Im Si-wan and Seol In-ah's tvN Thriller Romance Premieres October 19
Im Si-wan and Seol In-ah lead tvN's new thriller romance My Guilty Human, premiering October 19. She plays a special forces detective who goes undercover as a male secretary to investigate him for murder.
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24.9% to Doctor X: Kim Ji-won's High-Stakes Comeback Starts October 9
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Kim Ji-won Biting Her Nails Before Yu Quiz and Recreating a 2017 Drama Line
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Four Hands: Can Kang Bi-o Win Back the Nemesis Collaboration He Lost?
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Kim Ji-yeon's Dive Into You Finds Its Audience Everywhere But Korea
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“The best K-dramas this year aren't the loudest. They're the ones that trust their audience.”
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Recruit 4 Finale Breaks Its Own Record, Then Greenlit a Fifth Season Before Airing It
The fourth season of Recruit wrapped on ENA with a 5.2% national rating, the highest single-episode number in the franchise's history. A fifth season is already confirmed, and a spinoff film has finished shooting.
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After 3 Thrillers, Kim Young-kwang Returns to K-Rom-Com and Admits It Took Real Adjustment
Kim Young-kwang returns to romantic comedy in Netflix's Charge Me If You Can, premiering October 9, after years of thrillers left him needing time to readjust. At the press event, he admitted the scenes felt "embarrassing" at first, and director Park Su-won literally cheered him on set.
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How ‘Lotto 1st Place’ Sales Exploded 1420% After a 3 Billion Won Blunder
A crisis in sales turned into a marketing triumph for ‘Lotto 1st Place’, leading to an incredible 1420% revenue increase.
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Kim Ji-won Crashed 3 Major Concerts Through Personal Connections, Not Fandom
Actress Kim Ji-won revealed on the web variety show Salon Drip that she attended concerts by BIGBANG, aespa, and Jennie through personal industry connections. She also opened up about her brief stint as an idol trainee.
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New Recruit Locks In Season 5 After Season 4 Finale Peaks at 5.2%
Season 5 of New Recruit was greenlit the same day its fourth season wrapped on ENA. A spinoff film and a new drama will come first, before the main series returns.
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New Recruit Season 4 Ends on Its Highest Rating Yet, 7th in ENA History
The finale of 신병4: 사보타주 on September 29 achieved a record 5.2% viewership, hinting at new beginnings with fresh characters.
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DESK BINGE TIME
61 hrs
of K-drama the desk binged this month
ON THE DESK'S SCREEN
01Kian’s Bizarre B&B · 1 week in top 10
02The Scandal · 2 weeks in top 10
03Four Hands, Two Sonatas · 5 weeks in top 10
THE OMONAR K-DRAMA DESK
Sixteen episodes, filed.
Recaps that remember, reviews that don't spoil, and honest takes on what's worth the eight-hour commitment.
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- № 40 / VOL. 04
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- OCT 04, 2026
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- Sundays, 9pm KST
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- 277 dispatches
Worth every minute.