Kim Yoo Jung is one of the most celebrated South Korean child actresses of her generation. Born on September 22, 1999, she was discovered at the age of 5 when she unexpectedly won the Most Popular award in a contest that her older sister entered. She made her debut in a TV commercial in 2003 and her acting debut in the 2004 film “DMZ.” Kim Yoo Jung quickly became one of the most prolific child actresses and has won many Best Young Actress awards. Some of her most acclaimed roles include “Iljimae” (2008), “Dong Yi” (2010), “Flames of Desire” (2010), “Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho” (2010), “The Moon Embracing the Sun” (2012), “May Queen” (2012), “Golden Rainbow” (2013), “Secret Door” (2014), “Angry Mom” (2015) and “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” (2016).

Kim Yoo Jung

SBS, KOCOWA

We are delighted to introduce the 2023 SBS Drama Awards, where the collective dedication of everyone involved, encompassing diverse challenges such as exploring various genres and securing top-notch casts, has led to the triumph of both non-seasonal and SBS-crafted seasonal series. Within this array of outstanding series, we witnessed the emergence of Korean-style occult dramas, compelling crime series featuring unprecedented storytelling, pulse-pounding action narratives, and heartwarming romance stories. This success owes itself to our viewers and the actors and actresses who fearlessly embraced new ventures. Join us on December 29, 2023, for the 2023 SBS Drama Awards, and don't miss the excellence showcased by the dynamic on-screen duo MCs, Shin Dong Yeob and Kim You Jung, alongside the phenomenal series, actors, and actresses.

2023 SBS Drama Awards

Min Soo (Yoo Yeon Seok) is a dog-lover who has a beloved puppy named Runni. He is devoted to Runni, but looks to be forced to part with his pet when he meets and falls in love with a woman. He proposes marriage to her and she accepts. But she has a dog hair allergy, which means he will no longer be able to live with Runni. Reluctantly, he decides to look for a new home for his dog, and enlists the help of his older cousin Jin Kook (Cha Tae Hyun).

Jin Kook is a down-on-his-luck cafe operator whose business has just failed. But he agrees to help Min Soo find a suitable “guardian” for Runni. This task proves to be much harder than it first seems, though – the candidates who come forward all appear to be experiencing chaotic challenges. But during the course of the selection process, they get into all sorts of trouble – a fact that leads them with an ever-expanding collection of dogs to care for. Eventually, they have not one but eight pooches to look after. With time running out, will Min Soo and Jin Kook ever find a new home for their pack of puppies?

“My♡Puppy” is a 2023 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Joo Hwan.

My Heart Puppy

 🐶My♡Puppy Team🐶

Tving

In South Korea, MT stands for “Membership Training” – and it is customary for groups of students, or sometimes workers, to head out to the countryside during MT to socialize, mix with new people, and play ice-breaking games that help bring people together. So what will happen when five young actors and actresses apiece from three recent hit drama series titles get together? All will be revealed when the cast of “The Sound of Magic” (2022), “Itaewon Class” (2020), and “Love in the Moonlight” (2016) head off on their own MT retreat!

It’s a star-studded line-up of stars – the likes of Park Seo Joon,&nbsp;Park Bo Gum,&nbsp;Ji Chang Wook, Hwang In Yeop, Kwon Nara,&nbsp;Ji Chang Wook, Kim Yoo Jung, and Ahn Bo Hyun are all onboard. But when these actors all get together, fun and games will certainly ensue as groups of actors who haven’t seen each other for months – years in some cases – reunite along with their peers to cook, compete in games, and even operate an outdoor pub. Will the actors stick in groups with their former co-stars – or will new and exciting friendships be formed? Only time will tell!

“Young Actors’ Retreat” is a 2022 South Korean variety TV show that was produced by Kim Seong Yoon and Jeong Jong Chan.

Young Actors’ Retreat

Itaewon's Moonlight Magic

Set in the Dan dynasty, this is a love story featuring ghosts, demons, and gods. Hong Chun Gi (Kim Yoo Jung), a painter of extraordinary talent, is born blind due to a curse but later gains vision. She is accepted into a prestigious art school despite societal views on such pursuits for a woman. In contrast, Ha Ram (Ahn Hyo Seop) is an astrologer with an opposing fate: born with sight, he later loses his vision in a childhood accident. He is able to carve the trajectory of the night sky and see into the future.
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The two meet and fall in love, but are sucked into the political games of the royal court, particularly involving two princes: Prince Anpyeong (Gong Myung) and Prince Sooyang (Kwak Si Yang). What games do these two have in mind for the lovers, and what is the fate that the stars have in store?

Lovers of the Red Sky

For Your Eyes Only 👁‿👁  

Saet Byul (Kim Yoo Jung) is the 22-year old elder daughter to taekwondo master Jung Chul Min (Ryu Seung Soo). While training one day, Choi Dae Hyun (Ji Chang Wook) saves Saet Byul from a falling sandbag and it’s love at first sight for her. One day, Dae Hyun encounters Saet Byul but he doesn’t recognize her. Saet Byul tries to convince Dae Hyun to buy her cigarettes, but she gets candy and a lecture instead. She gives him a kiss for caring, and they never see each other again.
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Several years later, Dae Hyun is a corporate employee doing PR for GS25, a major convenience store chain. One day, his girlfriend and manager Yoo Yeon Joo (Han Sun Hwa) becomes embroiled in a police investigation. He decides to take the rap, but is forced to give up his office job and become a store manager. His store’s finances are poor, however, and he decides to try to freshen things up by hiring a new part-time worker.
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Enter Saet Byul, who applies for the job and finally gets it after Dae Hyun initially refuses. When Yeon Joo caught wind of the beautiful new part-timer hired for the store, she wasn’t too pleased. She was even more insecure after seeing Saet Byul’s beauty and the affectionate way she gazes at Dae Hyun. She started seeing Saet Byul as a threat and wanted her fired. However, Dae Hyun refused, seeing how Saet Byul attracts customers to the store.
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Can Yeon Joo finally oust Saet Byul from Dae Hyun’s life? Or will Saet Byul succeed in winning Dae Hyun’s affection after all these years?

Backstreet Rookie

💥Wookie's Rookies🏪💖Team

JTBC

Jang Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe germophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) after she enters his company as a new employee. Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) has worked all sorts of part-time jobs while striving for a full-time job and does not have the time to date or keep everything clean. She gave up on being neat after facing the tough realites of the world and is known for always wearing her trademark tracksuit. But she has a bright personality and does not mind getting dirty. With the help of Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung), Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) faces his fear of germs and discovers that he's falling in love with her.

Clean with Passion for Now

🐙 💦 The Clean Freaks 💦 🐛

Sometimes you need a little help to muster up the courage to go after things in life. 

Jin Lee Hyung (Cha Tae Hyun) is a talented songwriter who dies in a sudden car accident. His spirit, however, doesn’t depart into the afterlife but instead starts to jump around the bodies of living people. High school student Scully (Kim Yoo Jung) becomes the shepherd of Lee Hyung’s spirit in his times of need. 

One person that Lee Hyung’s spirit takes over is Lee Hyun Kyung (Seo Hyun Jin), who aspires to become a singer but suffers from bad stage fright. Lee Hyung’s former colleague, Park Chan Young (Im Joo Hwan), has a secret crush on Hyun Kyung but is afraid to act on it. 

Can Lee Hyung help Hyun Kyung and Chan Young go after the things they want in life? 

“Because I Love You” is a 2017 South Korean film directed by Ju Ji Hong.

Because I Love You

Scully

KBS02

Ra On will do anything for money. Disguised as a man, she earns money by consulting and giving pieces of advice on love and dating. One day, one of her customers comes up to her with a pale face. It turns out that a lady who Ra On has been ghostwriting for the customer wants to meet a sender of love letters. She feels reluctant at first, but she'd do anything for money, so she decides to pretend to be her customer. However, instead of a pretty lady, Yeong, the handsome-looking man, comes to meet her. Yeong is the last hope of falling Joseon and the crown prince. The unpredictable romance between Ra On and Yeong unfolds at the royal palace.

Love in the Moonlight

The Moonlight Lovers

Hong Ra On

The "Ask Us Anything" are here to answer all of your difficult life questions! Coming from different experiences and backgrounds, Kang Ho Dong, Seo Jang Hoon, Kim Young Chul, Lee Soo Geun, Kim Hee Chul, Min Kyung Hoon, and Lee Sang Min know a thing or two about how to answer to all of life's ups and downs. 

"Ask Us Anything" is a Viki Original Korean variety show that was broadcasted since 2015, and directed by Jo Seung Wook.

Ask Us Anything

Naver TV

Navi (Kim Yoo Jung) is back and determined to stop 'love cells' from escaping from people's bodies, which is causing them to be unable to fall in love! In this fantasy rom-com sequel, Navi strives to lead the way for Tae Jun (Lim Seulong) and Ye Bom (Jo Bo Ah) in their relationship so they can fall back in love with each other again.

Love Cells 2

The Cupid Cells Team ♥

Ta-da! A legendary mom who was a delinquent teenager goes to school to take it all! In a grey world of children marked with wounds, they are the mirrors of adults. Other main characters here are teenagers. Like the lyrics of a popular song children sing, the world is full of lies, and the school has become a prison without bars. Children do anything by fair means or foul for grades, deceive teachers by claiming parental authority, extort money from friends, and engage in violence. However, the world of such children is drawn here as it is, but the focus will be on the distorted portraits of adults that it reflects like a mirror. We should consider what a good adult is through the two faces of a mother who becomes a scary knife before corruption but a warm kitchen knife to children who are in despair for affection.

Angry Mom

The Iljin Mum Team

Oh Ah Ran

Ma Dae Choong (Park Sun Ho) is an unemployed man with dried up 'love cells'. Determined to start dating again, he seeks help from Navi (Kim Yoo Jung), a magical cat in human form, who helps people navigate love and relationships. After being single for 9 years, can Dae Choong revive his dying love cells and find true love with his celebrity crush Seo Rin (Son Ji Hyun)? This fantasy rom-com is an adaption of the popular webtoon of the same title by Kim Myung Hyun.

Love Cells 1

Lee Sun is Joseon's Crown Prince. He, however, stumbles upon information about his father's history before acquiring his position as king. King Yeongjo is a product of a corrupt leadership contract. Things worsen for Lee Sun as his values towards equality clash with his father's ideology of taxation and a strong royalty. Both sides hold on to a double-edged sword, but only one will survives the wounds incurred by the Secret Door.

Secret Door

Secret Door Team

What would you do to save your younger sister’s life?

When a North Korean spy fails to complete his mission in South Korea, his children, Myung Hoon (T.O.P) and Hye In (Kim Yoo Jung), are sent to a North Korean labor prison camp. High-ranking military official Colonel Moon Sang Chul (Jo Sung Ha) strikes a deal with 19-year-old Myung Hoon that he can’t refuse: infiltrate South Korea as a defector and kill a North Korean spy known as the Big Dipper (Jung Ho Bin) if he wants to save his sister’s life.

When Myung Hoon arrives in South Korea as a teenage defector, he is taken in by a South Korean couple who are actually North Korean spies. He enrolls in high school and befriends Lee Hye In (Han Ye Ri), who has the same name as his younger sister, after he rescues her from bullies.

As Myung Hoon tries to carry out his mission, political unrest in the North Korean government results in Myung Hoon suddenly becoming a liability to Colonel Moon. When an assassin is sent to kill Myung Hoon, can he survive and save his sister back home?

“Commitment” is a 2013 South Korean film co-written and directed by Park Hong Soo.

Commitment

The Come And Save Me Team

MBC, KOCOWA

Young Hye grew up in Rainbow Orphanage with Han Ju and Jin Ki. Even though Young Hye knows Han Ju is in love with her, she marries Duk Soo, the successor of Golden Fisheries, to escape poverty. However, when Duk Soo passes away, his mother, Jung Sim, takes her daughter, Ha Bin, and kicks her out of their house. Not long after, she finds out Ha Bin went missing and died, so she prepares to get revenge on Jung Sim. Meanwhile, Ha Bin, who is known to have died, is actually found in the mountains by Man Won, and Han Ju adopts her. Ha Bin lives as Kim Baek Won and goes through joy and sorrows with another six children adopted by Han Ju. Jin Ki's son, Do Young, is treated as an outsider by his family, and therefore, he grows up as a rebel. He has no hope for his life until he meets Baek Won, who is the opposite of him. Let us join the life of Baek Won, who is like a light that makes people shine, and the colorful journey of seven brothers and sisters connected by the wheel of fate.

Golden Rainbow

The reigning queen orders the killing of her stepson in order to continue her family's ability to take control over the kingdom. Yeon Woo, who happens to hold the position of the crown princess, suffers an illness that leads to her alleged death. Now, it's up to the King Hwon to decipher the truth, and put an end to the wars that wrath over the kingdom.

The Moon Embracing the Sun

team 'Eclipse'

Gye Baek was born as the son of Mu Jin, a student and guard of Baekje\u2019s King Mu, but because of his father being falsely accused, he grew up as a commoner in the market streets.There, he meets a merchant named Eun Go and he falls in love with her. One day, after getting caught up fighting in the mountains, Gye Baek is lowered to become a war slave and becomes a prisoner of war for Silla. At Silla, he reunites with Uija who came as an envoy and learns there is a great secret about his father\u2019s death. Though King Uija and Gye Baek have a strong friendship, they both have feelings for Eun Go at the same time. Gye Baek\u2019s loyalty to Baekje and King Uija completes a history page. What will the situation be in the relationship of Uija and Gye Baek with Eun Go in between?

Gye Baek, Warrior's Fate

The Heart Soldier Team

In the middle of the 18th century in Joseon, the social class's severe contradiction and rapid change are vividly described through the main character of this story, who was born into the lowest-class family. This is a story about the hope and self-consciousness of the lowest class of people, who were evaluated only by the value of wealth without being recognized for the minimum value as a human being. In addition, it introduces the reality of the underground organization of the lowest class of people, which emerged as a serious social problem during the Manchu Invasion of Korea in 1636.

Jewel in the Crown

Sign of the Heavens Team

Young British noble William hops on a Japan-bound ship to look for Far Eastern treasures, but he gets thrown overboard during a storm and drifts to the exotic island of Tamra. Despite the language barrier, he falls for local girl Beojin, a cute and inquisitive young lady who dreams of life elsewhere. However, Park Kyu, an arrogant, exiled noble, isn't going to let William take Beojin away without a fight. But most importantly, all their lives are at stake if the government officials find out there's a foreigner on the island. Add in a mysterious Japanese sailor from the East India Company and an iron-lady merchant planning an insurrection, and little old Tamra Island is suddenly overflowing with romance, mishap, and adventure!

Tamra the Island

Ambitious 

At 8-years-old, Yong witnesses his father's murder. This leads to Soe Dol adopting Yong and marks the beginning of Yong's life as a ruffian. Unlike most noble women, Eun Chae is smart and shrewd. She envisions the concept of an inn and goes into business with her father to establish Joseon's first-ever upscale inn. While doing so, she finds herself falling for Yong, who keeps himself hidden behind his black mask. Yong realizes that there is more than meets the eye regarding his father's death and decides to dig deep to investigate the matter. While searching for a special design pattern etched on the sword that took his father's life, Il Ji Mae begins his quest of taking revenge against evildoers.

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