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Cherry Blossoms: Did Your Love Come True This Spring?
That Winter, The Wind Blows (2013, episode 16) by Marion KDL “Catching a falling cherry blossom makes your first love come true.” This is what Eun-tak taught Kim Shin (and also us) about the meaning of...
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Summer’s here! Check out these K-Drama rooftop cafes and restaurants in Seoul
My First First Love (2019, episode 1) by Mich KDL Goodbye Spring, and hello Summer! Time to stash away those coats and boots, and pull out the tank tops, shorts and flip-flops for some fun in the sun....
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The Uniquely Fascinating World of Search: WWW
Search: WWW (2019, episode 1) by Mich KDL If you’ve jumped on the Search: WWW (engine) bandwagon, you’re not alone. It may only be the first few weeks of this tvN Wed/Thurs drama series, but consider...
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Saturday Summary #40
My First First Love (2019, episode 1) by Marion & Mich KDL Hello Summer! Who’s ready to hit the beach? To celebrate the new season, we’ve put together a list of K-drama rooftop cafes and...
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This Summer, Look Out for these 15 Seoul Lookouts!
Wind-bell (2019, episode 1) by Marion KDL Aside from enjoying the views from a rooftop cafe or restaurant, how about checking out lookout points this Summer? If overpriced cakes and coffee isn’t quite...
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Search: WWW (2019) — An Overview
Search: WWW (2019, episode 16) SUMMARY SEARCH: WWW / TYPE IN SEARCH WORD: WWW [Geomsaekeoreul Ibryeokhaseyo: WWW / 검색어를 입력하세요: WWW] (tvN, 2019) Written by Kwon Eun-Sol, Co-Directed by Jung Ji-Hyun and...
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Saturday Summary #41
Hotel del Luna (2019, episode 1) by Marion & Mich KDL Who else is surprised that the year’s moving by so quickly! Can you believe that in just a blink of an eye (or so it seems), we’re already...
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Rediscover the Joys of Reading at these K-Dramaland Bookstores
Beauty Inside (2018, episode 15) by Mich KDL 2019 will probably go down in K-drama history as the year that viewers were reminded of the joy of reading, thanks to book publishing-themed drama Romance...
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Saturday Summary #42
by Marion & Mich KDL It was one of South Korea’s hottest August days in years (or so I was told), and it was the day I chose to walk through Buam-dong. I came to visit this lovely, classic K-drama...
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Saturday Summary #43
Welcome to a throw-back Saturday Summary! Oldies (but goldies! nevertheless) and not so much current favorites were in the center of the past month here at KDL. If you follow us along regularly, you...
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Falling For Vinyl’s Charm in Seoul: K-Drama LP Bars and Record Stores
My First First Love (2019, episode 9) by Marion KDL At some places in Seoul, vinyl has never gone out of fashion. Seoul’s vinyl bars, also known as LP bars or pubs (LP펍), has celebrated vinyl music for...
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Saturday Summary #44
by Marion & Mich KDL All too soon, it’s now Autumn — a pretty, yet pensive season. At KDL, we can’t get enough of the fall foliage, and we’re looking forward to seeing more of it on our screens as...
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Boys Over Flowers (2009) — A 10th Anniversary Overview
SUMMARY Boys Over Flowers/Boys Before Flowers [꽃보다 남자] Written by Yoon Ji-ryun, Directed by Jeon Ki-sang Based on the manga Boys Over Flowers/Hana Yori Dango [花より男子] written by Yoko Kamio Production...
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Take a Walk Down This K-Drama Street: Seongmisan-ro 29-gil
Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (2019, episode 16) Text and photos by Mich KDL In last year’s final KDL Roundup, I shared how Seongmisan-ro 29-gil was my favorite location overall in 2018. This rather...
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Saturday Summary #45
by Marion & Mich KDL We slowly say good-bye to autumn as the first snow enters K-Dramaland. “There is an interesting saying about the day of the first snowfall,” explains Kim Seol-ah in her radio...
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KDL 2019 Roundup #1: Most Seen Locations in K-Dramaland
Hotel Del Luna (2019, episode 5) by Mich & Marion KDL And in the blink of an eye, we’re once again approaching yet another year’s end. What a year 2019 has been in K-Dramaland indeed! As always,...
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KDL 2019 Roundup #2: Neighborhoods of the Year
Abyss (2019, episode 15) By Marion and Mich KDL 2019 was certainly interesting for us at KDL, not just in terms of locations, but also neighborhoods. Looking back on 2018’s list, it’s fascinating to...
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KDL 2019 Roundup #3: 2020 K-Dramalandscape Predictions
Just Dance (2018-19, episode 1) by Marion and Mich KDL This past October, the Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) published a list of the ‘Top 100 Must-Visit Tourist Spots in (South) Korea for...
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KDL 2019 Roundup #4: Reflections from the Past Year
Crash Landing on You (2019-20,Teaser) By Marion KDL & Mich KDL So, here we are at the final roundup for 2019. This is usually where we’d share our fave scenes and sites (like in 2017 and 2018), but...
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Saturday Summary #46
by Marion & Mich KDL Hello 2020, Goodbye 2019! We’re happy to share that we covered 53 dramas in 2019, which brings our current total on KDL to more than 400 dramas. WOW! Heartfelt thanks to...
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