Asian Drama

A mystery melodrama about a woman named Han Sun Joo who expresses support for another woman’s involvement in an affair, without knowing that the affair is with her husband.

Han Sun Joo has everything from looks and intelligence to wealth. She is a great wife and mother, helping her husband with her exceptional skills and raising her son with her meticulous personality. However, due to an outside intrusion, a fissure begins to appear in the perfect family she’s created, and she dives into war in order to stop it.

Shin Myung Seop is Han Sun Joo’s husband. The male version of a modern Cinderella, Shin gradually climbs the ranks of his mother-in-law’s company, Lahen Group, following his marriage. Although he is devoted to his family, he brings about disaster when he starts to feel curious about a woman who isn’t his wife and eventually crosses a line he shouldn’t.

Yoon Mi Ra is the woman who shakes up Shin Myung Seop’s heart. With a beautiful face and charm that makes her stand out anywhere she goes, Yoon Mi Ra is a character who’s loyal to her desires. She begins to covet Han Sun Joo’s husband Shin Myung Seop, causing a fierce war of nerves to unfold.

Han Jung Won is Han Sun Joo’s younger brother. Optimistic and warm-hearted, Han Jung Won is someone who trusts and relies on his older sister Han Sun Joon more than anyone else. He believes that he can do anything if it’s for his sister, raising questions about how Han Jung Won’s love for his sister will shake up the story.

School 2021 is the story of students attending a specialized high school and seeking their ambitions, rather than going off to college. It will delve into how these students learn about love, friendship, true passions, and growing up in an intense environment.

Gong Ki Joon is a hardworking student who assumes work and school simultaneously. He is a person who loses his dream 11-year dream of taekwondo due to injury and is unsure of knowing what to do. Jeong Young Joo is a transfer student with a hidden story and a past connection to Gong Ki Joon.

Jin Ji Won, a confident high school girl with a solid dream, confidently communicates her opinion though she is in conflict with her mother about going to college. Kang Seo Young is a gifted student who is preparing, by herself, for college entrance exams. She is aiming to enter one of the top five universities in Korea.

Lee Kang Hoon is a teacher who values a work-life balance. He gradually grows along with his students. Lee Jae Hee is the chairman of the board’s nephew, while Gu Mi Hee is the twin sister of Lee Jae Hyuk. She is a quiet person and strives to make many new changes. Lee Jae Hyuk is Lee Jae Hee's twin. Unlike Jae Hee, Jae Hyuk is the person who receives support from the foundation.

(Source: Soompi, Joynews24, xports news; Edited by: Bethany and DyingtobeinKorea)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 3 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

About a young master named Xu Feng Nian who under the eager expectation of his father Xu Xiao persevered through hardships and growth to become the King of Northern Liang. Although the road was long and obstructive, and filled with ruthless murderous intentions, Xu Feng Nian constantly improves his martial arts skills, and he gathered many crucial people during this journey. He led the Beiliang cavalry to fight against Beimang at the time of the Beimang invasion and become the beacon of hope in the Central Plains.

Adapted from novel "Knife in the Snow" by Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou.

The drama tells the story of the housewife Bai Ying Ying who is disheartened by her marriage life after discovering that her husband Ding Zhi Yuan cheated on her with her friend Gu Fei Er. She then finds out many unclear points connected to her sister Bai Jing Jing's suicide. While escaping from Gu Fei Er, with the help of Jiang Chuan, Jin Rui and other friends, Bai Ying Ying tries to open a new chapter in her life.

As the design department’s team leader of one of the nation’s top fashion companies, Ha Young Eun has made quite a name for herself in the fashion industry. Beautiful, trendy, and intelligent, Young Eun loves her work and she’s good at what she does. But when it comes to relationships, things are a bit different. Pragmatic to a fault, Young Eun often comes across as cold-hearted, as she prioritizes stability over all else.

Content in both her work and her life, Young Eun has never really been bothered by the fact that others might see her as cold. But when she meets Yoon Jae Kook, a popular freelance fashion photographer, things take an unexpected turn. The living definition of the perfect man, Jae Kook is wealthy, handsome, and intelligent, but that’s not what catches Young Eun’s attention. There’s something more to Jae Kook that Young Eun just can’t seem to ignore.

As if in a dream, Young Eun and Jae Kook find themselves falling for each other. But not all fairy tales have a happy ending. Is theirs a story that will end in heartbreak or will they manage to find their own version of happily ever after, after all?

Seo Joon portrays the troublemaker son of a rich businessman. The drama draws the life of Seo Joon as he finds his own success in an alcohol business selling traditional Korean beer.

In Korea during the first half of the 1700s, Yi San is an aloof and perfection-loving young prince. His father’s killing haunts him, although it leaves him in the position to take the throne once his grandfather – the cruel and ruthless current king responsible for Yi San’s father’s death – dies. He has resolved to become a benevolent monarch who will reform the law when he eventually takes the throne, but the way his father was killed has scarred him emotionally.

At court, he meets a young woman named Sung Deok Im. Yi San falls in love with her and tries to convince her to become his official concubine. But Sung Deok Im is strong-willed and free-spirited. She is also intelligent enough to understand that becoming a royal consort to the future king is a prestigious role, but one that would restrict her freedom and likely bring her little in the way of joy. But Yi San’s love for Sung Deok Im is true, and she starts to understand that forming a union with him could ultimately benefit his troubled realm.

Adapted from the novel "The Sleeve's Red Cuff" (옷소매 붉은 끝동) by Kang Mi Kang (강미강).

A story of young boys and girls who are in between jobs begins with a misunderstanding on them as an idol in the countryside. They are actually preparing together for job interviews in resort pension but start performing for African guests due to ruralists’ misunderstanding.

A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in tragedy. 4 years later they meet again, now as adults, to reveal the corruption in school and to regain one's reputation as a teacher.

Ji Yoon Soo is a high school math teacher with a bright smile and a positive impression of others. She is a hard-nosed and stubborn person who has to push ahead with the decisions she has made. She is a math geek who loves solving difficult problems and teaches students to purely love math.

Baek Seung Yoo is emotionless and has no light in his eyes. He used to be a math genius who appeared on a quiz program at the age of five and surprised the world by solving college-level math problems. He was admitted to MIT at the age of 10 but dropped out at the age of 12, and suddenly disappeared.

A love story that is full of heartaches and heart-fluttering moments follows Su Zhi Nian and Song Qing Chun as two people who overcome a past heartbreak to be reunited once more.

Adapted from the novel "Ao Jiao Nan Shen Zhu Wo Jia" by Ye Fei Ye.

A story of the people that work at Hotel Emros around New Year's and the guest that stay there.

The hotel manager who does her job well, but she is not very confident when it comes about her personal life. The hotel's CEO is a young man with an obsession over even numbers. The hotel's staff includes a young woman, new employee, who begins work as a room maid and having put aside her dream of becoming a musical actress, and a female door porter.

The guests includes a young man, who came to the hotel to get a job. For 5 years, he prepared for the exam to become a public officer, but failed the exam. A singer-songwriter / radio DJ is quite popular now, but he went through difficult times as an unpopular singer-songwriter. A manager works for a popular artist. He and the artist went through hard times, but his client has finally found success. A radio DJ and jazz pianist who are now preparing for their wedding. A plastic surgeon sits in the hotel lounge every Saturday, waiting for his fateful love. A businessman who returns to South Korea to attend his daughter's wedding. A fortune-teller who often visits the hotel to meet with his customers. A high school student swimmer and a high school student figure skater who started liking each other.

~~ Adapted from the manhua "More and More Loves You" (爱你情出于蓝) by Ake Culture (阿柯文化).

Yu Lan had a crush on Sheng You Ting for 11 years, but her love for him makes her feel inferior because she thinks she is unworthy of him. One day, it reached a point when she could no longer continue loving him. She tried to rid him from her life, only to realize that it was too painful. Turns out that if you love someone for a long time and suddenly stop, you would go insane.

Kimhan and Mookarin were engaged to be married but a tragedy destroyed their happiness. Mon, Kimhan's sister, was found dead and her husband Tada, Mook's brother, was accused of killing her.

The case went to court and Tada was acquitted with Mook taking the stand as her brother's alibi and Mon's death was ruled an accident. Kimhan was furious that his sister's killer walked free and that Mook lied to help acquit her brother.

If the law could not punish Tada, Kimhan will do it himself, so he vowed to get revenge. He actively persecuted Tada and broke off his engagement to Mook. In pursuing his revenge, he caused a lot of pain to Tada, Mook and other innocent people.

Yet, through it all, neither Kimhan nor Mook could forget their love for each other. They were filled with conflicting feelings of love, hate, revenge and loyalty as they, and the people around them, get caught in Kimhan's whirlpool of revenge.

Adapted from the novel "Mia Nok Hua Jai" by Chalalai.

A story about a heartless mother who betrayed her father and turned away from her sick younger brother for love and desire, and a daughter who dreams of revenge against such mother.

The story revolves around two university classmates who traveled far from home to Shanghai to pursue their dreams. Renting a place together, Dong Yang and Li Wen Jia eventually warm up to each other. Later after they affirm their feelings, they decide to get married. They suffered many setbacks in their careers including being framed at work and faced many struggles to build a life together.

A romantic melodrama that takes place between twin brothers and a woman.

Through skateboarding, a young man suffering from depression overcomes his fears and finds the warmth of friendship. Yang Bu Fan (Guo Zi Fan) and his dad travelled from their hometown in the South to a first-rate city in order to provide a better education for Bu Fan. Bu Fan's grades suffer because he finds it hard to adjust to his new life and starts to lose sleep. Bu Fan spots four uniquely-dressed guys playing on their skateboards. Their leader Chen Xi Wen (Emn Chen) wanted to prank Bu Fan by asking if he would like to try skateboarding. Bu Fan falls as expected, but as he was kneeling on the ground, he did not feel any pain. That night, he had the best sleep he's had in a long time. Bu Fan's dad worries that skateboarding would be a bad influence on his son and forbids Bu Fan from the sport. Through the encouragement of teacher-in-training Su Li Shan (Yin Ran), Bu Fan learns the techniques of skateboarding from Chen Xi Wen. However, an accident where Bu Fan injures Chen Xi Wen makes him extremely guilty. Bu Fan considers walking away from his newfound passion and only his loved ones can help him find the courage to stand up again.

Gi Seon, a high school administrator, is curious how Jinsu has been doing, a student on the soccer team. Hye Jin quits work to help remodel her mother's small restaurant. Their stories are told in parallel to one another, and the film revisits their present after much time has passed.

A man determines to kill himself every day, but continues with his life because he forgets to end himself due to alcoholic dementia. A severely alcoholic woman is living her life under grief and helplessness. These two utter strangers run into each other and set off to finish their lives together.

Park Jae Chul is an old sailor and a father to three sons and one daughter, Dong Kyu (the eldest), Young Kyu, Sang Ok and Min Kyu (youngest). Dong Kyu is working man and carrying the responsibility as the eldest in his family. He's in-love with Yoon Su Kyung (his co-worker). They work together to overcome all the difficulties to get married. Young Kyu dreams of nothing but money and marrying a rich girl on day. While serving in the military, he tricked a naive country girl Mi Sook who he promised to marry her. Mi Sook becomes blinded by love and provided all his needs. Sang Ok is the only girl in the family. She's a colleague student. Their youngest Min Kyu is a quiet and introvert son. He distances himself from his family and people because he's troubled by the fact that he's from another mother. Though he's a talented painter, he doesn't use his talent much. His brother Young Kyu and the rich girl Shi Yeon always stand by his side and pushes him to be better.

Tells the story of a tough and rogue female detective, who one day loses all of her memories and changes places with a conservative housewife who looks just like her.

Jo Yeon Joo is a prosecutor and the only daughter of the action-taker in a gangster group. It’s reported that while chasing a suspect who looks very similar to her, she gets into a mysterious car accident. Her life changes when she wakes up from a coma with her life swapped with that of the youngest daughter of a chaebol in the top 20 of the financial world. The woman is also the daughter-in-law of BK Group, one of the leading groups in Korea, following an arranged marriage she didn’t want.

Han Seung Wook is a chaebol, who still has pure feelings about his first love. Although he left Korea because he felt the cold-bloodedness of money and power through a fight for inheritance, the character steps up again to find the truth behind his father’s dishonorable death. In the process, he meets his first love again, and he strives to not lose the things he has been given anymore.

Seo Young, a graphic designer in her early 30s, works in an office in Seoul that is high up in a skyscraper, despite the fact that she suffers from vertigo. The story follows her as she enters into a romance with a man who works on the face of the building as he fixes it, moving up and down by rope. The pair meets through a window.

Leaving the country orphanage where he grew up, Su Min heads to Seoul to study design. Disenhearted after several difficult projects, he opts to work as a host in a gay bar. There he meets Jae Min who's from a rich and conservative family. Jae Min will do anything to win Su Min's heart, despite being repeatedly rejected by Su Min.

The 3 episode spinoff will tell the story of Lee Rang and Ki Yoo Ri before and during the events of "Tale of the Nine-Tailed."

At forty years old, Lee Boo Jeong has lost her way. She feels like she has reached the end of her potential and achieved absolutely nothing. Lee Kang Jae is twenty-seven, a man at the end of his youth, and though "afraid of nothing," feels afraid his life will never amount to anything.

"Lost" tells the story of ordinary people walking towards the light who suddenly realize that 'nothing has happened' in the middle of the downhill road of life. It depicts the most ordinary daily life standing on the edge of darkness rather than light, a life where one cannot easily choose.

Tells the story of unpredictable events that take place in the close relationship between a perfectionist Wan Jun, his girlfriend Ji Yeon, and Ye Ri, who has a crush on Wan Jun .

The ten-episode series will feature star-crossed lovers Chang Che Kai and Sung Yuan-Yuan from their student days to adulthood, while diving into the backstories of other supporting characters.

Hua Mu Lan is strong-willed young woman. She proved that she can be just as good, if not better, than the men by joining the all-male army in place of her elderly father.

A love story set in the seaside village of Gongjin.

Yoon Hye Jin, who works as a dentist, is a woman who has both beauty and brains. However, her life plan falls apart because of the tiny bit of righteousness in her heart, and after various obstacles, she moves to the seashore village Gongjin and meets Hong Doo Shik. She becomes curious about him. Hong Doo Shik is called Chief Hong by the local residents. He is officially unemployed, but he is a master of odd jobs who appears to help everyone in Gongjin with any situation they run into.

Wang Wen Xuan is an idealistic and good-natured man living during a tumultuous period in China. He's in love with his classmate Zeng Shu Sheng, but his traditional mother wants him to marry a girl of her choosing. In the midst of war and the inevitable tension of the times, Wen Xuan is frequently torn between Shu Sheng and his mother. To make things worse, his health slowly begins to deteriorate after contracting tuberculosis.

Adapted from the 1947 novel "Cold Nights" (寒夜, Han Ye) by Chinese writer Ba Jin 巴金