PommePoire

add to that a lead without childhood trauma

Does he still sing though (solo) ?

interesting that you find it mid (think it might end up being average). For me the cover and font gave me something in the rain, midnight in hagwon vibes (cozy winter, drinking hot chocolat, jazzy music).

I just read that she got this job in July, because the previous spokeswoman became a vice minister. What a short lived career.
Seems like Korea has a spokesperson to politician pipeline.

this one was a spoke person under the previous president Mon Jae-In (2017-2022). She's now a member of the National Assembly since 2020.

In Wendy Williams' words "I'm so mad that I can spit". How can you be friends with someone who is mute for 20 years and not learn sign language. The psychiatrist that she met in uni valued her more than Baek Sa Eon does.

I invite you to reread my comment and work on your comprehension skills.

Does anyone know the reason, is there going to be a a big sports event or award show happening at a competing network on 14 and 20th dec ?

i've seen a few k-dramas which have a character who has a foundation / helps kids in Africa as a way of showing how the character is a good person but this reinforces stereotypes.

this year he had another movie where he went through the Belgian immigration process and was even homeless.

Yes female lead is older than male lead. She is 33, but male lead's age hasn't been said yet though.

this MDL article says filming ended in 2016
https://kisskh.at/article/castle-in-the-time-starring-zhang-zhe-han-and-park-min-young-has-finally-come-to-audience

It's a 2 parts drama. Part one is the memory arc ( tsuioku hen) and part 2 romance arc (koiji hen) so the ending for this one isn't really an ending. There is no resolution at the end of this one

Kohei looks like Dustin Vuong, even more with the totebag

- (Apichaya Saejung) : name she was born with
- Saisi Aphitchaya Saechang : Saisi/Xi Shi (different writing) = chinese nickname given by her dad + birthname
- (Ratricha Praphakiti) : name she changed to
- (Zhang Xi Shi) : she maybe active in china / has a significant chinese fanbase + GMM shows are available on IQIYI if i'm not mistaken. It is common for asian singers and actors to have a japanese name, chinese name, western name etc when they have a significant fanbase outside their country where they're active.

For celebrities (actors, singers, athletes), it's a problem when someone else who is famous has your name because it creates confusion eg. black singer Michelle Williams from destiny's child and white actress Michelle Williams.

extract from wikipedia on thai names "Thai given names generally convey positive attributes, and a number of Thai people change their given names frequently (and their family names less frequently, as it requires permission from the head of a family or, in the case of children, father and mother).[…] Besides standard reasons of separation and divorce, many name changes are done to get rid of bad luck (which, if caused by a ghost or spirit, would confuse the malignant entity, allowing the victim to get free from them)."

For jewish people, you can't give your child the same name as a relative who is alive because there is a believe that the death spirit might take your child by mistake when it comes to take the older relative. Similarly, I think Ciize changed her name + surname in order to avoid getting (by mistake) the bad luck intended for the other person who shares her name.

Tanyares stayed with her husband. The husband was a the time (& still is I assume) a wealthy famous businessman who's dad the secretary of the ministry of finance + chairman of the board of directors at the state-owned tobacco company.

At the beginning of ep 12 ML and FL were saying that their relationship isn't real. ML's family overheard them and asked what wasn't real, ML replied and said that they we're arguing about the baby's nickname being "Real". ML's family said that "Real" is a beautiful nickname, so now the baby's name is "Real" which ties in with the title "The Real has come"

The Eunuch is the only one capable of identifying the crown prince. He didn't identify him because he would be of no use afterwards and would be killed by the king (or by someone else like Jang) or Queen Dowager.

There is a scene where a teen Lee Seol goes to meet the eunuch and it ends up being a trap. Jung is there and his son too. That is when he got killed by the watchman.

Shi Yeol is around the same age as Kang San, so I think that another watchman (who is way older now) killed the fiancé.