Asian Drama

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Yeon Hee never met a guy, but she is a college student who writes fan fiction well! However, to write a dark, R-rated piece that the editor wanted, she felt like she desperately needed to be in a relationship. Just in time, Min Ho, who is full of charm, showed a crush on Yeon Hee and finally started their first love. What is going on?

In response, Yeon Hee asks her childhood friend Woo Yeong to tell her about his first experience that she was so curious about.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 29 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

“Single in Seoul” is a melodrama about two drastically different people who meet through an essay about the single life, and in the process, they rediscover their old wounds from past loves.

Lee Dong Wook is in talks to play Park Young Ho who thoroughly enjoys the single life and lives on the borderline of being emotional and being pretentious. He’s also a popular lecturer and an influencer with 300,000 followers. Im Soo Jung is in talks to play Joo Hyun Jin, Park Young Ho’s college junior and editor-in-chief who is in charge of the essay series titled “Single in the City”.

(Source: Soompi)

On behalf of female clients, Bok Soo Hae will take revenge upon the trashy men who have hurt them. With each act of revenge, a mysterious man appears on the scene.

Adapted from the web novel "Shh, Take Care of Him" (쉿, 그놈을 부탁해) by Meon Na Mu (먼나무).

All the cast who went viral after the show are gathered in one place. From the couple who felt sparks between them on the show, those who became intimate after the show, the couple who touched the viewers' hearts with their final selection, and to the ones who broke up after the show, different couples from the entire seasons will appear. The hosts of the show, Defconne and Ga Young, will follow the tracks of the casts who became the talk of the town and take a peek at their lives. Wouldn't you like to know how the lives of 110 singles which were on the "I am Solo" are now?

Seo Jae Won has near perfect personal and work lives. She is the CEO of a successful furniture company and is a social media influencer with over a million followers. She scouts designer Yoon Teo to become the general manager of design at her company. In her personal life, Jae Won has a beloved husband, Heo Soon Young, and their lovely child. Soon Young is warm-hearted and hardly ever bursts out in an anger. After their marriage, Soon Young prioritizes his family over everything else.

Kwon Yun Jin graduated in the same university art department as Jae Won. She's experiencing a difficult time with her divorce and her art career is quickly fading. After she reconnects with Jae Won, she becomes jealous of her near-perfect life. Jae Won’s life soon changes as she is betrayed by people who she trusts and she faces secrets that people around her hide.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Jo Mi Jin is a new employee of an apparel company who later then becomes the daughter-in-law of a family running a pork hock restaurant with a 60-year-old tradition. Lee Bok Soo, the eldest son of the family, is a planning director at the company Mi Jin works at.

The drama will revolve around the life of a new-generation daughter-in-law. Things get complicated when Mi Jin's older brother, In Woo, falls for Bok Soo's younger sister, Bok Nam, and they decide to get married. How will both families adjust to being in-laws with each other again?

Episodes: 52

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

In 1999, Young Mi, cruelly nicknamed “Ms. Apocalypse,” develops a crush on a married man who is imprisoned for embezzlement. Young Mi ends up imprisoned for aiding his crime. When she is released, her crush’s wife, Yu Jin, visits, offering to pay off her husband’s debt. Yet, because Yu Jin is physically disabled, Young Mi feels uneasy about taking her money. The two women eventually begin to live together. Their story is poignant yet consistently cheery, enlivening, and energetic.

(Source: BIFF)

Release dates: Oct 5, 2023 (Festival) || Jan 24, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 56 min.

We invite you to "Alumni Lovers", where the panels are all prepared to make over 100 funny and frank comments to encourage a couple to be matched. Including a heart-throb, Lee Seok Hoon, a professional torch-carrier, Yoo Byung Jae, a fate seeker, Kim Dae Ho, a romance expert, Lee Eun Ji, and the master of flirting among the MZ Generation, Kwon Eun Bi, the panel is mesmerized by the eight people who have gathered to find their love. From a boy from the other class who used to be a star of school talent shows to a transfer girl who one can't remember her name but become unrecognizably gorgeous, and even an ex-boyfriend who one dated only for three days at a tteokbokki place! Shall we dive in together to this heart-fluttering love story of alumni with their various memories?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

Violent father, Moo Jin, whose family is everything. Mother So Yeon left because she couldn't stand the violence.

Hoon, who loves both his father and mother, is forced to make a choice and leaves, but eventually remains alone and enters his world.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 28 min.

Kang Ji Won is married to Park Min Hwan, but their marriage is troubled due to Min Hwan's selfishness and his demanding mother. Ji Won is the primary breadwinner for the family, while Min Hwan is unemployed and in debt. Ji Won also handles all the household chores herself.

One day, Ji Won receives the devastating news that she has cancer and not much time left to live. To make things worse, she catches her husband and her close friend, Jung Soo Min, having an affair. A physical struggle ensues, resulting in her tragic death at the hands of her husband.

Suddenly, she wakes up in the past, 10 years earlier, when she was dating Min Hwan. Determined to change her life, she decides to make Soo Min marry Min Hwan. Meanwhile, at work, Yoo Ji Hyeok, who serves as a chief in the same department as Ji Won, has feelings for her and slowly begins to reveal them. He also harbors a secret.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the web novel "Marry My Husband" (내 남편과 결혼해줘) by Seong So Jak (성소작).

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday

Cho Yeo Hwa has been a widow for 15 years. Her in-laws are the most prestigious noble family in the area. During the day, she lives quietly at home and never goes outside. But, during the night, Yeo Hwa secretly jumps over the surrounding wall and takes care of people who need help. In the process, she gets involved with Park Soo Ho, and she begins to dream about her future. Meanwhile, Soo Ho is a senior officer. He is good at his job and has an attractive appearance.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Draw up a map of the world to visit again through online world tours of substitute travelers.

Here comes the 7-day vacation full of laughter! Come enjoy Italy to the fullest! Follow the lead of Guide Na with SEVENTEEN, NANA TOUR with SEVENTEEN!

PD Na, a 20-year veteran of travel entertainment shows, got a new job as a tour guide and became Guide Na! He's the tour guide for SEVENTEEN, who's going on a vacation into the summer in Italy!

(Source: SEVENTEEN YouTube)

Episodes: 6

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Friday

A fantasy story about a man who accidentally gets drawn into a fictional world inside of a horror novel.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 1

Airs On: Saturday

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 always dream of making local friends every time we travel abroad! It's not easy due to language barriers, but here, four celebrities decide to make international friends boldly by playing K-games.

Despite being a game novice, the eldest, Lee Sang Yeob, studies Greek history for the younger members and proves to be the ultimate caring figure. The second, Hwang Kwang Hee, is a true social butterfly who shows the magic of making both domestic and international friends. The third, Kim Min Gue, with his soft visuals and straightforwardness, unleashes unexpected charms as the global beauty with dimples. And as the youngest who has significant influence over the older ones, Son Dong Pyo turns any place into his stage and claims to be the energetic one of the group, showcasing his vibrant energy while representing Generation MZ. Will these four be able to break the language barrier and befriend strangers in a foreign city through K-games?

Let's all shout \"I Am Ground\" in Greece together!

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 60 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

The story follows Lee Tang, an ordinary college student, who gets into an argument with a customer during a part-time job at a convenience store at night, unconsciously swings a hammer, and kills him. Suffering from guilt and fear of murder, Lee Tang learns one day that the person he killed was a serial killer and slowly realizes that he has a supernatural ability to identify "bad seeds". He soon becomes a dark hero who punishes people who committed unethical evils in the past.

A cold-blooded, charismatic and persistent detective starts to chase Lee Tang.

(Source: nbntv.co.kr)

Adapted from the webtoon "Sarinjaonangam" (살인자ㅇ난감).

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

This drama will portray how happiness is achieved through simple means by the women and families involved in this daily drama. Though there are hard obstacles in their lives, the characters face their challenges together.

On December 1979, Seoul had been enduring a harsh winter before the upcoming spring. After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo Kwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae Shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo Kwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

(Source: HanCinema)

This daily sitcom revolves around the quirky family who owns the Soonpoong Clinic, an obstetrics and gynecology hospital; the father, a gynecologist who is afraid of performing surgery, his wife, who has to take care of all the chores as well as the whole family, and the four very different daughters.

Hyun, a high school student, writes down his feelings for his friend Dong Ho in his diary. Then, Dong Ho sees the diary, and the two talk to confirm their feelings for each other. Can the ending for these two be a happy one?

(Source: Korean = kqff.co.kr)

A hyperrealistic comedy-drama depicting the crisis of each generation living in the present era. It tells the story of a simpleton, Mr. A, who suddenly has to struggle to survive after being faced with a three-tier combo, being urged to resign, going from rags to riches, and facing the realities of aging.

Adapted from the essay "I'm An Old Man, It Hurts".

Min Soo unsuccessfully searches for a new job after he is laid off. He keeps this a secret from his fiancé who has plans to take over a café with Min Soo’s money. But when she eventually finds out, she wastes no time showing she has no tolerance for a boyfriend with no job and no money. Pushed to the wall, his girlfriend’s younger brother tips him on how to get his hands on some easy money, and Min Soo, who has a way with opening car doors, starts stealing cars. During a substitute driver job, he discovers he has a talent for murder after killing someone in a fit of anger. Min Soo gradually becomes addicted to the pleasure of murder and crime.

Shortly after entering college, Jian receives a call from local police informing her of her uncle’s “suicide”. Her carer, since the death of her parents, uncle Jeong Jin Man, had always been quiet and mysterious but never suicidal.

But before Jian has a chance to think, her life is turned upside down by a flurry of gunfire, murder drones and more, as a medley of highly skilled assassins inexplicably turns their focus to killing her.

Pinned down in her uncle’s home, Jian will be forced to revisit some of the bizarre training her uncle gave her throughout her formative years if she hopes to survive long enough to discover what is going on.

(Source: HelloKpop)

Adapted from the novel "Sarinjaui Syopingmol" (살인자의 쇼핑몰) by Kang Ji Young (강지영).

Episodes: 8

Season 3 of the no plan, hard work variety show documentary. Join Kian84, DEX, Pani Bottle and Lee Si Eon in a new adventure on Earth’s last oasis embracing the sea. An invitation to an unfamiliar and mysterious place: Madagascar!

(Source: Korean = MBC)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Sunday

Paik Jong-won takes on a new challenge to spread his brand and K-food abroad. Will he be able to make a successful business like he does in Korea?

Starring A-list actors Zo In Sung and Cha Tae Hyun, the reality show invites the two long-time friends to take over a larger supermarket for 10 days in a rural town. It follows the two actors' mishaps of running a business while interacting with the town's close-knitted neighbors and sharing parts of their lives.

(Source: kbizoom.com)

Episodes: 12

The four vampires are sick and tired of living and trying to find ways to be dead. Then they discuss the last hypothesis, "If vampires sleep with each other, they will die" and Jong Soo declares to have sex with Sun Ah.

(Source: GagaOOLala)

Duration: 14 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Twenty-nine-year-old Tae Myung Ha experiences a bewildering twist of fate when suddenly finds himself transported into a fictional online game where he inhabits the body of a ninteen-year-old character. Soon, Tae Myung Ha embarks on a quest within the virtual world to bring happiness to a character named Cha Yeo Woon.

Despite his humble upbringing, Cha Yeo Woon has managed to excel in the national track and field championships, maintaining a remarkable reputation among his peers due to his handsome looks and athletic physique.

Cheon Sang Won hails from an affluent family and becomes emotionally entangled with Tae Myung Ha. His involvement adds complexity to the developing relationship between Tae Myung Ha and Cha Yeo Woon. Ahn Kyung Hoon, introverted and reserved, supports and assists Tae Myung Ha on his mission within the virtual world.

(Source: devdiscourse.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Love Supremacy Zone" (연애 지상주의 구역) written by Aquram and Hwacha (화차), and illustrated by Kkokku (꼬꾸).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 40 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

The days of burning with sexual desire and lusting after each other’s bodies are long gone, and Woo-jin and Samuel have evolved into a somewhat withered couple, both physically and emotionally. By coincidence, they find themselves forming a blackmail team that specializes in exposing cheating couples, seeking an opportunity to turn their lives around.

(Source: biff.kr)

Release dates: October 5, 2023 (Festival)

Episodes: 6

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Kim Baek Doo participates in the traditional Korean wrestling sport of ssireum and is a member of the ssireum team for the Geosan County Office. Baek Doo was born as the youngest son of a prestigious ssireum family. In the past, he was known as a genius like ssireum wrestler, but not anymore. He is thinking about retiring from the sport altogether. One day, Baek Doo meets his childhood friend Oh Yoo Kyung and has a turning point in his ssireum life. Yoo Kyung and Baek Doo grew up together in Geosan County. She begins to work as a leader of the management team for the ssireum team, which is on the verge of disbanding.

Meanwhile, they have people around them like Min Hyun Wook, who suddenly appears at Geosan County and adjusts well to life here, and Joo Mi Ran, who is a mysterious cafe owner. There's also the new coach, Kwak Jin Soo, of the ssireum team and Cho Seok Hee, who is Baek Doo’s best friend and works as a police constable.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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