Choi Jin Hyuk is one of the most popular South Korean actors working today. Born as Kim Tae Ho on February 9, 1986, Choi Jin Hyuk broke into entertainment in 2006 after he won the grand prize in the reality talent show “Survival Star Audition.” He adopted his stage name in 2010 before his role in the drama “It’s Alright, Daddy’s Daughter.” He also starred in “I Need Romance” (2011) and “Panda and Hedgehog” (2012), but it was his memorable roles of a fierce spirit god in the drama “Gu Family Book” and a moody chaebol in “Heirs” in 2013 that elevated Choi Jin Hyuk to superstardom. Leading roles quickly followed starting in 2014 with the popular dramas “Emergency Couple,” “Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Unit,” “Fated to Love You” and “Pride and Prejudice.” In March 2015, Choi Jin Hyuk enlisted for his mandatory military service, and he made his comeback after discharge in the 2017 drama “Tunnel.”

Choi Jin Hyuk

MBC, KOCOWA

Ho Woo is the first high school graduate to immediately become an accountant at the nation\u2019s top accounting firm. He has outstanding memory, observation, adaptation, and justice that distinguish him from other accountants. Yeon A is his senior colleague who mentors him in his work and helps him reveal the secrets behind the numbers. Je Kyun is the vice president of the firm who has a reputation for being generous, but he will not hesitate to get what he wants. Can Ho Woo uphold justice in this corrupt firm?

Numbers

Dirty Numbers Team

TVING

A male chef (Choi Jin Hyuk) has risen up the ranks to find a job cooking for the country’s top politicians in the South Korean presidential residences, the Blue House.

He is something of a dreamer – but one day finds himself in the body of a young queen from Korea’s past, Kim So Yong (Shin Hye Sun).

Kim So Yong’s husband is the reigning monarch, King Cheol Jong (Kim Jung Hyun). However, he is only king in name – the late King Sunjo’s Queen, Sun Won (Bae Jong Ok), has taken advantage of Cheol Jong’s better nature, and is ruling the realm in his name.

Queen Sun Won’s brother Kim Jwa Guen (Kim Tae Woo) also has designs on power.

However, Kim So Yong soon discovers that King Cheol Jong harbors secrets, and is not as gentle and meek as he seems…

“Mr. Queen” is a 2020 South Korean period drama series that was directed by Yoon Sung Sik.

This is a spin-off program of the drama Mr. Queen, which tells the story behind the scenes.

Mr. Queen: The Secret

The "No Touch" Team 👑

A male chef (Choi Jin Hyuk) has risen up the ranks to find a job cooking for the country’s top politicians in the South Korean presidential residences, the Blue House.

He is something of a dreamer – but one day finds himself in the body of a young queen from Korea’s past, Kim So Yong (Shin Hye Sun).

Kim So Yong’s husband is the reigning monarch, King Cheol Jong (Kim Jung Hyun). However, he is only king in name – the late King Sunjo’s Queen, Sun Won (Bae Jong Ok), has taken advantage of Cheol Jong’s better nature, and is ruling the realm in his name.

Queen Sun Won’s brother Kim Jwa Guen (Kim Tae Woo) also has designs on power.

However, Kim So Yong soon discovers that King Cheol Jong harbors secrets, and is not as gentle and meek as he seems…

“Mr. Queen” is a 2020 South Korean period drama series that was directed by Yoon Sung Sik.

Mr. Queen

The Royal Team 👑

KBS02

Moo Young comes back to life as a zombie thanks to illegally dumped medical waste. With his memory gone, he eventually accepts reality and does whatever he can to walk and look like a human. Seon Ji, who once was a writer for a TV show that deals with issues regarding current affairs, is employed as a part-time assistant at Moo Young's agency. As she helps the zombie detective look for the traces of his lost memories, she comes to realize how Moo Young is related to one of her previous cases.

Zombie Detective

🧟 Zombie Detective Team 🧟‍♀

KBS, KOCOWA

Tae Kyung is a lawyer who willingly defends corrupted high-ranking officials to earn his wealth and power. He started to chase money and power after he lost his family because of money and power. He wants to avenge his brother\u2019s death, so he joins hands with Woo Yong. However, he finds out the truth of his brother\u2019s death when he gets caught up in the disappearance case of the children. Woo Yong is the chairman of a construction company. For his family, he is willing to commit an evil deed. To achieve what he desires, he obeys people who are in authority. He doesn\u2019t hesitate to trample the weak, and he moves toward his goal without a hitch. However, he eventually collapses because of his desire. During their journey to achieve their own goals, they forgot about one important thing. That finding out the meaning of life is the most important, not accomplishing their ambitions. Will they be able to realize this in the end?

Justice

Lee Tae Kyung

Situated in the present in a fantasy depiction of Korea under the rule of a constitutional monarchy at the height of its turmoil, an exuberant and aspiring musical actress marries the emperor. Soon she discovers within the Royal Family of its corruption and secrets and becomes entangled in its struggle to lead. Meanwhile, she falls in love with a man who is a bodyguard for the Royal Family, working only to get revenge against them. Armed with only her pure love for the justice of humanity and a bulldozer like passion, she escapes from their false conviction of murder, resolves public welfare, recaptures the people's respect, and finds her true love. Together they fight the absolute power of the palace until it crumbles.

The Last Empress

The Empress' Minions

MBN, Dramax

A highly respected and brilliant doctor, Gong Ma Sung (Choi Jin Hyuk), gets into a car accident, and as a result suffers from a memory loss disorder that causes his memories to disappear every night after twelve o'clock. He wakes up every day with no recollection of the past, so every morning he reads back and memorizes his notes of all the events that happened the day before. Then one day, he meets Joo Gi Bbeum (Song Ha Yoon), a once-popular star, and they fall in love with each other. How will he keep their relationship if he forgets everything the next day?

Devilish Joy

The Remember Me Team

Park Kwang Ho (Choi Jin Hyuk) is a police detective in the violent crimes unit who is tracking a dangerous serial killer in 1986. He is determined to catch the villain before the killer strikes again. But when he chases the killer through a tunnel, Kwang Ho discovers that he has traveled in time to the present time of 2017, and the killer is still at large.

With so many changes to society and technology in 30 years, Kwang Ho is completely out of his element with his old-fashioned ways. But with the help of young police detective Kim Sun Jae (Yoon Hyun Min) and Shin Jae Yi (Lee Yoo Young), a criminal psychology professor, can Kwang Ho finally bring the serial killer to justice?

“Tunnel” is a 2017 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Yong Hwi.

Tunnel

Time Detectives

Park Gwang Ho

Running Man is a reality-variety show that stars Yu Jae Seok, Kim Jong Kook, Haha, Jee Seok Jin, Song Ji Hyo, Lee Kwang Soo, Jeon So Min, and Yang Se Chan. In each episode, they must complete missions at various places to win the race. Each mission is action-packed and hilarious as each member tries to beat the others using their wits and skills. Each week, is filled with fun that includes trust and betrayal, knowledge and skills, physical strengths, and outrageous penalties. Sometimes, they work as a team and cooperate for one common goal. Other times, they betray each other throughout the race in order to win all the honor and glory for themselves. You will be brought to tears each week from laughing at their silly antics.

Running Man

Don't Walk , Run Team 

Mi Young is a Post-it Girl secretary who takes orders from everyone in no short of kindness. On Mi Young's big break from her law firm, she bumps into Gun, who hopes to propose to his long-term girlfriend, Se Ra. However, he bumps into Mi Young a tad bit too hard, and they end up with a complete turnaround of plans after Mi Young mothers Gun's child. They go through rough patches in their relationship, and their lives change even after they get married.

Fated to Love You

The Fated Team

Some couples marry for love but can’t overcome the objections of their families. Chang Min (Choi Jin Hyuk), a medical student, falls in love with and marries Jin Hee (Song Ji Hyo), a dietitian, despite the objections of Chang Min’s family, which is full of successful doctors. Chang Min’s family cuts him off and he is forced to drop of medical school and go to work as a pharmaceutical sales rep, but the strains and pressures from his family finally wear on the couple, and Chang Min and Jin Hee divorce. After they separate, Chang Min returns to his medical education and Jin Hee also puts herself through medical school. Years later, they meet up again unexpectedly when they both start their internships in the emergency department of a hospital. Can the couple survive their three-month rotation in close proximity to one another? “Emergency Couple,” also known as “Emergency Man and Woman,” is a 2014 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Cheol Kyu.

Emergency Couple

Romance in the ER Team

The world at your feet and the weight of the world on your shoulders - children of the super-elite class bear the burden of success as they are being groomed as heirs to their family business empires despite only being in high school.
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Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) is the heir to the Empire Group, a family conglomerate business, but he lives under the constant shadow of his older half-brother, Kim Won (Choi Jin Hyuk), who is already an accomplished young executive in the family business. Despite being betrothed to the wealthy and haughty Rachel Ryu (Kim Ji Won), a hotel heiress, Tan falls in love with Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), the daughter of his family’s housekeeper.
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Eun Sang and her best friend, Yoon Chan Young (Kang Min Hyuk), the son of Empire Group’s secretary, did not grow up like their families’ employer did, but they get embroiled in their lives nonetheless. Eun Sang gets caught in a love triangle with Tan and Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin), the condescending heir to a luxury resort conglomerate, while Chan Young falls in love with Tan’s ex-girlfriend, Lee Bo Na (Krystal Jung), the socialite daughter of a major entertainment executive. Can a romance survive between the haves and the have-nots?
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“Heirs: He Who Wears the Crown Must Bear Its Weight,” also known as “Heirs,” is a 2013 South Korean drama series starring the hottest actors working today. It is directed by Kang Shin Hyo.

Heirs

The Heirs Team

Within the Moonlight Garden resides a majestic creature that led to the birth of Kang Chi. He's a Gumiho who doesn't know about his abandoned past. He meets a quirky woman who dresses up as a man. They fall in love and fight the battle of love, curses, and the fact that they're of different origins. The journey to their peace takes forever, but the love that forms between them makes each step worth fighting for.

Kangchi, the Beginning

The Gumiho Lovers Team

Channel A

Pan Da Yang is a sweet and lovable as her name suggests, and she owns a small bakery called Panda Café. She hires a new pastry chef, Ko Seung Ji, whose name sounds like “hedgehog” and has a prickly personality to match. As the clashing duo churn out sweet desserts, they try to compete against a national franchise cake company that happens to be owned by Panda’s first love. Whose desserts will reign supreme?

“Panda and Hedgehog,” also known as “Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog,” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Han Joon Young. It is the much-anticipated new series starring Donghae from the popular K-pop boy group Super Junior.

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