The one gimmick in a show packed with K-drama clichés – having the male lead dress, talk and act as if he is from the historical Joseon era in Korea – doesn’t come off. As a result, Dare to Love Me falls flat.

South Korea’s 1979 coup d’état is brought to the big screen in 12.12: The Day. The film’s director, producer, and lead actor Jung Woo-sung talk about dramatising an event whose details were secret for decades.

Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon star as an instructor and her former star pupil at one of the after-school private academies ubiquitous in South Korea in this tvN series on Viu directed by Ahn Pan-seok.

Han Hyo-joo and Ju Ji-hoon put in adequate performances in a Disney+ K-drama that moves away from its promising sci-fi premise to become a boring story about corporate greed.

Korean horror film The Sin, by Han Dong-seok, sees the shooting of an experimental movie break down when a series of bizarre events occur. The film shows glimpses of promise but is ultimately underwhelming.

Busy Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo has roles in the pipeline in Queen Woo and heist series Project Y, and is being courted for social drama Genie House; Park Eun-bin is eyeing superhero series The B Team.

An unusual family with special powers lose their gifts for one reason or another, until the appearance of a woman offers them hope of regaining them – but she is not all she seems.

Netflix K-drama Frankly Speaking follows a TV anchor (Go Kyung-pyo) who cannot help saying what he is thinking. So far, it has been filled with toilet humour and has a weak narrative.

Dedicated customers queued up the night before last weekend’s launch of the Current Form 1.0 collection to buy a pair of new Cloudmonster 2 shoes; they gave a round of applause for the first lucky customer

K-pop veteran Kyuhyun of idol group Super Junior looks back on his 18-year-long career and shares how his relationship with fans has changed – and why that is a good thing.

Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won finally find their happily-ever-after by the end of Queen of Tears – which may be the most purely romantic K-drama to air in quite some time.

Seven classic 1950s Korean movies are being shown at this year’s Udine Far East Film Festival in collaboration with the Korean Film Archive. Those who can’t make the event can watch them on YouTube.

Kino, who spent seven years in K-pop group Pentagon until it disbanded last year, talks about his solo career, new album, and how the intense and competitive K-pop training regimen benefited him.

Exciting K-drama releases in May include Disney+’s Uncle Samsik, in which Song Kang-ho plays a 1960s fixer, Netflix’s The 8 Show, and Frankly Speaking, about a TV host with no filter.

Lee Je-hoon, Lee Dong-hwi, Choi Woo-sung, Yoon Hyun-soo and Seo Eun-soo lead Korean drama Chief Detective 1958 on Disney+, which sees one of South Korea’s most beloved TV characters return to screens.

In our round-up of the latest Korean drama casting news, Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is considering the lead role in Disney+’s One Second, Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve, and lots more.

K-pop appears to be a new core element for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – 2024 saw groups Le Sserafim and Ateez take to the stage, much like Blackpink did in 2023.

Starring Suyo of K-pop group Exo, Hong Ye-ji and Kim Min-kyu, Missing Crown Prince on Viu mashes palace intrigue and romantic comedy together in a royal period drama full of attractive young leads.

New Korean drama Under the Gun, starring SF9’s Zuho and Jo Soo-min, makes heavy use of poker symbolism, but is so far proving to be little more than a generic high-school romance.

Starring Kim Nam-joo, Cha Eun-woo, Kim Kang-woo and Im Se-mi, Wonderful World on Disney+ had its issues – including a meandering midsection and silly twists – but showed the power of a strong ending.

Ju Ji-hoon and Han Hyo-joo star in Blood Free on Disney+, a sci-fi series by writer Lee Soo-yeon that looks set to drop its interesting premise involving lab-cultured meat and global food production.

Kim Hye-yoon has appeared in 50 productions since her debut in 2013. We look back at her career, from her breakthrough parts to roles in hit K-dramas and films including SKY Castle, Midnight and Ditto.

Kim Sung-su’s political blockbuster faithfully recounts the 1979 coup d’état that plunged South Korea into its darkest period to date, in a film full of grandstanding machismo and intimidation.

Kim Hye-yoon and Byeon Woo-seok star as a woman confined to a wheelchair, and a K-pop idol who inspires her. Years later, they meet again and, after he commits suicide, she travels back in time.

Sometimes called an ‘idol of classical music’, South Korean violinist Danny Koo wants to make his style and genre of music more accessible to the public – and so far, he is succeeding.

Thrilling HBO Vietnam war drama, directed by The Handmaiden’s Park Chan-wook, stars Robert Downey Jnr as various characters and Hao Xuande as a Viet Cong spy working for the chief of the secret police.

Known for looking just like Blackpink’s Jennie and K-drama queen Song Hye-kyo, the 15-year-old is on the road to stardom with Teddy Park’s The Black Label

Hugely popular Netflix K-drama stars Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won as country boy Baek Hyun-woo and his wife Hong Hae-in, an heiress who is diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Oldboy’s Choi Min-sik stars as a paranormal investigator who, with shaman Hwa-rim (played by Kim Go-eun) and others, performs a ritual cleansing on the grave of a property tycoon’s ancestor.