Actors Kim Go-eun, left, and Kim Jae-won pose for a photo at a press conference for the third season of Tving series ″Yumi's Cells″ (2021–) at a hotel in Guro District, southern Seoul, on April 7. [NEWS1]
For generations, Korean romance revolved around the
oppa — a term women use for an older brother, but also a common nickname for an older boyfriend. More recently, however,
noona, or older women, are increasingly becoming the ideal in both Korean dramas and real-life relationships.
On screen, that shift was on full display in the
