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Er ... 'Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow' is fine, but the first season ended Aug 28, 2022 so shouldn't be on this list. Neither should 'Tomorrow' (May 21, 2022). Technically nor should the 'The Glory', but all eight episodes were only made available Dec 30, 2022, so it's probably reasonable to argue it's a fair choice.

Does he? Not according to his MDL listing. He should be removed until one of these "Unknown" dates is actually confirmed as 2023.

(Actually @allure but it's @Burcu's call.)

Hmmm. Lomon is here, but he has no drama credits for 2023, only 2022 and 2024. Love him, and would vote for him, but he should be removed unless 'All of Us....2' is released early, or he's in another project airing this year.

OK ... just looked at the cast list for "Desperate Mr X" ... is there anything this guy isn't in? (I'm not complaining. Great roles delivered with even greater talent!)

I'm British too, and I beg to differ. I know many people who work, and regularly smoke dope. It doesn't affect their working ability (though I'd draw the line at pilots smoking it while actually flying). They're not addicts, nor do they need help. ... two notions frequently bandied around here with absolutely no supporting evidence concerning YAI that I've yet heard about.

[I'm not ashamed to be British right now, just deeply ashamed of much of our colonial history! Hmmm ... actually, half of us voted for Brexit. Maybe I'm a LITTLE ashamed.]

@Toro and @funkybutmonkey: Thanks both. I can get how both definitions are arrived at. "Drop off" = Take something somewhere while passing by; "Drop" = Let go of ... so, kinda 'release'. Don't think I'll ever get used to, or adopt, these new uses though. I still get annoyed by people using an apostrophe wrongly!

Edit: And by people overusing the exclamation mark ... hint, hint, to the commenter a couple below this one. :-)

Hmmm. This makes me feel really old. I am blessed by being a native English speaker [ :-) ] but way past the generation that says "bad" to mean good and "sick" to mean "even better". But has "drop" changed it's meaning too? The title of this article, to me at least, is the opposite of what the article is about. In my day, if a network "dropped" a show it meant they would no longer be airing it.

Oh, well. At least it explains why people on the tram have started offering to give up their seat for me.

Was he caught doing something illegal? Or was it found, by testing him, that he'd done something which would have been illegal if done in SK. I admit I'm not familiar with the guy, but others have commented here that he travels a lot. Is it illegal in SK to just have it in your system? Can you be prosecuted in SK for something you've done completely legally in another part of the world? Besides which most of the comments here, or the early ones at least, are not about the criminal aspects but about the "public's" (for which. I'd put money on, read "media's") reaction. If someone in the public eye gets a ticket for illegal parking, should they also be vilified? And don't say it's not the same thing, because it is. A law is a law.

Under the law, if found guilty, he should be punished in exactly the same way as anyone else would be. Sure, his celebrity may produce a little more favourable treatment, but it's far more likely he'll get harsher punishment, as a deterent to other potential offenders. And, yes, it may hurt his career going forward, as it would for an accountant. However, people wouldn't demand that the accountant's employers rip up every piece of paper he'd ever touched.

How about crowd-funding an injunction against him filing an injunction?

LOL. Yeah, it was indeed excellent. I suspect she also unwittingly encouraged the 'moral decline' she was so vehemently against, as artists vied to see who could upset her most!

Several people have commented here that Netflix should continue with Yoo Ah In's projects but block them for the Korean market. Why? (By which I mean "Why block them?") If the viewing S.Korean public don't want to watch something because Yoo Ah In is in it, no-one is forcing them to. We had a very vocal complainer in the UK many years ago. At first, a lot of people in the media paid a lot of heed to her constant complaining about poor moral standards. Then it dawned on people that she represented the views of only a small fraction of the public. In the end, she was pretty much ignored. It would be interesting to see how many S.Korean viewers really do feel 'moral outrage' sufficiently to not watch a show on principle.

A colleague recommended a film to me a little while ago, mainly on the basis of its goriness. I'm looking forward to the next time I see him so I can say: "I'll see your 'The Sadness' and raise you 'Project Wolf Hunting'." Absolutely no contest. :-)

The plot was way too 'busy'. Felt like the script writers kept thinking "OK, how can we make the situation even worse?". The blood was way too thin. Have these special effects guys never heard of thickening agents? The people who died, deserved to. Even those not so stupid as to stand there and wait for it, didn't have the common sense to run away quietly. The end was pretty predictable, though in fairness with a little twist I hadn't seen coming. And yet ... definitely hoping for a sequel, which I'd most certainly watch!

Thank you for saying that. You've just saved me a post. Er.... apart from this one, obviously.

I'm a westerner. I LOVE that type of genre. I think I might find it difficult to disagree with you. :-) But seriously, two things I love about the Kdramas I've seen so far:

1) They're really hard to pigeonhole into a (western?) definition of genre. Even the 'darkest' have loads of funny moments. Shows that are tagged 'Comedy' have scenes that make you think and make you cry. Your own username, 'Vincenzo', was a great example of mixing different elements in a way that made it feel real, and just 'worked'.

2) Most 'proper' Kdrama stories span a single season. Whether it's six episodes or twenty-six it doesn't matter. You watch it. You're done. You move on. Netflix are trying to corrupt this principle, with their popular shows at least. It's obvious that a tale has been told. It's over. Then in the final few frames ... "Oooh, let's add a twist so we can make a season two and milk more money from this." I'd refuse to watch them on principle ... except there's a reason they're so popular. Some of them are just so darn good!

I''m kinda glad that Jae-Wook cried. Makes me feel it's OK that I did quite a lot too. :-)

Loved 'Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow', though not as much as s1, but it ended in 2023. Admittedly only by a few days (January 8th) but technically it doesn't qualify. I'll vote for it next year. :-)

I'd also add though. by my personal definition, any drama that gets a 2nd season, pre-planned or not, ISN'T a Kdrama

Hmmm. It has taken a while for this to percolate through my mind, but maybe this is our own fault. Surely one of the basic definitions of a Kdrama is that a story is introduced, unfolds, and is wrapped up, in a single season. That season may last only half-a-dozen episodes, or may need double figures, but it's a single season. I'm sure there have been a few notable and worthy exceptions over the years, but that to me is a fundamental definition. What Netflix produces, whilst undoubtedly great shows in many cases, are NOT Kdramas. They're just dramas made in Korean with Korean actors.

Netflix seems to be trying to take an existing label that will draw in viewers to their shows, and redefine it to suit their own commercial interests. So why don't we just stop calling them, and accepting them as, Kdramas? If it has a season two, it isn't a Kdrama!

The question was "doesn't need" not "shouldn't get". I've not watched every show listed here but with 'AoUaD', and "Squid Game" is another good example, the story was told. It was good but it was over. The "cliffhanger" (or sequel excuse) was just tacked on to the end because the show was , or was expected to be, popular. Design Folium's comment, a couple below this, is spot on.