Kayti Burt

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Culture Writer and Editor at Freelance

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The Real-Life Inspirations Behind Squid Game’s VIPs | TIME

16 hours ago | time.com | Kayti Burt

'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk explains what inspired the VIPs' more active role in Season 3
Breaking Down the Ending of Squid Game Season 3 | TIME

16 hours ago | time.com | Kayti Burt

Squid Game ends on a brutal but hopeful note with Season 3
Breaking Down the Ending of Tastefully Yours

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kayti Burt

Tastefully Yours Credit - Courtesy of Netflix One of the most-watched K-dramas of 2025 so far, Netflix’s Tastefully Yours stars Squid Game’s Kang Ha-neul as Han Beom-woo, a ruthless manager at his mother’s soulless food conglomerate, Hansang, whose entire life philosophy is challenged when he meets Mo Yeon-joo (The Frog’s Go Min-si), a brilliant but stubborn fine dining chef who runs a one-table restaurant in remote Jeonju.
How Justin H. Min on ‘The Devil’s Plan’ struck a chord with viewers

2 weeks ago | joysauce.com | Kayti Burt

But The Devil’s Plan creator Jeong Jong-yeon wanted Min for the second season, rightly recognizing that Min would make for a great contestant. A handsome gyopo (교포)—or member of the Korean diaspora—raised in sunny Southern California who attended an Ivy League college and went on to become a Hollywood actor, Min would bring a different perspective to a cast otherwise populated by Koreans who were mostly born, raised, and educated in South Korea.
Breaking Down the Violent Ending of Netflix K-Drama 'Mercy for None'

3 weeks ago | time.com | Kayti Burt

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Mercy for None. Bloody and brutal, the backstabbing in Mercy For None is both figurative and literal. Based on a webtoon called Mercy For None: Plaza Wars, the Netflix noir follows the vengeance campaign of Nam Gi-jun (Doctor Lawyer’s So Ji-sub), a former key member of Seoul’s criminal underworld. When Gi-jun’s little brother, Nam Gi-seok (Vigilante’s Lee Jun-hyuk) is killed, he returns from exile to bring those responsible to justice.
Netflix's Lost in Starlight: Korea Makes an Animated Sci-Fi Romance for Adults

4 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Kayti Burt

In 2018 Korean animator and illustrator Han Ji-won created a commercial for jewelry brand Stonehenge that follows a girl who dreams of going to space, just like her astronaut grandmother. The brief, beautiful animation caught the attention of Korean production company Climax Studios, who saw potential for a much bigger story about the human connections astronauts carry with them into space.
Breaking Down the Emotional Ending of Resident Playbook

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kayti Burt

Resident Playbook Credit - NetflixResident Playbook, the Netflix spin-off of beloved K-drama Hospital Playlist, has wrapped its first season. The slice-of-life medical series is set in the understaffed obstetric and gynecology department at the Seoul Jongno branch of the fictional Yulje Medical Center, and follows four first-year OB-GYN residents as they fail, learn, and grow.
Breaking Down the Bittersweet Ending of Dear Hongrang

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kayti Burt

Cho Bo-ah as Sim Jae-yi, Lee Jae-eook as Sim Hong-rang in Dear Hongrang Credit - Courtesy of NetflixHong-rang, the beloved child of a wealthy Joseon merchant family, vanishes into thin air, leaving half-sister Jae-yi (Cho Bo-ah), mother Min Yeon-ui (Uhm Ji-won), and father Sim Yeol-guk (Park Byung-eun) bereft and the future of the guild unclear. Twelve years later, a man (Lee Jae-wook) suspected to be the long-lost Hong-rang wanders back into the Min family’s life.
Breaking Down the Ending of 'Weak Hero Class 2'

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Kayti Burt

Lee Min-jae, Ryeo Un, Choi Min-yeong, Park Ji-hoon in Weak Hero Class 2 Credit - Darae Lee/NetflixWarning: This article contains major spoilers for the ending of Weak Hero Class 2. Weak Hero Class 1 ends at the beginning—of the webtoon, that is. The final scene of the coming-of-age action drama’s first season is the first scene of its source material.
The Story Behind Bullet Train Explosion

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Kayti Burt

A still from Bullet Train Explosion Credit - Courtesy of Netflix Trains have been popular in cinema arguably since the beginning of film, when the Lumière brothers’ “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station” became one of the first movies ever made and commercially screened in 1896. From the silent Civil War movie The General to Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful Strangers on a Train to the quiet romance of Before Sunrise, trains propel narratives across genre and time.