Oh Dong Min

JTBC, KOCOWA

Kim Sa Ra is the epitome of a girl crush with no coyness or connections. After watching her mother suffer by her father's side, Sa Ra realized that marriage was a reality and married the affluent Noh Yul Sung instead of poor Dong Ki Jun. But soon, she found herself in ruins. Once a daughter-in-law of the Cha-Yul Law Firm, Sa Ra became a divorcee in jail and was left penniless without custody. Now, her goal is "Zero." Turn Yul Sung's assets or income into zero or lock him away with zero tolerance. That's the only way she can get her child back. In front of Sa Ra, who believes marriage is the graveyard of love, her ex-boyfriend, Ki Jun, appears after eight years. Ki Jun still believes that marriage is the completion of love and asks Sa Ra, who claims that justice is all about getting the bad guys to plead, who comes up with the standards. As they discover that Yul Sung played a role in ending Ki Jun's career as a prosecutor, Sa Ra and Ki Jun join forces for their great revenge.

Queen of Divorce

wavve, KOCOWA

Yeon Sieun (Park Ji Hoon) wants to focus on his studies to maintain his top 1% student rank, but class bullies make that challenging. He's not one to back down from a fight, but when a particularly dangerous confrontation arises, two other students, An Suho (Choi Hyun Wook) and Oh Beomseok (Hong Kyung), come to his aid. Despite their differences, the trio develops a strong bond. Will their newfound friendship be enough to withstand the relentless bullies that plague their school? Based on the webtoon “Weak Hero” by Seopass and Kim Jin Seok, this 2022 South Korean series was directed by Yoo Soo Min and Park Dan Hee.

Weak Hero Class 1

The Underdog Team

KBS02

Jung Ho, Yu Ri, Se Yeon, and Jin Ki have been friends for 17 years since Seoyeon High. Jung Ho is a landlord who used to be called the Monster Genius of the prosecution. Despite his clumsiness, he is a cool guy with a mysterious charm. Yu Ri is an eccentric lawyer who won the past Miss Korea contest with her outstanding looks. Her hot-tempered characteristic that cannot stand injustice leads her to quit her firm and start a law cafe of her own. When she goes to see her landlord for the contract, she finds out that he is her old friend Jung Ho. From that point, a crazy relationship that develops from friendship to love begins.

The Law Cafe

☕ My Cup of Lawve 💕 Team

Having received education in the same neighborhood throughout her entire school years, Goo Se Ra, who has lived all 29 years of her life in Mawon-gu, is nothing but an underqualified struggler with a poor financial background. On the one hand, this over-passionate, self-proclaimed Tax Guardian never lets a single wrongdoing slip through her until it is filed and settled as a civil complaint. However, because of her nosy nature and her tendency to lose temper over unrighteousness, she gets fired from an internship, from a contract position, and even from an outsourced job, to name a few from the list of her former employers. Although not intended, she finds herself gradually turning into a professional resignee and decides that it's time for a change. This time, her passion steers toward the District Assembly, so-called the employees' utopia. Now that she has entered the ring, her only option is running for office, getting elected, and staying elected.

Into The Ring

❤️Ring of love❤️ Team

\u201CWe are neither kids nor adults. When do we become adults then?\u201D Min Jae and Seo Yeon are no different from ordinary 17-year-old high school students. Min Jae is silent and sensitive yet a good student. Seo Yeon, who plays the piano, wished to enter an arts high school but failed. As they grow into adults, their surroundings and the reality they face get harsher. These two somehow similar, but different friends get closer as they overcome their growing pains together.

Everything and Nothing

Use It or Lose It Team

SBS, KOCOWA

In modern society, some people are neglected and suffering. They are often involved in unfortunate events, such as industrial accidents, and end up dying. Most of the disasters could be prevented in advance with little attention. However, some companies or public organizations tend not to prepare for potential accidents because of the high cost. That's how industrial accidents take place. Doctor Detective is a drama where medical doctors treat the patients suffering from industrial accidents and look into the truth behind the accidents. The drama story starts when Joong Eun, an enormously talented medical doctor, gets to join an undiagnosed disease center(UDC) in the middle of experiencing difficulties in her personal life. And she starts to look into her patients' diseases caused by industrial accidents and work on revealing the truth concealed by those with power.

Doctor Detective

Channel A

When her husband announces he’s taken a job in a small town, Son Ji Eun (Park Ha Sun) is less than thrilled. Unhappy in her life and marriage, Ji Eun finds a job at a local mart to combat the overwhelming boredom. Not long after, she meets Yun Jeong Wu (Lee Sang Yeob), a local biology teacher whose frequent stops at the mart quickly become the highlight of her day. Completely enamored with the handsome teacher, Ji Eun follows her heart directly into Jeong Wu’s arms. But how long can they keep their affair a secret? Kim Jung Min directed this 2019 South Korean romance series.

Love Affairs in the Afternoon

Forbidden Love Team🔥

MBC, KOCOWA

While crimes continuously evolve, their cooperation also gets enhanced. The real and flawless collaboration among a cranky forensic pathologist, a passionate rookie prosecutor, and an experienced prosecutor gets revealed! Eun Sol, the rookie prosecutor, has become a more mature prosecutor, while Baek Beom, the genius forensic pathologist, has not changed at all. They keep working with Ji Han, the veteran prosecutor, to investigate the mysterious Man Sang case. All they have are the traces the dead left behind, their bodies. Baek Beom encounters the first "silent corpse with no traces." As Man Sang's DNA was extracted from the carbonized corpse, he officially became a dead person. However, Baek Beom still doubts his death. With his suspicion remained unsolved, a year passed. Baek Beom strives to investigate and reveal the truth of the Man Sang case alone. And another case breaks out and leads him and his partners to a new path.

Partners for Justice 2

After unfortunate events in his life, Yi Je being one of Seoul's most exalted physicians, turns into a prison doctor who finds hereditary diseases that send the innocent and guilty away from death row and confinement. His goal of finding justice for bereaved families is all he's after, so he works around his excellence as a medical doctor to get around the law. With his prescriptions, he turns himself as the god above the law.

Doctor Prisoner

The Prisoner's Dilemma Team

Every person has a heart. Your life depends on that small organ, which is around the size of your fist. A heart surgeon fellow, Park Tae Soo, has to save his mother, who awaits her heart transplant. But Choi Seok Han is the chief of Chest Surgery Department, and he decides if Tae Soo will maintain his status or not. They work at Taesan Hospital\u2019s Chest Surgery Department, and every day is like a battle. Chest Surgery Departments are where the quality of university hospitals are decided. The skills of residents are proved there. Some people die in the operation room, and those who do not have confidence in their skills avoid doing surgery. People\u2019s lives depend on it. But among the doctors of Chest Surgery Department, those who have the skills required have no power while those who have power are not skilled enough. This makes them compete against each other in an ugly way even if the lives of patients depend on them.

Heart Surgeons

JTBC

Fate brought them together for a reason. Lee So Hye (Kim Hyun Joo) is a successful writer of popular television dramas. Her charmed life hits a major bump in the road when she discovers that she has a terminal illness and has only months to live. When she clashes with Ryoo Hae Sung (Joo Sang Wook), who is such a bad actor that he he makes a name for himself as a “foot actor,” her life will never be the same. 

“Fantastic” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Nam Gook.

Fantastic

Fantastic Minions

Times may have been a little simpler, less technological, but still just as challenging to get through a typical day of life in the late 1980s. Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok Sun (Hyeri) struggles for attention as the middle child in her poor family while also carrying the burden of her 989th ranking in school. Kim Jung Hwan (Ryu Jun Yeol) only has a one-track mind for soccer, even after his family becomes rich overnight. Sung Sun Woo (Ko Gyung Pyo) is the perfect student, student council president and a caring and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong (Lee Dong Hwi) is a geek who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his friends, but his poor academic score prevents him from being able to go to college. Choi Taek (Park Bo Gum) is a genius baduk player who dropped out of school to go professional. As the group of friends get into and out of mischief around the neighborhood, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives? “Reply 1988” is a 2015-2016 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho. The series is inspired by the drama “Three Families Under One Roof,” which originally aired from 1986 to 1994. It is the third series of the nostalgia-themed “Reply” dramas that include “Reply 1997” (2012) and “Reply 1994” (2013), but the characters and stories are not related to the previous series.

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