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K-Drama Culture: Fact or Fiction?

October 21, 2020May 15, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Are coffee sticks really popular in Korea? Are engagement rings really that modest? And why do convicts leaving prison eat tofu? I’m here to answer all those K-Drama questions and more…

2 CommentsKorean Dramascoffee sticks, Gong Yoo, Ji Sung, K-Drama fact or fiction, Kocowa, tropes

K-drama Food Etiquette: Fact or Fiction? What Do You Know?

September 15, 2020May 15, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Korean food culture as depicted in K-Dramas is based on real life. But how much of it is spot on?

Leave a commentKorean Dramas"Home Alone", "She Was Pretty", "The Return of Superman", “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo”, food culture, K-Drama fact or fiction, Kocowa, Korean etiquette

Living at Home at 30? It’s Not Weird…in Korea!

July 15, 2020May 16, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Sometimes even wealthy celebrities choose to remain at home with their parents for a variety of reasons, including being able to help them financially and having a comfortable place where they can live with people they love and trust. It can be a win-win situation.

Leave a commentKorean DramasAhn Bo-hyun, K-Drama fact or fiction, Kim Jong-Kook, Kocowa, Park Seo-Joon, Song Ji-Hyo

All the K-Drama Moments You Didn’t Know Were Real

June 10, 2020May 16, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Pojangmacha? Piggyback rides? Students cleaning classrooms? Just what is going on in K-Dramas?!

1 CommentKorean Dramas"Coffee Prince", "Extra-0rdinary You", "My Love from the Star", "Pinocchio", "School 2013", "She Was Pretty", "Weightlifting Fairy, K-Drama cliches and tropes, K-Drama fact or fiction, Kim Bok-joo", Kocowa, pojangmacha, 포장마차

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