Asian Drama

RAP:PUBLIC (2024)

A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission seems to go nowhere in the end. In the late 1970s, a mysterious woman runs a bar where a deadly situation will affect the lives of everyone. Two killers are looking for their faceless victim, who shows up at a diner every day at 6 o'clock sharp. Four incredibly talented Korean filmmakers, four intriguing cinematic visions, four astounding stories revolving around murderers for hire. (Source: fantasiafestival.com) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway. ~~ Release dates: Jul 24, 2024 (Festival) || Oct 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The story follows a young man who has been single for a year after his boyfriend suddenly disappeared without a formal breakup. One night, while scrolling through a dating app, he encounters someone who looks strikingly similar to his ex. After a spontaneous hookup, he discovers that this new acquaintance is actually his ex’s twin brother. As he navigates this unexpected twist, he finds himself drawn into a complicated web of emotions. Will he end up choosing between the two brothers, or will he find himself entangled with both?

Duration: 11 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A delightful family drama that asks the true meaning of 'happiness' by showing various aspects of marriage such as divorce, remarriage, and single life, and brings about empathy and laughter from all generations.

Maeng Gong Hee is a contract designer at Jayce Fashion. Having inherited her strong mother's spirit and her former detective father's athletic ability, she is a rare wild woman these days who has the guts to survive even if she were to be stranded on a deserted island.

Gu Dan Soo is the grandson of Jayce Fashion Chairman Hwang Ik Seon and born to a wealthy father and a poor mother. Dan Soo, who was living as a free spirit in a foreign country, comes to Korea according to his grandmother's plan to make a successor to the chairman out of him and he reunites with childhood friend Maeng Gong Hee once again.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Moon Jung In is a highly ambitious woman. She married Dr. Baek Dong Ho for his money. He had a daughter, Baek Seol Ah, from his previous marriage. Jung In stole all of Dong Ho’s assets and then left him. Jung In became successful in life, and she now runs her own entertainment company, which produces drama series.

One day, she meets Seo Jin Ho, who looks like her first love. Jin Ho wants to become an actor, and he is engaged to Seol Ah. He first met Seol Ah at an orphanage, and they grew up together there. Due to Jung In, Jin Ho disappears completely.

Meanwhile, because of Jung In, who married Seol Ah's father, Seol Ah's life fell into a bottomless pit, and she had to grow up in an orphanage. As Seol Ah turned her life around after meeting Jin Ho, her life completely changed again because of Jung In.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 101

Duration: 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Pi Seon Ju works as an interior designer in a small neighborhood. She is married to Jeon Nam Jin, who is an ambitious architect. Although Pi Seon Ju is devoted to her husband, her husband falls in love with Jin Sang A, who will become the successor of an architecture company. To further pursue his love and ambitions, Jeon Nam Jin demands a divorce from Pi Seon Ju. After their divorce, Pi Seon Ju decides to start her new life.

Meanwhile, architect Kim So U is married to Jin Sang A. Unlike Jin Sang A, he is satisfied with a stable situation rather than being fueled with ambition. Due to his wife's affair with Jeon Nam Jin, Kim So U gets divorced. After meeting Pi Seon Ju, Kim So U experiences a turning point in his life.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 35 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Despite not being biologically related, Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun share a close bond with each other. The trio spent their adolescence raised by Ju Won's father Jeong Jae and San Ha's father Dae Uk, who did their best to give them a happy childhood as they healed from past trauma. Upon reaching adulthood, however, San Ha and Hae Jun sought out their biological families, leaving Ju Won behind.

Ten years later, the five members of their found family reunite, but things aren't the same as they used to be. Ju Won holds some resentment after feeling abandoned by San Ha and Hae Jun, while the two boys are struggling with new romantic feelings for Ju Won and their own familial issues. Can these chosen siblings work out their feelings with each other, and will romance form between them?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

Cha Jeong U was an emergency medicine doctor who lost his lover in a mysterious incident. After the incident, he decided to be a worldly plastic surgeon instead of an honorable doctor.

Due to his outstanding anatomical knowledge and accurate nimble fingers, Jeong U is on a roll as a god's hand in the plastic surgeon industry. He is perfect in everything, but his one flaw is that he doesn't have emotional communication with the patients. Although he doesn't care about the patients' business, he becomes famous as a righteous doctor by accidentally intervening in the incident of a victim from homicide detective Lee Min Hyeong, who is sincerely worried about the victim.

One day, there was a patient who had been refused in getting surgery by Jeong U, and the patient's guardian left a suicide note blaming him.

By this accident, Jeong U loses his skyrocketing reputation. To overcome this, Jeong U starts 'a reconstruction plastic surgery of crime victims' as a part of a social responsibility activity with the help of the director of a hospital. During this activity, Jeong U had conflicts of opinion with Min Hyeong, who was in charge of victims' cases. Meanwhile, the convoluted relationship between Jeong U and Min Hyeong is revealed by solving the victims' cases.

The shocking truth of Jeong U's past accident, which he thought was over, is slowly revealed because of the mysterious death of the patient. Will Jeong U and Min Hyeong be able to uncover the truth of the case?

(Source: WelCon.kocca.kr)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday

Ratings: 7.8

A city where days bustling with people and nights staggering under the twinkling lights coexist. A series of disappearances occur in the middle of Gangnam. Jae Hui, an employee at an entertainment establishment who holds crucial evidence, suddenly disappears, and Yun Gil Ho, a problem solver in the entertainment district, begins to search for her. Gil Ho is not the only one looking for Jae Hui.

Detective Kang Dong U, who was demoted after exposing his colleagues' wrongdoings, is assigned to the investigation at the chief's request, and prosecutor Min Seo Jin, who is favored by the chief prosecutor, is also following the case. As club officials use every means necessary to track down Jae Hui, a series of disappearances intertwined with various desires expose the dark face of Gangnam.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Wednesday

Stray Kids' 3rd World Tour ‘dominATE’.

A high-teen secret romance unfolds when 'Outsider' (an outsider) becomes the manager of the anonymous community app 'Inssa Time' and learns all the secrets of the entire school and joins a group of super popular kids that she desperately wants to get involved with.

Kang U Bin is a popular kid among the popular kids and a trainee at a large entertainment agency who is admired by the entire school and is seen as perfect by his classmates. He not only has great visuals but is also good at studying. He seems like a born-to-be superstar who exceeds the webtoon's setting, but he is hiding a secret that no one can find out about. U Bin, who has never been suspected, ends up in an awkward situation because of 'Outssa', whose name is even confusing.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Lee Han Shin, a former lawyer turned parole examiner, is dedicated to preventing inmates from exploiting the parole system through money, connections, or deceit—however, he's compassionate to people who are unjustly imprisoned, helping them whenever possible.

Han Shin teams up with ace detective An Seo Yun and unexpected ally legendary loan shark Choi Hwa Ran with the ultimate goal of confronting Ji Myeong Seop, a second-generation family business heir who believes he's above the law. Can this unlikely group succeed in its battle against corruption?

(Source: Rakuten Viki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Chae Yong Ju is a former member of the special forces in the military. She's physically and mentally strong and has her own unique cheerfulness. She is also good at hiding her true emotions. Now working as a salesperson for a liquor company for the past six years, she has been dubbed the sales king. Despite her dedication, her branch is on the verge of closing.

To avoid the closure, she carries out a mission to sell a new beer made by brewmaster & CEO of the brewery company Yun Min Ju. Min Ju is a sensitive man good at sensing other people's emotions. He lives in a peaceful, quiet rural area to focus on making beer. When Yong Ju appears in front of him, however, his life is about to change.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

It's been three years since "Shooting Star" began airing, and the universe of the show expands even further! The players not only have improved remarkably in terms of soccer but also returned with a much firmer mindset. "Soccer? We can do it too!" The female stars who are truly in love with soccer with full confidence and the legendary former soccer players who once represented the nation gathered as players and coaches, respectively. In even more intensified competitive matches, they will create the renaissance of female soccer with their amazing shots and seamlessly organized passes!

Three Meals a Day, which has been loved all over the country, has returned with a newer and more 'light' look to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Where will Chef Cha, who can quickly prepare a bowl of rice anywhere, and Mr. Cham Bada, who has become more experienced and versatile, and Cha Seung Won & Yoo Hae Jin, who have been friends for 10 years, go to the Three Meals a Day House? This summer, which was unusually hot, a special story that unfolds over mountains and across seas, Three Meals a Day: Light, is coming.

(Source: Korean = Namu.Wiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired On: Friday

Ratings: 8.3

Love Naggers are back with Season 3. An impregnable data of breakups is established through season 1 and 2! After the panels have nagged strongly on love stories that are unbelievable than a soap opera, more and more of troubled men and women are being released from their bitter relationships. It will diagnose their relationship more strongly and with more determination. Diagnosing break-ups to people in bloody fights who are fooled to think that it's a romance continues. Romance destroying talk show, Love Naggers Season 3!

On this hilarious talk show, four DJs ask their celebrity guests those sensitive questions that everyone wants to know the answer to.

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

The cast members take various trips throughout South Korea, including many offshore islands, recommending various places that viewers can visit. While doing so, members also perform missions at a certain mealtime or point of the day to earn rewards (eg. foods that are famous in the region they visit) and to avoid punishments

Midnight Horror Story returns with its fourth season, with new storytellers, Kim Ho Young and Ji Ye Eun joining the cast. Finding the best ghost storyteller who can satisfy 44 audiences, also known as Dark Spirits where the winner gets to win a prize money of $444,444!

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min

Aired On: Sunday

Aired: Jun 23, 2024

I'm SOLO is a dating reality show inviting fourteen men and women "desperate" to find true love. In the SOLO world, where they can only focus on finding the one, they start the most complicated but thrilling love adventure of their lives. You can enjoy watching the romantic and nuanced interaction between the contestants and guessing who would be the couple.

The Ways Of Tasting (2024)

The main segment of the show, called "Idol of the Week", features idol groups as the invited guests, and usually consists of several featured corners.

Celebrities’ moms observe their sons and record precious moments in “Mom’s Diary.”

On Friday nights, at the end of every week, "The Seasons" will bring you music and stories that will soothe all your worries and concerns.

Newly single and ready to mingle, divorced men and women enter the Dolsing Village looking to date, cohabitate and find love again.

Three Meals a Day, which has been loved all over the country, has returned with a newer and more 'light' look to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Where will Chef Cha, who can quickly prepare a bowl of rice anywhere, and Mr. Cham Bada, who has become more experienced and versatile, and Cha Seung Won & Yoo Hae Jin, who have been friends for 10 years, go to the Three Meals a Day House? This summer, which was unusually hot, a special story that unfolds over mountains and across seas, Three Meals a Day: Light, is coming.

(Source: Korean = Namu.Wiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired On: Friday

Ratings: 8.3

Su-an, a performing arts high school student, becomes close with Seol, an actress and celebrity. During a trip, they realize that they have feelings for each other. However, misunderstandings pile up too much, and Seol leaves Su-an. Su-an later becomes an actress and returns to the winter sea, longing for Seol.

A high-teen secret romance unfolds when 'Outsider' (an outsider) becomes the manager of the anonymous community app 'Inssa Time' and learns all the secrets of the entire school and joins a group of super popular kids that she desperately wants to get involved with.

Kang U Bin is a popular kid among the popular kids and a trainee at a large entertainment agency who is admired by the entire school and is seen as perfect by his classmates. He not only has great visuals but is also good at studying. He seems like a born-to-be superstar who exceeds the webtoon's setting, but he is hiding a secret that no one can find out about. U Bin, who has never been suspected, ends up in an awkward situation because of 'Outssa', whose name is even confusing.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Explaining the financial knowledge necessary for social life faced by the younger generation, such as military service, job preparation, and early years in society.

The top 1% of students from five prestigious universities in Korea (Seoul National University, KAIST, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Korea University) participate, and only utilize brain power (mental calculations, calculations, reasoning, games, memorization, etc.) without politics, betrayal, alliances, or deception.

It follows the hunt for a serial killer who has shaken the world as the youngest detective, Park Sun Woo, joins the team of veteran detective Seo Do Cheol, a veteran who is determined to catch the bad guys.

(Source: Korean = TheQoo)

Release dates: May 20, 2024 (Festival)

Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.

Sales Team 2 receives notification of dissolution amidst the company’s management crisis. Left alone, Team Leader Han must wrap up business with partner companies that he has managed within three months. Yun, an assistant manager from the support team, is dispatched to Sales Team 2. With just the two of them in the empty office, Han can't help but notice Yun's aloof demeanor. A small incident leads to changes between the two.