SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of Netflix’s cooking competition show “Culinary Class Wars” has ignited a boom in home cooking equipment sales in South Korea, according to recent data from a major e-commerce platform. Gmarket, an online marketplace owned by Shinsegae Group, reported on October 20 that sales of kitchen-related items have skyrocketed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — “Culinary Class Wars,” Netflix’s popular Korean reality show, will return for a second season next year, the streaming service said Tuesday. The original production team, including producers Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji, along with writer Mo Eun-seol, will reunite for Season 2, which is expected to premiere in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “I never thought I would face cyberbullying from Koreans, but unfortunately, it’s happening. Alas…” These words, posted on Instagram by Seonkyoung Longest, a 40-year-old contestant on the popular Netflix survival cooking show “Culinary Class Wars,” underscore a growing concern in South Korea: the pervasive issue of online harassment. Longest, a Korean-American, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Korean titles topped Netflix’s weekly viewing charts, the global streaming company said Wednesday. “Officer Black Belt,” a crime action film starring Kim Woo-bin, secured the No. 1 spot on Netflix’s non-English movies chart for the week of Sept. 23-29. The film follows the story of Lee Jung-do, an ordinary [...]