Asian Drama

When the illegitimate son of a Korean conglomerate owner partners with his ambitious childhood friend, the duo will stop at nothing to seize their place at the top of the societal food chain.

Born into an impoverished single-parent household with nothing but his good looks and charm, Kang In Ha is ravenous for success. Determined to make something of himself, no matter the cost, In Ha, discovers that his father is the chairman of the hugely successful Kang Oh Group and leaves his life of poverty behind.

Shunned by the rest of his new family, In Ha partners with his intellectually gifted friend Han Tae Oh, hatching a plan from a young age to take over the company and seize their spots at the top of society. Realizing success early on, the pair steadily begin their ascent until an equally ambitious woman with a similarly troubled past threatens to derail their plans forever.

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Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday

“Dream” tells the story of a team of people trying out for the Homeless World Cup, an annual international soccer event.

Yoon Hong Dae is a professional soccer player on disciplinary probation after being caught up in an unexpected incident. He becomes the coach of a thrown-together soccer team, but as time passes, comes to sincerely care for and trust in the team members, becoming a true leader.

Lee So Min is a producing director who dreams of finding success through a documentary about Hong Dae’s team.

“Count” will tell the story of former gold medalist-turned-gym teacher Si Heon and rebellious student Yoon Woo as they throw a punch at the unfair world.

(Source: Soompi)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

About a woman searching for her missing boyfriend, who disappeared one night in a flash of unknown lights. With the help of a community of UFO watchers, she uncovers the truth behind a mysterious secret.

Hong Ji Hyo is a “parachute hire” (someone who got hired based on their family connections). She has a steady job and a solid family background. Although they are no longer passionately in love, she also has a boyfriend that she’s dated for four years. The couple is beginning to think of marriage when her boyfriend suddenly goes missing.

Heo Bo Ra is an unsuccessful Twitch streamer and a YouTuber with only a few hundred subscribers, whose content is all about mysteries. She’s a warrior who wields a keyboard as her weapon, and she’s a member of the UFO watcher community. She spends day after day inside her room, editing her videos.

The story is about a woman who struggles together with her coworkers to mature into a true webtoon editor after joining the webtoon editorial department. On Ma Eum, who enters the webtoon editorial department after beating all odds. She has a large appetite, a great sense of smell, and cauliflower ears typical of a fighter as a former standing member for the judo national team. On Ma Eum had to quit her athletic career when an unfortunate accident during a match tore her ankle ligament, but she begins to dream anew when she coincidentally delivers food to the webtoon editorial department.

Adapted from the Japanese manga series "Juhan Shuttai!" by Matsuda Naoko.

An eighth-grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are then called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will.

"Sinkhole" is about what happens when a newly built villa falls into a sinkhole with its residents trapped inside. The residents’ families and emergency services attempt to save them. The main character, Park Dong Won is a man who finally buys his home after 11 years, only to have it fall into a sinkhole within a minute. Along with Dong Won, there's also Kim Seung Hyun, who ends up getting stuck in the sinkhole with him, who is his supervisor at work.

With them is also the Chungwoon Villa resident, Jung Man Soo, who works multiple part-time jobs to raise his son as a single dad.

Dong Baek has an extraordinary ability. He can peer into the memories of whoever he touches. With his supernatural power, get it done attitude, and eye-pleasing looks, he is fervently revered worldwide as a superstar detective. However, when his punches meet with suspects before words, he can be a bit of a headache to his comrades. Starting from the age of twenty, Han Sun Mi is the youngest to have passed the bar exam, obtain a doctorate in criminal psychology, and become a senior superintendent in the police force. Having solved five cold cases that even a detective with supernatural powers couldn't do, she is a genius profiler. She has a secret that drives her to do what she does. These two highly-skilled professionals meet their match—a serial killer with abilities that transcend theirs combined. It's going to be a fight worth watching.

Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Jae Hoo.

Deok Ho and his gang make ends meet by racketeering around the country. Han Myeong Hoe, King Sejo's right-hand man, thinks highly of their talents and encourages them to work for the country. Funded by the government, Deok Ho and his men use more theatrical and sophisticated devices to create incredible events, such as a pine tree lifting its branches by itself, sweet rain falling from heaven, and rainbows forming wherever King Sejo goes.

Politician's daughter Cha Soo-Hyun (Song Hye-Kyo) married the son from a family who runs a large company after graduated from college. Her marriage was a marriage of convenience for her politician father benefit. After having a child, Cha Soo-Hyun divorced her husband. She is now a divorcee.

Kim Jin-Hyeok (Park Bo-Gum) is an ordinary young man who know how to find happiness in small things. He tries to find a regular job while working part-time jobs. He keeps failing in landing a regular job at companies where he wants to work. He decides to go on a trip overseas There, he meets Cha Soo-Hyun.

An incidental meeting between two person who have nothing in common, end up leading to a hear-wrenching romance that turns both of their lives upside down...

Episodes: 16

Hyung Min is a respected detective. He is aware of Tae Oh who is in prison for murder. One day, Hyung Min receives a phone call from Tae Oh in prison. Tae Oh confesses to Hyung Min that he committed 7 more murders and gives Hyung Min clues on the murders. No one believes Tae Oh's confession except for Hyung Min. Without knowing ab who the victims are, Hyung Min attempts to uncover the 7 murders.

Soo Ah, before passing away makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, Woo Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her husband and son but all her memories have disappeared. Tragically, the relief at their reunion is short-lived, because it turns out that Soo Ah has to leave her family once again.

This drama is about a man dies in a car crash, but awakes with the spirit on another person. He then becomes the head of two families and he agonizes over his two different wives.

In 1987, university student & pro-democracy movement member Park Jong-chul is captured by the police. He is then tortured to death. The police and government try to cover up the case of Park Jong-Chul, but the media and university students try to reveal the truth.

A widowed taxi driver raises his young daughter alone and works hard to pay back the hospital bills left behind by his late wife. One day, he hears that a foreigner is willing to pay a large sum for a drive from Seoul to Gwangju city and back. Not knowing that the foreigner was a German journalist, he takes the job and sets off on a journey together.

A movie from the ancient novel of satire and humor about Kim Seon Dal who sold off the River Daedong. Kim Seon Dal is a genius swindler, possessing an alluring appearance and boldness. He works with Bo Won, Female Buddhist Yoon, and Gyeon. The swindler team is famous nationwide. The team decides to steal tobacco which is the most expensive traded product. For their plan, they have to deceive the most powerful man Sung Dae Ryeon.

Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok Sun struggles for attention as the middle child in her poor family while also carrying the burden of her 999th ranking in school. Kim Jung Hwan only has a one-track mind for soccer, even after his family becomes rich overnight. Sung Sun Woo is the perfect student, student council president and a caring and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong is a geek who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his friends, but his poor academic score prevents him from being able to go to college. Choi Taek is a genius baduk player who dropped out of school to go professional. As the group of friends gets into and out of mischief around the neighborhood, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives?

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Tags: Nostalgia, Multiple Couples, Poor Family, Love Triangle, Friendship, High School, Mother-Son Relationship, Coming Of Age, Bromance, Poor Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 20

Duration: 1 hr. 35 min.

Country: South Korea

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Aired: Nov 6, 2015 - Jan 16, 2016

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Yeo Jang-Boo (Cha Tae-Hyun) possesses extraordinary visual acuity. He is able to see things ordinary people cannot. When he little, people laughed at him. Afterwards, he spent the next 20 years at home watching TV dramas. Finally, Yeo Jang-Boo goes out into the world and becomes an ace at a South Korean CCTV control center.

Ji Hyeok is an elite safe-cracker and counterfeiter. He works with Koo In who introduces him to elite hacker Jong Bae. There's rumors that Jong Bae has betrayed other partners in his past. Nevertheless, the trio decide to work together to steal valuable diamonds held within a secret vault at a high-end jewelry store. The jewelry store is owned by President Jo. Meanwhile, President Jo is in search of an elite safe-cracker to help him steal millions of dollars stored within a Korean customs area in Incheon, South Korea.

The night watchmen of Joseon patrol the darkest hours of the day to protect the people from the evilest of all enemies. Ghosts, monsters, and supernatural forces abound and those who can see them, fight them. Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo) is the heir to the throne but chooses to lives his life as a watchman, as his father had once before him, rather than live in the palace. But when he sees the plight of his citizens under the rule of his tyrannical father, he learns that his gift can also be a curse if he lets the evil spirits take over him, and battles his way to becoming the rightful ruler of Joseon.

Coach Kim Won-Kang is a former soccer player who failed to manage his business - post soccer career. After his business goes under, Kim Won-Kang travels to the small country of East Timor to coach a youth soccer team. The East Timor youth soccer team has been in existence for only one year but will go on to win two international youth soccer events with the help of Coach Kim Shin-Hwan.

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

A drama set in the competitive world of advertisement. It will brings out the passion and lives of those people in this industry. Lee Tae-baek (Jin Goo) is a genius and characterized art director who overcomes his educational hardships and becomes the rising star of the advertisement, giving dreams and hopes to the youths of this generation in the process. Baek Ji Yoon (Park Ha Sun) is a copy writer intern. She is hard working in everything and happens to get involved with Lee Tae-baek. She struggles to achieve love and work all together. Go Ah Ri (Han Chae Young) is a advertisement executive who is beautiful and made up of talent. She is a realist who will give up on love for her dreams. Eddie Kang (Jo Hyun Jae) is an experienced elite who is well known all around the international advertisement world.

Woo-Gon (Kim Kang-Woo) works for a talent agency as a manager. He spots Mi-Jin (Ko Won-Hee) at an audition. Woo-Gon feels that Mi-Jin is special and has the potential to become a star. Because of Woo-Gon's efforts, Mi-Jin is cast in a movie, but this also causes his company to lash out at him for pushing Mi-Jin instead another one of their talents. Woo-Gon is fired. Later, Mi-Jin comes to visit Woo-Gon who is now working as a parking attendant. Mi-Jin asks him to work as his manager. Woo-Gon accepts and works hard to land parts for her. Soon, Mi-Jin is cast as the lead female character in a television drama series. Just as things seem incredibly promising for Mi-Jin, a shady tabloid scandal breaks out. Mi-Jin is identified as the woman involved in a sexual relationship with a well known politician (Ahn Sung-Ki). The source of the leaks are completely unknown. Woo-Gon tries to explain that the tabloid rumors about his client are completely untrue, but nobody listens. A few days later, Mi-Jin is found dead in her apartment. Woo-Gon then decides to find those responsible for spreading the false rumors about Mi-Jin.

As a child, Jin Ok witnessed the murder of her father and narrowly escaped death. She is taken under the wings of Moo Myung, the man who saved her life, and trains in martial arts alongside two other girls. 10 years have passed and the girls are now Joseon's best bounty hunters. One day, Jin Ok is asked to take on a case for a handsome reward. Against their master's wishes, the trio takes on the job, not knowing it would eventually lead them to the man responsible for the death of Jin Ok's father 10 years ago.

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)

A young man named Park Shi On has savant syndrome and a developmental disability. His mental age is that of a 10-year-old, but he becomes a paediatric surgeon. Meanwhile, Kim Do Han, who is the best paediatric surgeon, finds himself frequently in confrontation with Park Shi On.

When Park Shi On was a child, he was quite different from other children due to having savant syndrome. Other children did not want to hang around him. Shi On was always alone, but he did have his older brother and a rabbit. His older brother always took care of Shi On. Meanwhile, Shi On's father was violent and abusive. He even killed Shi On's pet rabbit.

One day, Shi On's older brother makes a deal with the neighborhood kids. Shi On and his older brother will enter a closed mine and bring out a bolt from there. In return, the kids will play with Shi On. When Shi On and his brother enters the mine, the mine collapses. Doctor Choi Woo Seok, as part of the rescue team sent inside the mine, finds the brothers and tries to get them out. Only Shi On is able to make it out alive. Since that time, Shi On regularly visits Doctor Choi woo Seok at the government run clinic where he works. Shi On spends his time there reading medical books. Doctor Choi Woo Seok quickly realizes that Shi-On has a special ability.

Years later, Shi On travels to Seoul for the first time to receive training as a medical resident. As he arrives at the Seoul Station, a child is seriously injured by a piece of glass that falls from the ceiling. Shi On has never practiced medicine before, but he is able to administer first aid from reading all those medical books. He then gets on the ambulance that takes the injured child and his mother to the hospital. Shi On learns that the ambulance is going to Sungwon University Hospital, which is where he is supposed to receive resident training. He becomes relieved by the coincidence, because he is already late for his interview.

Meanwhile, Choi Woo Seok, who is now the chief director at Sungwon University Hospital, attempts to convince the other directors to accept Shi On for training. The group of directors are not happy about Shi On. When Shi On does not appear on time, they decide to turn him away for good. Shi On, though, is right outside of the surgery room where the injured child is receiving surgery. In the emergency room, Do Han and his team perform the surgery. After Shi On learns that the surgery is a success, he goes to the meeting room, but only Doctor Choi Woo Seok is there.

Choi Woo Seok decides to take Shi On to a restaurant, as he looks distraught from not being accepted as a resident at the hospital. While having lunch together, the TV at the restaurant shows footage of Shi On performing first aid at the train station. Reporters wander the halls of Sungwon University Hospital looking for the doctor who performed the first aid. Because of the positive publicity from the incident, the group of directors at Sungwon University Hospital decide to accept Shi On is a resident in training for a six month period. According to the terms of his contract if Shi On makes trouble during the six month period, he will be kicked out of the program and Doctor Choi Woo Seok will resign from his position as the chief director at the hospital. Dr. Do Han becomes furious over the contract, because he views Choi Woo Seok as almost like a father. He doesn't want Choi Woo Seok to lose his job because of Shi On. Doctor Choi Woo Seok though asks Do-Han to mentor Shi On.

Shi On goes to an apartment complex for hospital doctors where he will stay. When he sits down alone in the apartment, the apartment door opens and a woman enters. She eventually crashes on the bed. The woman is Yoon Seo, a resident in pediatric surgery. She is completely drunk and entered the wrong apartment. Shi On stands right next to the bed, watching Yoon Seo sleep.

A drama about behind-the-scenes stories of many people who want to become singers and how teenagers who have been hurt and scarred will be healed through music while find out about love, friendship, and their dreams along the journey.

Seol Chan, a member of Korea's most popular K-pop boy band Men in Black, is provoked into pushing one of his crazy fans, and when that goes viral, his reputation plummets. As damage control, his agency tells him to quietly attend school for a while. Meanwhile, Se Yi, a new transfer student from New Zealand, draws attention in the school for both her talent and oddness. Misunderstandings occur between Seol Chan, Se Yi, and their other classmates. But in the midst of all the chaos, these students find a common interest which connects them to each other: music. As they gather together to sing and play the music they love, they learn to soothe the pain inside them, and to open each of their souls.

In the late 18th century of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), during the last years of King Yeong Jo’s reign. Ice is a commodity more valuable than gold. Blocks of it are harvested from frozen rivers in winter, put in royal storage, and distributed or sold throughout the year for general consumption. When corrupt officials conspire to form a monopoly and fix its price, a gang of 11 professionals is formed to stop the scheme — and to do that they must make all the royal ice blocks in five storage rooms disappear for a night.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

In the late 18th century of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), during the last years of King Yeong Jo’s reign. Ice is a commodity more valuable than gold. Blocks of it are harvested from frozen rivers in winter, put in royal storage, and distributed or sold throughout the year for general consumption. When corrupt officials conspire to form a monopoly and fix its price, a gang of 11 professionals is formed to stop the scheme — and to do that they must make all the royal ice blocks in five storage rooms disappear for a night.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Entertainment mogul Sa Hee Moon runs top talent agency "Star Music."

Oh Goo Joo is a former music producer who quit the business after the death of one of her clients. One day, Oh Goo Joo runs into Lee Yoo Jin. Lee Yoo Jin was a former client of "Star Music" but was kicked out after years of training. Goo Joo believes Yoo Jin has star potential and helps produce new idol band "Mr. Children" featuring Yoo Jin on lead vocals. As the group grows in popularity, Sa Hee Moon from "Star Music" works to sabotage the groups chances for success.

Sang Man attempts to commit suicide, but he keeps failing every time. In one of his suicidal attempts, he overdoses by medicine and his heart stops. However, he is transported to the hospital and is saved. When he wakes up, he starts seeing ghosts. He visits a shaman to make those ghosts leave him, but he is told that the ghosts will not leave and they will not let him commit suicide either. Sang Man learns that if he helps the ghosts fulfil their unrealized dreams, he would get them to leave him alone and he then can commit suicide. Meanwhile, Sang Man meets a nurse Jung Yun Soo at the hospital and quickly falls in love. But the ghosts start taking over Sang Man's body.

Kang Su is an alcoholic and a chronic gambler. He has also never been a proper father to his rebellious teenage son Jong Cheol. For 18 years, Kang Su has also held a secret from Jong Cheol - that he's not his actual biological father.

Jong Cheol's real father, Tae Sok, is a pimp that abandoned love for success. Now, to save his son, Kang Su must go to Tae Sok...

(Source: AsianWiki)

Lee Jang Suk spent some time in a juvenile detention center for stealing wallets from unsuspecting strangers. After he gets out, he meets a sports agent, Nam Jae Il, who's trying to recover from a downfall in his carrier. Together, they work to achieve their dreams. Jang Suk dreams of becoming a K-1 Champion; and Nam Jae Il dreams of regaining his reputation as a top sports agent.

Gang Pae has risen to the #2 rank in his mafia organization by using unflinching violence. Even though he has made his name by his violent nature, Gang Pae has a softer side and loves nothing more than to catch a matinee showing all by himself. Meanwhile, Su Ta is a popular actor who has a similar violent edge. Su Ta has already knocked one actor out of commission while filming a fight scene.

One night, Gang Pae hears that Su Ta is drinking in the same bar and he orders one of his men to get Su Ta's autograph. The short-tempered Su ta refuses, and this leads to a confrontation between Gang Pae and Su Ta.

A few days later, Su Ta critically injures another actor while filming a fight scene. Filming now comes to a halt, because no other actors are willing to perform alongside the short-tempered movie star. Su ta then thinks backs to his confrontation with Gang Pae and recalls Gang Pae mentioning he acted as an extra in a film before. He then contacts Gang Pae and offers him the co-starring role. Gang Pae is willing to take the part, but only if they are to do the fight scenes for real.

On this hilarious talk show, four DJs ask their celebrity guests those sensitive questions that everyone wants to know the answer to.

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

On this hilarious talk show, four DJs ask their celebrity guests those sensitive questions that everyone wants to know the answer to.

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

Tae Soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae Soo's brother, Tae Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae Jin gets killed. Tae Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Duration: 2 hr. 2 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)