Korean Historical Dramas on Viki & their status of availability in my region (Greece)

Historical Korean Dramas

Lee Do is the third son of King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty. He becomes Sejong the Great, a well-known king with brilliance, but he is deeply traumatized as he has seen massacres committed by his father since he was young. Being a workaholic and an insomniac, he strives day and night to understand ordinary people and become a righteous king. Chae Yoon comes from a family of slaves, but he has become an officer working in the Royal Guards. He thinks his father died because of Lee Do and plans to take revenge on him. So Yi is the court maid that Lee Do's son loves. Although aphasic, she is smart, insightful, and passionate about creating the Korean alphabet. Ki Joon earns Lee Do's trust and gets involved in his project to create the Korean alphabet, but he secretly plans to stab Lee Do in the back. With all these people entangled with each other, serial murders happen at the palace, and the project to create the Korean alphabet doesn't go smoothly.

Tree With Deep Roots

Deep Rooted Friends Team

Based upon a comic set during the Joseon period, this historical/action Korean drama centers around political intrigue in the court, resulting in the decimation of the Baek Family. The youngest son survives due to a renowned swordsman\u2019s help and becomes a fierce warrior.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo

⚔The New Joseon Warriors ⚔

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.

Il Ji Mae

Jang Ok Jung, born into the lowest of the low castes in Joseon, begins life in the palace as a palace maid in the seamstress's chamber, making clothes and bedding for the royal family. Jang Ok Jung, blessed with remarkable fashion sense and talent, works hard as a palace maid in the royal seamstress's chamber to cast off the restrictions of her low status. While leading a hard life in the palace, Jang Ok Jung falls for Sukjong, who, while exuding charisma, loves her unconditionally. Her love crosses the lines of her social status. To protect Ok Jung, the woman he loves, Sukjong grows his power, forging formidable royal authority. Will Jang Ok Jung and Sukjong's ill-fated and sorrowful love defeat the palace feuds?

Jang Ok Jung, Living in Love

Power, friendship or love?


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Wang Won (Im Siwan) is the Crown Prince during the Goryeo Dynasty who harbors an extreme lust for power. His childhood friend, Wang Rin (Hong Jong Hyun), is his trusted ally and bodyguard.


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When they meet Eun San (Yoona), the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the country, they become inseparable friends. But when both Won and Rin fall in love with Eun San, what will happen to their ambitions and friendship?


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“The King Loves” is a 2017 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Sang Hyup. It is based on a novel by the same title by Kim Yi Ryung.

The King Loves

Royal Minions

At the young age of 11, Lee San witnesses his father Crown Prince Sado\u2019s death, but he does not lose his cheerfulness with his strong heart and a gentle personality. He even inherits his grandfather\u2019s intelligence, King Yeongjo, and a warm view toward humans. Lee San, who is good at both studying and martial arts, becomes the next king after Yeongjo. Song Yeon is the woman King Jeongjo loves. Song Yeon is talented in painting thanks to her father from a flower garden. While running errands in the royal art department, she enters the palace and establishes a relationship with Lee San. Will Lee San be able to overcome various schemes, stand up against maligning forces, and ascend as a king? And will he be able to achieve love with Song Yeon despite their difference in status?

Lee San, Wind in the Palace

Lee Sun:Wind in the palace

Young Jang Geum is caught up in palace strife, loses her parents, and enters the palace as a court lady of the royal kitchen. Jang Geum, possessing the finest palate, becomes a court lady of the royal kitchen recognized for her abilities in the palace. With her food, she pleases the royal family who has abstained from food and drink or is ill and saves the royal family fallen into crisis. She leaves the palace caught up in incidents that slander her, but Jang Geum overcomes adversity and begins life in the palace again as a nurse. With her special qualities of a challenging spirit and tenacity, Jang Geum masters remarkable medical treatments and begins to earn the king's trust.

Jewel in the Palace

The Jewel Polishing Team

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

TV Chosun

When two princes fall in love with the same woman, they become embroiled in a dangerous battle for the throne and the heart. 

Prince Lee Whi (Yoon Shi Yoon) and Sung Ja Hyun (Jin Se Yeon), the beautiful and righteous daughter of a high government official, fall in love with each other. But Lee Whi’s older brother, Prince Lee Kang (Joo Sang Wook), also falls in love with Ja Hyun despite being married to her best friend, Yoon Na Gyeom (Ryu Hyoyoung). 

With the king in ill health and an invasion threatening the country, government officials pressure the king to choose a successor. The ambitious Lee Kang will do anything to become the Crown Prince, but the artistic Lee Whi has no interest in the power struggle. 

When Lee Whi is sent into battle to prove his worthiness to rule, can he avoid the deadly traps set by Lee Kang and return to the woman he loves? 

“Grand Prince” is a 2018 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Jung Min.

Grand Prince

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A genius girl who was born and raised in prison called Jeonokseo meets various people and becomes a competent woman who helps people in need and finds who she really is. Jeonokseo is a prison in the Joseon era. Ok Nyo learns many things about life here from all kinds of prisoners as she works as a prison officer. Ok Nyo meets with Queen Munjeong, Yun Wong Hyeong, and Jeong Nan Jeong and goes through so many hardships and faces frustration. However, with the help of good people such as the righteous outlaw Im Kkeok Jeong, Dae Jang Geum, and Jeon Woo Chi, she grows into a decent woman and archives her dreams.

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