Songi, or matsutake mushroom, is a wild autumn delicacy that grows in a symbiotic relationship with red pine tree roots and cannot be commercially cultivated, making it one of the most expensive seasonal ingredients in Korean cuisine and a genuine l…
Autumn is Korea's most anticipated seafood season, when three specific catches — jeon-eo (gizzard shad), kkotge (blue crab), and daeha (fleshy prawn) — each hit their peak flavor for biological reasons tied to how they prepare for winter, making…
Chuseok, Korea's autumn harvest holiday held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, centers as much around its food as its family gatherings, with dishes built specifically to showcase that year's freshly harvested rice, grain, and fruit…
Jeon-eo, or gizzard shad, is a small silvery fish that's available in Korean waters year-round but is prized specifically in autumn, when cooling water temperatures cause the fish to build up fat reserves ahead of winter, giving it a noticeably …
"Never Say Die: The Red," releasing September 30, 2026, is an action-thriller based on the popular Naver Webtoon "Revival Man," following a job seeker whose only qualification is baseless confidence — until he discovers he revive…
"Possible Love" is director Lee Chang-dong's first feature since 2018's "Burning," premiering in Korean theaters September 23, 2026, as a Netflix original ahead of its streaming release, and stars Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-…
"Assassins" is a mystery thriller directed by Heo Jin-ho, releasing September 23, 2026, that uses the August 15, 1974 shooting at Seoul's National Theater — an attack that killed First Lady Yuk Young-soo and injured others during a nat…
"TAZZA: The Song of Beelzebub," releasing September 23, 2026, is the fourth installment in the long-running "Tazza" gambling film franchise, following two childhood friends turned business partners whose online casino empire coll…
The Korean remake of "The Intern," releasing September 16, 2026, reworks Nancy Meyers' 2015 Hollywood comedy-drama into a domestic office story, casting Choi Min-sik as a 37-year veteran of the workforce who joins a fast-growing fashio…
"Bi-gwang" is a family drama-thriller directed by Lee Ji-won, releasing in Korean theaters September 2, 2026, starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Ha Ji-won as a once-celebrated couple whose lives are upended, first by the sudden appearance of a d…
"Fly High, Butterfly" is a JTBC weekend drama premiering September 19, 2026, set at a hair salon and following the designers and interns who work there — reportedly the first Korean drama to center its story specifically on hairstyling as …
"Scandal" is an eight-episode Netflix original series releasing September 18, 2026, that transplants the 1782 French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" into Joseon-era Korea, following a talented noblewoman who proposes a dangerous…
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