A K-Drama Without a Drop of Romance
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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained.
Today’s special guest is Shan Wang, The Atlantic’s programming director. Shan has written about why it’s a mistake to write off Korean-language TV series as sappy melodrama, and offered 19 ways to think about the heat. She’s currently watching a distressing yet compelling K-drama, drowning in snacks from an Asian grocery-delivery service she recently discovered, and begging everyone in her life to stop quoting Zoolander at her.
First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic:
