Asian Drama

Park Bok Ja is granted a special vacation after her death, which allows her to go see her daughter, Bang Jin Joo, a university professor living abroad. Unlike her expectation, Bok Ja finds Jin Joo living in her old house running a local diner and becomes frustrated with questions that she is unable to ask. After spending time alongside Jin Joo, Bok Ja realizes that her daughter is struggling with the unresolved feelings about her, and tries to find a way to show her sincere feelings that she had never shared before.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 8.0

A delinquent 2nd year student becomes the chairman of the board of a prestigious high school left behind by his father.

Na Yi Soo may have grown up in an environment that others would envy, but he harbors hatred for his father and heads to Balhae High School, which his father cherished, in order to seek revenge. The process of change between Yi Soo, who has lived a rougher life than anyone else, and the nation's most elite students who have lived upright lives, as they get to know each other, and the love that blooms in the process, will be dynamically unfolded.

(Source: Korean = Daum)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Monday

Ratings: 8.3

Get ready to cook up a storm... but on wheels?! Korea's top chef Baek Jong Won and his celebrity assistants take on a challenge of creating culinary wonders in unfamiliar places, limited time, and with restricted ingredients. What delicious creations will they whip up?

(Source: CJ ENM)

Episodes: 20

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Airs On: Sunday

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

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

Celebrity dads are left to care for their kids alone for 48 hours without the help of anyone, while their wives leave the home to enjoy some relaxing time off. The wives are shown leaving the home before the 48 hours begins and coming back to greet their family once the 48 hours have ended. During the 48 hours, the dads and children are either doing a task the wives have written out for the dads to complete or the dads exploring new activities with their kids. Occasionally celebrity friends of the dads will stop by to interact with the kids.

Fifth part of "The Seasons" project where Zico invites you to enjoy a night full of music and stories that will help get rid of all your troubles and worries. Life is short, art is long, and in front of music, we are all artists!

It is a sitcom talk show program set in a school. In each episode, new celebrity guests appear as transfer students at the 'Brother School' where seven mischievous brother students wait for them. The show consists of several dynamic sessions. In ‘Guess About Me,’ Celebrity guests create random, secret questions about themselves. Then the hosts called 'Knowledgeable Bros' make humorous guesses to get the answers. Another session is ‘Bros Inside’, an ad-lib skit show, where entertainers are given only the setting for a story and have to perform completely ad-libbed skits.

Omniscient Interfering View is an observational entertainment show that uses a documentary style techniques to observe the life of the cast members and their managers. The cast members, a behavioral analysis expert, and occasionally guests, watch the videos in a studio setting and provide commentary.

One of the best MCs in the country, Yu Jae Seok, often asks about how others play on their day-offs. It has gotten to the point that he says this out of habit. His saying sparks an idea in Kim Tae Ho's head. He gets the thought of filming celebrities on their day-offs on a relay camera. So Tae Ho hands a small and portable camera to Jae Seok out of the blue. At first, Jae Seok is taken aback but goes along with the idea. Starting with Jae Seok, celebrities get handed a camera to film their everyday lifestyle. Some may work out to get in shape, some may simply rest up from their tiring schedule, and others may meet up with friends they didn't have the time to. From well-known comedians to global superstars, the relay camera captures unexpected and uniques stories. Take a peek at what the celebrities are up to on their day-offs and discover something new about them.

Running Man is a reality-variety show that stars Yoo Jae Suk and many other celebrities. In each episode, they must complete missions at famous landmarks to win the race. The missions almost always feature running, hence the title, and the name tag ripping game is filled with tension as each member struggles to survive.

Jiang Chi and Bu Xia go on vacation together, and the two of them share their feelings for each other.

"Stingy Man" Kim Jong Kook and panelists with frugal DNA, provide true education by looking into the lifestyle habits of "Heungcheongi & Mangcheongi (Spendthrifts)".

(Source: MBC)

Episodes: 2

Duration: 1 hr. 15 min.

Aired On: Tuesday, Wednesday

In this new variety show, soccer legend Ahn Jung Hwan has the task of converting an abandoned house on an uninhabited island into a hotel and inviting guests.

(Source: Korean = Namu.Wiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A travel reality program where a foreigner who has lived in South Korea for many years becomes a guide and travels to spots known only to travelers visiting their home country and locals.

(Source: Korean = MBC Every1)

Every week there will be a featured market from South Korea and within it, there are 3 types of food selected as its representatives. The cast and guest(s), as contestants, have to play games and win to be able to enjoy the food. There will be a dressing theme concept for the cast and guest(s) to follow for the filming of each episode. For episodes, 1–4, the program format is only 3 rounds of song dictation. From episode 5, the program format changed to 2 rounds of song dictation, with a Snack Time in between the dictation segments.

Dong Goo, a lowlife thug, has always been living a hopelessly miserable life. One day, he accidentally obtains a bankbook with such a large amount of money as much as one billion won. He travels down to Busan in order to try to obtain the PIN number for the bank account. As Dong Goo meets the eight-year-old boy, Bok Gi, who believes Dong Goo is his dad, and the boy’s mother, Ae Sook in Busan, their story begins.

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Ratings: 6.6

Your voice is your business card!

A fantastic cover stage performed by top artists!

But there is an AI with 99% synchronization hidden in it?!

Who is ‘real’ and who is ‘AI’?

Find the real 1%!

(Source: 싱크로유 YouTube)

Episodes: 2

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

Through the "Bobble Incident" that started the revenge and ended in blood, Do Hyuk became the culprit and lost his life. However, he didn't die. Do Hyuk returns with seething vengeance to expose Matthew's true identity to everyone. Kang Ki Tak and the unknown aide who goes by "Medusa" appear to help him. Matthew has no intention of stopping. With his fake identity, Matthew has the whole world crazy about him. He endeavors to be the epitome of his phony identity and take over Sungchan Group, the company his father raised with his life. Only then will his revenge be complete.

The seven wicked associates will now regroup to play the game of revenge that has reset in desperation. Some will be out for revenge, some for power, and some will hide their true goal in a new game where they will deceive and betray each other. How will the fates of the Seven reborn from lies end?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday

The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

8 people in need of money are invited to appear on reality variety show Money Game. The 8 people are to stay at the studio that consists of nothing but concrete walls. If they are able to hang in there for 100 days, they can divide the winning prize of 44.8 billion won equally. But, everything they spend for, including necessities like food, water, electricity, costs 1,000 times more than normal prices and are deducted from the winning prize.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Money Game" (머니게임) and "Pie Game" (파이게임) by Bae Jin Soo (배진수).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

"Put your luck on me!"

Ki Sam is an unknown actor who fails auditions every time. He is envious of the star, Woon Cheol, who is on a roll in everything and is about to advance to Hollywood. One day, Ki Sam learns that there is a mysterious talisman that can take away his luck, and learns that all of Woon Cheol's luck is also the effect of the talisman that took away his own luck...

The one who stole luck, and the one who lost his luck, to those who want to succeed, get the talisman!

Vampires, the symbol of immortality. Do vampires like that get old? [VIDS (Vampire Immunodeficiency Syndrome)]

But there is a way. Gather antibodies that don't age around her. A fantasy-romance that depicts the love, jealousy, hatred, and sacrifice of the three protagonists! Her immortal youth and refreshing charm! The Immortal Goddess of Vampire romance with the Black Knight protecting her from those who seek her.

(Source: HanCinema)

Theatrical version of Drama "Immortal Goddess"

Duration: 1 hr. 37 min.

Ratings: 6.5

This show explores the journey of four legendary divas, who already have numerous hit songs and each are vocal legends with unrivaled skills and fame, when they are brought together by PD Park Jin Young in a new girl group called "Golden Girls".

The drama depicts Kim Min Jae, a transfer student majoring in Practical Music and working part-time at the library, and Lee Kyu Ho, a Taekwondo major who helped him. Since their first meeting, the two have become entangled and closer, leading them to develop a romantic relationship.

(Source: BLUPDATE2022 Twitter)

Episodes: 6

Duration: 25 min.

Aired On: Thursday

Ratings: 7.1

Jung Ki Sub is Kim Jin Woo's slacker friend - and secret crush. So when Ki Sub asks to crash at his place, his heart tingles to be near him everyday. But as the short stay turns into permanent mooch, how long can Jin Woo keep his true feelings under wraps and hold back from confessing?

(Source: tappytoon.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Can't Confess" (고백을 못하고) by Seok Young (석영).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 28 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Thursday

The drama follows the lives of seven boys navigating their school years and personal growth, each grappling with family obligations, loss, poverty, abandonment, violence, and rejection.

After an unwanted return to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys. As an outsider and the son of Kim Chang Jun, the boys sometimes find him suspicious and misunderstand his actions, leading to conflicts. Despite these initial difficulties, they eventually become friends. It seemed awkward at first, but over time, they grow closer and open their hearts. They travel and play together, sharing their problems to help each other heal. Realizing they all have similar family issues, they become even closer. Hwan confronts his own feelings by staying with the other boys. As he spends time with them, he starts to like Songju-si and genuinely wishes for these days to continue forever.

However, Chang Jun notices the other boys and considers them useless, insisting that Hwan stay away from them. Hwan, who has always lived an obedient life, raises his voice for the first time and confronts his emotions.

(Source: youth.toy.devhand.net; edited by NAY)

Adapted from the webtoon "Save Me". The series is inspired by BU (BTS Universe). It expands on the storyline fans have seen throughout BTS' music videos and Save Me webtoon.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Tuesday

Ratings: 8.4

In 1598, the seven-year Imjin War nears an end as Wae invaders prepare to withdraw from Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-shin leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to annihilate the Wae army. Joseon, Ming, and Wae forces clash at Noryang Strait, the deadly sea where Admiral Yi fights his last valiant battle.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 33 min.

We met by chance on Tinder, but now we've become closer than anyone else, Ji Eun and I. Ji Eun fills a corner of my heart that other friends couldn't fill. It's an attraction I've never felt before. Actually, I like you so much that it weighs on my heart.

(Source: SUKFILM YouTube Channel)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 11 min.

Ratings: 7.7

A new camping trip set in southern France. Traveling around Europe using camping sites instead of hotels, rental cars instead of trains, and local supermarkets instead of restaurants.

(Source: Korean = newsis.com)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Sunday

A new camping trip set in southern France. Traveling around Europe using camping sites instead of hotels, rental cars instead of trains, and local supermarkets instead of restaurants.

(Source: Korean = newsis.com)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Sunday

After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa Rim and Bong Gil to save the newborn of the family. Once they arrive, Hwa Rim senses a dark shadow of their ancestor has latched on the family in a so-called 'Grave Calling'.

In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, Hwa Rim seeks help from top-notch geomancer Sang Deok and mortician Yeong Geun. To their dismay, the four find the grave at a shady location in a remote village in Korea. Unaware of the consequences, the exhumation is carried out, unleashing a malevolent force buried underneath.

(Source: showbox.co.kr)

Duration: 2 hr. 13 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older