revolves around an investigative TV program that covers unsolved criminal cases. The main trailer begins with Jung Sung-Il as PD Han Do stating “I almost died before I even got to work today.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:17) “Team leader who lives only for today,” (0:24) “Mean new employee with experience,” (0:32) “Full of passion, low level in reality,” (1:19) “Knock down bad people,” (1:22) “The people who broadcast,” (1:25) “Fact attack begins.”

“Unmasked” will be available to stream from January 15, 2025.

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Jan 6 2025

Teaser trailer and teaser poster for TVING drama “Study Group”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for TVING drama series “Study Group” starring Minhyun and Han Ji-Eun. Drama series is based on webcomic “Study Group” written by Shin Hyeong-Wook & Yoo Seung-Yeon. The teaser trailer begins with Minhyun as Yoon Ga-Min asking “Shall I study hard today too?” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:03) “Healthy physical strength,” (0:05) “Perfect effort,” (0:07) “Strong will,” (0:13) “Study nerd whose only interest is his studies,” (0:20) “Enters the most extreme delinquent school in the world,” (0:25) “Only for studying,” (0:29) “I fight today too.”

“Study Group” will be available to stream from January 23, 2025.

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