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In late 1987, as South Korea is gripped by the struggle for democracy, university student Eun Yeong-ro finds graduate student Lim Soo-ho covered in blood. She hides him from the government in her dorm room, drawing herself into a story that unfolds amid the political upheaval of the time.
In 1601, three years after the Imjin War, Crown Prince Lee Chang tries to look into the strange illness that has struck the King. His search drags him into a deadly outbreak that is turning people across Joseon into zombies, while rivals at court plot to seize the throne.
Ki Seung-nyang is a woman born in Goryeo who climbs to power despite the rigid class system of her time. Her story weaves together her political ambitions and her bonds with two men: Wang Yoo, her first love, and Toghon Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
In a made-up Joseon era, Crown Prince Lee Hwon falls in love with Heo Yeon-woo, a bright girl whose father is a palace scholar, while his older half-brother, Prince Yangmyung, loves her too. But the scheming Queen Dowager wants her own relative to become Crown Princess, and dangerous palace plots soon threaten Yeon-woo and the young prince.
Lee Yoon-sung grows up in the Golden Triangle, raised by Lee Jin-pyo, a former presidential bodyguard who survived a secret 1983 mission into North Korea only to see his team betrayed and their records erased. Trained hard in combat from childhood, Yoon-sung learns of Jin-pyo's long-held plan to get revenge on the officials responsible.
Kim Je-ha, a former mercenary framed for the killing of his lover in Iraq, flees back to South Korea. To get revenge on the presidential candidate he saw order her death, he takes a bodyguard job with Choi Yoo-jin, wife of the rival candidate, and is assigned to protect her husband's secret daughter, Go An-na.
Lee Yul, the king's nephew, would rather play than study, until Yoon Yi-seo, a kind and clever girl from a noble family, scolds him for treating peasant children cruelly. Smitten, he starts working harder to impress her. But Yul's ambitious father is plotting with Kim Cha-eon to seize the throne, and a violent coup soon tears their worlds apart.
Set during the founding of the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula, this story follows the dreams, rivalries, and struggles of a mix of real and fictional figures. At its center is the young Yi Bang-won as a new kingdom takes shape around him.
As a boy, Park Hoon is sent to North Korea with his father, a famous surgeon, and the two end up trapped there. Trained by his father, he becomes a brilliant heart surgeon and falls in love with Song Jae-hee, but escapes south alone. At Myungwoo University Hospital, he meets Dr. Han Seung-hee, who looks just like Jae-hee yet claims not to know him.
This drama follows the life of King Jeongjo of Joseon, starting with his childhood as Prince Yi San. As a boy, he befriends two young palace workers, Seong Song-yeon and Park Dae-su, and turns to them for help when his grandfather, King Yeongjo, turns against his father, Crown Prince Sado, fearing a coup.
In a dystopian South Korea where people resent their leaders and society has fallen into chaos, trials are broadcast as a live television show. Three judges preside over these courtroom broadcasts, presenting themselves as the ones who will restore justice and peace to a nation in turmoil.
A young prosecutor is killed while trying to bring down a powerful politician. He is then handed a second chance at life, and this time he is determined to use every moment of it to see justice done.
News anchor Seo Hye-rim loses her job after speaking out about the unjust death of her husband. When ruling-party politician Kang Tae-san invites her into politics, she steps into a brand-new world, backed by Ha Do-ya, a man she has known since childhood, on a path that could lead all the way to the presidency.
In an alternate present where South Korea is still a constitutional monarchy, carefree crown prince Lee Jae-ha wants nothing to do with politics or the throne. The king tricks him into joining a joint military training with North Korea, where he meets Kim Hang-ah, a tough North Korean special forces officer, and the two clash from the start.
In the Joseon court, Grand Prince Suyang hopes to win over the loyal official Kim Jong-seo by marrying his daughter Se-ryung to Kim's son, Seung-yoo. Curious about her intended, Se-ryung trades places with her cousin, Princess Gyeonghye, to get a look at him, and a romance begins in the shadow of their fathers' bitter rivalry.
In 1980 Gwangju, medical student Hwang Hee-tae, the pride of his hometown, is pulled by his activist best friend into running an illegal clinic for students hiding from the government. To cover some costs, he agrees to a marriage meeting arranged by his father. There he meets nurse Kim Myung-hee, who came in her friend's place to raise money to study in Germany.
In Joseon, Lee Tae becomes king after King Seonjong, who seized the throne through a rebellion. Lee Tae is a ruler who must give up the woman he loves just to survive, Yoo Jeong is a woman who has to become queen to stay alive, and the real power lies with first vice-premier Park Gye-won.
At 42, Kwon Yul is South Korea's youngest-ever prime minister, admired for his integrity and raising three children alone since his wife's death. Behind the flawless image, he has almost no parenting skills. Nam Da-jung, a tabloid reporter supporting her sick father, chases him for a big scoop, and the two end up in a contract marriage.
Wang So, a Goryeo prince, is banished from the palace and rejected by his family because of a prophecy that he will drown the country in blood. Shin Yool, a princess of Later Balhae, barely survived her own people as a child because she is said to be destined to bring light to a different kingdom. When the two are swept into a hasty marriage, they begin to grow close.
Prince Gwanghae, born to a concubine, seizes the Joseon throne from his father King Seonjo's direct line. After her younger brother, Grand Prince Yeongchang, is executed, Princess Jeongmyeong escapes the palace and lives among commoners disguised as a man, plotting her revenge.
Gwanghae, born to a royal concubine, is named Crown Prince of Joseon and must survive constant threats to his life and his place as heir. Locked in a bitter rivalry with his father, King Seonjo, he turns to the art of reading faces, enlisting a fortuneteller skilled in physiognomy to help him claim the throne.
While the South Korean president is on vacation at a private villa, three gunshots ring out in the night and he vanishes. Elite bodyguard Han Tae-kyung and his team have just three days to find him and bring him safely back to the Blue House.
Park Mu-jin is South Korea's unambitious environment minister, dismissed after a diplomatic incident. The next day, a bombing at the National Assembly wipes out everyone in the line of succession, and Mu-jin, whose resignation has not yet taken effect, is suddenly sworn in as acting president for 60 days.
In the Joseon dynasty, four people who come from very different backgrounds band together around Yi Geum, a prince known as Prince Yeoning. They set out to help him claim the throne and to reform the Saheonbu, putting their varied skills toward a shared cause.
Hong Tae-ra has lost every memory of her past. Determined to protect the family she loves, she climbs her way to becoming first lady, while setting out to punish the people who seized command of her destiny and turned her life upside down.
This period drama looks at the strained relationship between King Yeongjo and his son, Crown Prince Yi Sun, also known as Sado. The shrewd king is determined to strengthen royal authority, while his passionate, idealistic son dreams of a society free of rank and inequality.
In Joseon under the tyrant King Yeonsangun, Hong Gil-dong is the son of a slave, which leaves him with no legal standing despite his brilliance. Shut out of honest work, he becomes the leader of a band of smugglers who take from the rich and give to the poor, while the king's favored concubine, Jang Nok-su, secretly still loves him.
In 1970s Korea, a corrupt KCIA official, Jo Pil-yeon, has the Lee siblings' father killed during a gold robbery and then hunts down the rest of the family. Kang-mo, Sung-mo and Mi-joo are scattered as they flee to Seoul, and the separated siblings grow up determined to avenge their parents.
Set against major events of 1970s Korea, the story follows Baek Ki-tae, a shrewd and ambitious KCIA agent who secretly runs illegal business networks to gain power and wealth. When principled prosecutor Jang Geon-young begins investigating Ki-tae's smuggling and its ties to high-ranking officials, the two men are pulled into a dangerous rivalry.
As the Goryeo dynasty collapses and Joseon begins to rise, two close friends become enemies after a misunderstanding drives them apart. In a time of upheaval, each sets out in his own way to protect his country and the people he loves.
Set in Korea's turbulent 1970s and 80s, this story follows two friends on very different paths. Tough, loyal Park Tae-soo becomes a gangster, while principled Kang Woo-suk becomes a prosecutor. Yoon Hye-rin, Woo-suk's spirited college classmate and the daughter of a wealthy casino owner, meets Tae-soo through him and the two fall in love.
Four young people who grow up together are swept up in Korea's upheaval, from the last days of Japanese rule to the split between North and South. Choi Woon-hyuk is a gifted son of poor miners, Kim Hae-kyung comes from a family of tenant farmers, Lee Dong-woo is heir to a powerful family, and Moon Suk-kyung is the only child of an influential pro-Japanese politician.
Mun-ju is a skilled diplomat who once served as UN ambassador, and San-ho is an international special agent whose nationality is a mystery. After Mun-ju's husband is killed, the two join forces to uncover the truth behind a deadly attack that could shake the security of the Korean Peninsula.
Shin Mi-rae has spent seven years as the lowest-ranking clerk at Inju City Hall, mostly serving coffee to officials. After a fight over beauty pageant prize money and a clash with a local councilwoman cost both her and the mayor their jobs, she suddenly finds herself running for mayor, backed by the ambitious deputy mayor Jo Gook.
Lee Jin-woo is a reporter living in 2015, and Seo Jung-in is a reporter living in 2020. When they find they can reach each other by phone across those five years, they join forces to prevent the killing of Seo Gi-tae, Jung-in's father and South Korea's president.
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.
Koo Se-ra, 29, has spent her whole life in Mawon-gu and keeps losing jobs because of her nosy nature and her temper over unfairness. Passionate about reporting every wrongdoing she sees, she decides it is time for a change and sets her sights on the District Assembly, which means running for office and winning.
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.
The Prime Minister decides to assassinate a President he believes has become corrupt, hoping to shake the whole country up. Standing in his way is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, who means to stop him and grab power in the process.
Seo Dong-ju is the secretive corporate secretary to Chairman Cha Kang-cheon at Daesan Group. After being betrayed by the woman he loves and surviving an attempt on his life, he hacks into a huge political slush fund worth two trillion won, setting off a dangerous struggle over the hidden money.
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.
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.
After giving up her career when she married, a woman goes back to practicing law to support her family when her husband, a prosecutor who was once at the top, is jailed in a political corruption scandal. As she takes on cases in the courtroom, she begins to rediscover who she really is.
The wife of a National Assembly member lives a quiet, careful life while keeping something from long ago hidden. When that buried past starts to come out in public, she finds herself caught in a series of hard moral dilemmas.
Han Jeong-hyeon has spent thirty years hiding that he is a National Intelligence Service agent, living as a family man who runs a bicycle repair shop. When his wife Choi Yeon-soo, a human rights lawyer, becomes the first director of the Corruption Investigation Office, the couple are drawn into a fight against a powerful force at the very top.
Yoon Jae-hee runs the art museum owned by Sungjin Group, a conglomerate with deep reach into politics and finance. Having left her longtime love to escape poverty and marry Jung Joon-hyuk, an illegitimate son of the family, she battles her in-laws to push her husband toward the presidency.
Jin Sang-pil has worked as a shipyard welder for 23 years. When he and his coworkers are laid off, he leads their fight to get their jobs back, which unexpectedly lands him a seat in the National Assembly. Idealistic and naive, he struggles with politics until sharp aide Choi In-kyung steps in to guide him.
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.
