Asian Drama

Park Do Ra is a bright, brave woman with a challenging personality who became a top actress because her mother, Baek Mi Ja, said it was the only way to escape poverty. After earning fame and fortune as a top star, all Do Ra wants to do is rest and enjoy her riches, but her mother keeps causing trouble. Mi Ja always adorns herself in luxury, even more than any top star, thanks to Do Ra's success. However, Mi Ja wants more. Do Ra can't handle her tight schedule due to Mi Ja's desires and wants to quit her new drama "Straightforward Romance," but she can't because she met her first love, Go Pil Sung, the assistant director.

Pil Sung is passionate about his job but tries to leave "Straightforward Romance" because of Do Ra, who was very particular to him when he was young. Unfortunately, an unusual assignment to exclusively lead her falls in his lap. Will Do Ra find her happiness by escaping her mother's never-ending desires?

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Episodes: 50

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Oh Yeon Doo is a Korean language instructor who delivers online lectures – and has become something of an internet celebrity. Gong Tae Kyung meanwhile is a talented obstetrician and gynecologist from a prestigious family who specializes in infertility treatment. He has no intention of getting married. Both are happy with their lives, and think they are successful...until Oh Yeon Doo discovers she is pregnant!

The duo decides to try to engineer a “fake” contractual relationship – and Gong Tae Kyung convinces Oh Yeon Doo to become his “wife.” But this move proves to be tricky. Jang Se Jin, Gong Tae Kyung’s brash first love – now a powerful figure at a major firm – wants to have a say in all this. Also what is incredulous about all of this is the involvement of Oh Yeon Doo’s boyfriend and investment advisor Kim Joon Ha. Will Cupid be able to sort out this tangled mess of romance?

The story of a talented divorce lawyer punnily named Shin Sung Han (the word “shinsunghan” means “sacred” in Korean). As an expert divorce lawyer, the incredibly sensitive Shin Sung Han must deal with clients who are wild beyond belief, but he finds solace in his two closest friends and fellow “40-year-old youths” Jang Hyung Geun and Jo Jung Sik.

Adapted from the webtoon “Sacred Divorce” (신성한 이혼).

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?

Lee Young Kook is a widower with three children. He still hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He decides to hire Park Dan Dan as a live-in tutor for his kids and he becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Park Dan Dan has bright and positive personality despite her harsh situation.

A love story between Ki Sun-Gyeom and Oh Mi-Joo.

Ki Sun-Gyeom was once a popular sprinter for the national team. Due to a case, he quit the sport. He then begins to work as a sports agent. Meanwhile, Oh Mi-Joo writes subtitle translations for movies. She was thrilled when she first see her name as a translator during the end credits. She meets Ki Sun-Gyeom, who just quit being a sprinter. She feels they were destined to meet.

Seo Dan-Ah is the CEO of a sports agency. She is the only child of a man who runs the Seomyung Group. Because of her gender, she is pushed back on the list of potential successors to the Seomyung Group. She lives fiercely to take back what originally belonged to her. Lee Young-Hwa then appears in her life. He is a university student, majoring in art. He likes movies and croquis drawing.

Song Young-Dal and Jang Ok-Boon have been married for many years and they have 4 children: Joon-Sun, Ga-Hee, Na-Hee and Da-Hee.

Third child Na-Hee is a doctor and she works with her husband Doctor Kyu-Jin at the same hospital. They fell in love during their medical school days and got married, but their marriage life is not doing very well. Meanwhile, the first child Joon-Sun and the second child Ga-Hee are both divorcees and live with their parents. The youngest child Da-Hee struggles as an intern at a company.

Eun Dong Joo attempts to get back her stolen life. When she was 6 years-old, she was abandoned at an orphanage. She did not remember anything except her name. Despite her difficult environment, she has grown into a woman with a positive and bright personality.

Cha Pil Seung is a detective, who is good at his job. His parents died when he was young and he was then raised by his wealthy grandmother. Even though he is popular with women, he doesn't fall in love with anyone due to trauma from his parents' deaths.

Kim Do-Ran has a bright and positive personality, even though she is in a financially difficult situation. She studies for an exam to become a public officer. One day, her biological father Kang Soo-Il appears in front of of her. She hasn't seen him in 28 years. Kim Do-Ran's life soon becomes twisted.

This drama tells the story of a surrogate mother who enters the home of the woman holding the secret to her child’s death.

Kim Yoon Jin (Song Yoon Ah) is a former psychiatrist. To do what is best for her husband and son, she quit her job. Kim Yoon Jin had a daughter, but her daughter died and she carries a sense of guilt over her daughter’s death. She wants the best for her son who is about to enter a university. Kim Yoon Jin decides to hire an expert to help her son enter a good university. The expert is mysterious.

A story about young doctors that provide medical care to the locals who live in rural villages via hospital ship that sails around the little islands.

The drama is about a female cop who deals with harsh criminal activities along with her superior and squad members. It depicts the greatness as well as the tough and sad sides of working mom’s life in Korea through the story of the elite woman detective.

After Choi Young Jin (Kim Hee Ae) takes time off from work in Mrs. Cop (Season 1), Go Yoon Jung (Kim Sung Ryung) becomes the new detective squad chief. She returned to South Korea after training with the F.B.I. in the United States.

Jang-il, the smartest of the school, and Seon-wu, the strongest kid in Yeosu, are best friends. Influenced by Jang-il, Seon-wu starts studying and working hard towards his dream. However, all of a sudden, Seon-wu’s guardian, Kyung-pil, dies a mysterious death and Seon-wu becomes blind while investigating on the case. Su-mi witnesses the scene that Jang-il attacks Seon-wu but remains silent on it and waits for the right moment. Ji-won, who is a volunteer reader for visually impaired people, meets Seon-wu by chance and they fall in love. Despite his strong feelings for Ji-won, however, Seon-wu breaks up with Ji-won so she can have a better life. 13 years have passed. Jang-il becomes a special prosecutor. Seon-wu becomes a young CEO of Royal Tree, an investment trust company. Ji-won works as a VIP party planner at a five-star hotel. And Sumi becomes a hyperrealism painter. They all have gone their separate ways. However, the fate draws them back together...

Yang Hee tries her best to be the model daughter-in-law and mother, but her family members seem resolved to make this as difficult as possible. Her daughter Joo Ri is the only comfort and breadwinner of the family, but Yang Hee is worried that she'll never get married because of it. Her husband Wang Bok has no interest in work and retired to spend more time at home on the Internet, her son Tae Pyung is similarly unemployed and plays the guitar all day, and her father-in-law has Alzheimer's, making him impossible to live with. Renters that she found for the second-floor of their house is repeatedly driven away because of his habits, and Yang Hee becomes frustrated and increasingly suspicious of the reason why the rest of her family seem to be so opposed to the second-floor being rented. What are they hiding?

A drama that deals with the age differences in relationships. Woo Joo Young and Jang Woo Bin explore the older woman-younger man relationship whereas Jang Woo Jin and Joo Young's younger sister, Joo Mi, deal with the huge age gap between them.

This drama is about entangled lives of four women, a stepmother, and daughter of a small diner and another stepmother and daughter of a nation-wide food service company, CE Group. These four women’s lives start to be entangled with a suspicious hit-and-run of a man who then is blamed for embezzlement enrages of CE Group while he in a coma from the accident. Without any money or connections, the man’s widow goes on a crusade to prove her husband’s innocence and many obstacles and hardships are encountered along her arduous journey. A suspenseful plot and a story about stepmothers and daughters bring up the rear to present a heartwarming drama to viewers.

A college student and aspiring actress, Se Mi, comes from a family that has never been rich but always been happy. On the very day Se Mi wins the Best Actress Award, her boyfriend Jae Joon proposes to her, as they find out that she is pregnant. But the day becomes her worst nightmare after she goes off to work at the Taegang Group's mansion on the request of her father, the manager of the estate.

Hyuk Min is a son of President Kang of the Taegang Group. He has everything - looks, powerful connections, and a prestigious education. But contrary to his superficial personality, he is thoroughly true to his desires and is hiding his cruel and twisted nature. On the night that Se Mi visits the mansion, Hyuk Min is consumed by desire and lust and attempts to rape her. Frightened, Se Mi runs for her life and eventually falls off a balcony. As a result, she falls into a deep coma. Moreover, Se Mi’s father saw what happened and falls down the stairs from shock and dies. Her mother is also murdered by an unidentified person while investigating the truth behind her husband’s mysterious death.

Six months later, Se Mi miraculously wakes up and finds out that she has lost her parents and her baby. Adding to the devastation, Se Mi also learns that her boyfriend Jae Joon is now married to Ji Min, a sister of Hyuk Min. Ji Min keeps silent out of her jealousy towards Se Mi, even though she knows about the terrible events that happened that night in the mansion. She approaches Jae Joon, who is saddened by his thoughts that Se Mi has died, and wins him over. Meanwhile, Nam Joon is Director of Public Relations for the Taegang Group. He learns that his father, who committed suicide when he was young, met an unjust end because he got involved with corruption in the Taegang Group. Burning with desire for vengeance, he approaches Se Mi to seek revenge against the company. Se Mi escapes dangers thanks to Nam Joon’s help and moves to the US. After hiding in the US for seven years, she returns to Korea as a successful businesswoman under the name of Jennifer Dia. As Jennifer, Se Mi overcomes her weak past self that suffered from the unjust deaths in her family, betrayal of her fiancée, and sexual assault. Finally, she begins her revenge against all who crossed her.

A college student and aspiring actress, Se Mi, comes from a family that has never been rich but always been happy. On the very day Se Mi wins the Best Actress Award, her boyfriend Jae Joon proposes to her, as they find out that she is pregnant. But the day becomes her worst nightmare after she goes off to work at the Taegang Group's mansion on the request of her father, the manager of the estate.

Hyuk Min is a son of President Kang of the Taegang Group. He has everything - looks, powerful connections, and a prestigious education. But contrary to his superficial personality, he is thoroughly true to his desires and is hiding his cruel and twisted nature. On the night that Se Mi visits the mansion, Hyuk Min is consumed by desire and lust and attempts to rape her. Frightened, Se Mi runs for her life and eventually falls off a balcony. As a result, she falls into a deep coma. Moreover, Se Mi’s father saw what happened and falls down the stairs from shock and dies. Her mother is also murdered by an unidentified person while investigating the truth behind her husband’s mysterious death.

Six months later, Se Mi miraculously wakes up and finds out that she has lost her parents and her baby. Adding to the devastation, Se Mi also learns that her boyfriend Jae Joon is now married to Ji Min, a sister of Hyuk Min. Ji Min keeps silent out of her jealousy towards Se Mi, even though she knows about the terrible events that happened that night in the mansion. She approaches Jae Joon, who is saddened by his thoughts that Se Mi has died, and wins him over. Meanwhile, Nam Joon is Director of Public Relations for the Taegang Group. He learns that his father, who committed suicide when he was young, met an unjust end because he got involved with corruption in the Taegang Group. Burning with desire for vengeance, he approaches Se Mi to seek revenge against the company. Se Mi escapes dangers thanks to Nam Joon’s help and moves to the US. After hiding in the US for seven years, she returns to Korea as a successful businesswoman under the name of Jennifer Dia. As Jennifer, Se Mi overcomes her weak past self that suffered from the unjust deaths in her family, betrayal of her fiancée, and sexual assault. Finally, she begins her revenge against all who crossed her.

When you grow up in extreme poverty, the experience can instill a steely resolve to succeed at all costs. Joo Da Hae is determined to leave her life of poverty behind and will stop at nothing until she achieves the wealth and lifestyle she so desires. Ha Ryu, who loved Da Hae and would have done anything for her, is used and betrayed by her in her greedy quest. He later becomes a public prosecutor who must bring her down. But the heartless Da Hae, who rises to become First Lady, has plenty of others who will sacrifice themselves at her whim, including the smitten Baek Do Hoon. Can the ruthless Da Hae be stopped before she goes too far?

In Ha is the son of a talented pianist, and dreams of taking over his family's business. But when one day his father brings home an illegitimate son, Ji Ho, and declares that he will be the heir to the family business, In Ha’s world is shattered. In Ha's mother hereby want's revenge and uses JiHo, while playing the goodnatured mother in front of him.

Ji Ho grows up to be a pianist prodigy and the heir to his family's business. He loves his stepmother and stepbrother In Ha more than himself and only wants the best for them. But when he finds out the secrets, lies and plots which have used on him, he vows to revenge on the people who he once thought was his closest family.

Oh Song Kyung is a well organized 28-year-old bank teller. She meticulously has a plan for everything, including getting married through a dating agency. Taekwondo master Kang Dong Joo's biggest pleasure is buying lottery tickets in hopes of one day hitting the jackpot. He is forced to register with a dating agency because of pressure from his sister-in-law who wants to kick him out of their house. A few days after registering with the agency, they meet at a hospital where they have both been diagnosed with brain cancer and given just three months to live. With time running out, together they prepare for the last ceremonies of their lives: their funeral, by shopping for coffins, urns and burial clothes and chambers, as well as wedding plans.

A woman struggles to find a career, but finally lands a job as a secretary. She then falls in love with her handsome boss ...

Eun-Sul applies for job after job, but is passed over because she graduated from a third-rate university and doesn't possess a sparkling resume. In high school, Eun-Sul was notorious for fighting and fighting well. Then one day she decided to live her life the right way. She started to study hard and was able to pass a university entrance exam, even though the university wasn't prestigious. While attending university, Eun-Sul continued to study hard and also worked part-time jobs to pay her tuition fees. Now out in the real world, Eun-Sul finds landing a job extremely difficult.

One day, Eun-Sul receives a phone call and is informed she got the job. Eun-Sul becomes elated, but unbeknownst to her, the company that hired her is a loan sharking firm.

Ji-Hun seems to be the perfect guy. He is from a wealthy family, is physically attractive, and works for the company which his father runs. But actually, Ji-Hun isn't interested in the family's company. Ji-Hun is also frightened to speak in front of others and being around strangers. He has ochlophobia - a fear of crowds, as well as agoraphobia - a fear of having a panic attack and embarrassing oneself. Neither his father nor his grandmother know of his condition. Ji-Hun isn't social because of his phobia and doesn't associate with others at the company. He's also a germaphobe, and appears to be developing more neuroses as manifestations of the anxiety he feels over working for his father, whose main style of parenting, and living, is bullying.

This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achieve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will meet her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

Jejoongwon is the first modern hospital in Korea established in the Joseon era in 1885. Baek Do Yang is a nobleman who gives up his status to enter its ranks. Hwang Jung is a butcher's son who becomes a physician, while Seok Ran enters Jejoongwon as an interpreter but takes on medical training to become a doctor.

City Hall is a drama that will deal with politics in a romantic comedy genre. It’s about the happenings between a young woman mayor and an elite bureaucrat. Jo Gook is an exceedingly smart government official. He passed the Higher Civil Service quickly, and basically is the perfect guy. But being a deputy mayor is not enough for him. He lives with the dream of becoming South Korea’s President. He should have easily gone straight to the top, but due to an unexpected incident, he gets dispatched as a deputy mayor for a provincial small town, Inju City, where Shin Mi Rae was working. Shin Mi Rae is a low-ranking secretary in Inju, but she works her way up in becoming the youngest City Mayor. As their paths met, they have to deal with each other’s personal and social differences. But despite their constant bickerings, would they end up in each other’s arms?