Journalist, Author & Syndicated Columnist
As a Korean American, I take pride in AAPI Heritage Month — and in sharing my love of Korean entertainment with you all on a regular basis. I can be Asian American and love shows made in Korea. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
The showrunners behind “Vincenzo” took their time in letting the highly engaging story unfold in a believable way. Well, as believable a story as you can have about a Korean-born child who ends up becoming a consigliere for a top mafia don in Italy. This series is one of Song Joong-Ki’s strongest K-dramas.
“Minari” star Youn Yuh Jung is the first Korean actress to ever win an Oscar, and just the second Asian woman ever to take home a trophy for best supporting actress.
You know that saying, “Revenge is a dish best served cold”? How apropos for these satisfying K-dramas.
Song Kang has gone from rookie to leading man with a trio of hit K-dramas: “Love Alarm,” “Sweet Home” and “Navillera.”
“Minari” star Alan S. Kim — just turned 9 — is going to wear “a tuxedo or something” to tonight’s Oscars ceremony.
“Love Alarm” was one of the first Netflix series that split a K-Drama into two seasons. They need to stop doing that. This second season is a disappointing mess.
The action sequences in “Vagabond” are thrilling and the plot is fast-paced and engaging. But the ending seems rushed, incomplete and utterly unsatisfying.
This second season of “Penthouse” is full of subterfuge, a revelation about who one of the students’ real father is and lots and lots of comeuppance. Oh, and there’s the murder of another teenage student, too.
“Tomorrow, With You” has so many wonderful elements — especially the adorable chemistry between the two leads. But the frustrating part was watching just about everyone in the series keep integral secrets from each other in an attempt to change — and protect — their future.
We pick our Top 10 favorite moments in “2021 Special Talk Show – Let’s BTS.” What are some of yours?
In this essay, writer Jae-Ha Kim examines BTS’s recent statement calling attention to anti-Asian racism. Content warning for discussions of racism and use of a quoted slur.
You asked for it and KOCOWA has you covered. Watch classic episodes of “Running Man” starting with the first episode!
Let’s get real. BTS doesn’t need to do much promotion these days. But knowing that their fans are missing them big time, the septet have gifted ARMY with a special talk show called “Let’s BTS.”
If you like kimchi slaps, switched at birth and secret identity storylines, you just might be a makjang fan!
The New York Times interviewed me for their piece about product placement (like Subway!) in K-Dramas.
“Sweet Home” has some incredible highs. But unlike “Kingdom” or “Uncanny Counter,” where action supplements the storyline, “Sweet Home” has too much mediocre filler to make it a truly great K-drama.
Happy International Women’s Day to the cast of “The Penthouse 2.” These amazing actresses prove that you don’t need a Second Lead Syndrome — or any kind of romance — to keep viewers coming back for more.
Most of the characters in “Lovestruck in the City” would’ve benefited with some therapy to work things through and move on from unhealthy relationships that should’ve been severed early on.
Like “Train to Busan,” “Kingdom” was released well before the coronavirus outbreak cause pandemonium worldwide. Both are sociopolitical projects disguised as zombie horror thrillers, where those in power don’t try to prevent the outbreak, so much as they try to stop news of the outbreak from being released. The public’s ignorance suits their own needs.