Asian Drama

Adults often teach children that love should come at the right time, when they're ready to take on responsibilities and face life's challenges. But in today's world, many young people find themselves on a troubled path, struggling with the consequences of their actions. Adults may have their reasons for this, but ultimately, it's the children who suffer. This story highlights the harsh reality faced by these children, who want to remind adults that their problems are real and deserve attention. Love, no matter when it happens, is a beautiful thing, especially when it occurs during times of hardship and confusion.

Adapted from the web novel "Tui Hun Hou Bei Da Lao Qin Ku Ke" (退婚后被大佬亲哭了) by Su Xiao Juan (苏晓卷)

Luo Ai Lian, the gentle and peaceful eldest daughter of the Luo family, lost everything overnight due to a sudden disaster and was thrown from wealth into a quagmire. After experiencing many difficulties, she finally experienced a narrow escape and became the eldest daughter of the escort agency, Shen Dan Qing, who was capable of both literary and martial arts.

She was reborn from the ashes and embarked on the thorny road of tearing apart her enemies with her hands, starting her different life. In the process of revenge, Shen Dan Qing accidentally broke into the sight of General Xu, who was looking for the lost treasure, arousing his suspicion. This made Shen Dan Qing's road to revenge even more ups and downs and unique. In this thrilling battle of wits and courage, they helped each other and cherished each other, and a series of exciting stories happened.

(Source: wiki.d-addicts.com)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

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

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?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 50

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

A fantasy story about a man who accidentally gets drawn into a fictional world inside of a horror novel.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 1

Airs On: Saturday

Jian Ke Ke, a super frugal white-collar worker not looking for love, meets the spendthrift Wang Hai Kuo. Fashionista Elly and Jian Ke Ke dislike each other. The sweetheart Sun Jia Li meets a silly and cute college student Li Yuan Chong. How will the bunch with completely different values choose between love and money?

(Source: iQiyi)

Co-production with Singapore.

Episodes: 24

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Sunday

Kang sells curry-rice (khao kaeng) at a school. Moo is a grade twelve student who dreams of becoming an idol. He splits his time between hitting on Kang and training. He simultaneously wants love and to realise his dream, but it seems he cannot have it when debuting comes with the caveat that relationships are forbidden.

(Source: Thai = naiin.com)

Adapted from the novel "Khae Thi Kaeng" (แค่ที่แกง) by peachhplease.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Sunday

Ratings: 8.4

A delinquent 2nd year student becomes the chairman of the board of a prestigious high school left behind by his father.

Na Yi Soo may have grown up in an environment that others would envy, but he harbors hatred for his father and heads to Balhae High School, which his father cherished, in order to seek revenge. The process of change between Yi Soo, who has lived a rougher life than anyone else, and the nation's most elite students who have lived upright lives, as they get to know each other, and the love that blooms in the process, will be dynamically unfolded.

(Source: Korean = Daum)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Monday

Ratings: 8.3

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The station is the last station of the sea line railway, and when the south line of the sea line travels here, it means that it has arrived at the end point of the sea line railway. The next stop, Success--Shanhai Line Begins to Meet..., let the two people who are originally strangers start to meet, and the life story is about to begin, some people will get off the bus halfway, and some people will walk all the way to the end. "Chasing Success" is a modern family ethics drama, the story takes place next to you and me, watching a group of single tenants under the same roof, drifting north to pursue dreams, reaping love and friendship, but also facing gains and losses, from the process of their mutual companionship and growth, redefined: "What is success?" Define your own success, insist on chasing points, and embrace success.

Episodes: 60

Duration: 1 hr. 38 min.

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

Adapted from the web novel "Tui Hun Hou Bei Da Lao Qin Ku Ke" (退婚后被大佬亲哭了) by Su Xiao Juan (苏晓卷)

Dr. Du showed his remarkable talent for medicine but experienced the uncertainty of life in a disaster twenty years ago. After losing his beloved girlfriend and mentor in the same accident, Dr. Du left the disappointed healthcare system and became an EMT in a small clinic. However, he never gives up any life and makes up for his guilt in every service. With his frenemy Dr. Lee and associate Dr. Hsu all around his life in critical moments, he has to deal with patient-provider relationships and life value differences between colleagues. Dr. Du believes that the only way to reform the medical system is to be part of it again. However, the mysteries about the disaster twenty years ago will blow his life in more time.

Ties between people are at the core of love. Two people are tied together when they meet, and as their love deepens, their ties tighten until one of them can't take it anymore and asks for a breakup. But even after they are separated, there's still a thin tie dangling between them.

After breaking up with Margaret, David returns to his old life and continues driving a taxi. He tells himself everything is back to normal. But fate blesses him with something new in his overly quiet single life. While Margaret ventures out and exits from his mundane life, Diamond returns after travelling overseas for a long time.

This time, David and Diamond become more than close friends. They become business partners in running a small dumpling shop called 'Dai Man Ho'. Diamond works in the kitchen making dumplings, while David manages the front and serves customers. The two complement each other.

Besides being work partners, the two also try to find joy in their mundane lives. They become neighbours and decide to learn bowling together. The two lonely souls who have just experienced heartbreak are supporting each other and relying on each other to find the strength to go on...

(Source: makerville.hk)

Episodes: 15

Duration: 60 min.

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

50 years ago, a match between a Chinese and a Japanese karate expert ended in a dead heat. Together, they wrote a martial arts book that has caused storms across the martial arts world ever since. In 2019, Chong Wai fought hard and defeated her Japanese rival to win her first karate championship. However, the match left her seriously injured. Meanwhile, in Japan, Saori Kisaragi goes through hardships and is shunned by her teammates because of the martial arts book. When she learns of Chong, who has defeated one of her senior clan members, she travels to Hong Kong to challenge Chong and to find the book. When the Hong Kong karate team withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics, Chong was devastated as she felt that her years of training had been wasted. She stays away from all things related to karate while her friend Chi Ho manages the dojo, hoping for Chong to return. Chong finds an office job and meets her boss, Darwin, who takes good care of her. On the day Chong packs up her personal belongings at the sports institute, Kisaragi comes and challenges her. Chong’s teammate Tin Oi fights on her behalf and is instantly defeated. Chong is dumbfounded. Kisaragi throws down the gauntlet before she leaves.

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Episodes: 30

Aired On: Saturday

"The Glory of Love" is an eight-o'clock drama series in the preparation of the 2023 civil television, which tells the story of three women who accidentally change their fate due to a gold-absorbing fraud case and show themselves in a difficult situation

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Episodes: 25

Duration: 10 min.

Bok Gwi Joo and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi Joo is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi Joo becomes afflicted with depression, and this leads him to lose his supernatural power.

His family also loses their own powers due to modern-day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da He happens to get involved with Bok Gwi Joo and his family. She begins to live with them, and change occurs.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

After resigning from a big company, Lee Joon Ho returns to the academy where he'd studied, this times as an instructor. He's motivated by his lingering fixation on his first love, academy teacher Seo Hye Jin.

Seo Hye Jin has been a Korean language instructor for the past fourteen years. She became a star after the legendary incident labelled “Miracle of Daechi.” Just when her life begins to feel settled, former pupil and troublemaker Lee Joon Ho, who she'd helped get into a prestigious university ten years previously, shows up and stirs up chaos.

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

A Joseon-era version of a romantic comedy about a crown prince who is kidnapped by a woman who is set to become his wife. While on the run for their lives, romance blossoms between the two.

Episodes: 20

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Zheng Ying, an old police officer who is about to retire, goes undercover as an overseas businessman to trade with Liu Qing's gang. However, he mysteriously disappeared after he successfully caught the gang red handed. Zheng Dong Yu, is Zheng Ying’s daughter. The once arrogant and free spirited girl, grew up over night when her father went missing. In order to find him she became a police woman. Gao Yang, a young police officer that went undercover with Zheng Ying, is also looking for him. He stayed in his undercover role, investigating the disappearance of Zheng Ying. Six years later, Lei Nai Wu, the key figure of Liu Qing's gang and the last person to meet Zheng Ying, was released from prison. At the same time a mysterious killer is on the lose, that is trying to kill Lei Nai Wu. At the time, Gao Yang ventured to save Lei Nai Wu. Lei Nai Wu told him that this killer was the real murderer of Zheng Ying. 
What has truly happened to Zheng Ying?

An ordinary girl, Mo An'an, accidentally travels back a thousand years and meets Xiao Chu, a powerful duke of the Chu state whose influence spans the entire court. To change Xiao Chu's fate of being harmed by treacherous individuals, Mo An'an travels through time three times, experiencing a thousand years of angsty romance with Xiao Chu.

Episodes: 24

Aired On: Wednesday

Because of a broken heart and drunkenness, Dr. Wandee goes from darling to daring, entangling himself with Muay Thai fighter Yo Yak Phadetseuk. A one-night stand somehow turns into a boyfriends with benefits relationship. Though it's only a fake relationship, feelings creep up that the two don't dare accept when they each have someone else lingering in their hearts.

(Source: Thai = GMMTV)

Adapted from the novel "Wandee Witthaya" (วันดีวิทยา) by Nottakorn (นทกร).

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Saturday

Khemthis is the beloved son of Madame Freya, the owner of Deep Night Club, the top host club in the country. It's stunning acrobatic shows differentiate them from any other. Khemthis is fascinated by top-tier host Wela. Getting closer, however, brings about obstacles.

They aren't the only ones bringing colour to the club. They're joined by Seiji, Ken, Great, DJ James and sunny waiter Japan.

(Source: Thai = TrueID)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Thursday

The staff in Xia’s company are known for their good looks and bodies, but there is a new employee, Yao Shun Yu, who is an exception of the rule. Yao is like a rabbit in the jungle who has signed his life away. His boss, Xia Shang Zhou, is always teasing kindhearted Yao. And Yao believes that if he works hard, he can have a better life. Even if his job is stressful and his boss is cranky, he can bear with it. But having a blind date with the boss and sleeping with him, that’s truly a tough job!

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw)

Episodes: 10

Aksorn moves to his new dorm and found out a guy living inside the mirror located in his bedroom. As the story progressed, Aksorn found a novel that matches his story with the guy in the mirror uploaded on a website. Is the author of the novel Songjam? Is there a way for them to meet in person?

(Source: AsianovelasBL Twitter)

Adapted from the web novel "Memories in Letters" (ท ร ง จำ ใ น อั ก ษ ร) by Hungrybird.

Episodes: 6

Duration: 21 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Airs On: Saturday

Through the "Bobble Incident" that started the revenge and ended in blood, Do Hyuk became the culprit and lost his life. However, he didn't die. Do Hyuk returns with seething vengeance to expose Matthew's true identity to everyone. Kang Ki Tak and the unknown aide who goes by "Medusa" appear to help him. Matthew has no intention of stopping. With his fake identity, Matthew has the whole world crazy about him. He endeavors to be the epitome of his phony identity and take over Sungchan Group, the company his father raised with his life. Only then will his revenge be complete.

The seven wicked associates will now regroup to play the game of revenge that has reset in desperation. Some will be out for revenge, some for power, and some will hide their true goal in a new game where they will deceive and betray each other. How will the fates of the Seven reborn from lies end?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday

The year is 1892 during an era of prosperous prostitution. This story reflects women's rights and female friendships when three women stand up and fight for their dreams whilst searching for a way to liberate themselves and redeem their human dignity.

Kulap is a beautiful and talented sex worker full of courage and an unimaginable dream. Botan wants an ordinary life a man she loves, not an easy feat. Sold into the brothel, Thianyot dreams of being an ordinary girl who gets to study.

(Source: Thai = Sanook)

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Adapted from the manga series "RoOT of Oddtaxi" (ルート オブ オッドタクシー ) written by Konomoto Kazuya (此元和津也) and illustrated by Abaraya Takeichi (肋家).

Episodes: 1

Zhou Luo, a straight-A student, is the first one from Qingshui Town to get into a prestigious university. However, he returns to his hometown before completing his degree and goes to a cram school to repeat a year of school. His decision causes quite a stir in this small town. Had he not faced criticism himself, he would never have noticed another talk of the town, Nan Ya. Nan Ya is a very beautiful clothing store owner, and there are always a lot of rumors about her. She travels between the clothing store and home every day, taking care of her sick daughter, Wan Wan. As Zhou Luo becomes more acquainted with Nan Ya, he realizes that Nan Ya's marriage is not a happy one, and her husband, Xu Yi, a businessman, has a brutal side at home. Zhou Luo has witnessed how Nan Ya was assaulted by Xu Yi. Besides, the "Bridge Case" sheds light on several issues regarding Xu Yi's business operations. All this causes Nan Ya's marriage to be in jeopardy.