Looking to get your heart beating faster than a hummingbird's wings? These Korean stars will get you going.
Eyes, ears, smiles, cheeks… no physical attribute is off-limits. (Netflix pic)
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With the season of love right around the corner, here’s a meticulously curated selection of South Korean stars on Netflix who embody your perfect Valentine’s Day date, based on physical qualities you might not have even known you were intrigued by.
Check them out!
1. Mesmerising eyes
They say the eyes are the windows to one’s soul. If you didn’t believe it before, get ready to stand corrected.
Lee Si-woo, played by Song Kang, in the romantic comedy ‘Forecasting Love and Weather’. (Netflix pic)
Seo Yea-Ji as Ko Moon-young, a famous children’s book writer, in ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’. (Netflix pic)
2. Bodacious bodies
Washboard abs. Calves for days. Biceps bigger than Popeye’s. You get the picture.
Nam Joo-hyuk’s sports-reporter character Baek Yi-jin in ‘Twenty Five Twenty One’. (Netflix pic)
Kang So Yeon from ‘Single’s Inferno’, Netflix’s first Korean dating reality show. (Netflix pic)
3. Dashing dimples
Why are these cute cheek craters so hard to resist?
Kim Sun-Ho as the jack-of-all-trades handyman Du-sik in ‘Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha’. (Netflix pic)
Kang Han-na plays the ambitious Won In-jae in ‘Start-Up’, set in South Korea’s own fictional Silicon Valley known as Sandbox. (Netflix pic)
4. Killer smile
A radiant smile can change lives – nay, the entire world.
Lee Jung-jae’s ‘Squid Game’ character Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456. (Netflix pic)
Yoo Na-bi, played by Han So-Hee, in the romantic drama ‘Nevertheless’. (Netflix pic)
5. Ear-dorable
Some ears are just so… attractive. It’s not weird if it’s true.
Jang Joon-woo, the main antagonist of the crime noir drama ‘Vincenzo’, played by Ok Taecyeon. (Netflix pic)
Kang Mi-Na as Kim Yoo-na, one of the non-living guests of the haunted ‘Hotel Del Luna’. (Netflix pic)
6. Sexy daddies and yummy mummies
There’s always room for a dashing oppa and stylish unni in your heart.
Park Hae-soo, also of ‘Squid Game’, plays Berlin in the Korean version of ‘Money Heist’. (Netflix pic)
Kim So-Yeon’s power-hungry antagonist Cheon Seo-jin in ‘The Penthouse: War in Life’. (Netflix pic)
These series are streaming on Netflix.
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