Asian Drama

A matchmaking romance story about Bong Chul Hee, an island bachelor who meets all the requirements to avoid marriage. The drama depicts the struggle that unfolds as civil servant Jung Ha Na, who doesn’t believe in marriage, is dispatched to a “Marriage Encouragement” team that was formed to send Bong Chul Hee off to marriage.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

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

Poised and soon-to-be bride Melanie's life turns upside down when she drives through a tunnel with a "Time Distortion," causing her life clock to vanish for a whole year.

In the late 1970s, in a small alley of a cotton spinning factory's residential area in Suzhou, lived the Zhuang and Lin families. As the college entrance examination resumed, Zhuang Chao Ying, a teacher, and his wife, Huang Ling, prioritized their children's exams as the family's top priority. Their neighbor, Lin Wu Feng, and his wife, Song Ying, also began to pay attention to their son's studies due to their influence.

The Zhuang family appeared harmonious and respectable, with their son Zhuang Tu Nan being diligent and studious, and their daughter Zhuang Xiao Ting being well-behaved and sensible. However, Zhuang Chao Ying's cowardice and foolish filial piety caused harm to his family. In contrast, the Lin family seemed to live according to their own rules, with their son Lin Dong Zhe being exceptionally mischievous.

In reality, the couple supported each other, and there was mutual respect between parents and children, creating a lively and fulfilling family atmosphere. Adapting to the changes of the times, Lin Wu Feng and Song Ying moved the whole family to Guangzhou to seek new opportunities.

After separating from childhood friends Zhuang Xiao Ting and Lin Dong Zhe, they realized their feelings for each other and agreed to enroll in the same university. Upon graduation, despite facing obstacles from family and reality, they firmly chose each other. After many twists and turns, Zhuang Tu Nan and Li Jia also eventually became a couple.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the web novel "Xiao Xiang Ren Jia" (小巷人家) by Da Mi (大米).

Tags: Neighbors' Relationship, Family Relationship, 1970s, Multiple Mains, Coming Of Age, Youth, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Oct 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

In the late 1970s, in a small alley of a cotton spinning factory's residential area in Suzhou, lived the Zhuang and Lin families. As the college entrance examination resumed, Zhuang Chao Ying, a teacher, and his wife, Huang Ling, prioritized their children's exams as the family's top priority. Their neighbor, Lin Wu Feng, and his wife, Song Ying, also began to pay attention to their son's studies due to their influence.

The Zhuang family appeared harmonious and respectable, with their son Zhuang Tu Nan being diligent and studious, and their daughter Zhuang Xiao Ting being well-behaved and sensible. However, Zhuang Chao Ying's cowardice and foolish filial piety caused harm to his family. In contrast, the Lin family seemed to live according to their own rules, with their son Lin Dong Zhe being exceptionally mischievous.

In reality, the couple supported each other, and there was mutual respect between parents and children, creating a lively and fulfilling family atmosphere. Adapting to the changes of the times, Lin Wu Feng and Song Ying moved the whole family to Guangzhou to seek new opportunities.

After separating from childhood friends Zhuang Xiao Ting and Lin Dong Zhe, they realized their feelings for each other and agreed to enroll in the same university. Upon graduation, despite facing obstacles from family and reality, they firmly chose each other. After many twists and turns, Zhuang Tu Nan and Li Jia also eventually became a couple.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the web novel "Xiao Xiang Ren Jia" (小巷人家) by Da Mi (大米).

Tags: Neighbors' Relationship, Family Relationship, 1970s, Multiple Mains, Coming Of Age, Youth, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Oct 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Yong Soo Jung has a refreshing charm which helps her popularity as a home shopping host. She has many females fans from various age ranges due to her honest and straightforward personality. Things are different in her personal life. When she likes a man, she can't express her feelings or even make eye contact with him. Her romantic life is difficult because of this. She has a crush on Joo Woo Jin, who is the successor of the Masung Group.

Yeo Eui Joo is a hard working man, despite his poor family background. He lives with his intellectually disabled mother. His priority is to make his mother happy. One day, he suddenly learns that he is the second grandson of the Masung Group and is stunned by the news. He gets involved with Yong Soo Jung.

Meanwhile, Choi Hye Ra is selfish and full of greed. If she wants something, she will try to get it no matter what and if anyone comes in her way, she will try to mercilessly punish them.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 35 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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

In this new era of social media dominance emerges contemporary occupations such as the "Love Trial Service." When doubts arise about your partner's fidelity, you can purchase a love trial package. They offer a wide range of trial periods at different prices. The objective is to contact a client's partner through various social media platforms and attempt to initiate conversation, form friendships, or even romantic relationships. Once a reaction is obtained—any—the next steps are in the client's hands. In this story, one woman opts for the service. Initially, her boyfriend rebuffs the advances of another woman, making her proud. However, as she'd purchased a week-long package, she instructs the service provider to continue, despite believing her partner faithful. She doesn't want to waste her money, she reasons. As time goes on, the two begin talking more frequently. One day, she discovers her boyfriend has fallen for another woman, the very one she'd hired to test him. There's a saying that goes, "If you truly love each other, don't create scenarios to test your love, because life itself will test you every day."

Shu Ya Wang grew up together with her neighbor Xia Mu and her first love, childhood friend Tang Xiao Tian, living a happy and peaceful life. However, their lives are disrupted by Tang Xiao Tian’s senior, Qu Wei Ran. Qu Wei Ran's possessiveness over Shu Ya Wang leads him to scheme and assault her, causing Shu Ya Wang and Tang Xiao Tian to break up. In the chaos, Xia Mu accidentally injures Qu Wei Ran. To protect Xia Mu, Shu Ya Wang marries Qu Wei Ran under the pretense of being pregnant. After a sudden miscarriage, she disappears and flees to another place under a false identity. Four years later, Shu Ya Wang, having escaped her past, once again crosses paths with Xia Mu, Qu Wei Ran, and Tang Xiao Tian, reigniting the complicated emotions and entanglements between the four of them.

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Aired: Oct 22, 2024

Choi Hong is a Korean student studying in Japan. She meets Aoki Jungo, and they fall in love with each other. But, they break up due to different thoughts about love and practical problems. 5 years later, Hong and Jungo met in Korea.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Sarang Hue Oneun Gotdeul" (사랑 후에 오는 것들) by Gong Ji Young (공지영) and Tsuji Hitonari (辻 仁成).

Episodes: 6

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

I'm Phleng. I was born with a perfect life, but it turned up-side-down very quickly after my family went bankrupt. Life wasn't too bad when I had my childhood friend Wanwiwa who was raised alongside me. For some unfortunate reason, however, I had to walk away. More than a decade later, destiny play its hand and brings us together again. All the memories are brought back to life, the feelings stronger than ever.

(Source: Meb)

Adapted from the novel "Affair" (AFFAIR : รักเล่นกล) by Chao Planoy (เจ้าปลาน้อย)

Tags: Lesbian Romance, LGBTQ+, Adapted From A Novel (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 8

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Sep, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It's often said that the people who can inflict the most harm upon you are the ones closest to you. This is the story of a single mother whose world revolves around her son, her closest companion. As the weight of responsibilities become overwhelming, she goes looking for love, hoping to create a fresh start for her family and mend her weary heart. The new man in her life seamlessly becomes a part of the family, effortlessly meeting all the criteria she had set for him. "Love her and, more importantly, love her son" was the foremost requirement, and he fulfilled it admirably. Despite their deep bond, she had always believed there had been a gap she couldn't bridge. Now, her son has a role model in his life. They spend time together, engaging in typical father-son activities like watching and playing football and their blooming relationship fills her with warmth. However, she remains unaware of the true nature of the bond between her son and his stepfather. When the truth comes to light, she'll face a heart-wrenching decision.

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989 Tokyo, and the elderly 'Sun Ja' who worries about her grandson also intersect.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 166 min.

Aired: Aug 23, 2024 - Oct 11, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

So Jin, a genetic researcher who loves DNA, decides to end her relationship with a playboy boyfriend and sets out to find a genetically compatible partner for a happy relationship. Whom among the two men that So Jin meets, obstetrician-gynecologist Yeon Woo and firefighter Kang Hoon, will be the perfect match for her? A captivating story intertwined with genetics! This story portrays the struggles, love, and everyday lives of young friends.

(Source: WelCon.kocca.kr)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Tsukioka Natsu is 28 years old and single. He works for a printing company in Tokyo. One day, Tsukioka Natsu hears that Nagumo Mizuki died. They were in a romantic relationship when they attended the same university. They broke up after Nagumo Mizuki suddenly told him that she wanted to end their relationship, and she disappeared afterwards. He didn't hear anything about her for the past 7 years after their breakup. Tsukioka Natsu attends Nagumo Mizuki’s funeral, where he meets a young child named Umi. He is surprised to learn that Umi is Mizuki Nagumo’s daughter. Nagumo Mizuki’s mother talks to him and tells him that Umi is his daughter.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Monday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

An anthology series depicting messy interpersonal situations taken from the "Club Friday" radio programme.

Byun Moo Jin was married to Geum Ae Yeon. They had a daughter, Byun Mi Rae, and a son, Byun Hyun Jae, during their marriage. Moo Jin attempted various business ventures while married, but they all failed. His family could not take him anymore, and they cut him off from them.

After going through a divorce, Ae Yeon experienced difficulties raising her two children by herself. Now, 11 years later, she works part-time at a big mart. Her daughter and son are all grown up. The daughter, Mi Rae, wanted to become a person her mother could rely on. She works as the MD at a big mart. She is also the breadwinner of the family. The son, Hyun Jae, has a unique charm, but he is also the troublemaker of the family.

One day, Moo Jin appears in front of his family as the owner of the villa building where they live. Moo Jin hopes to reunite with his beloved ex-wife Ae Yeon and even tries to seduce her, but the daughter, Mi Rae, is strongly opposed to her father's idea. Unlike his sister, Hyun Jae supports his dad's attempt at reconciliation.

Meanwhile, Mi Rae gets involved with Nam Tae Pyung. He was once a member of the national taekwondo team and now works as a security guard at the same mart as Mi Rae. He hides his real identity and the fact that his father owns the mart.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Woo Hui is the empress of Goguryeo. A crisis ensues when her husband, the king of Goguryeo, dies suddenly. Woo Hui becomes the target of princes and the 5 tribes who all want to gain more power. To protect her family and her tribe, she uses levirate marriage. She struggles to marry one of her late husband's younger brothers and set them upon the throne. Woo Hui has to accomplish everything within 24 hours.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 50 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Thursday

Janghwa is the woman who gets everyone's attention and love with her gorgeous appearance. She had a perfect marriage and enjoys her luxurious life. She only concerns and cares about herself, and she's not changed after she got married. Hongryeon, the deprived single mother, has a dream of having a happy family of her own, but this modest hope is not easy for her. Nevertheless, Hongryeon is an energetic and optimistic person who lives her life to the fullest. The two very contrary women confront each other, as Janghwa abandons the mother-in-law and Hongryeon starts to look after her.

Episodes: 150

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Oh Wan Soo reached the top of her sport as a golf player. Dreaming of having a perfect life within the upper class, she marries the successor of the Hwain Group. Now, Wan Soo works as the chairperson for a foundation and has gained worldwide fame through her charity work. She has Seo Do Yoon as her new bodyguard. Do Yoon, who graduated from the police university, excels in the martial arts. He joined the Hwang Group's security team for a specific reason. Through her bodyguard, Wan Soo faces a secret of the Hwain Family.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

After resigning from a big company, Lee Joon Ho returns to the academy where he'd studied, this times as an instructor. He's motivated by his lingering fixation on his first love, academy teacher Seo Hye Jin.

Seo Hye Jin has been a Korean language instructor for the past fourteen years. She became a star after the legendary incident labelled “Miracle of Daechi.” Just when her life begins to feel settled, former pupil and troublemaker Lee Joon Ho, who she'd helped get into a prestigious university ten years previously, shows up and stirs up chaos.

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Sisters Lee Hye Won and Lee Hye Ji were very close when they were children. After their parents divorced, they were separated. Lee Hye Won went to live with her father, and Lee Hye Ji went to live with her mother. Their lives went down different paths, but they both went through difficult times.

As an adult, Hye Won looks perfect, but she carries emotional wounds. Her life is dominated by her stepmother. Her fiancé is Yoon Ji Chang, and they are going to marry soon. Yoon Ji Chang is the son of Yoon Yi Cheol, who owns JY Group.

Meanwhile, Hye Ji has lived through poverty, loneliness, and domestic violence due to her mother and her stepfather. She badly wants to change her life and takes up the new name of Bae Do Eun. She then meets Yi Cheol, who is the owner of JY Group. To reboot her life, she enters into an affair with Yi Cheol. Then, she meets her older sister, Hye Won, for the first time since they were children.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 103

Duration: 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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

Song Ki Baek is single and 33 years old. He works as an announcer at a broadcasting station. People consider him an ideal announcer. He is polite and well-mannered. One day, Song Ki Baek suffers from a disease which causes him to speak without thinking first. He now faces the biggest crisis of his life.

Meanwhile, On Woo Joo is an enthusiastic TV variety show writer. She becomes interested in Song Ki Baek’s harsh language, and she gets him to appear on her variety show.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

A drama depicting the story of love and marriage that blooms in the turbulent truth game of a woman who lives a life of manipulation and a woman who struggles to uncover and punish lies.

(Source: Korean = Wikipedia)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 35 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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

A woman is having an affair with a married man. She is Lee Hwa Young, a woman who doesn't feel guilty even after stealing her friend's husband.

In the prime of his youth, Lin Tuo crosses paths with An Zhi Que during a summer internship recruiting event in their junior year. Love blossoms at first sight. With graduation approaching, the two embark on their journey from the ivory tower into the real world, taking on part-time jobs, job hunting, and planning their future together. While life doesn't unfold as smoothly as envisioned, they hold each other up. However, just when everything seems to be going well, Lin Tuo receives a diagnosis that changes their lives forever.

Lin Tuo is diagnosed with ALS, bringing an end to his seemingly ordinary but promising life. Future shortened, Lin Tuo faces the disease bravely. Giving up the idea of yielding to his fate, he learns to coexist with the terminal illness. Lin Tuo's journey inspires those around him, including fellow ALS patients. He prompts them to reevaluate their outlook on life, cherish the present moment, and strive to live each day with hope and no regrets.

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 24

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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

Ji Yeon is a beautiful university student, majoring in music. She is dating Dong Seok, but Dong Seok’s parents want him to study abroad. The day before he is scheduled to leave South Korea to study abroad, he prepares a proposal event for Ji Yeon. Ji Yeon does not appear at the event.

Meanwhile, a rumor exists about the old apartment building where Ji Yeon lives. The rumor is that a ghost appears in the apartment building.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Lee Hyo Shim is a skilled fitness trainer at her local gym, but, despite her top physical form, she’s bent under the weight of providing for her family. After her father walked out, it had been up to her to support her mother and three brothers. While this task might have been noble when she was younger, after years of thanklessly slaving for her family, she’s ready to finally live for herself.

(Source: Dramabeans)

Episodes: 50

Lee In is a prince. His older brother is King Lee Sun, who cares about him a lot. Vowing loyalty to his older brother, Lee In is taken hostage by the Qing Dynasty. King Lee Sun soon views his younger brother's loyalty as betrayal and begins to hate him. Lee In endures deep emotional pain because of this.

Lee In then meets an unknown baduk player who wagers on her games. He is completely fascinated by the baduk player. Through circumstances, Lee In becomes the king. He holds the highest position and is a strong person, but he is sad and weak internally.

When Kang Hee Soo was gaining fame as an unknown baduk player, she met Prince Lee In and fell in love with him. Through a vortex of fate, she becomes a spy. She approaches King Lee In to get her revenge.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Loh Ki Wan is a North Korean defector. He has arrived in the unfamiliar country of Belgium from North Korea because of his mother, Ok Hee. He wants to settle down in the country, but his only hope for him to stay is to receive refugee status from the Belgian government. He fights to get that. Loh Ki Wan then meets Marie. She used to be a Korean, but she has now received Belgian citizenship. In the past, she was a shooter. Unlike Loh Ki Wan, who came to Belgium to live a new life, Marie doesn't have a reason to live. They have an unpleasant first meeting but fall in love with each other.

(Source: AsianwWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Ro Ki Waneul Mannatda" (로기완을 만났다) by Jo Hae Jin (조해진).

Duration: 2 hr. 11 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Perfect in imagination, zero in actual performance! What I need is a real experience~

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)

"Heaven" is a massage parlor that's hidden between alleys and located on the fourth floor. Here, tuina masseuse Tian Yi is often able to heal the mental wounds that his customers can't bear to face in his own unique way. Be it a psychologist who's always able to solve her clients' problems but not her mother's, a graffiti artist with a dark, crime-riddled past, or a theater actor who's constantly suppressing his emotions... They'll be able to find the truest versions of themselves in "Heaven".