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 K-dramas continue to prove their global popularity on Netflix, with four Korean series ranking among the platform’s Global Top 10 Non-English Shows in the third week of August.

Who had Korea talking during the 3rd week of August?  According to Good Data, four TV and OTT drama actors stood out as the most buzzworthy stars of the week.

From action-packed thrillers to romance and comedy, these actors captured viewers' attention and dominated the K-drama conversation.

 Park Eun-bin may have one of the funniest superpowers in K-drama: she can become so completely different in every role that viewers sometimes forget they’re watching the same actress.

From the unforgettable Woo Young-woo in Extraordinary Attorney Woo to the chaotic Eun Chae-ni in The WONDERfools and the ghost-seeing Cheon Yeo-ri in <...

 The K-drama competition is heating up in August 2026, with A Shop for Killers Season 2 taking the top spot in Korea’s latest buzz rankings — while Our Sticky Love is making a major impact on Netflix’s global chart.

 BTS continues to prove that its influence in the United States extends far beyond the K-pop fandom.

According to Luminate’s Q2 2026 U.S. music consumer survey, 42% of Americans say they know BTS, significantly higher than the 24% average across all artists included in the survey. Even more striking, 46% of Americans who know BT...