Asian Drama

The 'Universe League', which will create a boy group, will be held in a completely different format from Season 1. It is a league-style audition where the final winning team that wins the Prism Cup debuts. Three representative K-pop artists will become the managers of each club. They select team members through a trainee draft and compete against each other. This was combined with the sports element of combining the best members of each club through a trade of exchanging trainees. Through this, 'Universe League' is expected to be a differentiated audition that shows more dynamic competition.

(Source: Korean = sports.khan.co.kr)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Airs On: Friday

During the summer in the present day, Jeon Youn Ha runs a vacation cottage located deep in the woods. His peaceful life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman named Yoo Sung A.

In the early 2000's, Koo Sang Joon ran the same vocation cottage as Jeon Young Ha did years later. Koo Sang Joon and his family also lived there, but, during the summer, something happened at his vacation cottage and Koo Sang Joon lost everything because of that. At that time, Yoon Bo Min worked as a police officer at the nearest police substation from the vacation cottage. 20 years later, Yoon Bo Min is transferred to the same police substation where she worked before and she begins to work there as the chief. She enjoys solving things and begins to observe Jeon Young Ha closely.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Thursday

In her final year of high school, Lee Hong Ju fell head over heels in love. But this first brush with love ended in heartbreak. Ever since, she has been deeply skeptical when it comes to everything love-related. A decade later, she has become an animation producer when fate reunites her with her former crush, Hu Yeong, in a cafe.

He has returned to South Korea from the United States and is now a 29-year-old financial planner. They are both hit by a wave of emotions. Could a fresh chance at romance be in the cards? Or has too much water passed under the bridge?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Uyeonilkka?" (우연일까?) written by Nam Ji Eun (남지은) and illustrated by Kim In Ho (김인호).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Set in 1960s South Korea. The series follows two men through their bromance and the obstacles they face during a turbulent time in the country’s history.

It depicts the story of Park Doo Chil, who is known as Uncle Samsik, who always has three meals a day, even during the war, and Kim San, an elite man from the Korean Military Academy, who wants to create a country where everyone lives well.

(Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = Deadline.com)

Episodes: 16

Airs On: Wednesday

"Damn Good Company" depicts the reality of small and medium-sized Korean companies with comical situation settings and detailed real-life storyline.

It is an anthology drama about the lives of eight legendary figures in China: Yu Min: Involvement in national defence and security from his youth until he reached his middle age. Shen Jilan: Advocating "equal pay for men and women" and her election to the first National People's Congress. Sun Jiadong: Countless defeats become the starting point to depict the relentless spirits of the Chinese scientists. Li Yannian: Heroic feats during the Korean War (known in China as the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea.) Zhang Fuqing: A war veteran has gone to live in one of the poorest regions and helped people out of poverty. Yuan Longping: Worked tirelessly to provide food and clothing for his motherland and the people of the world. Huang Xuhua: It recounts the difficult process in China's independent research and development of nuclear submarines. Tu Youyou: Development of the new antimalarial drug artemisinin and answers some doubts people have about the Nobel Prize received in 2015.

Storyline covers periods from the 1960s to the present day. Various historical incidents like the Vietnam War, May 16 military coup d'etat and the assassination of Korean President Park Chung Hee.

Ki Tae, described as Korea's first entertainer. Ki Tae debuted at an American military base stage and worked in the show business during the 1960s. Ki Tae is the son of the richest man in Soonyang. He works at a cinema, which is one of several businesses owned by his father, but he is more interested in having fun than work. Ki Tae is just a troublemaker to his father. One day his father checks his account book and finds that some numbers are missing. Ki Tae explains that he invested 10,000,000 won on making a movie to show in the cinema on Korean Thanksgiving Day. His father stipulates that this is the last chance for Ki Tae.

Life is often likened to a stage of a play. And you are the star of your life. Everyone should have a story or two to tell. But some people just don't realize it and stay out of the limelight choosing to live in someone else's backstage just like our heroine. Since she lost her parents when she was only 3, she just has been accepting what life gives her instead of trying to get more. But when she starts working for a seasoned Shakespeare actor who has his own problems as his manager, she finds a strange bond with him and develops a special relationship like a family. This is a heartwarming comedy with full of struggle, humor, witty conversation, and love. "--Fuji Creative"

Paeksang Arts Awards, also known as Baeksang Arts Awards, is an awards ceremony held annually by IS PLUS Corp., publisher of Ilgan Sports, since 1965. It is to honour outstanding achievements in the South Korean entertainment industry and to garner public attention upon the best in Korean films, television, and theater. It was established by Chang Key-young, founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspaper, whose pen name was "Baeksang." The ceremony is usually presented in April or May in Seoul. The 51st Paeksang Arts Awards ceremony was held at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul on May 26, 2015, and aired on jTBC. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Kim Ah-joong and Joo Won.

The series revolves around Han Dan Bi, a rude woman who was raised in a wealthy family. Her life becomes difficult after her father, a once-popular singer, meets with an accident that was planned by his wife. Dan Bi then finds out that she was adopted. Her stepmother takes advantage of her husband's comatose state to kick Dan Bi out of their house, all in a plot to sell his land to the ruthless chairman of a hospital company. This revelation leads Dan Bi to begin searching for her birth mother by using her adoptive father's will as leverage, not knowing that the truth about what happened to her birth father is directly tied to the chairman. She encounters several people along the way: the chairman's grandson who falls for Dan Bi but is uncertain of the outcome if they became a couple; a divorced lawyer whom Dan Bi loves, but whose father is also connected to her birth father, which is the reason why the lawyer's mother disapproves of Dan Bi for her son; the lawyer's ex-wife, and their daughter who likes Dan Bi more than her own mother; a step-sister who sees Dan Bi as a roadblock to climbing the corporate ladder; and an ailing doctor who was not only the love of Dan Bi's adoptive father's life, but knows the real truth about Dan Bi's parentage.

Anmitsu Hime 1: At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children who make a living by pick-pocketing. At the same time, she finally meets her prince charming Senbei, the leader of the group. However, she soon finds herself in an awkward position when she learns of the children's new plot: they are planning to steal the treasures from her own castle. Will she be able to put a stop to it without revealing her true identity? --groink Anmitsu Hime 2 :Since her last adventure, Anmitsu Hime now goes to town every night in order to rid it from evildoers, much to her mother's disappointment. Meanwhile, Amaguri just learned that his mother is still alive and that she is in the country of Kira Kira. And so, Anmitsu Hime has decided to travel 730 miles in order to find Amaguri's mother. --aiscess