Asian Drama

The more power he desires, the darker his world becomes. Hae Woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Soon Tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil Do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae Woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Soon Tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.

“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.

(Source: nme.com)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday, Saturday

Ratings: 7.7

The story follows what happens when an ordinary family that is on the verge of collapse due to bankruptcy and internal feuds gets involved with a bloodthirsty drug ring. In the midst of dangerous missions and close calls, the members of the family will band together and become a model family as they stand up against the drug ring that threatens their livelihoods.

Gui Soo is a master Go player who loses his teacher Heo Il Do and vows to take revenge on the dark world of Go that took his master from him.

Jung Yup tries to find a job as a lawyer for a law firm in Seoul. It's not so easy for him, with Jung Yup being from a smaller city. In the meantime, he begins work at a child welfare center in his hometown. He goes with a co-worker from the child welfare center to the police station and meets 10-year-old Da Bin. The young girl reported to the police that her stepmother Ji Sook choked her around her neck, but there isn't anything Jung Yup is able to do. Da Bin is returned to her family. Da Bin and her 7-year-old brother Min Joon begin visiting Jung Yup at the child welfare center daily. He makes an effort to spend time with them to keep his job. Jung Yup is aware that the children are abused by their stepmother, but he is powerless to do anything about it.

Jung Yup then learns that he has been hired by a law firm in Seoul. Without saying goodbye to Da Bin and Ji Sook, he heads off to Seoul. One day, he receives a phone call that Da Bin has killed her younger brother Min Joon.

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.

Do Joon looks like he has everything, but in reality, he's a goose father, who works in Korea and sends money to his family abroad, who is very suspicious about his wife's activities. One day while drunk, he saves a mysterious woman named Se Ryeon and falls for her. When he wakes up, somehow he has become a murderer with someone threatening him. He sets out to solve this mysterious puzzle.

Gun Woo is an honest and hardworking courier who even won a Model Citizen Award for saving a singer from a robbery incident. Out of the blue, his old friend Moo Yeol comes to visit him at work. With just a short moment to enjoy the pleasant surprise, Gun Woo witnesses a bombing incident that kills a presidential candidate right before his eyes. Moo Yeol tells Gun Woo that he is responsible for the bombing and that everyone will come after him as it is the agency's plan to make him the prime suspect. Gun Woo manages to flee from the scene but all evidences, including security camera footages, witness testimonies and fingerprints point toward him as the suspect. He meets former secret agent Mr. Min, who is an old friend of Moo Yeol and he helps out clear his name. Gun Woo must fight with all his strength to stay alive. However, as he tries to run away, everyone around him is put into dangerous situations, including old friends Dong Kyu, Geum Chul and Sun Young.

During the Japanese occupation, an agent tasked to assemble a group to assassinate a Japanese commander and a Korean collaborator by extricating three prisoners from Shanghai. However, the Japanese are tipped off, and a notorious hired gun is sent to take out the assassins first.

Jung Se Ro is a hardworking young man who works multiple part-time jobs while studying for the foreign civil service exam. His father is a petty criminal and a con man, and their family lives a transient life because of his deals, currently staying in Thailand.

Despite wanting an honest life for himself, Se Ro's dreams are shattered on the night of a glamorous jewel exhibition opening in Bangkok. His father dies in an incident involving stolen diamonds, and because Se Ro was at the scene when another man was shot, he is accused and arrested for murder. After spending five years in a Thai prison, upon his release he takes up a new identity and becomes a con man just like his father. He joins a ring of jewel smugglers led by Park Kang Jae, with whom he shares a brotherly bond. Kang Jae was raised like a son by Se Ro's father, who taught him all the tricks of the trade. But Kang Jae has harbored a lifelong jealousy towards the real son, which is stoked further when the woman he loves, smuggling accomplice Seo Jae In also falls for Se Ro.

Then Se Ro meets Han Young Won, the cold-hearted heiress to a jewelry brand. She was madly in love with her fiancé Gong Woo Jin, and had closed herself off after his death. But Se Ro draws her out into the world, while Young-won gives him a reason to live when he had all but given up. They fall in love, not knowing that the man Se Ro was accused of killing had been Young Won's fiance. His love for her becomes his punishment, but also his salvation.

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.

A terrorist group known as "Athena" and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.

The upcoming romantic Korean movie ‘Cyrano Agency’ held the press conference at Ewha 100th Memmorial Hall at Ewha Girls’ High School, Seoul, on August 16. This event is attended by its cast, movie’s crew and reporters. The movie stars Uhm Tae Woong (Queen Seon Duk), Lee Min Jung (Smile), Daniel Choi (High Kick Through the Roof), and Park Shin Hye (You’re Beautiful). The movie inspired by the 1990 French movie entitled ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, depicts a dating agency with a 99% success rate owned by Uhm’s character and employs Park as a strategist. There is a shy guy (played by Daniel) who doesn’t dare to approach a woman he loves (Lee) directly. He comes to the agency and asks their help to make that woman love him. Then, Uhm’s team plan a game trick to initiate contact. But, in the process Uhm falls for her instead which make the two men begin to compete for her affection. ‘Cyrano Agency’ is scheduled to release in September during the Chuseok holiday weekend.

Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo are best friends who were brought into a top secret organization known as NSS by analyst Choi Seung Hee and Park Sang Hyun. Hyun Joon and Sa Woo both fall in love with Seung Hee when she first profiles them. Their lives are changed forever when Hyun Joon is given a solo mission in Hungary. Hyun Joon later tries to find out who set him up and to figure out what IRIS is and wants.