A trip around Korea does not have to look one particular way. You could spend most of your time in one city, drive through different regions, travel on a strict budget, or pack a few people into a small house on wheels and see where you end up. The Korean travel programming available on Amasian […]
Posts by Josh Bae
Japanese Food Shows That Will Make You Want to Visit Japan
There are plenty of ways to learn about Japanese food, but watching someone actually eat their way through a neighborhood can make the experience feel much more immediate. A bowl of ramen in a Tokyo neighborhood. A plate of seafood in Hokkaido. A traditional Japanese sweet in Shibuya. Suddenly, the question is less “What does […]
From Watchlist to Travel List: Asian Shows That Inspire Real-World Adventures
Sometimes a travel destination starts with a search for flights and hotels. Sometimes it starts much earlier, when you see a place on screen and think, “I want to go there.” A restaurant in Tokyo. A road along the Korean coast. A market in Hokkaido. A landscape in China. A glimpse of everyday life in […]
How Amasian TV and Trip.com Are Connecting Shows With Real Trips
Sometimes a show does more than make you want to keep watching. A meal can make you curious about the region it came from. A travel series can turn a place you’ve never considered into somewhere you’d actually like to visit. Even a familiar city can look different when you see it through the food, […]
Bad Guys: Vile City: A Korean Crime Thriller About Taking Down a Corrupt Power Network
A prosecutor in Seowon is given a difficult assignment: take down Jo Young-gook, the powerful CEO of Hyunseung Company. Woo Je-moon knows that a conventional investigation probably won’t be enough. He puts together a team of people who have their own experience with violence and crime, then goes after Young-gook and the network protecting him. […]
Psychopath Diary: The K-Drama Where a Timid Man Thinks He’s a Serial Killer
What if you found a serial killer’s diary and, after losing your memory, became convinced it was yours? That is the setup for Psychopath Diary, the 2019 thriller starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Jung In-sun, and Park Sung-hoon. Yoon Shi-yoon plays Yook Dong-sik, a timid employee at a securities company who ends up with the diary after […]
Lupin the 3rd Part 2: 155 Episodes of Heists, Chases, and Chaos
Lupin III has a simple job description: steal valuable things and avoid getting caught. In Lupin the 3rd Part 2, that formula stretches across 155 episodes, taking the world’s most famous gentleman thief from one elaborate scheme to the next. First broadcast in Japan in 1977, Lupin the 3rd Part 2 ran for three years […]
SHOW ME THE MONEY 12: Korea’s Biggest Rap Survival Show Returns
Korean hip-hop competition SHOW ME THE MONEY returned in 2026 for its 12th season, bringing a new group of rappers together with some of the biggest names in Korean hip-hop. The season features four producer teams led by ZICO and Crush, GRAY and Loco, J-Tong and Hukky Shibaseki, and Lil Moshpit and Jay Park. Across […]
Priest: The Korean Drama That Brings Exorcism Into the Hospital
At South Catholic Hospital, doctors are dealing with patients who have symptoms that medicine cannot explain. Doctor Ham Eun-ho finds herself caught up in a series of supernatural events involving two Catholic priests, Oh Soo-min and Moon Ki-sun. The priests belong to an unofficial exorcist group called 634 Regia, and they work to protect people […]
The Liar and His Lover: A K-Drama Where Music and Romance Collide
Kang Han-gyeol makes his living writing music for Crude Play, one of Korea’s popular idol bands. He keeps his identity as the band’s composer hidden from the public and spends most of his time working behind the scenes. Then he meets Yoon So-rim, a high school student with a voice that immediately catches his attention. […]