Can't believe this just popped up on my feed. The game is really well made, and the cast is amazing! 100% recommend if you like survival shows.

Korean Title: 대체 등산을 왜 하는 건데?

Description: Four celebrity hiking newbies end up forming a club to tackle Korea's snow‑capped peaks. Can they figure out why on earth people go to the mountains?

Cast:

• Car, the Garden
• Dowoon (DAY6)
• Lee Chae-min
• Tarzzan (AllDay Project)

PDs: Park Hyun-yong, Na Young-seok

Link: Netflix

E01 - E05 Discussion (260818)

E06 - E08 Discussion (260825)

For those looking for Amazing Saturday subs you can check NoltoSUBS on X/Twitter. They're resuming with Ep.382. Nice!

In the era of celebrity chefs, there are numerous chefs who can create the best flavour. But when it comes to running a business, it’s different. The chefs' ability to bring out the best flavour doesn’t mean they are talented at making money. So here comes the survival competition to figure out who is the best businessperson in the food service industry. The representatives of the food service industry go out onto the street without revealing their identities to prove their cooking skills and challenge to become the best-selling chefs. This time, the judges who evaluate their dishes will be the public in real life, not other chefs in the studio. The chef who captures the public’s appetite and makes the best sales regardless of their fame will be the winner of this competition. Who will be the final winner?

I’ve been rewatching Busted on Netflix and on S2E10, there is a briefcase that needed to be unlocked using two puzzles. The cast solved the lock using the other (simpler) puzzle, and the answer was 2412.

But I noticed that they didn’t fully explain the solution for this one, except that the first number corresponds to the number of images with a pip on the center.

I tried solving it myself to no avail. I even asked AI for help, but it also can’t find the reasoning behind it. LOL.

How can you get 2412 with these die?

Description of the Show:

Two-day road trip to the beautiful spots in all the corners of Korea! Instead of fancy studio, this on-the-road reality show takes place in the rural sides. While over 10 million Koreans travel abroad each year, the "2 Days and 1 Night" casts travel around Korea - to the mountains, farms, fishing villages, islands - where you can meet the welcoming smiles of our neighbors and the beautiful nature that cleanse our eyes.

Episode Sypnosis:

The real treasure hunt begins now! In the second part of Treasure Hunt in Geoje, the members face even fiercer competition for a single ultimate prize. As the final destination slowly comes into view, alliances shift and the game changes by the minute. With every clue bringing them closer to the truth, who will solve the mystery and claim victory and what is the treasure they’ve been searching for?

Members:

• Kim Jongmin
• Moon Seyoon
• Lee Yongjin
• Lee Joon
• DinDin
• Lee Kitaek

Ratings:

Nationwide - 7.3% / Seoul - 5.8%

Stream: VIU

Love Against Time (내 남은 연애) is finally here, it's available on SBS/KOCOWA/etc.

^Synopsis:

^{Love Against Time is a dating reality show that follows young adults who have come to the brink of death as they begin to love again.}

^Panelists

^{Lee Se-young, Choi Yena [from IZ*ONE group], Jung Yonghwa [from CNBLUE group], Lee Seokmin/DK [from SEVENTEEN group]}

^Sources

^{KOCOWA: https://www.kocowa.com/en_us/season/129789283/love-against-time}

^{Love Against Time, E01, Official English Softsub, 1080p, ~3.6GB: https://gofile.io/d/pH8OXb}

^{Love Against Time, E02, Official English Softsub, 1080p, ~3.5GB: https://gofile.io/d/ZToTll}

^{Love Against Time, E03, Official English Softsub, 1080p, ~3.2GB: https://gofile.io/d/grDFRaoB}

^{Love Against Time, E04, Official English Softsub, 1080p, ~3.2GB: https://gofile.io/d/rRSVBwCW}

^{Love Against Time, E05, Official English Softsub, 1080p, ~3.2GB: https://gofile.io/d/PSCagEnk}

That plaza, loool.

^{Love Against Time, E05, English Softsub, 720p, ~1.9GB: https://gofile.io/d/0X36bwI9}

^{Love Against Time, E05, English Hardsub, 720p, ~1.0GB: https://gofile.io/d/AtrVikPU}

Love Against Time (내 남은 연애) Discussion: E01, E02, E03, E04, E05

Hii. I'm currently looking for a link to dl hyori's bnb its my comfort shoooow and I really want to rewatch it again but its all 480p in other sites :(

thank you!

I just discovered KOCOWA has a page for the upcoming season 2 of The Community! IT'S GETTING SUBBED!

https://www.kocowa.com/en_us/season/130359963/the-community-2-invisible-hand

Subbed Trailer (requires login to view)

Unsubbed Teaser

Unsubbed Trailer

Unsubbed bonus video of 4 participants from S1 taking this season's Value Code Test (spoilers for S1!)

https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16167234

https://blog.kocowa.com/the-community-2-invisible-hand-raises-the-stakes-with-a-survival-game-where-everything-is-up-for-trade/

This season appears to be more focused on the economy/morality rather than political ideologies like in S1, and the game seems to have been completely revamped to suit. Now, four teams of varying sizes and resources attempt to survive in a "free trade zone" where deals and negotiations are king.

Teams/Residents

White Team

In control of "Gems" ("Jewels"?), which are directly tied to the prize money (kind of like garnets from The Genius).

• Gary Kim - Board Game Designer, President Of The Korean Board Game Designers Association From 2003-2023, CEO Of Gary Kim Games

• KNUCKS - Dancer, College Of Social Sciences At Chung-Ang University (Bachelor's), Sungkyunkwan University (Master's), Previously Participated In Physical: 100 S2

  • Game Of Blood S2 9th Place (Eliminated Day 7)

• Park Seseung - Influencer, College Of Business And Economics At Chung-Ang University (Bachelor's), Yonsei University (Master's), Previously Appeared On My Sibling's Romance

• Shin Hyewon - JTBC Socio-political Reporter, College Of Education At Seoul National University

• Lee Han - Gender Equality Activist

• Lee Hyunseon - Former Special Forces (707th Special Mission Group), Previously Participated In Siren: Survive The Island & Steel Troops W

Blue Team

In control of "Life", tubes of blue crystalline things. As can be seen in the trailer, every resident must submit 1 Life each at the end of each day or they get eliminated.

• Lee Soomin - Actress (Tok! Tok! Boni Hani; Twinkling Watermelon; My Dearest)

• Lee Jina - TV Personality, Aspiring Actress, Former Corporate Executive (Startup CMO), Rich Upbringing (Father Has Assets Worth 10 Billion Won), University Of Hong Kong, The Pot Of Greed, Peking Duck, The Only Returnee From S1

  • Genie From The Community S1 (Advanced To Final Day, Joint 6th Place, Final Prize Money ₩1,793,000)
  • Game Of Blood S3 13th Place (Eliminated Day 8)
  • Jenna From Golden Spoon War (8th/Last Place, Not Selected For Final Teams)
  • NO EXIT GAME ROOM Round 1 Participant (Did Not Advance To Winner's Match)

• Lim Jieun - Author

Red Team

In control of "Credits", which act as in-game currency and allows for production of the other resources. They're compared to arcade tokens in the article, so perhaps 1 Credit = 1 try at a game?

• Park Cheolhyun - Stand-up Comedian, Youtuber, Part Of Psick University

• Seungwoo's Dad - Cooking Youtuber, Previously Participated In Culinary Class Wars S1

• Lee Jaeyong - Accountant, Writer, Economics Youtuber, College Of Business And Economics At Chung-Ang University

Black "Team"

In control of food (lol) and "information".

• Jung Jaeho - Entrepreneur, Influencer, IQ Of 150, University Of California Berkeley, Previously Appeared On Heart Signal S2
  • G From Black Sheep Game (White Sheep, Eliminated Day 4)
  • Hexagon Game 3rd Place (Eliminated Round 5/Semi-finals)
  • The Influencer (Eliminated Round 1)
  • Synchro Game Joint Winner (Team Won Final Round)

...If anyone was wondering, no, this seems to have very little to absolutely nothing in common with season 1's format. As such, obviously barring potential references to season 1 as well as having one returnee, I think it will not be required to watch season 1 to have an understanding/appreciation of season 2, which is rare to be able to say about survival shows and in this case, a good thing, I suppose. I'm really excited this is getting subbed, season 1 is legit one of the best seasons of reality TV Korea has to offer, so I trust that they'll cook with season 2.

The season will premiere in just a few days on September 4; KOCOWA's blog states subs will be available September 6.

Ayo guys. It's me again! I have more time to binge watch dating shows since I'm only waiting for our year end commencement exercise. Yay! I'm currently watching Love against time, but since it's not completed yet, could you recommend dating shows aside from Exchange? Tyia!

Korean Title: 무엇이든 해줄지니 - 비서진

Description of the show: A new level of celebrity care is about to begin! Going far beyond the duties of an ordinary manager, the Secretary Squad becomes the ultimate personal support system for some of the biggest stars. From managing their official schedules to handling the private matters they may hesitate to share with anyone else, these dedicated secretaries stay close by their side. As they step into the stars’ most personal worlds, they uncover their unfiltered charms, unexpected sides, and deepest thoughts like never before.

Episode Synopsis: The first star to join the second season of the show is Bibi. Today, she will perform at the 2026 Waterbomb Festival. Before her performance, she has to attend various events and do interviews for the festival and other media. It’s been a while since the two secretaries worked together, but as soon as they meet Bibi they get back on track right away. Stay tuned to check out their day together.

Cast:

• Lee Seo-jin
• Kim Kwang-kyu

Guest (My Star):

• Bibi

Rating (AGB Nielsen Nationalwide) : 3.2%

Links: VIU, 720p, 1080p

Running Man was classified as an "urban action variety"; a genre of variety shows in an urban environment. The MCs and guests were to complete missions at a landmark to win the race. The show has since shifted to a more familiar reality-variety show concept focused on games.

Members:

• Yoo Jae Suk
• Kim Jong Kook
• HaHa
• Song Ji Hyo
• Ji Suk Jin
• Yang Se Chan
• Ji Ye Eun

Guests (2):

• Kim Won-hun (김원훈)
• Kwon Eun-bi (Iz*One) (권은비)

Tags: 런닝맨, korean, variety, tv, show, Iz*One

Knowing Bros is a school-themed variety program that invites guests (or "transfer students") into their class for a day. The transfer students asks the class questions about themselves and challenge the class to compete in something they're confident in. The cast members joke about everything and does not hold back much.

The second part of the show is filled with either a improv skit, some form of competition or a physical education class.

Cast

• Kang Ho-dong
• Lee Soo-geun
• Kim Young-chul
• Seo Jang-hoon
• Kim Hee-chul (hiatus)
• Min Kyung-hoon
• Lee Sang-min
• Shindong (hiatus)
• Kim Shin-young (new)

Guest(s)

Ji Sang-ryeol, Lee Eun-gyeol, Park Ji-won (Fromis_9), Tsuki (Billlie)

Special Guest: Kwak Beom

Rating

1.547%

Eng Soft-code Subbed

Subtitle: pixeldrain

Upcoming Episodes

Sept 5, 2026 | EP542 | Han Suk-joon, Jang Young-ran, Shin Gi-ru, Hwang Jae-gyun

It's come to my attention that a certain show is being removed by Reddit due to copyright notices.

Currently, "Noona Is a Woman (Season 2)" has been flagged and all posts removed by Reddit.

I'm not sure about the future of copyright notices with regards to Korean Variety & Reality shows, but for now....I'll let Reddit remove posts with copyright notices until I'm contacted about it.

I'm not sure how I can moderate which shows have a copyright, or what constitutes an infringement.
Links to Netflix or other streaming sites, or do magnet/torrent links fine?

It's bringing me back to the old days when anime subgroups where getting nailed with notices.

Korean Title: 짐쌀라비움

Description: Four travelers, four completely opposite packing styles and only ONE suitcase to share! 1G, Gabee, Lee Si-an, and Harimu are setting off on an exciting minimalist getaway, but their travel essentials could not be more different. There’s a packing genius who can squeeze in anything, a maximalist who wants to bring everything, a beauty lover who refuses to leave her must-haves behind, and a photo fanatic determined to capture the perfect shot. But with just one suitcase, every item comes at a cost: to pack something new, something else has to go. One person’s must-have becomes another person’s sacrifice, sparking nonstop negotiations, hilarious clashes, and totally unexpected travel chaos! Can these four polar opposites make it through the trip with both their suitcase and their friendship intact? The lightest luggage and the wildest adventure begins now!

Cast:

• 1G (Lee Won-ji)
• Gabee
• Lee Si-an
• Harimu

Links:

Downloads (Eng Sub embedded) - 720p 1080p

We started this week with Kian who has been upskilling his cooking (with success!). He really has progressed a lot in how he's preparing food compared to years ago, but he's still Kian so he doesn't follow set portions lol. One thing that caught me off guard was the cutting of veggies on the floor and putting things in tupperware on the floor. He had a cutting board but it still felt very weird to me to do that on the kitchen floor. Then he went to fix some clothes (and Yuri calling him "shabby") and put his shoes on fire (is this some korean military technique or is this actually widely known?)

Code Kunst segment was nice and chill with some eating and then him creating a new frame for his glasses. Funny how he was geeking out with the swords/axes together with the owner of the place and the other person was trying her best to just keep focused on her project. Also got brutally demoted from "hawk" to "chicken" by the optician. (Also nice to have Ryu Hye Young as a panelist!)

Next week: Shin Young abroad in Japan and Minho taking care of his bonsai trees.

I had a bit of an epiphany yesterday while watching a C variety show and thinking about the foot traffic. It made me start questioning something I’ve noticed across a lot of K-variety shows: how much of the customer traffic and business success we’re shown is genuinely organic, and how much is because people know they’re walking into a TV show where celebrities are working?

Take The Genius Paik S1 in Napoli. I remember them putting tables outside, having the staff eat outside, using the video billboard of them eating, etc. All of these were presented as clever marketing strategies to attract customers, and they probably were. But I kept wondering: how effective would those strategies actually be once you remove the cameras and celebrity factor?

Would a random person walking down the street see a brand-new restaurant serving unfamiliar cuisine, with no established reputation, and spontaneously decide to walk in? The same thing happened in S2, where the restaurant eventually became very busy.

Then there’s Jinny’s Kitchen 2, where the queues and waiting list became almost a daily occurrence. Again, I can’t help wondering how much of that is the restaurant itself and how much is the appeal of “I can go eat at a restaurant where celebrities are actually serving me.” I thought S1 felt a little more organic because you had families, colleagues and people meeting up for dinner, so it still retained that feeling of a normal restaurant.

I think Youn’s Kitchen did this particularly well. In S1 and S2, you could actually see them struggling to get customers. People would walk past, look at the restaurant, hesitate, check the menu and eventually decide whether to come in. S2 especially showed the curiosity of people living in that remote area and how they recommended the restaurant to others. I also loved seeing other restaurant owners/staff come to eat there because it felt like genuine word-of-mouth rather than “I’m here because I know a TV show is filming.” Even that guy who joked about Park Seo-joon’s Instagram followers being higher than his while PSJ was serving him felt like such a normal, organic interaction.

Youn’s Stay is slightly different because it operated primarily through reservations, so it wasn’t really testing spontaneous foot traffic. But even then, I wonder how many people would have gone out of their way to stay there if it weren’t for the celebrity factor and the knowledge that it was going to be on television.

I started noticing the same progression with Unexpected Business. S1 felt very organic because they were in a remote village, serving local residents and regular supermarket customers. By S2, the restaurant started attracting people from surrounding areas, and by S3 the flow of customers sometimes felt almost too convenient — one group leaves and another seems to arrive immediately, to the point where I started wondering whether there was effectively a waiting list that we simply weren’t seeing.

And interestingly, the customers themselves seemed much more camera-conscious in the later seasons. In S1, we got those lovely mundane conversations you would actually hear in a small shop. Later, there seemed to be more of the standard variety-show conversations: “How long have you been in the US?”, “Your Korean is still good!”, etc. Even the atmosphere felt different.

Then there’s Bonjour Bakery. They were selling in a small town with an older demographic, and there was a reason a bakery wasn’t necessarily the obvious business for that particular location in the first place — the local population’s age and existing tastes/preferences. Without the celebrity factor and the grandchildren bringing their elderly family members along, would that business genuinely have attracted enough customers to thrive?

Same question applies to Kang’s Kitchen, Coffee Friends, Hyori Homestay, Kian B&B, Jae Suk B&B and so many other service industry/ hospitality variety shows.

The one that feels like a different case to me is Korean Hostel in Spain, because the location itself already had a built-in stream of potential customers: pilgrims walking the route. The celebrities may have helped, but there was already genuine foot traffic there.

So now I’m wondering:
When we watch these shows and marvel at how successful the restaurant/store/business becomes, how much of that success do you think is actually transferable to an ordinary business once you strip away the celebrities, cameras, publicity and curiosity factor?

And does this change how you view the “business genius” moments in these shows? Are the celebrities genuinely demonstrating brilliant business ideas, or are some of these strategies only working because the biggest marketing tool is standing right there on camera? 😂

I REALLY loved their sincerity whilst teaching the kids, like they really devoted themselves, lovee the bond with the cast even tho taeri and hyunwook is sometimes like a cat and dog. I loved the cast especially because choi hyunwook rarely gets on variety shows.

Description of the Show:

Members from Earth Arcade gather again! But this time, they must run the Space Rice Cake Shop in Goheung, a center of K-Space and a branch of the head office on the Moon, because they failed the mission given by Torong in the past. To run the shop, Lee Eun Ji, Lee Young Ji, Mimi, and An Yu Jin go through lots of hardships, waking up at 5 a.m., making and selling never-before-seen rice cakes, and providing special services. Everything seems normal, as if all they have to do is manage a small shop in the countryside. However, once they mention a second branch, almost despite themselves, one really opens in Seoul. And a lot of tasks beyond making and selling rice cakes begin. What do they have to do while managing both shops? Will they successfully run both shops and satisfy the customers, despite the endless work?

Episode Sypnosis:

On the third business day, they sell the new menu item, potato cream tteoksagna. They plan to sell it for just five servings, but it becomes more popular than they expected, so it becomes a regular menu item at Space Rice Cake. Also, they have to serve a large group of 16 customers for dinner time. And they decide to serve the customers with a rice cake omakase course menu. They have to pull together and serve the course menu without any mistakes. But their plan seems to be ruined.

Cast:

• Lee Eunji
• Mimi (OH MY GIRL)
• Lee Youngji
• An Yujin (IVE)

Ratings:

• Nationwide - 2.803% / Seoul - 2.798%

RAW

Subbed

As a SONE it seems they edited the songs out. Even the dance! It did the episode injustice in my opinion.

Whoever buys JTCB should switch streamers that can play the original music or show the full show.

https://www.fmkorea.com/10271252897#10271252897_comment

(Edit-note that left side top text is improperly translated. It should be cumulative chart entry views ranking)