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As a child, Park Hoon (Lee Jong Suk) and his surgeon father were spirited away to North Korea to perform a top-secret procedure. However, upon the surgery’s completion, the two were barred from returning home due to political machinations at Myungwoo University Hospital, where Park Hoon’s father worked. Under his father’s guidance, Park Hoon himself becomes a talented surgeon and secretly dreams of fleeing to the South with his lover Song Jae Hee (Jin Se Yeon). Park Hoon and Jae Hee manage to escape, but end up separated – until Park Hoon meets Dr. Han Seung Hee (also played by Jin Se Yeon), who looks just like Jae Hee, at his new workplace, but she denies knowing him. As Park Hoon follows in his father’s footsteps at Myungwoo University Hospital, he must navigate rigid hierarchies, personal mysteries, and a decade-long plan for revenge while also saving patients’ lives.

Doctor Stranger

The Doctors Without Borders

Despite his successful career as a surgeon, an accident on the job causes Hong Ji Hong (Kim Rae Won) to take a step back from practicing medicine and transition to teaching high school biology. In his new position, one particular student stands out: Yoo Hye Jung (Park Shin Hye), a prickly, rebellious girl raised by her grandmother. Under Ji Hong’s guidance, Hye Jung turns her life around both academically and personally as she learns to let her guard down around others. They part ways after Hye Jung graduates from high school, but reunite thirteen years later: Ji Hong has returned to neurosurgery, and Hye Jung works at the same hospital after becoming a surgeon herself, motivated by her grandmother’s tragic death due to medical negligence. Alongside her former teacher, Hye Jung navigates hospital politics, complex medical cases, and reawakened feelings for Ji Hong – but can she have it all?

Doctors

Nerves Gone Wild Team

Despite a well-regarded career at an elite hospital, surgeon Bu Yong Ju (Han Suk Kyu) decides to quit his job and relocate to a small town, where he takes up a job at Doldam Hospital and adopts the moniker “Teacher Kim.” There, he mentors two ambitious but flawed young doctors: Yoon Seo Jung (Seo Hyun Jin), who’s haunted by a tragic mistake, and Kang Dong Joo (Yoo Yeon Seok), whose life was changed by an encounter with Teacher Kim in his youth. Under Teacher Kim’s gruff, unconventional guidance, Seo Jung and Dong Joo’s medical aspirations will be put to the test as they overcome their personal demons and societal pressures to become true doctors – and potentially find love with each other along the way.

Dr. Romantic

Romantic Doctors ♡

At Doldam Hospital, the legendary Teacher Kim (Han Suk Kyu) continues his unconventional medical mission as he takes on two new, challenging proteges: Seo Woo Jin (Ahn Hyo Seop), a brilliant but cynical surgeon burdened by debt and a troubled past, and Cha Eun Jae (Lee Sung Kyung), an elite cardiothoracic fellow who suffers from debilitating surgical anxiety. Thrown into Doldam's understaffed, chaotic environment, Woo Jin and Eun Jae are forced to confront their weaknesses and prejudices head-on. Under Teacher Kim's gruff but insightful guidance, they navigate complex medical emergencies, intense hospital politics, and deeply personal struggles.

Dr. Romantic 2

The Second Opinion Team

Anesthesiologist Cha Yo Han (Ji Sung) possesses an uncanny ability to diagnose rare and inexplicable pain conditions in a short amount of time, resulting in the nickname “Doctor Ten Seconds.” While his unconventional methods often clash with his colleagues, he always has his patients’ comfort in mind. Unfortunately, this mindset landed him in prison after he medically euthanized a patient – who was also a murderer – whose pain he couldn’t treat. Yo Han keeps his past conviction a secret from his new coworkers, but that proves difficult when he reunites with empathetic resident Kang Si Young (Lee Se Young), who met Yo Han during his incarceration. As Yo Han and Si Young work together to help alleviate their patients’ pain, they face unprecedented medical and ethical dilemmas that challenge their views. This drama was based on the 2012 Japanese novel “On Hand of God” by Yo Kusakabe.

Doctor John

JTBC

When a 6.5-magnitude earthquake devastates Seoul, a dedicated medical team fights to save lives and restore order. Lee Hae Sung (Kim Young Kwang), a passionate trauma surgeon, clashes with hospital leadership while prioritizing patient care. Jung Ddol Mi (Jong So Min), a third-year resident from Pusan, joins the emergency efforts alongside psychiatrist Park Ji Na (Yoon Joo Hee) and nurse Kim Hyun Sook (Kim Jae Hwa). Emergency department chief Kang Joo Ran (Kim Hye Eun) struggles to manage the hospital's Disaster Medical Assistance Team while worrying about her missing 7-year-old son. Her fiancé, Goo Ja Hyuk (Cha In Pyo), a natural disaster expert, is promoted to a cabinet minister to help coordinate the city's response. As Hae Sung fights to keep his patients alive and his comatose mother on life support, the medical team faces overwhelming challenges in the earthquake's aftermath. This is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Jung Yong Woo.

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