Park Chul Min is a veteran South Korean actor. Born on May 31, 1966, he began acting in high school and college and then joined the professional theater troupe Hyunjang after he graduated in 1988 from Chung-Ang University with a degree in business administration. After acting in theater productions for about six years, he gained wider fame in 2004 for his roles in the film “Mokpo Gangster’s Paradise” and the television drama “Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Sin.” He has since enjoyed a prolific career in films and television dramas, including the recent “Hotel King” (2014), “Imaginary Cat” (2015), “Mirror of the Witch” (2016) and “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” (2016).

Park Chul Min

MBC, KOCOWA

An ingenuous home-shopping host Su Jeong dreams of becoming a successful businesswoman who wins people before money. After losing her parents as a kid, she travels around the country with tinker Jang Won and grows up as a strong woman full of courage. She may look fierce on the outside, but in fact, she is a softhearted, clumsy crybaby and a dork who cannot even make eye contact with her crush, Joo Woo Jin. Meanwhile, there is Yeo Eui Ju, a man who gets on her nerves by loafing around her. As a soldier, he is more logical rather than empathetic, but he passes out whenever he gets drunk. He loses his face after meeting Su Jeong, who drinks like a fish, but he starts to fall for her. By a twist of fate, he realizes he is the second grandson of Masung Group, and his older brother is Su Jeong's crush, Woo Jin.

The Brave Yong Su Jeong

Yong Jang Won

It looks like the end for collie dog Mung Chi when he is abandoned in a remote North Korean forest. Rescued from a lonely death by Jjang Ah, the Shih Tzu leader of a streetwise gang of strays. Mung Chi joins the gang, and eventually meets a group of wild dogs, including Bam Yi. However, their secret hideout is destroyed, and a fearsome human dog catcher threatens their safety. Now, living on borrowed time, this motley crew of canines devises a daring plan to escape to the tranquility of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Will they make it? This 2018 South Korean animation film was directed by Oh Sung Yoon and Lee Chun Baek.

A Dog's Courage

🐾 The Pack 

Jjang Ah

Kim Hee Woo (Lee Joon Gi) came from nothing to become a top lawyer, transforming himself from a high schooler with poor grades to an esteemed public prosecutor. But tragedy strikes as he’s investigating a politician suspected of corruption… and a mysterious man kills him. However, instead of dying, he wakes up as his younger self – a college student with all his "future" memories intact. Determined to uncover the truth behind his murder, he restarts his academic journey. Along the way, he meets Kim Hee Ah (Kim Ji Eun), the super-intelligent youngest daughter of a powerful business family, and they begin investigating together. When their journey brings them to a shady cabal of rich power brokers, will they find the answers they’re after – or further mortal danger? Based on a web novel by Lee Hae Nal, this 2022 South Korean drama series was directed by Han Chul Soo and Kim Yong Min.

Again My Life

⚖️Avengers of Time⏱

Growing up in a small remote village in North Gyeongsang Province, Jung Jun Kyung (Park Jung Min) has spent his entire life all but cut-off from the world around him. With a deplorable lack of usable roads running in and out of his village, the only real way for Jun Kyung and the rest of the villagers to get anywhere is to walk along the railroad tracks that run through the town. With an unpredictable train schedule, such trips are dangerous at best and far too often, they end in horrifying tragedy.

The son of an engineer, Jun Kyung has often wondered why no train station exists in his village. Now in high school, Jun Kyung has taken it upon himself to turn his lifelong dream of a village train station into a reality. By writing endless letters to the President, asking for permission to build a train station in his tiny village, Jun Kyung is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before the station is built. But things don’t quite work out the way he planned. On the verge of giving up, Jun Kyung finds renewed determination after befriending his classmate, Song Ra Hee (Yoona). A firm believer in pursuing dreams, Ra Hee gives Jun Kyung the inspiration he needs to keep going.

Finding fresh inspiration and a renewed sense of determination, Jun Kyung and the village residents set out to turn this one dream into reality. Do they have what it takes to make this single dream come true?

Based on a true story, “Miracle: Letters to the President” is a 2021 drama film directed by Lee Jang Hoon.

Miracle: Letters to the President

✨Miraculous✨Team 

Disaster strikes for Joseon-era singer Hak Gyu (Lee Bong Geun) when his wife Gan Nan (Lee Yoo Ri) and daughter Cheong Yi (Kim Ha Yeon) are kidnapped by human traffickers. In the panic, Cheong Yi escapes, but the shocking incident strikes her blind. Hak Gyu is determined to find his wife, even if he must walk the length of the country to do so. With Cheong Yi in tow, he wanders from town to town, looking for his lost love. As he tells his tale over and over, he begins to incorporate unique musical elements – giving rise to a new form of singing and storytelling. Can this help him find his lost wife... and revitalize an entire nation through the power of song? This 2018 South Korean movie was directed by Cho Jung Rae.

The Singer

Dae Bong

SBS, KOCOWA

Detective Young Jin, from the regional investigation unit, has only one thing on her mind to solve as many criminal cases as possible as a way to atone for her friend's murder 19 years ago. Then one day, one of these criminal cases hits too close to home again. Her neighbor's son, Eun Ho, seems to have mysteriously fallen off the roof of a hotel and left in a coma. Ruled as an apparent suicide attempt by the authorities, Young Jin senses foul play and decides to take it upon herself to get to the bottom of it. With the help of Eun Ho's homeroom teacher, Sun Woo, they both begin to uncover that Eun Ho's injuries were no accident.

Nobody Knows

Se Ha (Shin Ha Kyun) and Dong Goo (Lee Kwang Soo) may not be related by blood, but for the past twenty years, they have been friends with an unshakable bond. Closer than any two brothers, Se Han and Dong Goo have helped each other overcome every challenge life has brought their way. And those challenges have been numerous, to say the least.

With a brilliant mind and an impressive way with words, Se Ha uses his gifts to speak up for those who, like himself, are often overlooked or worse, mistreated, by those around them. Confined to a wheelchair, Se Ha may not be able to fight against society's injustices physically, but that hasn’t stopped him from finding ways to speak up and fight back against the prejudices of an ableist society. Standing tall by his side is Dong Goo who, at first glance, seems to be everything Se Ha is not. In excellent physical condition, Dong Goo is capable of taking on any physical task, but being mentally challenged, he relies heavily on Se Ha’s nurture and support.&nbsp;

Strong where the other is weak, Se Ha and Dong Goo have spent the past twenty years looking out for each other. But will things change when they meet a young woman who treats them as equals, without any sort of prejudice?

A heart-warming story of unwavering brotherly love, “Inseparable Bros” is a 2019 comedy drama film directed by Yook Sang Hyo.

Inseparable Bros

Inseparable Bros 🤸‍♀️

Lee Ahn (Jinyoung) is a boy with an incredible power to sense other people's secrets just by a simple touch. Yoon Jae In (Shin Ye Eun) is a girl who'll stop at nothing to hide a traumatic secret. What will happen when their worlds collide? A romantic thriller about how these two teenagers love, heal, and support each other through big and small events.

"He is Psychometric" is a 2019 drama directed by Kim Byeong Soo.

He Is Psychometric

🙏🏼 Just One Touch 🙏🏼

KBS02

School 2017 is the seventh installment of the popular teen drama series, School. Back in 1994, people were crying out for educational reform. After 13 years, however, nothing has changed. Here are Eun Ho and Tae Woon, the two students of Geumdo High who have a thing or two to say about that. Although the school prides itself on being an institute without discrimination, the enrolled students are hardly treated equally. The students are desperately in need of a hero, someone who can bring back hope and make them happy again. This drama aims to be a wake-up call for everyone as it is time for a change in our society. School 2017 will depict the lives of bright, cheerful 18-year-olds who struggle and strive for what they want. Tune in to witness the outcome of the series of choices they make.

School 2017

The Class of 2017 Team

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

Idiot, middle-aged employee, loser daddy, and workaholic Young Soo suddenly encounters death by overwork. Gi Tak, once a mob boss who washed his hands of gang life and now runs a pub, also ends up leaving this world due to an unjust accident. Both meet in the afterlife as they board a train bound for heaven but quickly decide to jump off together as they aren't ready to say goodbye. They wish to return to mortal life in order to leave their loved ones in good hands, so they make a deal with an angel to reincarnate. The kind Young Soo returns as a total hardbody and Gi Tak as a beautiful young woman, but both soon end up running into difficulties as the bodies they're reborn into have problems of their own!

Come Back Alive

The Possessed Team 

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal.

When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung (Kim Nam Gil) and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol (Son Ye Jin) go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

“The Pirates” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Lee Seok Hoon.

The Pirates

Jae Wan is the general manager at the hotel CIEL and the most renowned star hotelier. He is perfect, from his clean looks to his successful career, but even he can't get everything, which hurts him so much. After the president of the hotel CIEL dies, his only daughter, Mo Ne, becomes the successor. She is such a charismatic person with her glamorous looks and confident attitude that everyone finds it hard to approach her. But even though it doesn't show, she struggles not to be deprived of her father, hotel, and the man she loves. And the vice president, Lee Joong Gu, keeps an eye on them, hiding his secret desire to own the hotel. However, something unexpected happens as someone discovers his plan to take away the hotel CIEL.

Hotel King

At Your Service Team

The one who would become the hero of the war-torn people. Born penniless with only the clothes on his back, he must fight against the world crying justice, he must loftily defend the powerless people suffering under the violence of those who possess power, and he must grasp the sword not with the righteousness of his hand, but of his heart. Joseon's most chivalrous fighter, a man who lived his life with determination, Dong Soo! Orphan. Beggar. From being an outcast, he upended the entire nation with the sword of the people.Born with nothing but his two fists just like us, achieving the ultimate martial arts from complete nothingness, the life story of Joseon's master swordsman Dong Soo fills us with thrilling, vicarious satisfaction and hope.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo

⚔The New Joseon Warriors ⚔

KBS2

During the Joseon Dynasty when women were not expected to be smart or allowed to be educated, Kim Yoon Hee (Park Min Young) was both. 

After her father passes away and her brother becomes ill, Yoon Hee disguises herself as a boy and takes on her brother’s identity to get odd jobs and help support her struggling family. When she realizes that there is good money to be made, Yoon Hee begins to take the entrance exams in the place of other students who want to get into the prestigious Sungkyunkwan University. 

During one such test, Yoon Hee is discovered to be perpetrating the illegal activity by the morally upright Lee Sun Joon (Park Yoochun), who threatens to turn her in. 

But believing that Yoon Hee is a boy, Sun Joon encourages her to take the test herself (with her brother’s identity). Both pass the exam and get into the university and become roommates. As Yoon Hee is now enjoying the glories of getting a higher education, she befriends the playboy Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) and the rebellious Moon Jae Shin (Yoo Ah In) and starts to develop feelings for Sun Joon – all the while trying to keep her true gender a secret from her new friends and the other male students. 

Can she keep up the charade long enough to get the education she desires and keep her emotions at bay? 

“Sungkyunkwan Scandal” is a 2010 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Won Suk and Hwang In Hyuk. It is based on the bestselling novel The Lives of SungKyunKwan Confucian Scholars by Jung Eon Gweol. The series won numerous drama awards, and Park Min Young and Park Yoochun received numerous Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Couple awards.

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Kang Ma E, who has received the best education, is a notorious conductor of an orchestra. His musical genius is well known to the music world, but no one can take his straightforward manner of speech. But then he returns to Seoul and takes charge of an orchestra of a motley crew. Gun Woo is a talented trumpeter and conductor. He is a tough and loyal man, and he may not look like a musician who needs to be meticulous. However, he meets Ru Mi in the orchestra, which becomes a turning point in his life. Ru Mi is a violinist with delicate features, but she is a tomboy. Ru Mi and Gun Woo share a passion for music. They build up an orchestra of harmony, together with many other music players with their own stories.

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