Asian Drama

“Payback” follows the revenge story of a group of people—including Eun Yong, a money trader—who refuses to remain silent in the face of unjust authorities and fight against a cartel conspiring with the law.

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Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday, Saturday

Ratings: 7.7

Follows the joint investigation and romance story of a chaebol who leads a second life as a detective and a woman with super vision.

Eun Sun Woo is a chaebol among chaebols who owns the Eunkang group and also runs a detective agency. From a young age, Eun Sun Woo has shown a brilliant mind and shockingly unparalleled athletic abilities. He is a figure who is completely different in his two lives as a detective and as a chairman of a group, easily switching from being conceited to being a gentleman.

Don Se Ra is a cheerful person who was born with super vision. In order to hide her powers, Don Se Ra goes around wearing a thick pair of glasses to secretly use her ability. While taking on numerous odd jobs in order to help the people around her, she meets Eun Sun Woo and begins a chaotic love story.

Chul, Seop, and Deok-kyu are desperate for just one performance. They desire for a chance to play their songs, but being on the stage is even difficult. It is hard for Chul and Seop to meet Im-jae, the leader of the free-spirited band.

Set in the late Joseon period, drama series follows face reader (physiognomist) Choi Chun Joong as he tries to build up an ideal nation.

Choi Chun Joong is Joseon’s greatest fortune teller and physiognomist. He is a hero of the turbulent times, and he is the king of Joseon’s people. Choi Chun Joong possesses the great ambition of building a new nation after overturning Joseon, which has been ruined by the men in power.

With handsome looks, Choi Chun Joong is a sophisticated man who excels in the arts including martial arts, gambling, singing, and dancing. He is also a romantic who puts everything in the line for the woman he loves. With a way with words and a brilliant mind for politics, he’ll create a miracle, making Yi Ha Eung the most powerful man in Joseon, Yi Ha Eung’s son Lee Jae Hwang into a King, and Min Ja Young, a girl from the streets, into Joseon’s empress.

Adapted from the novel "Baramgwa Gooreumgwa Bi" by Lee Byung Joo (published from 1977 to 1987 in newspapers The Chosun Ilbo). Story features a mixture of fictional characters and real historical characters.

Oh Hyun Jae used to be a top criminal profiler. He solved many cases with his skills, but one day an explosion, caused by a serial killer, ended the life of his fiancé. After the horrific incident, Oh Hyun Jae vanished and he now lives in seclusion. Meanwhile, Cha Soo Young is a police officer in the countryside. She has a special ability which allows her to remember exactly everything she sees. Due to her special ability, she is selected as a rookie detective who will partner with Oh Hyun Jae informally. Together they work to solve cases and uncover the truth behind the Peppermint Killer, the resurfaced serial killer who murdered Hyun-Jae's fiancé five years ago.

While transporting dangerous high-profile prisoners, a prisoner transport vehicle turns over. These prisoners escape and make a run for it. To catch these escaped prisoners, the police decide to regroup a special crime investigation team, which consists of prisoners like Park Woong Cheol, known to take out 30 people by himself; Kwak No Soon, who is a skilled con artist; Ko Yoo Sung, a former detective; and the legendary detective Oh Goo Tak.

An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against the 21-hour deadline Tae-gu has set, Chae-yoon tirelessly tries to crack the unusually calm perp over multiple video-calls. Eventually, the shocking truth begins to unveil.

Centered around one woman who gets caught up in a bloody romance with two princes. This drama tells the story of a man who would kill even his younger brother to have the object of his love, the woman who wants to keep the world at a distance, and the intense desires and pure feelings that they experience. Bromance between the royal brothers intertwines with both love and hate. There is a fierce rivalry among the women of the royalty in claiming the ultimate position of queen.

The young woman, named Sung Ja Hyun, is beloved by all and is the daughter of a prestigious government official. She’s so famous for her beauty that she has prospective suitors lined up from all over the country vying for her hand. She’s inherited her scholarly father’s personality; she possesses a strong sense of compassion and righteousness, and tackles things with passion.

A clever King and his brilliant chronicle keeper hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

The story centers around a grotesque murder case involving a psychopath, and each character’s love and conflict will coalesce and unfold in an unexpected manner. The web movie reportedly starts out as a gentle love story between a young man and woman, but a twist arises in the second half, consisting of moments of intense action and suffocating tension.

Jung Won who finds life difficult while looking after her paralyzed mother and working a part time job, decides to kill herself. Soo Wan, who is trying to come to grips with the meaning of life after witnessing his mother commit suicide at a young age, works as a police officer. When the two meet in Chuncheon, they make a suicide pact.

This drama is about Cha Geum Joo (Choi Ji Woo) who is a successful career woman but gets framed for a crime and works her way back up after serving her time. She was once an office manager with a thriving career, but that takes a major hit when she is penalized for violating the Attorneys-at-Law Act and sent to prison for it. The drama follows the success story as she comes back as an ex-con, and follows her dream to become an outstanding lawyer.

Bo Nee, who wholeheartedly believes in superstitions, meets a man who believes in science and mathematics. She has to find a man born in the Year of the Tiger according to her fortuneteller, and soon after she gets entangled with a man who has never shown any interest in women or even dated one. This is a love story that follows an improbable couple that tries to reconcile their differing outlooks on life by overcoming superstitious beliefs and proving that destiny is not preordained.

Period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people with Lee Bang-Won as the central figure. Lee Bang-Won was the third king in the Joseon Dynasty. He helped his father King Taejo establish the Joseon Dynasty.

The story of the investigative team Number 5 specially organized to actively combat crime through stake outs, wiretapping, communications monitoring, and deep-cover infiltration. A secret police unit that bends the limits of the law in order to fight crime, the new department comes in addition to the existing departments for criminal investigations, special investigations, criminal affairs, and white collar crime.

The members are Cha Gun-Woo, Jang Moo-Won, Jang Min-Joo and Choi Tae-Pyeong. They will hunt down criminals and investigate crimes while undercover (hence the title).

A comedy drama about a rock band that takes up farming as an escape route.

Lee Min Ki is a genius rocker, as well as leader, vocalist, and guitarist of a rock band called Ex-So (Excellent Souls), that he founded together with drummer Han Ki Joon. The cynical Kang Hyeok is the keyboardist of the band, but also a medical school student who is from a family of doctors for many generations. The two will be involved in a love triangle with the lead female. Meanwhile, Yoo Han Cheol is the bass guitarist.

When Chul-Ki was young his family was killed. Now as an adult, Chul-Ki is released from prison after serving 12 years. His plan for revenge is set to begin ... 

A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea, where each disguises himself as a fool, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Passing boring time without receiving any orders from the North, they gradually get used to life as ordinary neighbors in a small town until one day, their mundane lives are turned upside down when a "secret and great" mission is suddenly assigned to them. Due to the events of the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, South Korea demands the names, location, and rank of 30 North Korean spies active in South Korea, promising financial aid to the North on the condition that Pyongyang turns in their spies. To prevent the elites from falling into enemy hands, the North Korean government orders dozens of active duty spies to take their own lives. Meanwhile their North Korean army instructor Kim Tae-won crosses the border to eliminate those who refuse to follow

The South Korean President travels to a villa to enjoy his vacation. After three gunshots are fired, he disappears. His bodyguard Han Tae-Kyung (Park Yoo-Chun) then attempts to find the President.

Han Tae-Kyung (Park Yoo-Chun) works as a presidential guard. He goes to the hospital to see his father who is a high ranking government official. His father got into a car accident last night and is now in critical condition. Han Tae-Kyung only watches his father through a window for a short time before going back to work.

Meanwhile, President Lee Dong-Whi (Son Hyun-Joo) is in his third year of service as the South Korean President. He received huge support during his first year, but his approval rating has declined ever since. A special prosecutor is now investigating President Lee Dong-Whi's finances prior to becoming the President. To cheer himself up, the President decides to make a visit to a traditional market.

During the President's visit to the traditional market, Han Tae-Kyung's phone keeps ringing. He feels that something might be wrong with his father. Then, a man throws white powder on the President and the bodyguards respond accordingly. After the incident, Han Tae-Kyung receives a text message that his father has passed away. Meanwhile, Han Tae-Kyung is reprimanded because the President was hit with the powder. He leaves his badge and gun behind and goes to his father's funeral.

At the funeral, a woman talks to Han Tae-Kyung. She asks him if he has seen a white envelope among the things his father left behind. She also tells him that her father's car accident might have been premeditated murder. She gives him her name card. Her name is Yoon Bo-Won (Park Ha-Sun) and she is a police officer.

Soon, Han Tae-Kyung hears from a dying man that "The President will die on March 5th". As Han Tae-Kyung attempts to enter the vacation villa where the President is staying, he is blocked by soldiers because Han Tae-Kyung doesn't have his badge. Three gun shots are then fired inside the President's villa.

Undercover agent Chul Soo finds himself trapped in the biggest dilemma of his career when he spots his oblivious wife, Yeong Hui, while on a mission in Thailand. What surprises and concerns him, even more, is that she is accompanied by an attractive mystery man. Chul Soo confronts the biggest dilemma of his life in how to resolve the terrorist threat, protect his wife and keep his secret. Will Chul Soo be able to save both his country and his marriage?

(Source: CJ Entertainment)

Undercover agent Chul Soo finds himself trapped in the biggest dilemma of his career when he spots his oblivious wife, Yeong Hui, while on a mission in Thailand. What surprises and concerns him, even more, is that she is accompanied by an attractive mystery man. Chul Soo confronts the biggest dilemma of his life in how to resolve the terrorist threat, protect his wife and keep his secret. Will Chul Soo be able to save both his country and his marriage?

(Source: CJ Entertainment)

Seungri High School ranks as one of the worst of the 178 high schools in Seoul based on academic scores. Seungri High School is now busy preparing presentations for its new students. Class 2 is at the bottom of grade 2 at Seungri High. Nam-Soon (Lee Jong-Suk) is elected class president for grade 2, thanks to the support of Jung-Ho (Kwak Jung-Wook), who is a member of the school gang.

Se-Chan (Daniel Choi) is the top Korean language teacher at a famous institute in Gangnam. In order to improve the student's scores at Seungri High School, the school hires Se-Chan. When Se-Chan appears at the school's opening presentation, Nam-Soon becomes embarrassed.

Kim Woo Hyun is the only son of a high ranking police officer. Woo Hyun entered the police academy ranked first and graduated from the academy ranked first. As a detective, he then joins the cyber investigation department. Woo Hyun then works to reveal the secrets of those that hide within the cyber world.

Sang Gil is a homicide detective whose well deserved promotion is rewarded to another one of his colleges. On yet another typical day in the field, he’s assigned a simple suicide case with a rookie female detective, Eun Yeong, as his partner. Sang Gil grudgingly starts the investigation, but the case turns out to be much more complicated as it seemed. Blinded by the chance to earn a long overdue promotion, Sang Gil continues to investigate on his own without reporting to his superiors. Meanwhile, Eun Yeong questions the odd bite mark on the victim’s body, but Sang Gil ignores her discovery and continues on. But when a random wild animal attack kills another person, Eun Yeong senses a connection between the two deaths. Without realizing the seriousness of the situation, Sang Gil stubbornly continues to investigate the case alone, and Eun Yeong reluctantly follows along. When the two discover that the bite marks on the bodies belong to the same wolfdog (a crossbreed between a dog and a wolf), they begin to realize that all the victims are strangely connected to one another.

Jung Woo, an NTS (National Anti-Terror Service) agent, is assigned on a mission in Italy while he was getting involved with Hae In who works at the NIS (National Intelligence Service) but in the public relations department. The South Korean president's daughter is kidnapped by terrorists when Korea develops a new nuclear technology that will shake the world energy market. In a situation where it can become a national emergency, the US shows its support by dispatching its head of East-Asia at DIS (Department of Information for Security) named Son Hyuk. But most surprisingly, Jung Woo finds a "black agent" joining them, a top-secret organization within NIS that only takes on impossible missions and that it is no one other than Hae In. And there, the three make their fateful encounter. With Hae In's remarkable help, NTS rescues the president's daughter, and having revealed her identity, she is assigned as Jung Woo's partner while Son Hyuk is ordered by the U.S. government to supervise any further developments of South Korea. As South Korea gets closer to completing the new nuclear reactor, numerous terrors begin against them. Jung Woo discovers that there is a secret society called Athena that has great power over the world's energy resources and that they are the ones behind them. But as he gets closer to finding out the truth, mysterious events unravel and he finds pieces of evidence that indicate that both Hae In and Son Hyuk are involved with Athena.

A young woman named Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to be married with her fiancé, but her perfect life is shattered in a car accident that left her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store.

A high school boy in Busan joins a gang as a rite of passage..

Su Ji is tired of her dad's empty promises. And today, being a special day, she leaves her dad and Director Hwang behind and runs away from home. Just as she's about to get caught by Director Hwang, she escapes through Yeojin and Hyung Ja's help. Hyung Ja has actually run away from home too since her family treats her so badly and Yeo Jin has run away from the hostess bar she works at. Yeo Jin is trying to avoid her boss's employees and Hyung Ja is trying to avoid her husband. They decide to team up with Soo Ji and become family for the day. But Yeo Jin gets caught by her boss and Soo Ji calls her dad to ask for money to help her out. The large sum she asks for makes him think that she's been kidnapped.