Must See Korean Shows
For all you k-love starters; here's a list of shows I adore and probably watched more than once. Meaning I actually finished watching these untill the end. They're not in any order. So sit back and enjoy~!
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- StarsGong YooYoon Eun-hyeLee Sun-kyunA tomboy, mistaken for a lad, maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation becomes complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy."
- StarsLee Min-hoKim Hee-seonYoon Kyun-SangWhen the queen-to-be of medieval Korea is badly wounded, Captain Choi Young uses a wormhole to "heaven," which is actually 21st-century South Korea, to bring back the spoiled Dr. Yoo Eun-Soo who becomes a pawn in a game of human chess.
- StarsPark Shin-hyeKim Ji-hoonKim Yoon-hyeThe shy shut-in Dok-mi must come out of her shell when she gets caught spying on her handsome neighbor by his famous houseguest.
- StarsLee Seung-giHa Ji-WonYun Je-munThe crown-prince of South Korea is forced to work alongside a female North Korean military officer. Political and emotional complications lead to an uneasy marriage engagement.
- StarsSong Hye-kyoRainHan Eun-jeongIn a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.
- StarsHwang Jeong-eumNo Min-wooPark Gi-woongThe long-awaited sequel to Full House it's no-holds-barred in this second series about modern and unconventional romance. Feisty hapkido teacher Jang Man Ok fights her way to become the stylist of TAKE ONE, a popular idol group. Pretty boys Lee Tae Ik and Won Kang Hwi comprise the group, and although they have vastly different personalities, they both take a liking to Man Ok. What follows is a steamy, polyamorous love triangle. Man Ok is living the fantasy: dating an entire idol group at once!
- StarsKu Hye-SunLee Min-hoKim Hyun-joongPoor girl attends the elite Shin Hwa High and is bullied by the leader of F4 (the four richest boys). He becomes attracted to her; however, she has a crush on his best friend. Whom will she choose?
- StarsGong YooLee Min-JungBaek Sung-hyunA romantic comedy drama about angst-ridden 18-year-old Kang Kyung-joon, who finds himself trapped in the body of 30-year-old pediatrician Seo Yoon-jae.
- StarsHa Ji-WonHyun BinYoon Sang-HyunA rich young CEO falls for a poor stuntwoman despite class differences, cultural traditions and the man's firmly objecting mother.
- StarsHan Ga-inKim Soo-hyunJung Il-wooSet against the backdrop of a Korean traditional palace, this fantasy drama tells the poignant love story between a king and a female shaman.
- StarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-hoKim Nam-gilA straight-laced architect falls in love with a furniture designer while pretending to be gay.
- StarsJ.Y. ParkBae SuzyKim Soo-hyunThe story of six students at Kirin Art High School who work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. Along the way, they discover the true meaning of friendship, love and life.
- StarsJung Il-wooLee Chung-AhLee Ki-wooYang Eun Bi accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo, the arrogant son of a food company in Korea. When she student teaches they meet again and sparks fly. Both of them end up working at a ramen shop staffed by flower boys (pretty boys).
- StarsYoon Eun-hyeJu Ji-hoonSong Ji-hyoLove, tradition, and politics collide when a spirited young art student is betrothed to the crown prince of South Korea.
- StarsJi SungKim Young-okAhn Nae-sangAfter a long stretch of unemployment No Eun Seol lands a job as secretary to Cha Ji Heon the youngest son of a rich family. However her secretary duties go beyond the ordinary, helping her boss cope and function in normal society.
- StarsYoon Shi-YoonLee Ji-ahGa-Yoon HeoFrom the writer of My Lovely Sam Soon comes a drama about a young president of a fashion company, and the three women who impact his life in different ways.
- StarsMoon Geun-youngJang Keun-sukKim Jae-WookWi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic girl who finds herself reluctantly being set up in an arranged marriage by her father. In order to avoid it, she enlists help from an indie rocker Kang Moo Kyul who pretends to be her husband.
- StarsChoi Jeong-wonKim Ji-hoonPark Ji-binThe drama draws a love story between two co-workers at an insurance company, with Kim Ji Hoon playing the company's whip-smart lawyer. Because he carries the hurt of having been abandoned by his birth mother, he doesn't easily open his heart to others. Jin Pal Kang (Choi Jung Won) is a 25-year-old employee of the company who becomes responsible for her five younger adopted siblings after her parents meet with sudden deaths.
- StarsMoon Geun-youngSeo-woo EunCheon Jeong-myeongA modern day adaptation of Cinderella with a twist as our Cinderella, Goo Hyo Sun, is loved by everyone whereas her stepsister, Eun Jo, has a dark past and struggles with the fact that her mother starts to care more for Hyo Sun than her.
- StarsJung Kyung-hoKim Hae-sookLee Soon-jaeTwo children are promised to each other by their families, yet lose touch shortly after that and only meet again 18 years later. Despite clashing personalities, they give marriage a shot hoping to make it work and that love will follow.
- StarsWan LeePark Shin-hyeReina AsamiBright and optimistic Korean Japanese teenager Hana (Park Shin-hye) lives at a small hot springs inn owned by her mother. When her mother decides to marry a Korean man, she tries her best to reach out to her odd, introverted stepbrother-to-be Yoon Seo (Lee Wan), who likes to walk barefoot in the snow. He rebuffs her initial efforts, but her cheer eventually wins him over. With their parents on honeymoon, together Hana and Yoon Seo stand up to Hana's spiteful aunt Yoko (Kim Chung) and cousin Maya (Asami Reina), and the two develop an increasingly close relationship over time. Yoon Seo is forward in his love for Hana, but despite feeling the same way, she is unwilling to break the taboo of a romance between step-siblings. After graduating from high school, she leaves for Tokyo with her admirer Fujiwara Ryu (Asahi Uchida), and loses contact with Yoon Seo. 2 years later, Hana, Yoon Seo, and Maya meet again. Time has led them down very different roads, but the love and the rivalry remain the same.
- StarsHahm Eun-jungKang Ji-hwanPark Si-yeonA acclaimed writer and a successful businesswoman get caught up in complex relationships with old friends.
- StarsYeo Woon-gyeKang Nam-kilGeum Bo-raNa Rim , who came from a wealthy household, lost her family in a car accident when she was nine. After the accident, she suffered from amnesia so her uncle hired Oh Dal Gun, an ex-ganster,to recreate a similar household with parents, sister, brother, grandparents and uncle in hopes that she would regain her memory. In a hurry, Oh Dal Gun ended up hiring all sorts of odd ball characters to act as members of Na Rim's family. None got along at the start and hilarious situation arose when all members tried to cope in front of the little girl and also to protect her from the one who caused her family's accident. Eventually they started to behave like a real family and cared for each other, proving that blood relation is not as important as a caring heart.
- StarsKim Hye-suRyu Si-WonLee Ji-ahLee Seo Jung has recently joined a fashion magazine company called Style. Her boss, Editor Park, is loathed by her employees because of her bad temper. As Seo Jung is trying to climb the ranks of this company, she realizes that the fashion world is not a pretty place. Romance, backstabbing, competition, and lies all come along with the territory. However, she meets Seo Woo Jin who helps her during this tough time.