Asian Drama

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)

In the "Lilypad House," a small run-down house, lives Simala, a young woman who is raised to be ambitious. It is full of warmth and love despite its poor state. However, Simala still yearns to relocate to a presentable new house for her and her family and she hopes to find a man who is capable of changing her life for the better. "Warodom," a young good-looking man with an ambiguous lineage, also hopes to attract the attention of a beautiful socialite. Both Simala and Warodom share a common goal. But what are their true backgrounds, careers, and social circles? They appear with a presentable and opulent front as bait to lure each other in. Although, it would be considered a challenge to determine who the prey or the predator actually is, or perhaps it is because...they are in the same boat!

(Source: Viu)

Adapted from the novel "Langkha Bai Bua" (หลังคาใบบัว) by Krisna Asoksin (กัญญ์ชลา).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 53 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Saisamorn Suaisamoe, a top actor who comes from a wealthy family, is sent by the director of her new project to live in Lat Chado in Ayutthaya and learn about love. Here, she has to move into the house of Marasri, a sharp-mouthed woman, and she's being followed around by someone called Mha.

How will this end? Can she learn about love? Who will be the hero in this love movie?

(Source: Thai = se-ed.com || Translation = thaidramatic_update on Instagram; edited by Soju at MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Rak Thuam Thung" (รักท่วมทุ่ง) by Suriyatis (สุริยาทิศ).

Episodes: 15

Duration: 47 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

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

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).

Single 38 year old editor and food writer Kikuchi Izumi works for a small publishing company. She hasn't heard from her partner of 10 years in the last 5 months after lending him 2 million yen. After she suddenly receives a call on her phone, she is yelled at by an older woman. The older woman even enters the same cab with her and they are both heading to the same location. By chance, Izumi learns that the older woman is Nakajima Haruko, the owner of a very popular Tokyo beauty clinic.

Adapted from a novel of the same name.

It tells the story of the founding female general of Nanxia who took off her red robe in exchange for battle gear and became the goddess of war.

A Mai, the daughter of a Nanxia official, is out for blood after her family was killed by her childhood sweetheart Chen Qi. Having grown into a young woman, she disguises herself as a man and wanders the lands to seek revenge. During a chance encounter, A Mai rescues Shang Yizhi, the son of the Crown Princess, and helps him out of many predicaments. Their fates have been intertwined ever since.

When war broke out, A Mai joined the military. She moved up from a foot soldier to a commander due to her marvelous achievements. At the same time, Shang Yizhi has been struggling to survive as he is being hunted down. A Mai assists him in turning the tide. Meanwhile, she also has repeated encounters with the enemy general Chang Yu Qing in the battlefield. Through unexpected events, their paths cross again and they experience life and death together. In the face of the cruelties of the times, A Mai must make a decision for the sake of her country.

(Source: cdramainfo)

Adapted from the novel "A Mai Cong Jun" (阿麦从军 ) by Xian Cheng (鲜橙).

Episodes: 34

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

Prem, Dynamite and Samsi run a not-so-popular restaurant. With heavy losses, the trio finds out about a cooking competition with a huge reward that could help their business. However, preparations go awry, and just when Prem has decided to back out when he meets Ten, a medical student under a heavy burden of stress. Ten approaches Prem to teach him cooking, and Prem uses this as a scam opportunity to make money. However, as the lessons go on, it isn't just the food that's hot, but also their faces as they slowly fall for each other.

Adapted from the novel " Love Course! Suea Gown Rak Suea Cook Rap" (Love Course! เสื้อกาวน์รุกเสื้อกุ๊กรับ) by iJune4S.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 48 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Sunday

My relationship with Him began with a one-night stand, but the other party didn't want it to end just there. He came and entangled himself in my life more and more and before long, I suppose I surrendered myself to him.

(Source: Thai = Meb)

Adapted from the novel “For Him" (ยอมเป็นของฮิม) by newaccount.

Episodes: 10

Fukagawa Seiji is a high school student with silver color hair. He is free-spirited and fond of painting. He tells people exactly what he thinks, but he also has a mysterious side. His classmate is Niwa Akane. Akane is a model student who always wears a face mask. At first, she doesn’t like Seiji, but she is attracted by Seiji's paintings and his blunt personality. They get close with each other, and they both have their own secret they can’t tell anyone.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Yoru ga Aketara, Ichiban ni Kimi ni Ai ni Iku" (夜が明けたら、いちばんに君に会いにいく) by Shiomi Natsue (汐見夏衛).

Former professional snooker genius Lin Yi Yang met the popular nine-ball player Yin Guo on a rare snowstorm night. With the help of Yin Guo's cousin, they got to know each other. Lin Yi Yang was once a famous snooker genius, in a match he unintentionally offended the judge due to the objection of penalty. He was unsatisfied with the judgment and announced his retirement directly. As a result, he quit the professional snooker. Yin Guo's appearance changed his life, he fell love in with Yin Guo.

(Source: WeTV)

Adapted from the web novel “Zai Bao Xue Shi Fen” (在暴雪时分) by Mo Bao Fei Bao (墨宝非宝).

Episodes: 32

Duration: 45 min.

A story of a historical adventure set around the search for soldiers lost in the Vietnam war, the Mekong River Phuri tribe and the great Naga said to be protecting the land.

A Thai-American company begins to build a bridge across the Mekong River connecting Thailand and Laos. Dave Shaun—an American and former soldier in the Vietnam war—is currently the construction site manager for the bridge. Kimberly Baker is a professor researching the ancient Phuri tribe.

(Source: thaidramatic_update on Instagram; edited by Soju)

Adapted from the novel “Mekong” (แม่โขง) by Paul Adirex (ปองพล อดิเรกสาร).

Episodes: 15

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Story of a girl who lost her father, meets a man and keeps challenging the jockey's dream after the earthquake.

Adapted from the novel "Kaze no Mukou he Kakenukero" (風の向こうへ駆け抜けろ) by Furuuchi Kazue (古内一絵).

Adapted from the novel "Tsumaranai Jutakuchi no Subete no ie" (つまらない住宅地のすべての家) by Tsumura Kikuko (津村記久子).

Adapted from the novel series "Saiko no Obahan" (最高のオバハン) by Hayashi Mariko (林真理子).

Babe, the number 1 racer, is Charlie's idol. Charlie wants to be just like Babe, but doesn't have a race car of his own. So he gathers up his courage and approaches Babe to ask to borrow one. For fun, Babe agrees and the two strike an interesting deal.

(Source: BL Critic Twitter)

Adapted from the web novel "Pit Babe" (พิษเบ๊บ) by _alittlebitch (also known as alittlebixth).

Episodes: 14

Chun Yu is a university student whose life is thrown into unspeakable turmoil when she receives a chilling text message that reads: “I know what the 19th floor of hell is.” Soon, she realizes that other students on campus have received the very same message. Before long, she learns that she has been sucked into the macabre reality of a mobile game that takes place in a ghostly “haunted” building where every floor is full of dangers, horrors, and terrifying secrets.

Worse still, she observes, when unwitting players fail to beat a level in the game, they immediately fall into a coma. With no other choice, she begins to play the game, where she meets fellow player Gao Xuan. The duo begins to navigate the perils of the building together, slowly heading toward the dreaded 19th floor. But what awaits them if they make it to the game’s final, decisive level?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the novel "The Nineteenth Floor of Hell" (地狱的第十九层) by Cai Jun.

Episodes: 30

Adapted from the novel "Master and Me" (少爷和我) by Zhang Qi (张七).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 20 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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

Ratings: 6.4

A jewelry designer, Bai Jin Se, accidentally discovered her fiancé, Zheng Huai Chen, cheated on her with her younger sister, Bai Lin Lin. Bai Jin Se then tracked her jerk fiancé to collect evidence as she met the CEO, Mo Si Nian, who got stood up by his fiancee. The two people hit it off and decided to marry by contract. After marriage, Mo Si Nian helped Bai Jin Se get rid of her cheating fiance and go back to work. During their relationship, they also developed sincere feelings with each other.

(Source: WeTV Singapore)

Adapted from the web novel "Fu Ren, Quan Qiu Dou Zai Deng Ni Li Hun" (夫人，全球都在等你离婚) by Yun Qi Mo Li (云起莫离).

Episodes: 21

Duration: 10 min.

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

Two unemployed men started a "service business" out of desperation - it was a "religion".

(Source: TMDb)

Episodes: 10

This is a story of a rising model and actor whose love life is plummeting fast. On the very day he was trying to decide what to do with his life, fate sent someone with special powers to restore his previous relationship within seven days. However, nothing is this world is free. Everyone must pay something in return and that person is teaching him a very expensive lesson.

(Source: Bandai Channel YouTube)

Adapted from the novel "7 Days Before Valentine" (7 วันก่อนวาเลนไทน์) by Patrick Rangsimant (อุเทน บุญอรณะ).

Episodes: 10

Following a tragic car accident, two childhood friends were separated. Many years later, they reunited as foster siblings. They probed and tested each other, navigating through the maze of love and potential family feuds. After many hardships, they worked together to uncover the truth behind the fateful accident. They then lived happily ever after.

(Source: Youku)

Adapted from the web novel "Desire to Flirt" (野，才带劲) by Hong Mao Zi (紅帽子).

Episodes: 27

Duration: 10 min.

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

Ratings: 7.3

Second year electrical engineering student Gyoza is head hazer of her branch. As part of their initiation activities, freshy Manaow asks for Gyoza's signature. Contrary to Manaow's expectations of the small senior, Gyoza has a cool personality that makes her nervous. Instead of getting an easy signature, Gyoza makes Manaow agree to compete in the electrical engineering freshy contest paired with her friend Ali.

Adapted from the novel "Phi Wak Kha Rak Nu Dai Mai" (พี่ว้ากคะ รักหนูได้ไหม) by Karnrada (กานต์รดา)

Episodes: 10

In June 1993, the transnational cooperation between Donghai Chemical and Luoda Company was in full swing. Song Yun Hui, the key person behind the joint venture with Donghai, is leading the workers of Pengyang, a factory inferior to Donghai in all aspects, to begin its process of reform. Despite the difficulties in narrowing the gap between the two companies, Yunhui continues to adhere to his original intentions.

Lei Dong Bao leads Dengfeng Electric and merges with small factories to establish a cluster. He sets rules, finds investments, engages in foreign trade, and experiences the reality of human relationships. Nonetheless, he makes sure to always put the interests of the people first.

Yang Xun and Liang Si Shen are working together to build a shopping mall. In the midst of things, Liang Si Shen tries her best to balance Luoda's and Donghai's interests. The two gradually open their hearts in their cooperation to face future challenges hand in hand. With ups and downs along the way, the situation is constantly changing, but what remains unchanged are the courageous dream chasers who continue to work hard.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 33

Duration: 45 min.

When love becomes a lie, when delusions become haunting, a whisper that leads to… death.

(Source: Thai = k10globalcontent.th Instagram)

Adapted from the novel “The Whisperer" (ศพกรซิบะ) by Phakhinai (ภาคินัย).

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Aired On: Sunday

Night, a senior literature student, was still unable to complete his final novel project because he didn't understand the concept of love. He had the chance to meet Dream, the owner of Tokyo Boy, and his close friend in high school whom he had lost contact with for years, and he never found out why Dream left his life. Then, Dream and Night rekindled their friendship. Night didn't even try to ask Dream about his whereabouts. He simply requested Dream to never again abandon him without explanation. After that, Dream assisted Night in finding the meaning of love for his work. He helped Night realize what love is, and that it's what Night had known all along, but he didn't accept it: Dream is his love. Cowardice kept Night from stepping forward, making him build up an iron wall and deny his feelings. Still, no matter how hard he tried, his feelings for Dream grew stronger by the day. Strong and obvious to the point where he couldn't suppress them any longer, but it seemed he was too late... because Dream was about to leave his life again.

(Source: Youku)

Adapted from the novel "Night Dream" (คืนฝันของฉันและเธอ) by Faddist or Po Fo (ปอฝอ).

Episodes: 6

Airs On: Saturday

Are Cheng Yao dreams of becoming a top lawyer about to come true? It seems so – when she is unexpectedly recruited by a leading legal firm. Excited, she moves house so she can nearer her new office. She moves in, full of hope, and soon encounters her new roommate Qian Heng. However, a surprise awaits her on her first day at work.

Qian Heng turns out to be her direct superior at the office and he proves to be incredibly hard to please! Her training period quickly turns into a baptism of fire, and she starts to feel as though he is trying to chase her out of the company. But Cheng Yao won’t be so easily deterred. She redoubles her efforts, determined to prove she’s got what it takes. Could her zeal send this duo on the path to harmony and even love?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the web novel "What Comes Around Goes Around" (你也有今天) by Ye Fei Ran (叶斐然).

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

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

Chom is a hi-so girl who just returned from studying abroad and is being forced by her mother to marry someone of her mother's choosing. Chom doesn’t want to and wants to be able to choose for herself who she will marry. She meets a country bumpkin named Nin and they enter into a fake marriage to prevent Chom’s mother from making her marry someone else. Will this fake marriage between a hi-so girl and a country bumpkin turn into real love? And will Chom's mother finally accept Nin for her daughter?

"Born to Run" tells the inspirational family ethics story of two mothers and daughters who rebuild their souls and ignite their lives after a car accident hit the bottom of their lives through a female perspective.

Xiu Fang and Xiu Li are a pair of completely different sisters. Xiu Fang is optimistic and tenacious. After losing her husband, she opened a fried chicken shop for a living . All the while going through depression. Xiu Li is pessimistic, depressed, patriarchal, and has a strong desire to control her two children.

After Xiu Fang's 60th birthday party, a car accident claimed the legs of her daughter An Xin and the life of Xiu Li's son. How to start life again has become the biggest problem facing the two families...

When fate made a big joke with you, what would you choose to do? The future is blocked by a wall of resentment, fear, helplessness, hesitation, despair so what will you do?

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Adapted from the novel "Ru Guo Ben Pao Shi Wo De Su Ming" (如果奔跑是我的宿命) by Ji Jing Rong (纪静蓉).

Episodes: 28

Duration: 45 min.

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the city's water department and his job is to visit homes and stores that are behind on their bills and either collect the money or shut off the water supply (water suspension enforcement). Shunsaku is separated from his wife and children, and his heart grows thirsty as he spends his days visiting poor households and being abhorred. One day, during a water shutoff, Shunsaku meets two young sisters who have been neglected. He sees them as his own children and offers them a helping hand.

Adapted from the novel "Kassui" (渇水) by Kawabayashi Mitsuru (河林満).

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The film tells the story of a father’s revenge after his daughter’s murder.

A fisherman, Lao Jin, finds out his daughter was murdered while studying in Japan and is determined to avenge his daughter. Meanwhile, Li Miao Miao, the victim’s boyfriend and biggest suspect, has avoided persecution by returning to China with the help of his parents.

(Source: cfensi)

Adapted from the novel "She Guo Fen Nu Di Hai" by Lao Huang.

Duration: 2 hr. 24 min.