K-Dramas on Netflix: A Beginner s Guide to the Best Korean Shows
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hallyu the phenomenon where South Korean culture takes the world by storm.
After the success of movies such as Parasite and
Kingdom and
It s Okay To Not Be Okay are winning fans all over the globe.
Korean shows are watched in more than 30 languages on the streamer, including English, German, French, Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia, the company says.
K-dramas have been one of the driving forces of South Korea s entertainment industry for decades. Their quality has improved tremendously from the series I grew up watching in the 1990s and early 2000s, with big budgets and more varied characters and storylines than ever before.
Youn Yuh-jung as a mentor like figure.
Bae Doona offered a similar sentiment with a post on Instagram Story that had her offer congratulations with a news article. Even before winning the Best Supporting Actress award,
Youn Yuh-jung had been a major fixture in South Korean media for the preceding month. A television documentary, Younstory, featured many other celebrities talk about their admiration for the elder actress.
Youn Yuh-jung will next appear in the film
Written by William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema s travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea s public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he
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Korean stars congratulate Youn Yuh-jung on her best supporting actress Oscar win Song Hye-kyo, Lee Byung-hun, Choi Woo-shik and more cheered the 73-year-old Youn on her historic win.
Yuh-Jung Youn, winner of the award for best actress in a supporting role for Minari, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
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After 73-year-old actress Youn Yuh-jung made history at the 2021 Academy Awards by being the first South Korean actor to win an Oscar, congratulatory notes started pouring in from her fellow countrymen.
Youn Yuh-jung (left) at the Academy Awards’ engraving station and (right) Korean President Moon Jae-in (Photos: Twitter/The Academy and Cheong Wa Dae)
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and Korean stars congratulated Youn Yuh-jung for winning best supporting actress at the 93rd Academy Awards f