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In the Joseon era, the suspicious and fearful King Gwanghae orders his official Heo Gyun to find a double who can stand in for him against assassins. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun, a humble acrobat and jester who looks just like the king, and when the king is suddenly incapacitated, Ha-sun must take his place on the throne.
In the Joseon era, Gyeon Woo is a cool-headed scholar hailed as a national treasure, while Princess Hye-myung is a spirited royal with a poor reputation among the people. She often slips out of the palace to search for her mother, the deposed queen, and on one of these outings she runs into Gyeon Woo, who starts out as her enemy.
Crown Prince Lee Hwan, already suspected of poisoning his older brother, is shaken by a strange prophecy about his own death. He meets Min Jae-yi, a noblewoman on the run after she is falsely blamed for killing her own family, and the two make a pact to work together.
In a modern Korea that still has a monarchy, the unmarried Empress has no heir, so the court searches for a suitable Crown Prince. They bring her cousin's son, Lee Hoo, into the palace to learn royal life, but another cousin's son, Lee Joon, arrives as a rival, and the two must compete in a series of tasks for the title.
In the Joseon era, a young food lover accidentally ends up as a secret royal inspector, while a divorced woman sets off in search of happiness. The two join forces to investigate and expose corrupt officials who abuse their power.
In 1777, a year into his reign, King Jeongjo lives under constant threat from ambitious rivals at court and trains alone to defend himself. His one trusted ally is loyal servant Gap-soo, who grew up as an orphan trained to kill alongside his friend Eul-soo, now the deadliest member of a secret band of assassins ordered to kill the king within a day.
In the Goryeo dynasty, the ambitious young Crown Prince Wang Won shares a deep bond with his childhood friend Wang Rin. When the two meet a young woman named Eun San, the three quickly become close friends, but both young men soon find themselves falling for her.
Overthrown by his uncle, Grand Prince Suyang, the teenage king of Joseon is stripped of his title, renamed Prince Nosan and sent into exile. Eom Heung-do, chief of a poor mountain village in Yeongwol, hopes that hosting an exiled nobleman will bring his people good fortune, and his village is chosen to receive Nosan, who arrives with his loyal maid Mae-hwa.
Inspired by the lives of King Jeongjo and Consort Ui and adapted from a novel, this is a romance set in the Joseon royal court. A king who puts duty to the nation before love meets a court lady determined to guard the path she picked for herself, and the story unfolds through her eyes.
Seodong is a commoner, a technician raised at Taehaksa, Baekje's leading institute of science and technology. He falls for Princess Seonhwa, who belongs to the enemy kingdom of Silla, a love that ignores rank and class. He also hides something that could change Baekje's future, while his rival Sataek Giru schemes with Buyeo Seon to ruin his plans.
In the royal court of King Injo, the concubine Gwi-in Jo is set on seeing her own son take the throne. She allies herself with the official Kim Ja-jeom, manipulates the king for her own ends, and looks for ways to push Crown Prince Sohyeon out of her path.
In Joseon under King Gwanghaegun, Ba-woo lives off bossam, an old custom in which a bachelor wraps a widow in a blanket at night and takes her as his wife. His life takes a sharp turn when he grabs the wrong woman: Su-kyeong, the king's widowed daughter.
The drama opens in 645, during a war between Tang China and Goguryeo, before Dae Jo-yeong is even born. His father, Dae Jung-sang, is a Goguryeo general, and his mother, Dalgi, helps defend Ansi Fortress. When the baby arrives, a prophecy declares that he is destined to rule, making him a target of the powerful Supreme Commander Yeon Gaesomun.
In 1896, after his queen is killed and his throne is under threat, Joseon's King Gojong shelters at the Russian legation, where he discovers a taste for coffee. Back in power, he hires the worldly Tanya as his personal barista. Tanya soon finds herself pulled into a dangerous circle that includes the Russian marksman Ilyich and a mysterious socialite who goes by two names.
The moment the death of Goguryeo's King Gogukcheon is announced, a fierce battle among the tribes breaks out. Queen Woo, targeted by five power-hungry tribes, has just 24 hours to place a new king on the throne, and the race to secure her future begins.
In early 19th-century Joseon, Goo Hae-ryung is a free-spirited woman, still single at 26, who loves to study and stands up for people who are treated unfairly. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Prince Dowon lives cut off from court in a quiet pavilion, secretly writing hugely popular Hangul romance novels under the pen name Maehwa.
General Yung, cousin of Baekje's King Dongseong, loves Chae-hwa, daughter of court official Baek-ga, who hopes to put Yung on the throne. When Yung is accused of killing the king, the lovers are torn apart, and Chae-hwa flees to Gaya, where she gives birth to his daughter, Seol-nan. Years later, Seol-nan's ambitious younger half-sister Seol-hee sets her sights on becoming a princess.
Cheon Yeong is a slave with extraordinary fighting skill who longs to escape his unjust bondage, and Jong-ryeo is the master he once served. In a time of chaos under King Seonjo, the two meet again on opposite sides, one as the king's trusted military officer and the other as a volunteer soldier.
In the early days of the Joseon dynasty, General Kim Min-jae guards the young kingdom's borders and keeps a wary eye on Prince Yi Bang-won, whom he suspects of wanting the throne. Kim's son Jin, married to the King's daughter, is shut out of politics and lives for pleasure, while the general falls in love for the first time with a gisaeng named Ka-hee.
Based on a real figure from the Goryeo dynasty, the series follows Cheonchu, granddaughter of the kingdom's founder, who dreams of reclaiming lands her grandfather lost. When her brother, King Seongjong, names her son as his heir and has his own wife raise the boy, she fights to win her son back amid foreign invasions and court intrigue.
Set in the royal court during the Joseon era, this historical drama follows three women locked in a bitter struggle for power. At its center is Queen Insu, an ambitious woman who dreams of one day holding absolute rule over the Joseon dynasty.
In 15th-century Joseon, Jang Yeong-sil is born a slave but has a rare gift and a deep love of astronomy. His talent catches the attention of King Sejong, who brings him to court, where he sets out to build clocks, gauges and instruments that could change the kingdom.
It is 1374, the last year of King Gongmin's reign, and Goryeo is sinking under corruption, abuse of power and political chaos. The scholar and politician Jeong Do-jeon dreams of a new era and works alongside the general Yi Seong-gye to plan a new dynasty, Joseon, facing many obstacles along the way.
This historical drama follows Yeonsangun of Joseon as a young prince determined to restore the honor and standing of his mother, Queen Yun, who was deposed and put to death. His mission draws him into the politics of the royal court.
This historical drama follows Baekje's warrior king Geunchogo. The story reaches back seventeen centuries to Hansan, where Yeogu, a second son pushed aside from the royal line, is sent off to make a living selling salt so that no one will fear he might try to claim the throne.
In 1925, with Korea under Japanese rule, Princess Deokhye, the 13-year-old daughter of Joseon's royal family, is sent to Japan for her schooling. Longing for home, she tries again and again to return, but each attempt is blocked by Han Taek-soo, a general loyal to Japan.
Empress Navier is stunned when her husband, the emperor, asks for a divorce so he can marry his mistress. Refusing to quietly step aside, she takes a bold gamble and forms an unlikely alliance with Prince Heinrey, a mysterious royal from the Western Kingdom.
In 1795, King Jeongjo leads a grand eight-day procession from the palace to Hwaseong Fortress to honor the 60th birthdays of his mother, Lady Hyegyong, and his late father, Crown Prince Sado. Along the way, a millenarian sect and the scheming Noron Faction plot against the king's life.
When the future King Gwanggaeto is born, Goguryeo is far weaker than it once was: his grandfather has been killed by Baekje forces, and the armies of Later Yan are on the attack. The drama follows his path toward the throne and his vow to bring back the kingdom's lost strength.
This drama follows Kim Su-ro, remembered in legend as the founding king of Geumgwan Gaya, a city-state known for sea trade and ironwork. Relying on his fiery temper, charisma and sharp mind, he battles through a long political struggle against rivals including his half-brother Ijinashi, his former friend Seok Tal-hae and the ambitious Shingwi Ghan.
Yeon Wol conceals who she really is and becomes an assassin to avenge her family. Sent to kill the king, she falls into a trap laid by an unknown hand and wakes the next day with no memory of her past, only to be named the crown prince's concubine.
Kang Eun-ki becomes Queen of Joseon, but she and King Lee Kyung are attacked by assassins during their wedding parade. As her father faces a treason charge, her secret twin sister, Kang Eun-bo, enters the palace contest to choose a new queen under a false name, determined to uncover who planned the attack on her sister.
Set at the close of the Goryeo dynasty, this historical series follows the turbulent years in which the old kingdom falls apart and the new Joseon dynasty is founded. It traces the political upheaval of a nation passing from one ruling house to another.
Around 1648, during the troubled reign of King Injo of Joseon, a group of mysterious assassins takes vengeance on behalf of the suffering poor, with a Zorro-like hero at the center of the story. As old political plots from earlier bloody purges resurface, a string of murders shakes the kingdom.
Stretching from Joseon's birth through King Sejong's time, this saga follows Yi Bang-won, fifth son of the dynasty's founder, who later rules as King Taejong. Devoted to keeping the young kingdom stable, he shows deep loyalty to his father and heir, but the killings carried out in his name stir bitter anger in return.
