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We all once have read about Hwarang and heard about a few famous historical Hwarangs. However, not one of us exactly knows what or who they were, as all myths do. How could beautiful-looking young men have been able to be the leaders of Silla, the millenary kingdom that united the ancient Korean Three Kingdoms? What kind of a rite of passage did they go through in order to become the spirit of Silla? Now, we give full scope to our imagination to answer these questions, which were never written in history. This is a story of the friendship and love of Hwarang and a story of the youth struggling to make the world a better place. Above all, this is a whole new myth.

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

SBS, KOCOWA

Excellent Souls' was a successful band seven years ago, but now everyone has gone their separate ways, and Min Ki is the only active member left, which nobody cares for anymore. Having been schemed for money and being hounded by loan sharks, Min Ki is living the loser life. But after hearing the death of his grandmother, he goes back to his old village hometown. Upon arriving, Min Ki is surprised as he learns of the 8 acres of farmland he has inherited from his grandmother. Immediately, he thinks about selling the land but finds out it's only worth 20 cents in value and is disappointed. However, Min Ki becomes determined to make a large amount of money by selling cabbage with the help of his friends to pay off his debts and to make an album.

Modern Farmer

The Green Acres Team

The real story of the people working at the broadcasting station! Overworking is natural, working overnight is common, and every day is super hectic. Jun Mo is a producer of a popular variety show. Ye Jin, an old friend of Jun Mo from childhood, is also a producer of a music show, and she kind of has feelings for Jun Mo and always tries to take care of him. Seung Chan, a rookie producer in the Entertainment Department, used to be praised as a prodigy when he was young. As Seung Chan hasn't watched variety shows much, he studies them just like he studied at school, and while learning and getting scolded by Ye Jin, he falls for her. Cindy is a poker-faced young singer with ten years of experience who has a crush on Seung Chan.

THE Producers

The Producers

Pretty boy Dokko Ma Te is ambitious and wants to make a lot of money using his looks. His mother dies without giving him the password to meet his father, whom he never met. Instead of giving it to Ma Te, his mother gives it to Hong Yu Ra, an ex-heiress who was once the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family. Yu Ra promises to give him the password if he conquers several women and learns valuable lessons from each of them. Kim Bo Tong, an ordinary girl from a poor background decides to aid Ma Te. She has had a huge crush on him since high school and is willing to do anything to help him succeed. Despite himself, Ma Te falls for Bo Tong. However, Choi David, who is also the Chairman's secret son, falls for her as well, leading into a conflict of romance and deception.

Bel Ami

The Beautiful Team

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 

If you were to look back on your life, what would you remember most about your high school days and what you and your friends thought was important back then? Sung Shi Won (Jung Eun Ji) and her five friends – Yoon Yoon Jae (Seo In Guk), Mo Yoo Jung (Shin So Yul), Kang Joon Hee (Hoya), Do Hak Chan (Eun Ji Won) and Bang Sung Jae (Lee Shi Un) – were friends in high school in 1997, when the K-pop and celebrity idols were gaining national popularity, and they were swept up in the adoration of their favorite K-pop and other idol stars. To the 18-year-old Shi Won, her entire world revolved around Tony An of H.O.T., and her only aspiration in life was to grow up to become his wife. Her best friend Yoo Jung was her partner in crime, also falling in love with a different idol everyday. Fifteen years later at the age of 33, the six high school friends meet for a mini-reunion, during which two of the friends announce their plans to marry. As they reminisce about the height of their teenage angst, the viewer needs to try to figure out which two friends fell in love during the 15 years since high school, much like the popular American sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.” Which two friends’ passionate idolization K-pop stars turned into a genuine love for each other?

“Answer Me 1997,” also known as “Reply 1997,” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho.

Reply 1997

 The Super Busan Team

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.

Reply 1988

The Lucky Eights Team

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

JTBC

Can your personality and perspective on life change after getting a new heart? Kang Min Ho (Jung Kyung Ho) has been through a difficult time when his father suddenly died and his father’s company was taken over by his uncle and he was kicked out. But after he undergoes a heart transplant, Min Ho begins to learn what the meaning of true happiness and love is, especially after he begins to develop feelings for his secretary, Kim Soon Jung (Kim So Yeon). But when Joon Hee (Yoon Hyun Min) also falls for Soon Jung, will Min Ho have to fight for what he really wants? “Falling for Innocence” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Ji Young Soo.

Falling for Innocence

The Innocents

Pyo Na Ri started her career as a home shopping host to make money for her younger brother's tuition. She learned the way around words as a top home shopping host and made her way into the broadcasting station as a contract weather forecaster. Then she becomes a contract announcer, and she aspires to become the main newscaster of the 9 p.m. news. Lee Hwa Sin, an experienced reporter, returns from Bangkok after three years. He's someone Na Ri developed a crush on as soon as she joined the station, and you could say he's the epitome of a macho. He crushed her pride while he enjoyed her attention, but now he needs her help to become the main newscaster of the prime-time news. And before he knows it, he falls in love with her. However, Na Ri is in love with someone else, and that someone else turns out to be Hwa Sin's best friend and Prince Charming, Go Jeong Won. Hwa Sin drops his pride and becomes a jealousy incarnate. He's desperate for Na Ri's love, but he doesn't understand why he is.

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