Asian Drama

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?

The drama tells the story of the bankrupt and destitute upper-class lady Zhen Gao Gui, who, due to life's pressures, takes a job at a public relations company. There, she encounters sparks with the stand-in president of the client, Mr. Zhong Yi Ming. Together, they experience thrilling and turbulent times, with one being a noble lady returning from studying abroad only to discover bankruptcy, and the other, originally an idle playboy, being entrusted with significant responsibilities as the second son. They join forces to turn a "small popcorn" into a "great business." In the process, their emotions gradually develop, and their revolutionary friendship undergoes a perfect transformation. The unwavering couple of Zhong and Zhen also experiences growth, breaking through emotional barriers. The drama presents a comedic and poignant emotional story of a workplace novice, creating a workplace romantic comedy that brings healing to both male and female leads.

(Source: iQiyi)

Episodes: 24

Rin is a woman who appears to have it all: She is a key member of the VIP customer management team at a major Thai department store. The team caters to the store’s super-rich clients, providing private shopping sessions and exclusive services. As well as being successful, she is also beautiful, and has a dashing and equally successful husband Pakawat, the team leader of the same management team. But her life comes crashing down around her one late night, she hears Pakawat having a heated argument with someone on the phone.

Soon after, she receives an anonymous text message that reads “Your husband is having an affair with someone from your team.” All of a sudden, Rin is consumed with suspicion, eager to find out who sent the message. She begins to suspect Pakawat may be cheating on her behind her back with someone she thought she could trust. Is Pakawat a love rat? And if so, who has he been cheating on her with?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 10

Zheng Shu Yi is a hard-working reporter for one of China’s leading financial newspapers. She’s determined to land a front-page story, so she is pulling out all the stops to land an interview with one of the most talked-about young CEOs in the land – Shi Yan. For his part, the businessman is looking to make a series of investments in promising startup firms as a way of giving back to the community.

A mixup occurs between the two, and their paths cross again. But as they (inadvertently) get to know one another, they start to realize their destinies may be intertwined. Shi Yan discovers that Zheng Shu Yi’s extensive reporting career means very few people know more about local startups. He agrees to let her write a series of stories about her company, causing them to meet again and again. But could this blossoming working relationship also lead them on the path to love?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the web novel "Accidental Love" (错撩) by Qiao Yao (翘摇).

Episodes: 36

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 story revolves around the revivalry of a national brand in the face of the impact of e-commerce. Xu Si, an investment professional who moves back to mainland China from a Hong Kong investment bank, meets Jiang Hu, the only daughter of the chairman of a national clothing conglomerate. Due to their differing business philosophies, the two are at odds with each other.

When Jiang Hu's father's company suddenly goes bankrupt, she finds herself plummeting from the heights of success. Meanwhile, Xu Si—who has always been ambitious—sets his sights on the rubber-soled shoe brand "Tengyue" which was once created by Jiang Hu's father. Determined to save "Tengyue" at all costs, Jiang Hu—despite her downfall—engages in a fierce battle with Xu Si. Ultimately, their interactions and struggles will determine the fate of "Tengyue" and whether it can be revived.

(Source: iQIYI)

Adapted from the novel "Wo Yao Ni Feng Qu" (我要逆风去) by Wei Zai (未再).

Episodes: 40

Shiro Miura , an architect, suddenly returns to Marukin Onsen, the public bath house left behind by his late father. The reason for his return is to tell his younger brother Goro, who manages the store, that he will fold the old public bath and rebuild it into an apartment. Goro reacts coldly to Shiro, who runs away from his parents' house and lives freely in the city. On the other hand, Yokoyama a postal worker who is nearing retirement age, is fascinated by Yudo, which is said to give him deep thoughts about bathing.

(Source: Filmarks)

Set in the late 1920s, it follows the three daughters of Shanghai department store giant Xinghua as they go head to head against each other to determine the true heir who will ensure the family’s continued prosperity.

Are you a boss? If you are, are you sure you're a good boss? This program turns the table around, giving employees a chance to tell what they really think about their boss. Three bosses take the appraisal with confident, but neither a veteran comedian, a famous chef, nor the Mayor of Seoul can escape the bombarding facts about them. They try to deny or deflect the realities, but in the end, they look back themselves and find out what they do was over-the-top. The vast difference between what the bosses think and what the staffs think causes such a big laugh that you can blow off some work stress.

Thacha Wongtheerawit is engaged to Phayak Chatdecha Chen because of a mutually beneficial business agreement. The sweet love of Hia Yi and Khondiao is like the ending of a romance novel… As if. Thacha is left alone on the engagement day. He's left alone when he moves into Hia Yi’s place. As the wedding ceremony is around the corner, he has to deal with everything alone… His name is Khondiao, but it doesn’t mean he wants to be alone!

As the distress is no longer bearable, Thacha decides to flee from the future wedding to Switzerland, not suspecting Hia Yi will try to catch up with him and get into a car accident. What's more, Hia Yi loses his memory when he wakes up and accuses Thacha of being the one despising the idea of getting married! What’s with him, huh?!

(Source: m.se-ed)

Adapted from the novel "Naughty Babe" (Naughty Babe ดื้อเฮียก็หาว่าซน) by BamBam (แบมแบม).

Episodes: 8

Shogo Kai is a partner at a law firm in Marunouchi, Tokyo. He brings back Daiki Suzuki to his law firm from Boston. Shogo Kai then assigns Daiki Suzuki to a case. The case involves a large publishing company as they are sued by a former contract worker. The former contract worker insists her idea for a novel was stolen by the publishing company.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Remake of the American TV series "Suits" [2011].

Episodes: 15

A story set in the world of fashionable jewelry that revolves around a woman who hides her identity to unravel a secret while proving herself to be an outstanding jerweler.

When Bai Xining was ten years old, her life is turned upside down and she goes from being an heiress of a jewelry enterprise to completely penniless. She is sent to Australia to be adopted by a Chinese couple and loses all contact with her home country. However, she eventually discovers that the reason her mother was sent to prison was because she had been framed. Fifteen years later, Xining who has earned a dual degree through her own hard work and capability joins the company that was once owned by her mother. She finds herself in the center of a power struggle between Li Zhuoran and Lin Yi.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Episodes: 45

Akari's birth mother is originally from Osaka. She moves to Osaka to live with her grandmother to learn more about her mother. She learns that her grandmother closed the okonomiyaki (a Japanese savory pancake) restaurant after Akari's teenage mother had ran away. Akari then re-opens the okonomiyaki restaurant and tries to start the business on her own.

This new season is set in an entirely new universe, with Riko this time portraying the president of a start-up company called Dream Crazy.

A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike and potter Sasuke. The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.

School friends Lee Wan and Shin Gi Tae are inseparable school friends who spend every single moment of free time they have together. But Lee Wan has a secret: He has a crush on his best friend and wants their relationship to turn romantic. When he tells Shin Gi Tae how he feels, Gi Tae recoils and Lee Wan runs away to a new life.

Seven years later, Lee Wan who is now an illustrator is called to an interview at a gaming firm that is developing a dating-themed game where he he comes face-to-face with Shin Gi Tae, who is a team leader at the same firm. Now these two former friends must work together, despite the events of seven years ago. But will spending so much time in one another’s company again result in friction – or could it reignite old passions?

(Source: Viki, edited by Chun Mo Rionnag)

A workplace drama set in a traditional media company experiencing a decline. She is a woman interested in fashion who meets the unbending chief editor.

(Source: Dramapanda)

Episodes: 43

Celebrities, who are passionate about food and cooking, open restaurants specializing in delivery food. Lee Kyung-kyu, Park Na-rae, and Kang Yul are now competing by offering unique menus. They face the tough challenge of fulfilling a high volume of orders while satisfying their customers. Who will emerge as the winner in terms of sales?

The story follows three couples in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Focus on realistic themes to fully demonstrate the "quarter" youth crisis in family and career.

There is Xu Yao, a Beijing native who lost his girlfriend after a business failure, and Yu Jia En, a Beijing single woman has maintained her life for ten years. The small-town girl Zhang Qing who lives a bright and beautiful life, Li Nian Huan who suffered a derailment during pregnancy, Hao Chen Shi, a rebellious boy, and Zhao Ang. Its protagonists faced many different crises and their growth through difficulties and uneasiness, the 'beauty' of life is redefined.

Episodes: 30

Adapted from the novel "Da Cheng Xiao Shi" (大城小室) by Jiang Li Han (姜立涵).

Episodes: 36

In Shanghai in the year 1936, Huang Wei Jie, a member of the patriotic organization, happened to meet Feng Guan Yu, a patriotic businessman, during his mission. The two were childhood friends who separated due to a misunderstanding. Feng Guan Yu forced him to be his bodyguard. Although the two have constant conflicts, in the face of common adversity, the two with ideals of justice join hands and heroically devote themselves to the cause of patriotism.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 20

An intelligent young man, Jang Ho Woo is employed by the Taeil Accounting Firm. His excellent memory, sharp observational skills, and his innate sense for numbers lead him to be the firm's first high school graduate hire.

Ho Woo soon uncovers a web of systemic corruption and injustice that can only be stopped by dismantling one of Korea's most prestigious accounting firms.

The story of two completely different people from opposite walks of life--Wang Ju An and Su Mo--that work in the same company. When feelings start to develop, they slowly surrender to them. But when difficulties arise; will their love withstand the ultimate test of opposites attract?

Liu Yu Ru, daughter of a merchant, has only one hope in life: to find a good husband and marry into a good family so that she could escape from her own family composed of her very sick mother, her cruel stepmother and her neglectful father. Therefore, she trains very hard to become a perfect lady whom anyone would want as a wife and a daughter-in-law.

She thinks she's finally succeeded when she marries the rich young master Gu Jiu Si. But she realizes that her husband despises her, as he thinks she's only a gold-digger, and would rather spend his time in brothels than with his wife.

Yu Ru finally understands that she must take her destiny into her own hands and that she cannot rely on others to survive. She learns business with her mother-in-law, eventually earning her place in the family, and even succeeds in taming her husband, becoming able to stand up to him and change him from a drunken playboy into a brave, honest and righteous man.

This is the story of a weak and pitiful lady who grows up to become a strong and smart woman who no longer needs anyone to survive and can stand up for herself, even gaining the love of a husband who despised her and changing him for the best.

Adapted from the web novel "Chang Feng Du" (长风渡) by Mo Shu Bai (墨书白).

In the Nanyang region in the 1930s, Ouyang Tian Qing and Kuang Cai Yun traveled from Guangdong to Southeast Asia to make a living. Tianqing became the "samsui woman" of construction site labor and became the leader of the sisters. She was admired by both the rich Jia Fu and the poor A Le. Cai Yun accidentally became acquainted with the young Hu Yaozu and became the nanny but was repeatedly bullied by the Hu family. Yao Zu drove her away to protect her and went to study abroad.

A Le took the initiative to give up his feelings for Tian Qing and went to serve as a soldier during the Japanese invasion. The Japanese forces forced Tian Qing and her company to build the shrine. On the day of completion, Ale, who joined the rebels, led the people to rescue Tian Qing and burned down the shrine. Cai Yun, who suffered various changes, also waited for the return of Yao Zu.

Will Baek Jong Won, one of South Korea's best restaurant management experts, be able to successfully run a food business abroad? Follow Baek Jong Won's full-fledged career from start-up to operation in two countries that have no knowledge of Korean food!

(Source: TvN)

Episodes: 13

Office politics take center stage for marketer Park Yoon Jo, whose lack of an academic background won’t deter his dedication to his work, and the smart and just Ryu Jae Min, who lacks any expectations towards their company.

In the eyes of other people, Meng Hao Tian is a woman of strength and beauty. Everyone saw how she started from nothing and jumped through countless hurdles in her entrepreneurial journey. However, only a few know of her painful past.

Because of a farce wedding, she has unexpectedly gotten acquainted with Leng Si Ming, the young and promising CTO of Lingzhi Group. After many unexpected situations, the two grow from their misunderstandings as rivals to become partners, yet the glaring problems that follow cannot be ignored. In the end, can they conquer their age gap and the differences in their backgrounds? Can Meng Hao Tian break through the shackles of her past to regain the ability to love?

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 31

An old saying has it that it takes the first generation to create the business and the second one to destroy it. When the Tanaka Family's father, a career private eye, passes away, eldest daughter and mother figure Sayuri has to decide whether or not to continue the family detective business. Seeing no hope or interest on the part of her other younger siblings to carry on the business, she is about to shut it down when her long-lost elder brother, Ichiro, returns. A down-on-his-luck truck-driving single father now, he decides to take the mantle and continue the family tradition-his only experience being that he played cops and robbers as a kid. In his new capacity of "president" of the family business he conveniently decides to move into the home that he left many years before. Will the Tanaka Clan really be able to resurrect the business together? Or does elder brother Ichiro have some other plans for the business?

Lee Seo Jin's "Seo Jin's" throws a challenge with street food called 'Korean fast food'. If the existing "Youn's Kitchen" presented traditional Korean food such as bulgogi and bibimbap, "Seo Jin's" will visit viewers with a lighter and more friendly menu.