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While Lee Ui Young’s (Han Ji Min) professional life thrives, her romantic life flounders – she dreams of finding love, but isn’t interested in wasting time. After mistakenly thinking that a coworker has a crush on her, she follows her friend’s suggestion to go on blind dates and meets two very different men: furniture designer Song Tae Seop (Park Sung Hoon), who initially rubs her the wrong way by asking if she's dating to marry on the first date, and actor Shin Ji Su (Lee Ki Taek), who actually stood in for someone else before deciding to pursue her himself. After years of romantic drought, Ui Young struggles to figure out who she sees as a future partner – the man who offers her stability and devotion, or the man who offers her passion and excitement. This drama was adapted from the web comic "Efficient Dating for Singles" by Tari.

The Practical Guide to Love

Love and Choice Team 💖 

Han Yi Joo (Jung Yoo Min) naively tries to see the best in everyone, though she's shunned and betrayed by a family who never loved her. After a terrible accident at the hands of her mother, Yi Joo unexpectedly finds herself transported back in time. Realizing she has a second chance to change her fate, Yi Joo teams up with wealthy tycoon Seo Do Guk (Sung Hoon) to exact revenge on those who've wronged her. Will this new alliance allow Yi Joo to create the life she’s always wanted? Adapted from the webtoon “The Essence of a Perfect Marriage” written by Young and Lee Beom Bae and illustrated by Je Ri Bol.

Perfect Marriage Revenge

💥 The Almighty ✨ Team

In 1980s South Korea, Ko Yeong Rye (Kim Da Mi) works as a bus conductor at Cheong A Transportation, helping passengers get where they need to go. Although she has motion sickness, she's committed to her job to support her family. She's soon joined by Seo Jong Hui (Shin Ye Eun), a young woman with an impressively loud voice who also decides to become a bus conductor. Yeong Rye and Jong Hui become fast friends, but their bond is soon tested by Han Jae Pil (Heo Nam Jun), an aspiring boxer from a troubled yet wealthy family who bursts into their lives when he helps the two girls stop a fare evader. Yeong Rye develops a crush on Jae Pil, but Jae Pil seems to have feelings for Jong Hui, straining the friendship between the two. Will Yeong Rye and Jong Hui find a way to keep their friendship together, despite conflicting romantic pursuits?

A Hundred Memories

Flirt Patrol on Bus Control

Jung Hae Seong (Seo Kang Jun) is an ace field agent for the National Intelligence Service. But after an operation goes wrong, he's demoted and assigned to a new mission: locate Emperor Gojong's missing gold bars... while undercover as a high school student. He is sent to Byeong Mun High School, where he joins the homeroom class of temporary Korean history teacher Oh Soo Ah (Jin Ki Joo). The deeper Hae Seong delves into his mission, the more unexpected challenges he encounters – including forming bonds that blur the line between professional needs and personal connections. Making things even stranger, Soo Ah begins to notice striking similarities between Hae Seong and her childhood first love, who left her with deep emotional scars. Will Hae Seong manage to complete his mission unscathed, or will this be his most difficult undertaking yet?

Undercover High School

The Undercover Love Team 💖

Lee Yeong Joon (Park Seo Joon) is the arrogant hotshot vice president of his family’s company, thanks to the tireless efforts of his incredibly talented secretary, Kim Mi So (Park Min Young). With her by his side for the last nine years, Yeong Joon has been able to appear like the shining star he believes he is. But when Mi So suddenly decides to quit, Yeong Joon quickly realizes just how important she is... and not just to his career. Jealous over his older brother, Lee Seong Yeon’s (Lee Tae Hwan) growing relationship with Mi So, Yeong Joon decides it’s time to get his secretary back, no matter what. Based on the novel of the same name by Jung Kyung Yoon, this 2018 South Korean romantic comedy series was directed by Park Joon Hwa.

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim

The Perfect Secretaries Team

Still smarting from a painful breakup, travel agency manager Lee Mi Ran (Jung Eun Ji) wants to turn over a new leaf. A total fitness newbie, she finds herself joining an unassuming 24-hour gym run by Do Hyeon Joong (Lee Jun Young), a former top bodybuilder. After winning one of bodybuilding’s top prizes, Hyeon Joong vanished from the professional fitness scene. But despite the many challenges of running a gym in the modern world, he remains uniquely committed to his craft. Mi Ran finds herself drawn to Hyeon Joong’s dedication to the health and well-being of his gym’s members. As she begins to follow his fitness advice, a deeper bond begins to form between them. Could Mi Ran’s fitness journey lead her and her new coach to a new, romance-filled chapter of life?

Pump Up the Healthy Love

Love Keep Us Fit Team

The Joseon palace is overrun with powerful female ghosts and evil spirits, all of whom harbor deep grudges against the royal family. Unfortunately, government officer Yoon Gab (Yook Sung Jae) becomes possessed by an Imugi, a mythical shapeshifting serpent-like creature. This brings Yeo Ri (Kim Ji Yeon), a young woman from a family of shamans, into the palace in an attempt to cure Yoon Gab, forcing her to confront her family's legacy – and her former love. Meanwhile, the dreams of reformist monarch King Lee Sung (Kim Ji Hun) are disrupted by the strange and terrifying events unfolding within the palace. Yeo Ri must put aside her reluctance to inherit her fate and team up with Yoon Gab and the King to restore order to the kingdom before vengeful spirits manage to take over!

The Haunted Palace

The Naughty Dragon Tails Team

As a high schooler, Ju Yi Jae (Lee Hye Ri) dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, pushing aside other obligations to create her own short films. Her classmate Woo Soo Bin (Hwang In Youp), on the other hand, was studious but passionless, resigned to follow his family's wishes. Soo Bin found inspiration in Yi Jae’s tenacity, and the two developed a friendship that later turned romantic. However, shortly after their college entrance exams, Soo Bin withdrew from Yi Jae’s life, telling her that his family was sending him overseas. In their thirties, they live drastically different lives: Yi Jae is a struggling TV reporter disillusioned with life, while Soo Bin is an award-winning film director. Upon their sudden reunion, Soo Bin resolves to help Yi Jae get her spark back, while Yi Jae still holds a grudge from years before. Can they use this second chance to reconcile?

Dream to You

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Despite Youn Ga Min's (Hwang Min Hyun) natural gift in martial arts, he dreams of academic success. However, the school he attends is notoriously attended by troubled students, making it difficult to succeed, and carries dark secrets – including a past teacher's murder. Determined to boost his grades, Ga Min forms a study group with Kim Se Hyun (Lee Jong Hyun) and other like-minded students, but the group soon finds itself targeted by bullies, led by Pi Han Ul (Cha Woo Min). Ga Min refuses to let his study group get beaten down, unleashing his fighting skills to defend them. Idealistic teacher Han Kyeong​ (Han Ji Eun), Ga Min's former tutor, also wants the school to do better, but she harbors some secrets of her own. Can Ga Min and Han Kyeong help this disastrous school?

Study Group

📝  The Diligent  📚  team

Ki Jun (Gong Myoung) thrives as the ace of the internal audit team, especially after his recent discovery of executive corruption. Unfortunately, his anticipated promotion ends up turning into a demotion when the enigmatic, fearsome new audit director In Ah (Shin Hae Sun) becomes his new manager. Now part of the "misconduct" team, Ki Jun spends his days investigating petty disputes instead of high-level scandals. When Ki Jun receives an anonymous tip that In Ah is allegedly involved in a workplace affair, he seizes the opportunity to get revenge on his boss and reclaim his old title. But as Ki Jun investigates, he starts to learn that there's more to In Ah than he initially thought – and as they forge a tenuous alliance, their feelings of animosity towards each other start to turn into something more passionate.

Filing for Love

Han Hae Na (Park Gyu Young) might seem like an average high school teacher, but she secretly suffers from an incredibly unusual curse: if she kisses a man, she’s doomed to turn into a dog! The only way to break the curse is to have the same man kiss her again while she’s in canine form. While she hopes her crush Lee Bo Gyeom (Lee Hyun Woo) might be the one to break the curse, it’s the dog-fearing Jin Seo Won (Cha Eun Woo) whom she ends up kissing in a drunken mistake. Now, she’s on a quest to win him over and steal a smooch before she ends up spending the rest of her life as a pooch! Kim Dae Woong directed this 2023 South Korean romantic drama series.

A Good Day to be a Dog

🐩 Woof, Woof, Kiss Me! 💋

Once a convict, Seo Ji Hwan (Um Tae Goo) is now a successful, albeit overly cautious CEO, who has yet to experience any of life’s more enjoyable pleasures: namely falling in love. But all that changes when fate brings beloved children’s content creator Go Eun Ha (Han Sun Hwa) into his life. The unlikely pair find love most unexpectedly but Eun Ha’s longtime fan, Prosecutor Jang Hyeon U (Kwon Yool) isn’t ready to let her go without a fight. Directed by Kim Young Hwan and Kim Woo Hyun, this 2024 South Korean romantic comedy series was adapted from the web novel “The Woman Who Plays” by Park Soo Jung.

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