The K-drama is currently topping Netflix charts around the world. When Life Gives You Tangerines is a South Korean slice-of-life drama following a couple across 50 years. The series stars K-pop star ...

In the final episode of When Life Gives You Tangerines, Netflix’s slice-of-life K-drama, protagonist Ae-sun (played here, in her 70s, by Moon So-ri) tells daughter Geum-myeong (played here, in her 40s ...

Burt is a contributor for TIME. IU as Oh Ae-sun in When Life Gives You Tangerines Burt is a contributor for TIME. In 2011, K-pop star IU made her K-drama debut in Dream High, a series about young ...

Perfect K-dramas are exceedingly rare, but When Life Gives You Tangerinesis flawless from beginning to end. Since the mid-2010s, Netflix helped proliferate the genre and rake in millions of new fans, ...

Starring mega K-drama stars IU and Park Bo-Gum, this Netflix series was highly anticipated and boasts a large budget and international acclaim. Doled out in four batches of four episodes each, should ...

This blog post contains spoilers. A few weeks ago, I reflected on the Netflix drama series, When Life Gives You Tangerines, and the lessons it triggered regarding the necessity of communal support. In ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Jul 18, 2025, 05:02pm EDT The doctors in 'The Trauma Code: ...

The series stars K-pop star (and accomplished actress) IU in two different roles. All 16 episodes are currently streaming on Netflix. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you ...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you tangerines? Watch Netflix. Since debuting on March 7, the K-drama has charted the streamer's top 10 in 42 different countries, making it ...