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One Day Off #2: Walking the line between artistic passion and life's practicality

A K-drama Recapalogue Review One of Hagyeong’s one-day-off trips in One Day Off, was sparked by a conversation with a student about career choices. The student told her she didn’t w...

One Day Off #1: Taking a day off at a time to explore life like never before

A K-drama Recapalogue Review Most of us are drawn to “full” k-dramas in the sense where each episode would constitute at least 50 minutes in length up to more than an hour. But have...

Doctor Cha #3: The Stupidity of Women Sacrificing Their All

A “stupidity” that we all gladly do anyway (A K-drama Recapalogue Review) When I watched Doctor Cha, one scene hit me so hard. It was the moment when Jeongsuk, after suffering a liv...

Doctor Cha #2: The Stupidity of Parents

Forcing themselves and their dreams on their children (A K-drama Recapalogue Review) Being a parent—or a child, for that matter—is complicated in today’s world. The expectations, th...

Doctor Cha #1: The Stupidity of Being the Other Woman

I was one, but I didn’t know—and when I did, I immediately dropped everything (A K-drama Recapalogue Review) There are some topics that are hard to talk about—not because they’re ra...