By Mashable ME
Premiered in 2010, ‘Running Man’ is one of the most popular variety shows in South Korea. It is a mission-based program, that finds its cast members embarking on a series of games to win each episode’s race. This award-winning reality series invites celebrity guests to play along with its fixed stars.
Premiered in 2007, ‘2 Days & 1 Night’ features a fixed cast of Korean personalities as they travel around South Korea, including offshore islands where the cast are given missions.
Streaming on Netflix, ‘Knowing Bros’ which is lternatively titled ‘Men on a Mission’, is a famous sitcom talk show that stars seven Korean personalities as mischievous brothers who interview their celebrity guest. The show is set in a classroom and sees the cast, along with their visitors dressed in school uniforms.
‘Busted!’ premiered in 2018 and is known as the first Netflix Original program with an all-Korean cast. It stars seven celebrity sleuths including Park Min Young and Lee Seung Gi who are tasked to unearth different mysteries in each episode.
Premiered in 2018, ‘The Great Escape’ gathers a cast of Korean personalities who are driven to a secret facility that they’ll have to get out of by fulfilling various tasks and missions. The show stars Kang Ho Dong, Kim Jong Min, Shindong, P.O., Kim Dong Hyun, and Yoo Byung Jae.
Premiered in 2019, ‘Hangout with Yoo/How Do You Play’ sees South Korea’s most beloved comedian and host Yoo Jae Suk trying his hand at different jobs which he has never tried before, with a different identity.
Premiered in 2021 on Netflix, ‘New World’ is a bizarrely delightful reality-scripted show featuring six celebrities who had all been invited to stay on a utopian island. Over the course of their stay, they must earn virtual dollars which they can convert back to cash once they are off the island.