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The new Netflix K-Drama Cafe Minamdang discusses shamanism in Korea

Cafe Minamdang and Korean Shamanism in the Modern World

Entertainment, Television

Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, “K-dramas”, television dramas produced in South Korea have gained rabid global popularity. The recent wedding and pregnancy announcement of Crash Landing on You stars Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin made news in international outlets, even the tried and true American celebrity news depot People magazine. The dystopian drama …

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Crash Landing on You

Crash Landing on You TV Review: A Recipe for Pathos

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Television / 351 Comments

North Korea, the totalitarian “Hermit Kingdom” doesn’t often get a cinematic treatment in Western media. If consumers of Hollywood films were to comb their memories for a film with North Korea as a backdrop, they’d inevitably arrive at the 2014 screwball Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy, “The Interview”. The 2019 South Korean drama “Crash …

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