Uhm Tae Woong is a South Korean actor. Born on April 5, 1974, he made his acting debut in the 1998 film “The Happenings.” He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “The Great Queen Seondeok” (2009), “Dr. Champ” (2010), “7th Grade Civil Servant” (2013), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “Can We Love?” (2014) and “Valid Love” (2014). Uhm Tae Woong’s older sister is Uhm Jung Hwa, a popular singer and actress. He married ballerina Yoon Hye Jin in 2013, and they have one daughter, Ji On. Since 2015, father and daughter have starred in the popular reality series “The Return of Superman.”

Uhm Tae Woong

This drama isn't any other kidnapping story. It's about realizing people's desires by showing how they react to what they see through the media. Jung Hye In is one of the top actresses in the country and a loving mother. On the day of her retirement, someone kidnaps her son, Hyun Woo. The kidnapper demands her to host a live reality show, "Wanted," and carry out a mission for every episode to save her son. With the help from the show producer, Shin Dong Wook, and a skilled detective, Cha Seung In, will Hye In be able to accomplish every mission with the entire country watching? Even when a person's life is at stake, everything is only part of entertainment here. The media brings up more pungent subjects for their shows to satisfy people's demand for every day's entertainment.

Wanted

The Wanted

Shin Dong Wook

JTBC

Three best friends grow up to very different situations in their adult lives as they approach the age of 40.

Yoon Jung Wan (Eugene) is a divorced mother who is struggling to make it as a screenwriter and make ends meet. Kim Sun Mi (Kim Yoo Mi) is a successful interior designer but considered to be a “gold miss” (a successful, but single, career woman in her 30s) by Korean standards. Kwon Ji Hyun (Choi Jung Yoon) is a housewife to a successful husband who appears to have the perfect life while hiding her personal pain from her friends.

When Jung Wan is given a golden opportunity to work with the temperamental, successful director Oh Kyung Soo (Uhm Tae Woong), will her struggles in life finally come to an end?

“Can We Love?” is a 2014 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Yun Cheol. It is based on the book Mother Needs a Man by Han Kyung Hye.

Can We Love?

KBS02

Celebrity dads take care of their children on their own without any help! While the moms enjoy their freedom away from childrearing, dads who aren't as familiar raising them must spend time with them. How will dads who aren't as skilled and children who like their moms more spend their days? A childrearing reality TV show about celebrity dads and cute children filled with emotional, funny, and surprising moments. Let's take a look at their lives.

The Return of Superman

Super Daddies Team

MBC, KOCOWA

There has been a prophecy throughout the Silla era that the royal blood won't have male descendants once twins are born in the royal family. When the twin daughters, Cheonmyeong and Deokman, are born, King Jinpyeong hides Deokman away from Silla and makes her live in the Taklamakan Desert in China, making it impossible for Mishil to trace her. Deokman starts to wonder about her origin and birth, so she disguises herself as a man and enters Silla. Princess Cheonmyeong believes Deokman is a man, so she has Deokman be a member of Hwarang. At Hwarang, Deokman meets Yusin, who contributes to the unification of the three countries afterward, and cooperates with him to drag Mishil down. Amidst the conflict with Mishil, Deokman's identity as a princess of Silla is revealed. When Deokman escapes to live, she meets Bidam, the son Mishil has abandoned. Deokman joins hands with Yusin and Bidam to topple Mishil. Check out if Deokman succeeds in becoming a clever leader to rebuild Silla.

The Great Queen Seondeok

Kim Yoo Shin

The year is 1971 and in South Korea, a young woman named Soon Yi (Soo Ae) has been obliged to enter into an arranged marriage with Sang Gil (Uhm Tae Woong). Sang Gil is distant and doesn’t really love Soon Yi – he instead seems to still hold a candle for his first love. But when South Korea joins the Vietnam War on the side of the United States, about 320,000 South Korean men are dispatched to fight. Their number includes Sang Gil, who leaves suddenly.

Soon Yi is distraught. She resolves to follow Sang Gil to Vietnam, despite having no idea where he may be. She also learns that the only female civilians allowed to travel to Vietnam are singers/performers who put on morale-boosting shows to lift the spirits of the troops. She is soon recruited by a chancer, band leader, and con artist named Jung Man (Jung Jin Young), who hopes to exploit her beauty and vocal talents to his own ends. She agrees to join his band – and proves to be a hit among the soldiers. But when Soon Yi – or Sunny as she is now known – starts to win the hearts of senior officers, she starts to gain real hope that she may once again be reunited with her husband...

“Sunny” is a 2008 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Jun Ik.

Sunny

"Sunny Fun's"

KBS, KOCOWA

Nam Won Jae Il High School's popular girl, Sung Chun Hyang, falls onto Lee Mong Ryong, Namwon Police Chief's troublemaker son, as she tries to jump over the wall in Gwanghallu. Flustered, she breaks Mong Ryong's phone, and Mong Ryong runs away with Chun Hyang's phone. Mong Ryong pulls a prank on Chun Hyang, and she falls into the lake and catches a horrible cold. Mong Ryong visits Chun Hyang's place with her friends to check in on her and ends up getting drunk on wine and spends the night under Chun Hyang's duvet. When unpleasant rumors about the two spending the night together spread, Mong Ryong's father and Chun Hyang's mother get their kids married to save their faces. Can these two immature high schoolers' premature marriage turn into true love? Learn the true value of love with sassy girl, Chun Hyang, and the troublemaker with a good heart, Mong Ryong!

Sassy Girl, Chun Hyang

It is a story of a forbidden love between a human and a Gumiho. The Gumiho Tribe are foxes that have the ability to shapeshift and have been living amongst humans for centuries. They have physical capabilities that far surpass humans and can only be killed by stabbing them in their livers. Min Woo, a police detective at the Major Crimes Investigation Division, comes to learn of the Gumiho's existence and ends up falling in love with Si Yeon, a female warrior of the Gumiho Tribe who turns out to be his estranged childhood friend. Their fateful and tragic love blossoms amidst the conflict between the two forces.

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