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Yongcheonru, the largest inn in the Joseon Dynasty, operates under the motto "The Guest is King" – challenging the strict social hierarchy everywhere else in the kingdom. Four trainee servants work at the inn, all from different backgrounds and with their own goals: Lee Eun (Bae In Hyuk), a prince hiding his royal identity; Hong Deok Su (Kim Ji Eun), a woman disguised as a man; Cheon Jun Hwa (Jung Gun Joo), the unwilling heir to Yongcheonru; and Go Su Ra (Jae Chan), from a merchant family that's losing its status. While working through their trainee period, the four young adults face new challenges and form close relationships, all while trying to develop their own senses of self and upholding the inn's unconventional standards. Will they succeed?

Check in Hanyang

Four Paths, One Destination

Cheon Jun Hwa

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In a new phase of KBS's one-act drama project, fresh actors, directors, and writers come together to provide entertainment and inspiration. Every story has something unique to offer! A young historian is determined to preserve the past, while the prince seeks to erase it and take the throne, leading to a collision of values. Cutie, the obscure member of an idol group that disbanded 13 years ago, begins his journey of hunting for Handsome, another member who's been elusive. In the tumultuous year before the Korean War, two women, Young Bok from Korea and Sachiko from Japan, fight for the love of the same husband. This is the dramatic story of two ladies who can never be friends. A seasoned member of a street-view shooting team encounters a directionally challenged woman who claims that a figure caught in the street-view is her father. Ha Neul, a high school girl, devises a clever plan to coax her reclusive sister out of her room! Immerse yourself in a collection of touching stories.

2024 KBS Drama Special

 2024 KBS Drama Special Team 

Won Seo Hu

Kang Yang Hyun (Ahn Jae Hong), a former promising basketball player, becomes the coach of Busan Jungang High School's struggling team. Facing challenges like player poaching and budget cuts, he assembles a ragtag group of six players led by captain Cheon Ki Beom (Lee Sin Young). Despite numerous setbacks and player losses, Coach Kang remains determined to compete in the 2012 national tournament. With an underdog team and limited resources, they face an uphill battle, but Kang's unwavering spirit and the team's resilience drive them forward. Their journey becomes a testament to perseverance and teamwork in the face of overwhelming odds. "Rebound" is a 2023 South Korean sports drama based on the true story of the Busan Jungang High School basketball team, directed by Jang Hang Jun.

Rebound

Scholars Kang San (Ryeoun), Kim Shi Yeol (Kang Hoon), and Jeong Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo) have all come to the capital to take the civil service entrance exam – in the hope of one day becoming top-ranking public officials. But together with the innkeeper Yoon Dan Oh (Shin Ye Eun), they stumble upon clues about a bizarre disappearance that took place over a decade ago. Do they have what it takes to solve the puzzling mystery – and possibly find love on the way? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Kim Jung Min.

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

Na Young Won (Jung So Min) is a successful senior editor at the hit monthly magazine Monthly House. Although her glittering journalistic career spans a decade, her home situation is not quite as idyllic as those she spends her time reporting on. In fact, she lives alone in a rented house and happily makes adjustments as she sees fit. But when the magazine’s CEO Yoo Ja Sung (Kim Ji Seok) buys the house and becomes her fussy new landlord, she is in for a shock.

Yoo Ja Sung proves to be a very difficult landlord to keep happy. He grew up in poverty, initially working in the construction industry, but determined to make his fortune through real estate investment. For him, buying the house Na Young Won lives in is little more than another financial transaction. But as the duo starts to get to know one another, their attitudes toward the real estate market – and one another – start to change. Suddenly, Na Young Won starts to ask herself if she would be better off buying her own house...or beginning on an unlikely romance with her firm’s CEO!

“Monthly Magazine Home” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Lee Chang Min.

Monthly Magazine Home

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School bullies have made life hell for Im Ju Gyeong (Mun Ka Young), who torment her relentlessly for being “ugly.” So when she transfers high schools, she decides to turn over a new leaf by using tips she learns from social media to transform her appearance! Donning a new look and carefully maintaining her "ugly secret," she slowly gains confidence in herself while making genuine friends including Lee Su Ho (Cha Eun Woo), the most popular boy at school, and his close-friend-turned-rival, Han Seo Jun (Hwang In Yeop), a troublemaker with a kind heart. Caught in a love triangle and constantly at risk for having her secret exposed, what will happen if Ju Gyeong's new friends learn about the "real" her? Will she find true love with either of her suitors? This series was adapted from the viral 2018 webtoon "True Beauty".

True Beauty

True Beauty Team

Jang Ha Ri (Jang Nara), a 39-year-old workaholic senior reporter at a parenting magazine, has long abandoned her hopes of finding love and instead focuses on her desire to become a mother. Determined to have a baby without marriage, she unexpectedly finds herself surrounded by three potential love interests: freelance photographer Han Yi Sang (Go Joon), pediatrician Yoon Jae Young (Park Byung Eun), and office newbie Choi Kang Eu Ddeum (Jung Gun Joo). As she navigates her quest for motherhood, Ha Ri begins to wonder if her journey might unexpectedly lead her to true love. This is a 2020 South Korean drama series directed by Nam Ki Hoon.

Oh My Baby

Dan Oh, a high school girl who is the only child from a wealthy family, has congenital heart disease. One day, she wonders why her memory keeps disappearing. She finally realizes that she is a character in the cartoon and decides to find her real life and love. Meanwhile, a character that doesn't even have its name, Seuli High School's Student Number 13, lives like a background of the other characters, but his life slowly changes after meeting Dan Oh. They begin their mysterious adventure to find out the secret of the romance cartoon world, and they try to get their independent lives back.

Extra-ordinary You

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Choi Woong (Jung Gun Joo) and Go Min Chae (Choi Hee Jin) have been together for eight years and are ready to get married, but face significant challenges. With limited financial resources, the couple struggles to find stable jobs - Woong becomes a high school teacher while Min Chae pursues art. Their wedding plans are complicated by unexpected love rivals and the difficult task of gaining parental approval. As the wedding day approaches, mounting pressures threaten to derail their relationship and test the strength of their love. Will they overcome these obstacles and successfully start their life together? "The Best Ending" is a 2019 South Korean drama series that was directed by Park Dhan Hee.

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