The Remarried Empress arrives as a Hulu Original in Korean, with sub and dub options. Here's how to build a November watchlist around it. Hulu has given The Remarried […]
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MARKGONG turns heartbreak into a pink corridor for SS27
At Shanghai Fashion Week, the Chinese label's 'Til We're Us softens the Gong Girl. Designer Mark Gong says it's built from heartbreak, pastel lace and sequins, with no leather […]
A Japanese Werewolf Movie Is Coming, and Its Director Is a Newcomer
The first trailer for 'When You Open the Door' is out. Eriko Katagiri makes her directing debut with a creature feature in a corner of Asian horror that has […]
Awkwafina Can’t Cook. Her Grandma Will Be the Judge.
In "Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook," Nora Lum takes over the family Cantonese restaurant legacy with no kitchen skills. The Apple TV series lands November 6. Nora Lum has an […]
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The Devil’s Plan: Dead Again Trailer Puts a Five-Time Survival Champ in the Crosshairs
Netflix's Korean brain-survival game returns November 10 with 16 players, a rule change that loosens the prison, and a trailer where "Survivor King" Jang Dongmin is everyone's target. Five […]
Lee Chang-dong Makes His Short Film Debut, and It’s a Boy Running Home
Heartbeat, the director's first short, reaches Netflix worldwide on November 2. It arrives four days before Possible Love, and it shares that film's universe. Lee Chang-dong has made features […]
Margiela and Gentle Monster Crush, Stitch and Stretch Their Fourth Eyewear Line
Sixty-eight deconstructed frames, a short film by Alex Prager and pop-ups from Seoul to Melbourne: the Paris house and the Korean eyewear brand are four collections in. A fourth […]
Dead-End Job Is the Halloween K-Drama Where Rent Is the Real Monster
Netflix's Dead-End Job sends Lee Jae-wook into haunted workplaces for big money. Here's the cast, the scares, the shaky CGI and a 7/10 verdict before you press play. A […]
Lee Chang-dong Is Back, and Korea Is Betting Its Oscar Hopes on Him
Eight years after Burning, the director returns with Possible Love, a Venice winner and South Korea's pick for the Academy Awards. It reaches Netflix on Nov. 6. It took […]
K-pop Keeps Making Spooky Sound Sweet, and Nobody’s Complaining
From Jennie's chart-topping "Dracula" to ENHYPEN's flirty fangs, K-pop's Halloween canon runs on one trick: a pretty face on something that bites. A K-pop remix of a psychedelic Tame […]
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