Hongseok is a South Korean singer, model, and actor who was born on April 17, 1994, in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to making his debut, he lived abroad in Singapore and the United States. In 2016, he appeared in the survival audition show “Pentagon Maker,” before later going on to make his debut as part of the all-male K-pop group Pentagon. The group released its debut EP in October 2016. He has also made his mark as an actor, appearing in the movie “My Last Love” (2017) and the drama series titles “Phoenix 2020” (2020) and “Blue Birthday” (2021).

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Never one to be considered beautiful by society’s standards, Koo Ae Jin (Shim Dal Gi) has lived a pretty miserable life. As a high school student, she is constantly tormented by her peers and even strangers on the street feel the need to insult her looks in passing. Despite being bullied by nearly everyone around her, Ae Jin has found a surprising way to cope.

Utilizing her skills with both makeup and photo editing, Ae Jin leads a secret life as Genie, a wildly popular social media influencer with more than 770,000 followers. Spending hours each day applying makeup and even more hours editing her photos, every photo Ae Jin posts on social media is sure to be a hit. As enjoyable as it is to live this double life, Ae Jin is horrified when one day Genie receives a text message that changes everything. Sent an untouched photograph of herself, Ae Jin is suddenly painfully aware of the fact that someone knows her deepest secret. The question is, who?

Searching desperately for the sender of that mysterious message, Ae Jin is shocked when she discovers who the culprit really is. Suddenly she finds herself wondering, how much longer will she be able to keep the truth hidden?

Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Ahum, “Shadow Beauty” is a 2021 romantic drama directed by Bang Soo In.

Shadow Beauty

Oh Ha Rin (Yeri) is a 28-year-old woman whose heart still yearns for her first love and closest friend Ji Seo Jun (Hongseok). They were once as close as could be, and both had strong romantic feelings for one another. And exactly a decade ago, on the fateful day when she turned 18, she had resolved to finally come clean about her the way she felt about him...only to discover that he had taken his own life. She later discovered a note where he too confessed his romantic feelings for her.

Now, 10 years on, she looks back at the tragic day. And while looking through his belongings, she happens upon a pile of eight imperviously unseen photos Ji Seo Jun had kept hidden away. Distraught by the painful memories, Oh Ha Rin burns one of the photos – only to find herself back in high school at the exact moment at which the photo was taken. Realizing that she has been gifted the power to travel back in time, she resolves to find a way to save Ji Seo Jun. But she must be prudent: With every photo she burns, she loses another chance to save his life!

“Blue Birthday” is a 2021 South Korean Viki Original drama series that was directed by Park Dan Hee.

Blue Birthday

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Ji Eun grew up with everything as the daughter of an influential chaebol family in Korea. When she meets Se Hoon, who comes from a poor family, he treats her like no one else, and she falls in love with him. Although Ji Eun's family is against their relationship, they get married. However, due to ongoing conflicts, Ji Eun and Se Hoon are exhausted and decide to end their marriage. Ten years later, fate ironically reverses their lives.

Phoenix 2020

Witnesses of Destiny

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One day, Park Choi Go (Park Sun Ho) decides to quit his job at a big company and open up his own chicken restaurant at what used to be a bathhouse. Seo Bo Ah (Kim So Hye), an aspiring webtoon writer who secludes herself in the bathhouse, can't accept that the building she inherited from her grandfather is turning into a chicken restaurant. To take her inheritance back, she becomes Park Choi Go's employee along with Andrew Kang (Joo Woo Jae), a once-promising chef who is now homeless.

Can Park Choi Go become the ultimate chicken master and achieve his dream?

"The Best Chicken" is a 2019 Viki Original South Korean romantic comedy-drama directed by Lee Seung Hoon.

The Best Chicken

The Chicken Lovers Team

Only the toughest will survive! The hit MBC variety program, Real Men, is back. The Korean army plans to select excellent soldiers from different units for 300 Warriors to celebrate the 70th anniversary of founding of the armed forces. New celebrity members go through the same evaluation process as the real challengers representing their units. In this season, they get to meet the soldiers from Special Forces and Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon. Join in on the action, as they challenge their limits to become the honorable 300 warrior soldiers.

The Real Men 300

Sometimes it takes a crisis to discover what’s really important in life.

Kim Bong Yong (Sung Ji Ru) has a horrible boss who forces him to work late, go drinking after work, and then take him home every night. Bong Yong’s long-suffering wife, Hwa Yeon (Jeon Mi Sun), begs him to spend more time with his family. But Bong Yong’s twin teenagers, Woo Joo (Hongseok) and Dal Nim (Kwon So Hyun), becomes emotionally distant because of his frequent absences. His youngest daughter, Byeol Nim (Lee Ye Won), is the only person who still shows kindness to Bong Yong.

But will it take a crisis to bring Bong Yong and his family together?

“My Last Love” is a 2017 South Korean film directed by Jin Kwang Kyo.

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