April K-drama highlights include Parasyte: The Grey, an alien-invasion drama from Train to Busan’s director, Byeon Woo-seok in high-school fantasy romance Lovely Runner, and Goodbye Earth with Yoo Ah-in.

The year saw plenty of watchable K-dramas. Here are our picks for the best series of 2023, ranked from good to great – is your favourite on the list?

Believer 2 may be awful, but there are plenty of far superior Korean film sequels to see. We rank the 10 best, including The Roundup, Steel Flower and Memento Mori.

The K-pop girl group continues to own the music world – fourth mini-album Drama comes out on November 10 – but Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ning Ning are taking on the luxury fashion world too

French skincare pioneer Caudalie is celebrating 10 years of business here in Hong Kong, and launching a new line of products – Style chats to its co-founder Mathilde Thomas

Korean exports of coffee mix and instant coffee sticks rose as the world’s K-drama fans saw them in series such as Moving, Vincenzo and My Mister. Entrepreneurs are remaking the humble product.

The US$4 billion empire is launching its first menswear collection on October 26 – so how do the body-hugging boxers and briefs look, and which male sports stars are promoting the pieces?

From bare make-up to classic ‘fits for Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co., the K-drama actress and model, and former teen beauty queen, is known for her minimalist fashion

Starring Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won and Han Hyo-joo, new Korean action movie Believer 2 on Netflix is an orgy of senseless violence that adds nothing but questions to its far superior forerunner.

From Crash Landing on You to Crash Course in Romance, there have been some classic romantic K-dramas over the years. We rank our 15 best ever, and why they deserve a spot in the list.

Disney+ K-drama Moving gets a perfect score for lifting comic-book pulp to epic and emotional heights in a soaring superhero saga whose grand five-episode climax is truly unforgettable.

Kim So-hyun, the 24-year-old star of Korean drama series My Lovely Liar, has been acting for 18 years. We look back at her career, starting when she was a child actress, and ahead to her upcoming roles.

K-pop superstar Jisoo is focusing more on acting these days, and could appear opposite Park Jung-min in Influenza. Squid Game’s Park Hae-soo and Shin Min-a have been offered lead roles in thriller Evil Destiny.

Tonkatsu features as a symbol of love in the Disney+ K-drama Moving, but how did this Japanese deep-fried pork cutlet dish become so well-loved in Seoul, South Korea?

Ryoo Seung-ryong and Han Hyo-joo lead Disney+ Korean drama series that has an epic feel. The set-up was breathless, introducing us to students with super powers. Now we’ve learned their parents’ shocking past.

Korean actress Go Youn-jung, who plays high-school student Jang Hee-soo in Moving, the Disney+ series about teenagers with superpowers who fight dark forces, talks about playing a character similar to herself.

Moving’s Han Hyo-joo has appeared in big-budget and low-budget productions spanning a variety of genres, and tackled a wide range of roles. Look out for her next in Believer 2 on Netflix, and Dominant Species.

Ryoo Seung-ryong and Han Hyo-joo are among the stars of Moving on Disney+, the most expensive Korean drama series yet, which follows superheroes who face off against a mysterious spy operative.

From the second season of The First Responders to period drama My Dearest to the webtoon adaptation Moving, Mask Girl and The Killing Vote, 9 new K-drama series to watch in August 2023.

Nam Joo-hyuk takes the lead role in Vigilante, a K-drama on Disney+, Han Hyo-joo is one of a trio of supernatural crime fighters in K-drama Moving, Ji Chang-wook is an undercover cop in The Worst of Evil.

The South Korean actor was part of K-pop boy band ZE:A for two years before landing his first meaty screen role, since which he has been a K-drama regular in series such as Happiness and Strong Girl Bong-soon.

From ‘Queen of Tears’ starring Kim Soo-hyun to ‘Uncle Samshik’, featuring Song Kang-ho in his first ever TV drama role, here are the Korean dramas we’re most looking forward to in 2023.

Kim You-jung, star of Netflix’s Korean film 20th Century Girl, talks about ’80s and ’90s music, feeling ‘confused and emotionally unstable’ when she turned 20, and her stance on love.

Kim Yoo-jung plays the well-meaning but wilful Bo-ra, who is tasked with researching a potential love interest for her best friend, only for things to backfire. Byeon Woo-seok, Park Jung-woo and Roh Yoon-seo also star.

Nope, BTS or Blackpink don’t top the list – from mega music deals to epic endorsements, find out which Korean artists are making bank the fastest

Four-part romance drama on Disney+ stars Han So-hee and Park Hyung-sik of the K-pop boy band ZE:A as best friends who enter uncharted territory in their relationship.

Netflix’s The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure is too long, but delivers just enough swordplay, sea creatures and marauding mayhem to keep action fans happy.

Catch Song Joong-ki, Son Ye-jin, Hyun Bin and more of your favourite stars on the silver screen, in blockbusters delayed by the pandemic and much-anticipated sequels to box office hits

The Korean drama machine produced some of its most enjoyable and compelling shows this year, from Squid Game to Vincenzo and One Ordinary Day. We rank the 15 best K-dramas of 2021.