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Resident Playbook

Mak — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:54:05 +0000

Set at the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, the series follows the hospital lives and turbulent friendships of young obstetrics and gynecology residents who proudly enter the unpopular department in an era of low birth rates.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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The Queen of Villains

Mak — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:11:21 +0000

Tells the story of professional female wrestler Dump Matsumoto, who achieved fame in the 1980’s. As a young woman, Dump Matsumoto hoped to become a successful professional wrestler while playing a good character. She got fired from her job and makes the fateful decision to perform as an evil character.

(Source: AsianWiki)

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High School Return of a Gangster

Liu — Thu, 30 May 2024 00:49:18 +0000

Kim Deuk Pal is a 47-year-old gangster who is the #2 guy in his gang. He doesn’t have an educational background due to his poor parents, but he dreams of attending a university. Deuk Pal has been studying to achieve his dream, but it’s not easy. One day, he sees a young man, Song Yi Heon, about to kill himself. At that time, Deuk Pal’s spirit possesses the body of the suicidal 19-year-old high school student. Deuk Pal soon learns that Yi Heon is a victim of bullying, which has caused him to want to take his own life.

Now, in Yi Heon’s body, Deuk Pal takes on the bullies to punish them and becomes friends with classmate Choi Se Kyung. Se Kyung is a model student who appears to be in a perfect situation but suffers from domestic violence at home by his father.

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Sweet Home Season 2

Mak — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:45:19 +0000

Following the death of his family in an accident, loner Cha Hyun Soo moves to a new apartment. His quiet life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that start occurring in his apartment, and throughout Korea. As people start to turn into monsters, Hyun Soo and the other residents try to survive.

(Source: Wikipedia)

~~ Adapted from the webtoon “Sweet Home” by Kim Kan Bi and Hwang Young Chan.

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Stock Struck

Mak — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 08:56:29 +0000

Five people who invested in the stock market take part in a mysterious stock meeting. There, they learn about life, love, and friendships through investing in stocks.

Yoo Mi Seo is set to marry very soon. She’s new to investing and so far has only lost money.

33-year-old Choi Sun Woo is a man of mystery. When his shift at a convenience store ends, he climbs into an expensive import auto.

Kang San focuses only on his happiness, not caring about a career or finding success. He earns a living working part-time.

Jung Haeng Ja owns and operates a pig feet restaurant.

After retiring from his job, Kim Jin Bae began investing in the stock market.

(Source: AsianWiki)

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A Long Way Home

Mak — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:18:59 +0000

Near the end of 1990s, the forestry industry began to "reduce production, limit logging, and lay off workers." For the first time, Gu Changshan’s family and members of the 923 work team faced the choice of staying or leaving.

Gu Changshan has adopted Xingjie, the orphaned son of his late colleague who died on duty. Despite their initial hesitation, the Gu family decides to help Xingjie continue with his studies. Meanwhile, the layoff crisis among forestry workers gradually resolves itself as the younger workers became the first to leave. Gu Changshan leads the remaining people to participate in the "family ecological forest" project.

In 2007, in order to protect the ecology and improve people’s livelihoods, the resettlement project in remote areas began, and the 923 team once again faced a tough choice. Xingjie is pulled back to the mountains as he takes over the task of mobilizing immigrants and bears the mission of forestry reform. Given the logging restrictions in 2014 and 2015, Xingjie actively responds to the call that "gold and silver mines are not as good as blue waters and green mountains" and leads the people towards a better life.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

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The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

Dargom Bes — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:07:10 +0000

Yoon Dan Oh had enjoyed a comfortable life as the beloved youngest daughter of a well-off family, but no longer. Now the family breadwinner, she runs the Ihwawon Inn. Current guests are scholars taking the civil service entrance exam in the hopes of becoming high-ranking officials.

Among them are Kang San, Kim Si Yeol, and Jeong Yoo Ha, who all have deep secrets. They and Yoon Dan Oh will share information and cooperate to find Lee Seol, who disappeared 13 years ago.

(Source: MyDramaList)

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Wulin Heroes

Dargom Bes — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:20:26 +0000

With a kind heart and a naturally good nature, Ye Xi might have been a model young lady, had it not been for her lofty dreams and idealistic aspirations. Wanting with all her heart to become one of her generation’s greatest and most heroic martial artists, Ye Xi has done everything she could to make her dreams come true. Little does she realize that the road to becoming a hero is often plagued by a never-ending string of trials and tribulations.

Completely unaware of the fact that the human heart often harbors a sinister side, Ye Xi is shocked when her efforts to help the weak are met with darkness and deceit. Used, lied to, and betrayed by those around her, Ye Xi soon finds her reputation in shambles and her life in jeopardy. Surprisingly enough, even after these relentless attacks on her character and even her life, Ye Xi refuses to give up on her belief that justice naturally inhabits the hearts of people; a belief that only grows stronger after she meets a divine doctor by the name of Bai Yue.

With Bai Yue’s help, Ye Xi finds a way to overcome her trials, learning invaluable lessons about life, love, and the true spirit of martial arts. But will these lessons be enough to help them eradicate the scum who continue to bring harm to Ye Xi and her people? And will love follow for this idealistic duo?

(Source: Viki: edited by MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the novel of the same name by Bai Ze.

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Cheer Up

Liu — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:02:14 +0000

The bright and diligent Do Hae Yi is a student at Yeonhee University. Because of her family’s poor financial situation, she places a priority on making money rather than school.
One day, Do Hae Yi suddenly joins cheering squad Teyia that has existed for 50 years at Yeonhee University. She only joins the club for money, but while participating in the cheering squad, Do Hae Yi starts experiencing the joy of campus life and meets various people from Teyia including Bae Young Woong, who was once a member of Teyia and he is an alumnus of Yeonhee Univers, supporting the cheering squad financially and emotionally.

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If You Wish Upon Me

Liu — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:06:19 +0000

Yoon Kyeo Re is a young man who has known nothing but misery ever since he was a child. He was abused while still a boy and had a torrid time at the orphanage where he was raised. He then spent time in a juvenile detention center. And as an adult, things got no better, leading to him serving time in prison. Beatings and misery are all he knows, and he finds himself at the end of his tether, finally facing the void…

But when he is ordered by a court to serve his community service at an end-of-life care facility for the terminally ill, things begin to change for him. Here he meets the tireless Kang Tae Shik, a middle-aged man who leads the volunteer team at the facility. Kang Tae Shik has created a unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting dying patients their last wishes. No matter what people ask for, Team Genie will work their hardest to make those precious last wishes come true. He also meets Seo Yeon Joo, a young nurse who refuses to give up on her patients and tries to keep them physically active at all times. Will working at this facility help turn Yoon Gyeo Ree’s life around? Or is it too late to change his destiny?

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