Asian Drama

Jeong Nyeon has no money or education, but she is a Mokpo girl with a talent for singing! Her dream is to join a women's traditional theater company, and make it big. But she has a lot to learn and a long way to go before becoming a lead actor. Will Jeong Nyeon achieve her dream of becoming a big star and getting rich?

The story begins in 1956 (post-war Korea) in the southwestern port city of Mokpo.

(Source: Mangaupdates)

Adapted from the webtoon "Jeong Nyeon" (정년이) written by Seo Irae (서이레) and illustrated by Namon (나몬).

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Two girls, Cai Xiao Ai, who is battling a terminal illness, and Gu Eun Zhao, a cold and distant girl, come together despite their fates. As they struggle with life's challenges, friendship, family, love, and their future, a hidden conspiracy begins to unravel around them.

(Source: WeTV)

Adapted from the webtoon "Knife in Her Heart" (칼가는 소녀) by O Ri (오리).

Episodes: 48

Duration: 10 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

In a chaotic world exacerbated by the continuous hellbound decrees, lawyer Min Hye Jin of Sodo, The New Truth Society, and the Arrowheads get entangled anew amidst the sudden resurrections of The New Truth’s Chairman Jung Jin Su and Park Jung Ja.

(Source: Netflix)

Adapted from the webtoon "Hellbound" (지옥) written by Yeon Sang Ho (연상호) and illustrated by Choi Kyu Seok (최규석).

Episodes: 6

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Ha Yoon Seo is single and works as a team leader at a large company. She is attractive, has a nice personality, and is respected at her company. When she was younger, she took her younger brother and left her family because of domestic violence. She has now matured into a confident and pragmatic person. Her boyfriend is Seo Joo Won, who is younger than her. He works as a staff member at the same company where Yoon Seo works.

To her surprise, Yoon Seo learns that her boyfriend is the son of the chaebol family that runs her company. Joo Won's mother then reaches out to Yoon Seo to break up with her son and offers her money to do so. Yoon Seo believes fairy tales doesn't exist in her world and decides to take the money from his mother and break up with Joo Won. But, Joo Won believes in love and follows his heart faithfully. He tries his best to change Yoon Seo's mind.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Cinderella at 2 A.M." (새벽 두 시의 신데렐라) by Algome (아이고메).

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

8 people in need of money are invited to appear on reality variety show Money Game. The 8 people are to stay at the studio that consists of nothing but concrete walls. If they are able to hang in there for 100 days, they can divide the winning prize of 44.8 billion won equally. But, everything they spend for, including necessities like food, water, electricity, costs 1,000 times more than normal prices and are deducted from the winning prize.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Money Game" (머니게임) and "Pie Game" (파이게임) by Bae Jin Soo (배진수).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Because of her looks, Liu has been bullied her whole life. In order to make friends in university and to escape the contempt of those who see her looks as unworthy of her dreams, Liu decides to pursue plastic surgery. Following her makeover, she meets Faye, an incredible natural beauty who becomes her first friend.

Fate, however, doesn't seem to be on her side. She runs into Guy, a handsome guy who recognises Liu from middle school and warns her to be wary, to keep her distance from Faye. This causes Liu to dislike Guy even more, so different from Saint, a graduate student and her neighbour who's always helping and encouraging her.

When an incident forces Liu to reveal to everyone that her entire face has had work, the people around her, including people she saw as her friends, begin to badmouth her and she begins to think that she'll never be enough.

(Source: Thai = GMMTV)

Adapted from the webtoon “My ID is Gangnam Beauty” (내 ID는 강남미인!) by Gi Maeng Gi (기맹기).

Episodes: 14

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Han Tae Yi lost his will to live after the death of his older brother, who was a genius jazz pianist. To Tae Yi, transfer student Yoon Se Heon is truly an uninvited guest. Se Heon has been playing jazz that reminds Tae Yi of his brother since the first day he transferred to school and gets on Tae Yi’s nerves.

Se Heon also suspects that Tae Yi has a suspicious relationship with his friend Seo Do Yoon. Se Heon, who longs to play jazz freely and escape the eyes of his strict classical music professor father and Tae Yi, who wants to give up everything, was assigned to the same group for joint performance evaluation.

As they practice together, they find themselves developing complex emotions for one another. However, just as their relationship begins to deepen, Song Joo Ha, a senior student who was suspended from school, returns to school, and his presence begins to stir up things between Tae Yi and Se Heon.

(Source: welcon.kocca.kr/en)

Adapted from the webtoon "Jazz for Two" (재즈처럼) by Keul Ra Jyu (클라쥬).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday

A story centered around a woman who, after a certain incident, vows never to fall in love again. However, by chance, she ends up living in a luxury penthouse together with a group of young male celebrities, who each have their own quirks.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Sunday

Every Thursday afternoon, once a month, students at Sarang High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. After starting at the bottom, can new transfer student Su Ji make her way to the top of the pyramid? Or will she topple the game altogether?

Adapted from the webtoon "Pyramid Game" (피라미드 게임) by "Dalgonyak" (달꼬냑).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 50 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Thursday

It tells the strange story of how a beautiful young girl, Choi Min Ah, turns into fried chicken because she happens to enter a mysterious machine. It follows Choi Sun Man, her father, and Go Baek Jung, an intern, who join efforts to turn her back to human and discover deep dark secrets in the process.

(Source: Kpopmap.com)

Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Park Ji Dok (박지독).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

Have you had a client who drove you crazy because they made too many changes to their contract? Female artist Qiu Wang Yan suffers premature balding from the stress, and she has had enough. Unable to get out of her contract with the anonymous client without ruining her career, she decides to hire Zhong Feng, an assasin, to get rid of her pesky client. By doing so, she has to sign a contract with him too, and he does not allow any changes. Thus, they embark on a journey to track down and kill the "real" client.

Adapted from the web comic "Zhe Ge Sha Shou Bu Gai Xu Qiu" (这个杀手不改需求) by Ming Ri You Yu K (明日有雨K), MaoTtai (茅台) and Sen Yu Man (森雨漫).

Episodes: 28

Duration: 7 min.

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

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

Twenty-nine-year-old Tae Myung Ha experiences a bewildering twist of fate when suddenly finds himself transported into a fictional online game where he inhabits the body of a ninteen-year-old character. Soon, Tae Myung Ha embarks on a quest within the virtual world to bring happiness to a character named Cha Yeo Woon.

Despite his humble upbringing, Cha Yeo Woon has managed to excel in the national track and field championships, maintaining a remarkable reputation among his peers due to his handsome looks and athletic physique.

Cheon Sang Won hails from an affluent family and becomes emotionally entangled with Tae Myung Ha. His involvement adds complexity to the developing relationship between Tae Myung Ha and Cha Yeo Woon. Ahn Kyung Hoon, introverted and reserved, supports and assists Tae Myung Ha on his mission within the virtual world.

(Source: devdiscourse.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Love Supremacy Zone" (연애 지상주의 구역) written by Aquram and Hwacha (화차), and illustrated by Kkokku (꼬꾸).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 40 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

Min Sa Rin has adapted herself to the role of a daughter-in-law and her life is going relatively smoothly. She gets involved in an unexpected case.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Adapted from the webcomic "Myeoneuragi" (며느라기) by Soo Shin Ji (수신지).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday

Hyun Soo, a loner high school student who lost his entire family in a terrible accident, moves to an old apartment complex called Green Home. Driven by despair, he gradually realizes the secret of the Green home. The fact that a monster trying to drive humanity out of various forms of distorted human desires surrounds the Green home, including himself, and that the residents of Green Homes are trapped in them.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Adapted from a webtoon of the same name by Kim Kan Bi and Hwang Young Chan.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 52 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Being bullied at school and suffering violence at home, Mi Rae, a middle school loner, lives on the border between reality and fantasy. The only places she feels restful are the computer game world, and the world in the novel she writes in her notebook. As her classmates Baek Hap and Tae Yang come close to Mi Rae, she gradually opens up her mind to them. In the meantime, the computer game service is terminated, and the world in her novel also disappears, leading Mi Rae to face a tough reality again.

(Source: KoBizi)

Adapted from the webtoon "Yeojoongsaeng A” by Heo5Pa6.

Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 7.8

"Dokgo Rewind" is based on webtoon of the same name, and it is prequel to the webtoon "Dokgo". The story begins one year before "Dokgo" (before Kang Hyuk seeks revenge for his twin brother). Kang Hyuk and his mischievous friends meet Kim Gyu Soon and decide to help him protect his sister. Things escalate and Kang Hyuk and his friends end up fighting against high school delinquent gangs.

Adapted from the webtoon “Dokgo Rewind” (독고 리와인드) written by Meen (오영석) and illustrated by Baek Seung Hoon (백승훈).

Episodes: 20

Duration: 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday