K-Drama Recommendation 2018

 

1. About Time

    Choi Michaela (Lee Sung-Kyung) is a musical actress. She has a special ability to see the lifespan clocks of other people. She meets a man who can stop her time and he falls in love with her.

2. Encounter 

    Cha Soo-Hyun (Song Hye-Kyo) is the daughter of a politician. After she graduated from college, she married the son of a family that runs a large company. Her marriage was a marriage of convenience for her politician father. Her husband though had an affair and wanted a divorce. Cha Soo-Hyun is now a divorcee. She is the CEO of a hotel.

    Kim Jin-Hyeok (Park Bo-Gum) is an ordinary young man. He tries to find a regular job and works part-time jobs in the meantime. As he closes on his 20's, Kim Jin-Hyeok decides to take a trip to Cuba. There, he meets Cha Soo-Hyun. They have a brief encounter. When he goes back to Korea, he receives a phone call from a hotel. Prior to leaving for Cuba, he had an interview at the hotel for a job. He learns that he is now hired and Cha Soo-Hyun is the CEO.

3. ID: Gangnam Beauty / My ID is Gangnam Beauty

    Kang Mi-Rae had a timid personality due to her ugly appearance. She was teased by people and even bullied when she attended school. Now, Kang Mi-Rae is beautiful after undergoing plastic surgery, but she still has her timid personality. Kang Mi-Rae starts her first year at a university. People are still mean to her and call her "Gangnam Beauty" in a derogatory manner. Meanwhile, Do Kyung-Seok attends the same university. He does not judge people by their appearance. He cares about what's on the inside rather than the outside. Do Kyung-Seok begins to like Kang Mi-Rae.

4. The Last Empress

    Set in present-day South Korea, but under the premise that the country is governed by a constitutional monarchy. Oh Ssu-Ni (Jang Na-Ra) is a musical actress with a bright personality. Suddenly, she marries Emperor Lee Hyuk (Shin Sung-Rok). There, Oh Ssu-Ni goes up against the absolute power of the palace and fights against the power. Meanwhile, she falls in love with Na Wang-Sik (Choi Jin-Hyuk) who is a bodyguard of the imperial family. Na Wang-Sik came to the palace to take revenge on the person responsible for his mother’s death. Due to death of Emperor Lee Hyuk’s grandmother, Oh Ssu-Ni breaks down the royal family with the help of Na Wang-Sik and finds true love.

5. Lawless Lawyer

Bong Sang-Pil works as an attorney and has one of the highest win rates in the country. Bong Sang-Pil will take advantage of any loopholes in the law. He stands before the court for his mother’s revenge, opposing absolute power.

    When Bong Sang-Pil (Lee Joon-Gi) was little, he lived with his mother in Gisung. His mother worked as a lawyer and she took on a case that Judge Cha Moon-Sook (Lee Hye-Young) got involved. Judge Cha Moon-Sook was the most respected person in the city. One night, Bong Sang-Pil witnessed his mother get killed by Judge Cha Moon-Sook's subordinate (Choi Min-Soo). Bong Sang-Pil got out of Gisung and went to live with his gang boss uncle Choi Dae-Woong (Ahn Nae-Sang). Bong Sang-Pl decided to become a lawyer to take revenge on those responsible for his mother's death.

    18 years later, Bong Sang-Pil works as a lawyer. He sees the news on the TV that a detective was arrested for killing the mayor of Gisung. The detective holds a key to the murder of Bong Sang-Pil's mother. Bong Sang-Pil returns to Gisung for the first time in 18 years. He opens up a law office there. Meanwhile, Ha Jae-Yi (Seo Yea-Ji) is a lawyer with integrity. She beats up a judge in court and gets her law license suspended.  Ha Jae-Yi returns to her hometown of Gisung. There, Bong Sang-Pil approaches Ha Jae-Yi and gets her to work at his law office. Bong Sang-Pil holds a secret related to the death of Ha Jae-Yi’s mother.

6. Marry Me Now? 

    Park Yoo-Ha (Han Ji-Hye) studied hard in medical school and finished her internship course. She works hard to become a doctor due to her father. Her father raised 4 children by himself and her oldest sister also sacrificed for the family. Park Yoo-Ha is not interested in other people. Suddenly, her father marries a woman rich enough to own a building. Meanwhile, Jung Eun-Tae (Lee Sang-Woo) works as a doctor. He volunteered for performing medical service abroad, but he comes back to Korea. Jung Eun-Tae is not interested in marriage, because his father placed priority on his medical work over family and Jung Eun-Tae believes he is like his father.

7. Mr. Sunshine

    During the United States expedition to Joseon (South Korea) in 1871, a boy from Joseon boards an American warship and goes to America. As an adult, he returns to his home country as an American soldier stationed in the country.

8. Ms. Hammurabi

    Park Cha O Reum works as a rookie judge. She is in her mid-20s and follows the "an eye for an eye" principle. She does not accept prejudice or blindly follow authority. Dealing with cases, she and her colleagues, including Im Ba-Reun, grow as persons.

9. Radio Romance

    Song Geu-Rim (Kim So-Hyun) works as an assistant radio program writer. Her mother became blind when Song Geu-Rim was 14 years old.  Afterward, she listened to the radio frequently with her mother. This led Song Geu-Rim to become a radio program writer, but she isn't exactly talented in writing. Her radio program DJ (U-Kwon) suddenly leaves Korea and Song Geu-Rim loses her job at the radio broadcasting station. Meanwhile, PD Lee Gang (Yoon Park) comes back to Korea from India. Sometimes he acts insane, but he is generally good at his job. Lee Gang suggests to Song Geu-Rim that if she can cast Ji Soo-Ho (Yoon Doo-Joon) as the DJ of their new radio program, she can work as the main writer of their radio program. Ji Soo-Ho is a top actor. He and his parents look perfectly happy, but in fact, they are only acting as a happy family. Ji Soo-Ho suffers from depression and he can't sleep without taking sleeping pills. Song Geu-Rim keeps approaching Ji Soo-Ho to take the DJ position, but he refuses. With Song Geu-Rim's enthusiastic and genuine approach, Ji Soo-Ho accepts.

10. SKY Castle

    "SKY Castle" follows the lives of 4 women living in a luxurious SKY Castle neighborhood.  They try to make their husbands more successful and raise their children like princes and princesses.  Han Seo-Jin (Yum Jung-Ah) is married to orthopedic surgeon Kang Joon-Sang (Jung Joon-Ho).  They have two daughters. Han Seo-Jin seems to have a perfect life, but she has a secret. Lee Soo-Im (Lee Tae-Ran) is a writer of children's books.  She holds a deep affection and consideration for people. Lee Soo-Im is married to neurosurgeon Hwang Chi-Young (Choi Won-Young).  They have a son.

    No Seung-Hye (Yoon Se-Ah) is married to law school professor Cha Min-Hyuk (Kim Byung-Chul). Her husband talks about justice and happiness, but he hides a different side. One with extreme egoism.  They have two sons. Jin Jin-Hee (Oh Na-Ra) comes from a wealthy family.  Her father owns buildings.  Jin Jin-Hee admires Han Seo-Jin and tries to copy what she does. Like Han Seo-Jin,  Jin Jin-Hee is married to an orthopedic surgeon, Woo Yang-Woo (Jo Jae-Yun).

11. The Beauty Inside

    A woman changes her appearance whenever a certain supernatural phenomenon occurs.  A man falls in love with this woman.  Han Se-Kye (Seo Hyun-Jin) is a top actress.  She is known as a troublemaker and the object of many rumors. Her life is a mystery, but, in reality, she suffers from an unusual phenomenon.  At a certain point every month, her appearance changes to a different person.  She lives one week out of every month with a different appearance.  Han Se-Kye meets Seo Do-Jae (Lee Min-Ki).  Seo Do-Jae is an executive at an airline company.  He seems perfect with an attractive appearance and possessing smarts, but he suffers from an inability to recognize faces.  He hides this disability and tries hard to memorize people through their habits and mannerisms.  The only person's face that he is able to recognize is Han Se-Kye.  By meeting her, his life changes.

12. The Undateables

    Hoon-Nam (Namkoong Min) knows about love theoretically, but he rejects falling in love. Jung-Eum (Hwang Jung-Eum) wants to fall in love, but, due to her difficult situation, she gives up on finding love. Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum meet and develop a relationship romantically.

13. What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

    Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice president of the company. He is smart, rich, and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-so. She has worked for him for years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-so decides to quit her job.

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