Asian Drama

Khao Kang sells curry-over-rice (khao kaeng) at a boys' 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.

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 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

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

Baek Hyun Woo, who is the pride of the village of Yongduri, is the legal director of the conglomerate Queens Group, while chaebol heiress Hong Hae In is the “queen” of Queens Group’s department stores.

“Queen of Tears” will tell the miraculous, thrilling, and humorous love story of this married couple, who manage to survive a crisis and stay together against all odds.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Story is set in the Anti-Japanese War period. It tells the story of Xia Ji Cheng, a proud son from a wealthy high-ranking political family, who originally wanted to go to the Navy to fulfill his dream of becoming a captain. However, an unexpected trip to Shanghai changes his life completely and he becomes a low-ranked police officer.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 34

Duration: 45 min.

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

Adapted from the web novel "Suan Zhi" (酸枳) by Xiao Ke Bu Cai (小可不才).

At 35, Professor Zhao Dahai was a famous psychology professor and TV talent show judge. He had a happy family with a beautiful wife, Zhou Meimei, and an adorable daughter. Zhao’s success made Zhou feel insecure, but his love and wisdom kept their family strong. Zhou’s friend Yin Hehuan struggled to find love until she met Lin Dongsheng, a younger miner. Despite their differences and a love rival named Li Yaobin, Lin proved to be the perfect match for Yin in the end.

The self-disciplined and diligent editor-in-chief of a magazine, Ye Han, helped the clumsy and lovely physical education teacher Li Xiaoxiao resolve embarrassing crises again and again by chance. Due to past experiences, it was difficult to take the step of love.

The enthusiastic and direct magazine publisher Xu Jiacheng met their former model sister Tong Yiwen. The two continued to seek balance in their pursuit of love and career.

The relationship between the four became complicated and full of challenges because of Xiaoxiao's secret love for Jiacheng. With Xiaoxiao's secret love and fragility, Xiaoxiao completely healed Ye Han's emotional wounds, and Jiacheng and Yiwen passed the test and finally achieved a positive result.

Several other friends are also going through the tempering of life. The steady and down-to-earth lawyer Xu Yan has excellent professional ability, but he never dared to face the relationship with the young and energetic Xu Jialin. The romantic restaurant owner Lu Zheng and his wife Guo Shenglin has been married for many years, and in a seemingly beautiful marriage, there are also unknown troubles. After going through multiple tests of career and relationship, they finally gained their own happiness and deepened their bond with each other.

Episodes: 40

Knowing nothing more than the working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiao Lu reluctantly starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in completely to the expectations of those around him.

As Lu Xiao Lu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiao Lu decides to fight for the life he wants.

(Source: Goodreads)

Adapted from the novel "Young Babylon" (少年巴比伦) by Lu Nei (路内).

Episodes: 26

Duration: 45 min.

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

Ratings: 8.3

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

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.

Set in Harbin under the puppet Manchukuo regime in 1944, Song Zhuo Wen, an underground party member disguised as a railway police officer, is mistakenly identified by the head of the spy department, Guan Xue, as her lifesaver—but is actually Zhuo Wen's long-lost twin brother, Song Zhuo Wu. To uncover the ultimate mission of Kwantung Army officer Asano Daigo in Harbin, Zhuo Wen decides to use Guan Xue to infiltrate the spy department, but the sudden appearance of Zhuo Wu plunges him into unexpected trouble. Guan Xue is cold-blooded and suspicious, cruel and ruthless, while Zhuo Wu is impulsive by nature, often unintentionally sabotaging Zhuo Wen's operations. Only through the arrangements of their superiors do the brothers cooperate and protect each other, avoiding the overt and covert struggles among their colleagues in the spy department and eventually gaining the trust of Guan Xue and the Japanese officials. Within this short year, the underground party members endure hardships to uncover and stop a secret operation conspired by the Japanese army and the Soviet Union, root out the puppet Manchukuo spies within their party, and welcome the final victory of the war.

Lei Tong, who has passed away suddenly from overworking in her previous life, has traveled through the handsome CEO essay written by herself! After living a new life, she firmly decided to only become a wealthy woman, but love and career come knocking at her door - a crazy two-faced CEO, a cute but sharp-tongued teacher, a gentle knight with a bamboo stick used as a horse, and a funny happy-go-lucky puppy, all fell in love with "me"?!

Episodes: 24

(Source: Chinese = Weibo)

Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that goes to trial. A lawyer is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, due to minor things, good and evil can switch sides and good people can become bad people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: 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

Cheng Xi Nian is a young girl who met an untimely demise in her first life. Realizing that she had been used to death after she was unexpectedly reborn, she vows to change the outcome of this new life and allies herself with Su Jing Yuan, a man who has been lurking and hidden in her family to get his revenge.

Lin Huan Huan and Lin Shang Shang are twins. The younger sister, Huan Huan, was sent up to the mountains to learn medical skills since she was a child. Years later, her sister Shang Shang fell in love with the Crown Prince. Unexpectedly, the Empress deliberately bestowed Shang Shang a marriage to Prince Shangguan Li, for which Lin Shang Shang hanged herself. Lin Huan Huan now is forced to marry on behalf of her sister, starting a life of cohabitation between enemies!

(Source: Westley at Dramacool)

Episodes: 18

Duration: 10 min.

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

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)

Adapted from a web novel "Chuan Yue Nv Yu Dao Chong Sheng Nan" (穿越女遇到重生男) by Xue Shan Lan (雪山岚).

Episodes: 23

Duration: 10 min.

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

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

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

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

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

We met by chance on Tinder, but now we've become closer than anyone else, Ji Eun and I. Ji Eun fills a corner of my heart that other friends couldn't fill. It's an attraction I've never felt before. Actually, I like you so much that it weighs on my heart.

(Source: SUKFILM YouTube Channel)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 11 min.

Ratings: 7.7

The story follows Fushiki, a newbie employee from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who is assigned to the department to work alongside Yukimura Kai, an 88-year-old vampire detective who still looks 18 due to his immortality. Together, they will investigate a series of murders by the “Ram Killer” that have been occurring every Christmas in the year of the Ram over a period of 70 years.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Friday

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