Decoding Korean traditions woven into 'Perfect Crown'

Even before its premiere, "Perfect Crown" generated buzz for bringing together two of Korea’s hottest stars in a lavish palace rom-com, starring IU (Lee Ji-eun) as the ambitious chaebol heiress Seong Hui-ju and Byeon Woo-seok as the powerless Grand Prince Ian. Set in a modern-day Korea where the monarchy still exists under a constitutional system, the series imagines how fragments of Korea’s royal past might survive into the 21st century. As the drama heads into its grand finale this weekend, vi

By The Korea Herald