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Netflix’s ambitious strategy for Korean content took center stage at the streamer’s ongoing Apac showcase in Tokyo, where executives and filmmakers offered an in-depth look at their upcoming slate, with special emphasis on “Lost in Starlight,” the platform’s first Korean animated feature.

The animation milestone, arriving in Q2, represents a significant step in Netflix’s expanding Korean content universe, which continues to build on the global success of hits like “Revelations,” directed by Yeon Sang-ho, which topped Netflix’s Non-English film chart for two weeks across 65 countries.

Vincent Taewon Kim, director of content for Netflix Korea, spoke about the company’s strategic focus on “diversifying the genre, as well as enhancing the quality and entertainment value” for its seven-film 2025 slate, which spans animation, romance, thriller, sci-fi and action genres.

Director Han Ji-won, joining virtually from Seoul, detailed the painstaking five-year journey behind “Lost in Starlight,” which tells...

5 best 2024 fantasy dramas to rewatch right away! (Photo Credit – Netflix)

Watching a K-drama, be it an action-thriller, horror, or a rom-com, is like an addiction. We start with a motto ‘just one more episode’ but end up watching the whole series in one go. Among all the genres, my favorite one is fantasy drama that incorporates other worlds, superpowers, time travel, soul shifting, and so on. 2025 has already dropped a lineup of fantasy dramas like Newtopia, The Tyrant Chef, Gyeonwoo and the Fairy, and more.

However, before you step on the new list of K-dramas, we have listed 5 great fantasy dramas from My Demon, Lovely Runner, The Judge from Hell, and more from 2024 for you to binge-watch if you haven’t. And well, if you have already watched them last year, what’s in it to rewatch them again? So, scroll ahead to read more.

My Demon

Even though My Demon...

Park Bo-Young, K-Drama List, Strong Girl Bong Soon, Melo Movie, Korean Actress (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Park Bo-Young is returning with yet another romantic K-drama named ‘Melo Movie’ alongside Choi Woo-Shik. But, before that, binge-watch these 5 dramas of the actress to know more about her versatility.

Park Bo-Young is definitely on a spree of delivering back-to-back great K-dramas. Currently, she is gearing up for her upcoming Netflix series, ‘Melo Movie,’ in which she is featuring alongside Choi Woo-Shik. This is the first time the actress has been paired up with Woo-Shik, and fans have been quite excited to see them together. It’s a love story between a movie buff and an aspiring director. They began to have feelings for each other, but soon, it frizzled out. What happens when they meet again after some time, whether they will find love or not is all about it.

Bo-Young has proved her...

Picture: Shin Eun Soo in Love Untangled – Netflix

A throwback to the late 90s, Love Untangled features an exciting ensemble of actors that will feature in Netflix’s romantic-comedy movie. Confirmed to be coming to Netflix in Q3 2025, we’ve got our first look at the film with Shin Eun Soo and Gong Myung in action.

Love Untangled is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original romance film directed by Namkoong Sun and written by Ji Chun Hee and Wang Doo Ri. The film is produced by bombaramfilm.

When is Love Untangled coming to Netflix?

Netflix has confirmed that Love Untangled is coming in Q3 (July-September) 2025!

For now we await Netflix to make an official announcement for the release date.

What is the plot of Love Untangled?

It is set in 1998 and follows a student, Park Se-ri, who has always been frustrated with her curly hair and believes that if she...

"How did you find your way here?" Hulu has revealed an official US trailer for an intriguing new Korean streaming series called Light Shop, which is made for Disney+ in South Korea as one of their mainstream offerings in that country. The series is an adaptation of Kang Full's webtoon also called Lamp Shop, which is turned into Light Shop or Lightshop Keeper for its worldwide debut. A group of strangers, each struggling to come to terms with a traumatic event in their past. Going about their lives, each individual is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway. Guarded by a vigilant shopkeeper, the light shop could hold the key to the strangers' pasts, presents and futures. The full ensemble cast features Ju Ji-hoon as the owner of the shop, Park Bo-young, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha,...

“Light Shop”, directed by Kim Hee-won, based on the webtoon by Kang, is a new live-action supernatural TV series, starring Ju Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Shin Eun-soo, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Sun-hwa and Kim Ki-hae, streaming December 4, 2024 on Disney+:

“…a group of strangers each have a hard time processing a disturbing experience from their past.

“Each of them is going about their normal lives when they are all strangely pulled to a light shop located at the end of a dubious alleyway.

“A cautious shopkeeper guards the light shop, which may contain the key to the strangers' pasts, present and futures…”

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For many subscribers, Hulu is a treasure trove of movies and television series. As December quickly approaches, the streaming service will be adding a slew of new shows that viewers are sure to enjoy. Given the array of offerings slated to hit the platform next month, there’s bound to be at least one series viewers will find worth watching.

From mysteries and true crime to action and psychological dramas, Hulu has just about anything audiences could ask for. No matter what viewers are looking for to fill their time, the streaming service undoubtedly has something they’ll deem worthwhile. Whether viewers want to be on the edge of their seats or engrossed in a unique mystery, the platform definitely has them covered next month.

Light Shop (Season 1) Stream on December 4

Written by Kang Full and directed by Kim Hee-won, Light Shop is a South Korean horror mystery series that...

Streaming service Netflix unveiled its lineup of Korean movies scheduled for release in 2025 at a recent event during the Busan International Film Festival. The selection includes both movies from experienced directors and new talent.

One of the highlighted projects is Netflix’s first original Korean animated feature called “Lost in Starlight.” Directed by Han Ji-won, it will be her first full-length film. The movie explores a long-distance relationship through an astronaut voiced by Kim Tae-ri and a musician voiced by Hong Kyung.

Acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho, known for “Train to Busan” and the Netflix series “Hellbound,” is working on the thriller “Revelations.” Ryu Jun-yeol plays a pastor searching for his missing son alongside detective Shin Hyun-been. Yeon, who co-wrote the script with Choi Gyu-seok from “Hellbound,” notes the changing expectations of audiences. He stated audiences now decide how streaming films differ from those in theaters.

Other anticipated titles include disaster...

Netflix showcased its Korean film slate for the coming year at an event in Busan, including Lost In Starlight, the first Korean-language animated feature to be produced by the streamer.

Directors from seven films set to release on the platform next year attended the event, held during Busan International Film Festival, to discuss their upcoming projects.

Lost In Starlight will mark the feature debut of director Han Ji-won and follows the long-distance relationship between an astronaut, voiced by Kim Tae-ri of The Handmaiden, and a musician, voiced by Hong Kyung of TV’s Revenant.

Also on the slate is Revelations,...

Netflix has unveiled an extensive lineup of Korean films set to debut on the streaming platform in 2025, showcasing the streaming giant’s continued investment in Korean content.

The diverse slate, revealed at an event on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival, which opened with Netflix’s “Uprising,” includes projects spanning genres from action and sci-fi to romance and animation, featuring both established and emerging talent in the Korean film industry.

Acclaimed director Byun Sung-hyun, known for his work on “The Merciless” and “Kill Boksoon,” returns with “Good News” (working title), a 1970s-set thriller centered around a hijacked airplane. The film stars Sul Kyung-gu, reuniting with Byun for a fourth collaboration, alongside Hong Kyung and Ryoo Seung-bum. Sul takes on the role of a mysterious fixer, with Hong playing an Air Force lieutenant and Ryoo portraying a government official overseeing a covert operation.

In the sci-fi disaster genre, “The...

South Korean cinema has a long history of bringing unique horror stories to screens around the world. Tastes of Horror continues this tradition with its own collection of creeps set to send shivers down spines. Adapted from a popular webcomic of the same name, this anthology offers six frights crafted by five acclaimed directors. Each brings their own chilling vision to life within the short film format.

Viewers are treated to a wide range of scares spanning supernatural revenge spirits to unsettling sci-fi experiments. Segments run the gamut from playful frights to deeper psychological terror. Connecting tissue between tales comes solely from the talents behind and in front of the camera, with no wrapping narrative required. Quality varies as with any anthology, yet consistently engages through memorable chills.

Joining this sinister selection allows discovering both favorites and those less resonant. Regardless, Tastes of Horror offers a taste of A-list Asian...

Illang: The Wolf Brigade

Stars: Woo-sung Jung, Dong-won Gang, Hyo-Joo Han, Ye-ri Han, Minho Choi, Jun-ho Heo, Jin-ho Choi, Moo Yul Kim, Eun-soo Shin, Chul-Hyung Im, Hong-In | Written by Kim Jee-Woon, Jun Chul-Hong, Lee Ji-Min | Directed by Kim Jee-Woon

In the year 2029, South and North Korea agree to set up a unified government. They have prepared for the unification for the past 5 years. Meanwhile, demonstrators, supporting and opposing the unification, become more fierce. A terror organization known as Sect” appears. They are against unification. A special police force is formed in response, while a powerful government intelligence agency is also against unification.

Illang: The Wolf Brigade, directed by Kim Jee-woon and based on the 1999 anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade which was directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and written by Mamoru Oshii, has so much potential at its fingertips but loses it all in a meandering tale of social malevolence and melodrama...