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KBS2

Cha Jeong Woo (Lee Min Ki) is one of the best plastic surgeons in the country, possessing great anatomical knowledge and surgical skill. However, his bedside manner is sorely lacking, and he's known for his poor communication towards patients. His reputation comes crashing down when a suicide case was linked to his refusal of a patient's surgery. To rehabilitate his image, Jeong Woo starts working on a new group of patients – victims of violent crimes who need reconstructive surgery. In the process, Jeong Woo crosses paths with homicide detective Lee Min Hyeong (Han Ji Hyeon), and while they initially butt heads, they begin to respect each other as Jeong Woo helps Min Hyeong solve crimes. However, during their investigations, an old mystery resurfaces: is there something more behind the incident that cost Jeong Woo's past lover her life?

Face Me

✨ The Marvellous ✨ team

Han Woo Jin

In the realm of the Dangun myth, two Asiatic Bear twins, Woong Nam (Park Sung Woong) and Woong Buk (Park Sung Woong), miraculously transform from bears into human babies after consuming garlic and mugwort. Na Bok Cheon (Oh Dal Soo), a researcher, finds one twin and raises him, while the other remains lost. Twenty-five years later, the brothers reunite under vastly different circumstances: Woong Nam becomes a police officer, while Woong Buk is the adoptive son of Lee Jeong Sik (Choi Min Soo), a notorious criminal. Their extraordinary origin raises the question: Will their unique shared history unite them or drive them apart as potential enemies? This is a 2023 South Korean fantasy crime comedy film directed by Park Sung Kwang, inspired by the ancient Dangun myth.

Bear Man

wavve, KOCOWA

Dae Wook, an ordinary middle-aged man, worked his way up to the position of deputy manager at one of the major companies after graduating from a prominent university. One day, he becomes relatively but extremely poor overnight and is even on the verge of getting laid off from work. Mi Jin, his wife, is gentle and supports Dae Wook to the fullest. After being advised to resign from his company, Dae Wook lays his hands on stock and cryptocurrency trading. For some reason, the prices of anything he lays his hands on plummet except for the housing price. With his back against the wall and without a house under his name, Dae Wook finds himself stuck under a pile of difficulties. Dae Wook thinks he has nothing more to lose and struggles to bounce back.

Desperate Mr. X

SBS PLUS, KOCOWA

All the cast who went viral after the show are gathered in one place. From the couple who felt sparks between them on the show, those who became intimate after the show, the couple who touched the viewers' hearts with their final selection, and to the ones who broke up after the show, different couples from the entire seasons will appear. The hosts of the show, Defconne and Ga Young, will follow the tracks of the casts who became the talk of the town and take a peek at their lives. Wouldn't you like to know how the lives of 110 singles which were on the "I am Solo" are now?

I am Solo, Love Forever

SBS PLUS

Six men and six women, who desire to get married, are invited to Solo World, which is arranged on an enormous scale. The singles of "I am Solo," who are no celebrities, show off their charms to find their partner and date on this real dating program. An all-time romantic yet shocking love story, way more heart-fluttering than a melodrama that will provoke everyone's passion for love, will be revealed. For hosts, we have the representative of singles, who has come to revive his dead romantic cells, Defconn, Song Hae Na, the model with lovely and easy-going charm, and an excessively-immersing top student who is learning what true romance is through "I am Solo," actor Lee Yi Kyung. Please look forward to how they struggle to find the perfect partners and unpredictable stories full of twists they make. Watch to the end and find out who will become the final couple!

I am Solo

Jang Man Wol (IU), the thousand-year-old proprietor of the supernatural Hotel del Luna, is doomed to manage it until she finds someone who has committed a worse sin. When Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo), a meticulous former hotel assistant manager, is forced to work at Hotel del Luna due to his father's past deal with Man Wol, their unlikely partnership begins. As Chan Sung brings order to the hotel that caters to lost souls, he may be the key to helping Man Wol break her eternal curse. This is a 2019 South Korean mystery-fantasy drama directed by Oh Choong Hwan.

Hotel Del Luna

🏨  Team Hotel Del Luna  🌕

JTBC

"Welcome to Waikiki Season 2" follows Lee Joon Ki (Lee Yi Kyung), an unpopular actor struggling to keep his guesthouse afloat. Determined to revive the business, he convinces his friends Cha Woo Sik (Kim Sun Ho) and Kook Ki Bong (Shin Hyun Soo) to invest in "Waikiki." Joining them are Han Soo Yeon (Mun Ka Young), Kim Jung Eun (Ahn So Hee), and Cha Yoo Ri (Kim Ye Won), creating a dynamic and comedic living situation. This is a 2019 Viki Original Korean comedy series directed by Lee Chang Min.

Welcome to Waikiki S2

Ohana Team

MBC, KOCOWA

Whether it be in a crime scene or in one's life, every contact leaves a trace. Therefore, a perfect crime does not exist; however, the chemistry between Baek Beom and Eun Sol cannot be any more perfect. Baek Beom is an odd yet outstanding forensic scientist who performs autopsies on victims. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor who corners and pins down assailants. Deaths may not bring upon any answers, but these two characters must reveal the answers and the truth that lie underneath the corpses. In the autopsy room, a scalpel is more powerful than a gun, and evidence is used to solve mysteries. What kind of incidents happen in these rooms, and what kind of people are in there? Join these two investigators on their journey as they discover the truth and right the wrong!

Partners for Justice

When the high school's top bully lands in the hospital, the second-in-command Yang Hoon (Lee Yi Kyung) seizes the opportunity to take his place. This is bad news for Jae Young (Lee Won Geun), who had hoped for a reprieve from bullying, only to find that Yang Hoon is even worse. After noticing that Jae Young's friend Ye Ri (Park Gyu Young) shares a strong resemblance to Bo Kyung, a girl who Yang Hoon liked but couldn't ask out, Yang Hoon sets his sights on her. This forces Jae Young to reluctantly accept Yang Hoon's orders to do his bidding, even at the cost of his own morals. Jae Young must confront a troubling truth: is he any different from the monsters he despises? This 2018 Korean film was written and directed by Kim Baek Joon.

Wretches

Yang Hoon

Three aspiring dreamers – ambitious film director Dong Goo (Kim Jung Hyun), eccentric actor Joon Ki (Lee Yi Kyung), and freelance writer Doo Sik (Son Seung Won) – open the Waikiki guest house in Itaewon, hoping to fund their creative pursuits. Joined by Dong Goo's sister Seo Jin (Go Won Hee), who manages the household, and unexpected guest Yoon Ah (Jung In Sun), a single mother with a baby, the group struggles to keep their business afloat. Complicating matters further is Dong Goo's ex-girlfriend Soo Ah (Lee Joo Woo), who adds additional tension to the already chaotic living situation. Can these young adults pursue their dreams while navigating shared living and unexpected life complications? This 2018 South Korean comedy series is directed by Lee Chang Min.

Welcome to Waikiki

Down and Out in Waikiki 

KBS02

Would you like to go back in 18 years of time if you could? People have desires to turn back time and fix the most regrettable moments in their lives. This couple is the same. They met in college and got married. Getting married at a young age of 24 made them almost bite each other's heads off. After 18 years of marriage, they realized that their love for one another diminished, and all that was left was disappointment. They wished to return to the age where they first met, so they can avoid making the same mistakes. However, in the midst of all the disappointment and regret, they had forgotten one thing. That is, the choice they regretted so much may have been the best choice they had made in their lives. Will they be able to forget everything that had happen in the past 18 years and live a new life?

Go Back Couple

Macarena Team

When Queen Sim (Jang Hee Jin) struggles with infertility, she seeks help from shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung Ah), whose powerful black magic helps her give birth to twins Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe Hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron). However, the dark sorcery curses Seo Ri, causing the Queen to abandon her. Rescued by Poong Yeon's (Kwak Si Yang) father, Seo Ri grows up in hiding, learning witchcraft with her friend Poong Yeon and helper Choi Hyun Seo (Lee Sung Jae). When she encounters royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi Yoon), she hopes he can help her break the curse and reclaim her true identity. This is a 2016 South Korean historical fantasy drama directed by Jo Hyun Tak, inspired by the classic medical text "Mirror of Eastern Medicine" from the Joseon Dynasty.

Mirror of the Witch

Team Bewitched

Yo Gwang

South Korean special forces officer Yoo Si Jin (Song Joong Ki) falls for surgeon Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) but their ideological differences force them to split up. Now, war has broken out in a faraway nation, and Si Jin’s unit is deployed on the battleground. Coincidentally, an unpleasant workplace incident has forced Mo Yeon to join a group of medical volunteers in the same country. The former lovers reunite, but can they find love again – against the backdrop of a bloody war? This 2016 South Korean drama series was directed by Lee Eung Bok and Baek Sang Hoon.

Descendants of the Sun

The Sunshine Team

In the early days of the Joseon Dynasty, a crucial royal seal from the Ming Emperor is swallowed by a giant whale, sparking a high-stakes treasure hunt. Jang Sa Jung (Kim Nam Gil), a mountain bandit leader, and Yeo Wol (Son Ye Jin), a fierce pirate captain, both set out to retrieve the valuable artifact. As they compete to claim the generous reward, their rival groups navigate treacherous waters and intense competition. Their pursuit of the royal seal becomes a thrilling race against time and each other, with each side determined to be the first to recover the treasure from the whale's belly. This is a 2014 South Korean adventure film directed by Lee Seok Hoon.

The Pirates

Chun Hee, who has a talent for singing trot, must give up on dating, marriage, childbearing, social relationships, and saving up for a home to support her troublemaker father and young sister as the family's breadwinner. She had always lived in the shadows of this difficult environment, but when she's singing trot on stage, she shines more than anyone else. Chun Hee, who had grown up singing and listening to trot from a young age, meets a skilled yet ill-tempered composer named Jun Hyun, who starts to change her life. Jun Hyun had always considered trot and country music tacky, but as he gets to know Chun Hee, who is extraordinarily gifted in trot, he starts to compose trot music and even begins a life-risking romance.

Lovers of Music

The Trot Lovers Team

School equals unhappiness.The students have long been the icons of loneliness, suicide, and bullying.The teachers are incompetent employees who go to school to give detention. The parents are dictators who will do anything for their child to advance in society. And school is a monster. But is school really a monster? I mean, have we ever really taken a good, proper look at school? Whenever a school is rocked by bullying or death, people blame the academic policies or SATs. They sigh and aimlessly point a finger at our moral-lacking, dog eat dog world. Perhaps we actually know nothing about school. If so, then this is the moment we all must peer into the essence of school. If we hold our breaths and look inside, the school will listen. To the stories the children hide and the teachers are unaware of, and to the deep wounds of school, which has become a monster. We all must face the despair school emanates in order to discover that faint glimmer of hope. That hope is the first step in coming face to face with the non-monstrous future of school.

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