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Warner Music Group x Netflix partnership logo announcing exclusive documentary deal
Music5 min read

Netflix and Warner Music Group Ink Multi-Year Documentary Deal: What It Means for K-Pop

Netflix and WMG signed an exclusive multi-year first-look deal for music documentaries. ROSÉ's Warner Chappell deal and BTS: The Return dropping March 27 make the K-pop angle impossible to ignore.

PakMarch 22, 2026
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Eiji Akaso and Kang Hye-won in Gimbap and Onigiri
Film & TV7 min read

Kang Hye-won's Japanese Drama Debut in Gimbap and Onigiri Is Her Full-Circle Moment

Former IZ*ONE member Kang Hye-won leads the Netflix and TV Tokyo romance drama Gimbap and Onigiri, with aespa and NCT WISH on the soundtrack. Here's why the show works.

PakMarch 21, 2026
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Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek in Bridgerton Season 4, smiling in a garden. Photo: Liam Daniel / Netflix
K-Drama7 min read

Yerin Ha Makes History as Bridgerton's First Korean Lead

The Korean-Australian actress makes history as Bridgerton's first Korean lead, playing Sophie Baek opposite Luke Thompson in Season 4, now streaming on Netflix.

PakMarch 17, 2026
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KPop Demon Hunters 2 Is Confirmed. The Directors Are Back. And Two Oscars Just Made It Official.. Image: [Source]
Film & TV5 min read

KPop Demon Hunters 2 Is Confirmed. The Directors Are Back. And Two Oscars Just Made It Official.

Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation confirm KPop Demon Hunters 2 is in development, with Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans returning under an exclusive multi-year deal targeting 2029. Days before the original film swept the Oscars.

PakMarch 17, 2026
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Rain as Baek Jeong, the villain in Bloodhounds Season 2. Photo: Netflix
K-Drama6 min read

Bloodhounds Season 2: Rain Steps Into His First Villain Role as Netflix's Hardest-Hitting K-Drama Returns

Three years after taking down the loan sharks, Gun-woo and Woo-jin are back. This time, they face Rain in his first-ever villain role, running a global underground boxing league.

PakMarch 17, 2026
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Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul with N Seoul Tower visible in the background, one of KPop Demon Hunters' key filming locations
K-Culture5 min read

KPop Demon Hunters Is Rewriting Korea's Tourism Playbook

South Korea hit 18.9 million foreign visitors in 2025, an all-time record. The catalyst: a single Netflix animated film. The numbers tell the full story.

PakMarch 17, 2026
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EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei AMI, the real-life voices of HUNTR/X from KPop Demon Hunters
Music4 min read

HUNTR/X Becomes First K-Pop Act to Win Billboard Women of the Year

EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei AMI make history as the first K-pop act and first group to collectively share Billboard's Women of the Year honor, following their Grammy-winning "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters.

PakMarch 13, 2026
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Jisoo in Boyfriend On Demand Promotional Image. Image: Netflix
K-Culture4 min read

Jisoo Is Heading to Cannes: BLACKPINK Star Earns Madame Figaro Rising Star Award

Four days after Boyfriend on Demand premiered on Netflix, Jisoo received the 2026 Madame Figaro Rising Star Award from Canneseries, joining a lineup of globally recognized Western actresses.

PakMarch 11, 2026
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Tantara: Song Hye Kyo and Gong Yoo’s First-Ever Pairing Arrives on Netflix This December
K-Drama3 min read

Tantara: Song Hye Kyo and Gong Yoo’s First-Ever Pairing Arrives on Netflix This December

The Glory and Squid Game icons unite for the first time in Netflix’s sweeping period drama set against the birth of Korea’s entertainment industry.

HITKULTRMarch 8, 2026
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Scene from Made In Korea. Netflix
Film & TV3 min read

Netflix's Made in Korea Is the India-Korea Film Collaboration We Didn't Know We Needed

Netflix's Made in Korea, premiering March 12, is the first-ever India-Korea film collaboration on a major streaming platform, starring Priyanka Mohan and Squid Game's Park Hye-Jin.

PakMarch 8, 2026
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Cast of Netflix's Agents of Mystery Korean variety show
Film & TV4 min read

Agents of Mystery Season 2 Delivers Bigger Scares and Tighter Chemistry

Jung Jong-yeon's supernatural variety show returns bigger and bolder, taking investigations outdoors with nine episodes of UFOs, creatures, and cursed villages.

PakMarch 5, 2026
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Kim Seon-ho as Joo Ho-jin and Go Youn-jung as Cha Mu-hee and Do Ra-mi Image: Netflix
K-Drama6 min read

Can This Love Be Translated? Is the K-Drama Rom-Com of the Year

Kim Seon-ho returns to the genre he owns and Go Youn-jung matches him step for step. Netflix's slow-burn romance spanning Japan, Canada, and Italy is the year's most satisfying K-drama.

EllaMarch 3, 2026
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Still Shining official main poster: Park Jinyoung and Kim Min Ju on a subway car with warm afternoon sunlight
K-Drama5 min read

GOT7's Jinyoung Is Playing a Subway Driver in Love. 'Still Shining' Is the March K-Drama to Watch.

Still Shining premieres March 6 on JTBC and Netflix. Park Jinyoung plays a subway driver reconnecting with his first love in a drama from the director of Our Beloved Summer and the writer of Tune in for Love. Here is why it is the March K-drama to set your calendar for.

PakFebruary 27, 2026
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KPop Demon Hunters. Image: Netflix
Film & TV5 min read

KPop Demon Hunters Has Won Everything. Now It's Getting the Criterion Treatment.

The Criterion Collection has added KPop Demon Hunters to its library of essential cinema. With the Oscars 16 days out and Golden at 89% odds for Best Original Song, the timing says everything about where this film stands.

PakFebruary 27, 2026
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BTS official group concept photo for the ARIRANG era by BigHit Music
K-Pop6 min read

260,000 Fans, 15,000 Tickets, Zero Seconds: Inside the BTS Gwanghwamun Frenzy

Over 100,000 fans crashed the booking site as 15,000 free tickets for BTS's Gwanghwamun Square concert vanished in seconds. Seoul prepares for 260,000 people to descend on its most symbolic public space on March 21.

HITKULTRFebruary 24, 2026
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Jisoo in a scene from Netflix K-drama Boyfriend on Demand
K-Drama4 min read

Jisoo's Boyfriend on Demand: Everything to Know Before the Netflix K-Drama Drops

Jisoo leads her first Netflix original, a 10-episode romantic comedy about a burnt-out webtoon producer who escapes into virtual reality dating. Here's everything you need to know before Boyfriend on Demand drops March 6.

HITKULTRFebruary 24, 2026
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Official poster for KPop Demon Hunters, the animated film that swept the 53rd Annie Awards
K-Pop4 min read

KPop Demon Hunters Demolishes Disney with Perfect Annie Awards Sweep

A film rooted in Korean mythology and K-Pop culture just swept all 10 Annie Award nominations, shutting out Disney and Pixar at animation's biggest ceremony. The Korean Wave conquers Hollywood animation.

HITKULTRFebruary 24, 2026
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The Remarried Empress cast promotional stills featuring Shin Min-ah, Lee Jong-suk, Ju Ji-hoon, and Lee Se-young
K-Drama7 min read

Webtoons Are Taking Over Your Screen in 2026. Here Is Why.

From The Remarried Empress to Bloodhounds 2, 2026 is the year Korean webtoons become the dominant IP pipeline for streaming. Disney+ and Netflix are betting billions on vertical-scroll source material, and the results are about to reshape K-drama forever.

HITKULTRFebruary 24, 2026
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Shin Hye-sun as Sarah Kim in The Art of Sarah on Netflix
K-Drama7 min read

The Art of Sarah Is Netflix's Best K-Drama of 2026

Shin Hye-sun delivers four performances in one role as Netflix's mystery thriller climbs the global charts. Directed by Kim Jin-min, The Art of Sarah proves crime thrillers can match K-drama's biggest rom-coms.

HITKULTRFebruary 24, 2026
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All seven BTS members seated at a press conference table with microphones, photographed by Dukhwa Jang for GQ March 2026
K-Pop6 min read

BTS Returns: Everything You Need to Know About the ARIRANG Era

After nearly four years of military service, BTS reunites with ARIRANG, a 14-track album, a Netflix live concert, a documentary, and an 82-date world tour spanning 23 countries. The biggest comeback in K-pop history starts March 20, 2026.

HITKULTRFebruary 23, 2026
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