Based on Kim Hoon’s Song of The Sword and Kim Tak Hwan’s Immortality, KBS’s outstanding 2005 historical drama The Immortal Lee Soon Shin is one of the most ambitious works the genre has seen in years. Spanning 104 episodes (edited to 33 by the makers of the show for this two-volume special edition), the drama [...]

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What happens when you send a gangster to teach kindergarten? Kim Jae Won (Romance and Wonderful Life) is about to find out the hard way. KBS drama Great Expectations mixes young talent like Kim and Han Ji Min (Rebirth) with top notch veterans, including Lee Mi Sook (Untold Scandal and …ing), Son Byung Ho (Running [...]

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Love began on One Fine Day… MBC’s latest romance drama One Fine Day tugs on your heart and eyes. Featuring a photogenic cast, location shooting in Australia, and beautiful underwater scenes, One Fine Day presents a bittersweet love story born in secrecy. Gong Yoo (Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy) leaves his boyish demeanor behind, taking [...]

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MBC’s hugely popular Ju Mong is the first of a wave of Korean historical dramas dealing with the Goguryeo Dynasty (approximately 37 BC-AD 668). Written by veteran Choi Wan Gyu (Hur Jun, Sang Do, and All In) and Jung Hyung Soo (Damo), Ju Mong promises to be one of Korea’s most impressive historical dramas. For [...]

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All In brings you the grand tale of two men from totally different family backgrounds. Lee Byung Hun showcases his captivating charisma in the leading role as Kim In Ha, who attempts to survive in the tough world of gambling, while Ji Sung appears as his opponent and nemesis, Choi Jung Won. Song Hye Kyo [...]

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From Damo and Dae Jang Geum to Hwang Jin Yi and Jumong, period dramas have delivered some of Korean television’s biggest stories and highest ratings in the last few years, and this trend all began in 1999 with MBC’s Hur Jun (a.k.a. The Legendary Doctor – Hur Jun). Created by veteran producer Lee Byung Hoon [...]

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2007 has already seen the airing of popular medical dramas The Great White Tower and Surgeon Bong Dal Hee, piquing audience interest in the genre, but the medical profession is hardly a new theme for Korean television. 2000′s Medical Center and 90s dramas Sunflower and General Hospital, which will be getting remade soon, all revolved [...]

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The first Korean drama to integrate animation and live action, Someday is like no drama that has come before. Through outstanding cinematography and visual design, this groundbreaking drama beautifully lenses Korea’s contemporary urban landscape and peeks into the moody, imaginative world of a comic book artist, portrayed by Bae Du Na. By melding animation and [...]

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SBS medical drama Surgeon Bong Dal Hee has been one of the most popular Korean dramas of 2007, pulling in great reviews and ratings of over 20% during its broadcast. PD Kim Hyung Sik was recognized with a Best New Producer award for the drama at the 43rd Baeksang Awards. Surgeon Bong Dal Hee marks [...]

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Playful, charming, and laugh-out-loud funny, MBC drama Love Truly, a.k.a. Really Really Like You, brings romance to the Blue House. K-pop singer Eugene (Wonderful Life) sheds her pop idol image by embracing the character of an endearingly brassy and bumbling country girl, complete with a spot-on village accent. Competing for Eugene’s affections are Ryu Jin [...]

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