Korean Dramas

Hello there readers, it's been such a long time since I posted something here on my blog. Now that I have the time to post something (since it's summer and I'm done with my summer internship), I would like to share to you my Korean Drama list.

It was last year (semester break) when I started watching Korean Dramas. My friend persuaded me to watch Korean Dramas because of how nice it is (truly yes). 

1. Emergency Couple

Plot

Jin-Hee (Song Ji-Hyo) led a satisfying life as a dietitian. She then met medical school student Chang-Min (Choi Jin-Hyuk). Despite his wealthy family's strong opposition, Jin-Hee and Chang-Min decided to get married. Chang-Min's family is full of doctors. Chang-Min though gave up his medical internship and began working as a pharmaceutical salesman. Their marriage life was not happy. Chang-Min's family looked down on Jin-Hee and even Chang-Min seemed to change. Chang-Min began to think terribly of Jin-Hee and they finally divorced.

After their divorce, Jin-Hee became a medical student and now works as an intern. Chang-Min also graduated from medical school and begins to work as an intern. One day, they meet in the emergency room for a hospital where they will both work together.

No. of episodes: 21

I really fell in love with this drama. The characters were portrayed very well. This drama is the reason why I continued to watch K-dramas up to now (this is the first korean drama I watched by the way). You will not just be fond of the story but at the same time you will also learn medical terms and procedures and you will totally love this even more if you are into medical field (like me haha)

2. The Heirs

Plot

The series follows a group of rich, privileged, and elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control, except their love lives. Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) is a handsome and wealthy heir to a large Korean conglomerate who is sent to study abroad in the U.S. But in reality, it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home, Kim Won (Choi Jin-hyuk) schemes to take over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun-sang (Park Shin-hye), who has arrived from Korea in search of her older sister who claims that she is in need of money for her wedding. When Kim Tan's fiancée, Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji-won), arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Both Eun-sang and Kim Tan return to Korea, only to meet again. Slowly, he finds himself falling for her, later realizing that she's the daughter of his family's mute housekeeper. Meanwhile, Rachel's future stepbrother and Kim Tan's former best friend, Choi Young-do (Kim Woo-bin) (who also go to the same school as Kim Tan and Eun-sang) starts falling for Eun-sang as well. Troubles arise as the heirs realize the differences between money and the real world and they soon learn what love is

No. of episodes: 20

I decided to watch this drama after I watched one of its episodes on TV. Their love story is truly incredible. Love knows no boundaries, they say. No matter if you are poor or rich once you are compatible, you are really meant for each other.

3. Surplus Princess

Plot

Ha-Ni (Jo Bo-Ah) is a mermaid. For a man she is in love with, she becomes a human being and begins to live at the Ingyeo House. The house is for people who are preparing to land their first jobs. To permanently become a human being, Ha-Ni must make the man love her within 100 days.

No. of Episodes: 10

This drama deserves to have Season 2. The ending was a bit hanging (calling the director and producers of this drama, please shoot for season 2 now! hahaha). This drama is really funnyyyy (this made me really laugh all the time).

4. It's okay, It's love

Plot

Jang Jae-Yeol is a mystery writer and radio DJ. He suffers from an obsession. Ji Hae-Soo is going through her first year fellowship in psychiatry at a University Hospital. She chose psychiatry because she doesn't want to perform surgeries. After she meets Jang Jae-Yeol, her life goes through big changes.

No. of episodes: 16

This is also a good drama. Ji Hae-Soo and Jang Jae-Yeol acted so well and by the way this drama teaches patience and understanding when it comes to love.

5. Angel Eyes

Plot

Park Dong-Joo is a surgeon. His first love was a blind girl. Yoon Soo-Wan is an emergency 119 worker. She was blind when she was younger, but an eye transplant surgery allowed her to see.

Park Dong-Joo and Yoon Soo-Wan were each other's first love. They separated due to sad family histories. They meet again 12 years later.

No. of episodes: 20

The story is good but I kinda feel bored towards the end. 

6. Pinocchio

Plot

A drama depicts love, frustration, growth and the competitive process of young people in their 20s becoming reporters as they cry and get hurt by truth but realize that as reporters, they must tell the truth. It will center the story of a man who hides a special talent living under a fake name and a woman who cannot lie due to ‘Pinocchio Syndrome’.

The story starts with a fire incident and all the firemen who entered the building in the blaze were killed by the fire. The fire incident news report was focused on the story of Kim Ha Myung's father, chief of the fire brigade sent his men in the blaze and caused them all to die and then he fled the scene as an error of his misjudgement as reported by the news reporter, Song Cha Ok. This caused a chaotic situation for Ha Myung's family and end up causing his mother to commit suicide with him and his brother ends up in jail over night due to Song Cha Ok's untruth story. However, the led to Ha Myung growing up with hatred for reporters especially Cha Ok. Fatefully, as he is growing up he meets with Cha Ok's ex-husband and daughter, Choi In Ha and takes on a new identity as Choi Dal Po. In Ha is someone with Pinocchio Syndrome hence she cannot lie.

The story is about how important news reporting the truth. It revolves about how life's at stakes if lies are reported as news.

No. of episodes: 20

This is a must-watch drama. This really gave me a mixed type of emotion. While watching this drama I can also feel the tension between scenes. 

7. Good Doctor

Plot

A medical drama about a man with autistic disorder, who has mentality of 10-year-old, overcomes bias and discrimination by the society and becomes a pediatrician by utilizing his exceptional abilities that the illness brings.

Park Shi Ohn is autistic disorder and a savant syndrome. Although he has the mentality of a 10 year old, he has amazing ability of 3D visualisation of the human anatomy and memory of everything he reads. His ability gives him the exceptional skills as a paediatrician specialist however due to discrimination by society, he has to overcome all these to succeed. He was also abused by his father and abandoned by his mother. Worse is he also feels at fault that his brother died. 

No. of episodes: 20

This drama truly touched my heart. The first episodes will really make you cry (most especially if you are a soft hearted person). I even made a poem out of this drama entitled Haunted Childhood ( check my post). 

8. Doctor Strangers

Plot

The series will revolve around Park Hoon, a South Korean who was captured with his father and grows up in North Korea. He is trained to become a genius doctor, and though Park Hoon lands a job at the best South Korean hospital after defecting, he is treated as a foreigner. To find his lost North Korean first love, Song Jae Hee, he does anything to make money.

No. of episodes: 20

The characters were portrayed so well. This gave me an idea of how really it is in North Korea (In this drama, people there were so cruel). This teaches a never-ending love, that no matter how many years you are apart if you are meant for each other, love will find its way.

9. Hi! School Love On

Plot

An angel, who is in charge of sending the dead to the other realm, suddenly finds herself a part of the human world and struggles to get back to her own. She meets Shin Woohyun (Nam Woo Hyun) and Hwang Sungyeol (Lee Sung Yeol), both are high school students and befriends them. Thinking that she had amnesia, Woohyun takes her in and the angel starts to go by her fake name, Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron). Though he had initially found her annoying and would constantly push her away, a series of events causes Woohyun to fall for her with Sungyeol as his rival for her love. However, by the time anything had developed between them, Woohyun then finds out about her identity and is forced to keep it a secret for a year, otherwise, she would disappear from the human world. As hard as it already was to help her hide her identity, Woohyun faces the wrath of another angel who was determined to bring Seul Bi back to the spirit world, while at the same time, he struggles to improve his relationship with Sungyeol, who wanted nothing more than Seul Bi and a proper family.

No. of episodes: 20

Seul Bi is so cute. I recommend this to young teenagers.

10. Marriage Not Dating

Plot

A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who earnestly wants to get married. Gong Ki Tae is a successful plastic surgeon who keeps getting pressured by his family to get married but all he wants is to live alone in peace. He then comes up with a plan to introduce Joo Jang Mi to his family, believing that they will never be able to accept her as their daughter-in-law.

No. of episodes: 16

This drama really made me laugh (it's all because of Jang Mi hahaha). This is really worth watching. You will surely love this.

11. My Lovely Girl

Plot

Hyun Wook (Bi) is the CEO of a talent agency that scouts and trains idols. He is a brilliant composer-producer who appears cold and indifferent on the outside but is sensitive and kind-hearted. Hyun Wook lives in great difficulty as he unable to let go of his ex girlfriend who dies in an accident he witnesses first hand. Said ex-girlfriend's sister, Se Na (Krystal Jung), moves to Seoul in order to pursue her music-composing career and meets Hyun Wook who helps her achieve it. In the midst of healing through music, they fall in love.

 No. of episodes: 16

If you are musically inclined person, you will surely like this drama. I kinda sometimes don't feel like watching this drama because of Hyun Wook and Se Na's on and off relationship. I am bit confused with them. 

12. Healer

Plot

A mysterious messenger, an online newspaper reporter who only concerns her own interests, a popular reporter who agonizes over the truth and reality.

When these three people meet, a passionate romance starts and the truths from the past and present reveal themselves to the world. This drama features young people and how they grow into real reporters.

No. of episodes: 20

Superb!!!!!!!!!! I really really really recommend this drama for you. This is by far my favorite Korean Drama. :) 

13. Birth of a Beauty

Plot

A romantic comedy about the revenge, love, and success of beautiful woman with the personality of an ajumma. It will tell the story of a woman who is transformed after plastic surgery and diets, and the man, who made her that way.

Han Tae Hee is the heir of a large company. He is suffering from a broken heart syndrome due to a psychological shock. To get the woman he loves back, he completely changes an unattractive and overweight ajumma Sa Geum Ran to beautiful Sa Ra. In the process, Han Tae Hee falls in love with Sa Ra.

No. of episodes: 21

I just recently watched this drama and I recommend you too to watch this. This drama teaches us that looks doesn't actually matter, what's important is the beauty inside.

Web Series 

Dr. Ian

Starring: Kim Young Kwang and Sandara Park

Love Cell

Starring: Baek Sung-hyun, Nam Ji-hyun and Park Sun-ho 

(All credits to Drama Wiki, Wikipedia and Asian wiki for the plot information and pictures.)

Do you also watch Korean dramas? I would like to hear recommendations from you guys by commenting below. I will surely read and watch those.  :)