Choi Bo Min is a South Korean singer and up-and-coming actor born on August 24, 2000. He is the youngest member of 10-member K-pop boyband Golden Child. The group, which is signed with talent agency Woolim Entertainment, made its debut in 2017, releasing the EP “Gol-cha!” Choi Bo Min made his acting debut in 2019, featuring in the web-based drama sequel “A-Teen 2.” He followed up later the same year with a role in the series “Melting Me Softly.”

Choi Bo Min

Kakao TV

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

JTBC

After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jung Da Jung (Kim Ha Neul) and Hong Dae Young (Yoon Sang Hyun) seem to be well settled in their domestic lives. The proud parents of a pair of eighteen year old twins, the devoted couple have worked hard to build a happy home together. But what seems like an ideal life on the outside is really anything but. Fed up with Dae Young’s incessant nonsense, Da Jung is at her wits’ end. When Dae Young announces that he’s been fired, Da Jung gives up completely. Convinced life would be better without her husband in it, Da Jung wastes no time in filing for divorce.

Shaken by his wife’s decision to leave him and utterly disappointed in where life has taken him, Dae Young takes a hard look at his life. It doesn’t take him long to see all the places where things went wrong, and soon he finds himself regretting absolutely everything about his life. The moment the thoughts of regret enter his head, his body is instantly transformed into that of an eighteen year old, while his thirty-seven year old mind remains intact.&nbsp;

Suddenly given the chance to re-do his entire life, Dae Young changes his name to Ko Woo Young and enrolls himself in his childrens’ school. Seeing life from an entirely different perspective, Dae Young soon finds that despite keeping his middle-aged brain, he still has a lot to learn.&nbsp;

Inspired by the 2009 American film, “17 Again”, “18 Again” is a 2020 romantic comedy drama directed by Ha Byung Hoon.

18 Again

Struggling jobseeker Go Mi Ran (Won Jin Ah) and TV producer Ma Dong Chan (Ji Chang Wook) agreed to an experiment that promised a cash payout in return for spending 24 hours in cryogenically-frozen sleep. However, upon waking up, they’re shocked to find they’ve been frozen for 20 years! With their bodies unaged but the world around them drastically different, they must navigate their new lives in the future while keeping their body temperature low, as any rise could be fatal. As they grapple with their new reality and unravel the mystery behind their extended slumber, unexpected romance blooms between them, threatening their very survival. Will they overcome the heat of their budding relationship and uncover the truth behind their 20-year freeze? This 2019 South Korean drama series was produced by Shin Woo Cheol.

Melting Me Softly

A group of Seoul-based high school friends enters their senior year – aware that they have just months to go before their key university entrance examination, a test that will determine their future lives and careers. Kim Ha Na (Lee Na Eun) is undecided about her future, Yeo Bo Ram (Kim Soo Hyun) is not overly enthralled by the idea of going to university at all, while Do Ha Na (Shin Ye Eun) is facing the very real prospect of having to repeat a year of school – or go to university outside the capital. Meanwhile, Cha Gi Hun (Ryu Eui Hyun) harbors secret dreams of becoming a pop star.

But university is not the only thing on these high schoolers’ minds: Romance is never far away, and Ha Min (Kim Dong Hee) is still smarting after being rejected by Kim Ha Na, who says she wants to put her studies before her love life. But when rumors about Kim Ha Na cheating at a test in the year prior start to spread and fights break out in the cafeteria, the friends start to realize that this year certainly isn’t going to be uneventful!

“A-TEEN2” is a 2019 South Korean drama series that was directed by Han Soo Ji.

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