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Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul’s thriving downtown sits a curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, an ever-present testament to the fact that things are not always what they seem. Running this hotel is Jang Man Wol (IU), a greedy, suspicious soul who has spent the past thousand years acting as the establishment’s CEO.

Cursed for a sin she can no longer remember committing, Man Wol is doomed to spend all of the eternity running this odd establishment, catering to the needs of a most peculiar clientele. Her only hope of escape is to find someone who has committed a worse sin than her own but after a thousand years, she’s beginning to lose hope.

However, things take an interesting turn when Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) shows up. Once the youngest assistant manager ever to work at a multinational hotel corporation, Chan Sung finds himself forced to manage the Hotel del Luna because of a deal his father made with Man Wol years ago. A stickler for rules and regulations, he’s a perfectionist to the extreme but that may be exactly what this odd establishment and its cursed CEO needs.

A tale of old curses, lost souls, and unexpected surprises, “Hotel Del Luna” is a 2019 mystery, romance, fantasy drama directed by Oh Choong Hwan.

Hotel Del Luna

🏨  Team Hotel Del Luna  🌕

Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho)’s wealthy parents have been grooming him to take over the lucrative family business, the Empire Group, since he was just a young boy. His jealous older half-brother Kim Won (Choi Jin Hyuk) – already a successful executive at the firm – is a constant thorn in Tan’s side. Tan, meanwhile, is engaged to an heiress, Rachel Ryu (Kim Ji Won), the scion of a powerful, hotel-owning family. But while he is studying in the United States, Tan meets and falls for Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), unaware that she is the daughter of his family’s housekeeper. As super-rich families hatch plans for their children’s future, could love put an end to their ambitious schemes? This 2013 South Korean drama series was directed by Kang Shin Hyo and Boo Sung Chul.

Heirs

The Heirs Team

Such is life. Sometimes, you are grateful and happy that you are alive, but then you lose the reason to live when you gradually lose things or people that are dear to you. When you face hardship, you start to wonder if living just means you are walking down a path of misery. However, while you are walking down that path alone, there comes a time when you become desperate for someone's hand. That hand may save you from lingering in your own misery and may also spark the desire to live although life is full of hardship. This drama shows that exact moment when two hands reach out to each other and bloom, keeping one another warm and safe. Come and Hug Me wishes to tell the viewers that although life may not be full of miracles, there is still that small hope of its getting better.

Come and Hug Me

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Despite getting dumped by her boyfriend, Seon Eun Woo (Jin Ki Joo) wants to get him back. She hatches a plan, asking her long-time platonic male friend Yun Jae Won (Hongbin) to enter a pretend relationship with her, hoping to make her ex jealous and leverage that to bring them back together. To make the sham relationship seem more believable, Jae Won moves in with Eun Woo, and the duo starts posting pictures of their “romantic adventures” on social media. However, this seemingly perfect plan begins to backfire when Eun Woo and Jae Won’s pretend feelings begin to get real. Will Eun Woo reunite with her former flame? Or will she instead find true love with her childhood friend? This 2017 South Korean web drama was directed by Lee Jung Hoon.

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Time To Love

Lee Yeong Joon (Park Seo Joon) is the arrogant hotshot vice president of his family’s company, thanks to the tireless efforts of his incredibly talented secretary, Kim Mi So (Park Min Young). With her by his side for the last nine years, Yeong Joon has been able to appear like the shining star he believes he is. But when Mi So suddenly decides to quit, Yeong Joon quickly realizes just how important she is... and not just to his career. Jealous over his older brother, Lee Seong Yeon’s (Lee Tae Hwan) growing relationship with Mi So, Yeong Joon decides it’s time to get his secretary back, no matter what. Based on the novel of the same name by Jung Kyung Yoon, this 2018 South Korean romantic comedy series was directed by Park Joon Hwa.

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim

The Perfect Secretaries Team

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Born from a long line of women gifted with monumental strength, Do Bong Soon (Park Bo Young) is far from ordinary. Only able to use her power for good, Bong Soon agrees to work as a bodyguard for Ahn Min Hyeok (Park Hyung Sik), the recently endangered chaebol heir and CEO of gaming company Ainsoft. With dreams of developing a video game of her own, Bong Soon hopes that by working with Min Hyeok, she’ll find a way to turn her dreams into reality. Meanwhile, her childhood friend, Detective Gook Doo (Ji Soo), is on the hunt for a kidnapper whose path soon crosses with Bong Soon. Using her gifts for the greatest good, will Bong Soon find her life full of everything she’s dreamed of and more? This is a 2017 South Korean romantic comedy series directed by Lee Hyung Min.

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Small but Mighty Team

Noh Ji Wook is a brainiac prosecutor and Eun Bong Hee is a rookie justice department intern, who always seems to find herself in the most unfortunate and embarrassing situations. Bong Hee is falsely accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, and Ji Wook gets demoted because he risks his career and reputation to save Bong Hee. Things get complicated as their careers, and love lives get entangled, but one thing brings them together- catching the real culprit responsible for a series of murders before they run out of time and get themselves killed. Ji Eun Hyuk used to be a good friend of Ji Wook, and their friendship used to be the strongest ever. During Eun Hyuk's troubled childhood, Ji Wook used to feel like his only family.

Suspicious Partner

The Suspicious Team

Kim Woo Hyun is the only son of a high-ranking police officer. He breezes through the police academy and graduates from it with honors. After being assigned to the cyber investigation department, Detective Kim finds himself entrenched in a cat and mouse game with a faceless enemy in the cyber world. Tirelessly hunting down the hacker, alias of Hades, he finds out that Hades is his past roommate in the police academy, Ki Young. Ki young is caught. But he escapes and tries to find an evidence proving his innocence. Meanwhile, Woo Hyun tries to reveal the secrets of those that hide within the cyber world.

Ghost

The Cyberghosts Team

Cha Young Min (Rain), an arrogant yet brilliant thoracic surgeon, focuses solely on his career, alienating everyone around him, including his neurosurgeon ex-girlfriend Jang Se Jin (Uie). His polar opposite is surgical resident Go Seung Tak (Kim Bum), who only got his position through his grandfather’s connections. Unexpectedly, a strange medical incident causes Young Min’s spirit to possess Seung Tak’s body, granting Seung Tak extraordinary surgical skills and making him the talk of the medical community. However, intern Oh Soo Jung (Son Na Eun) senses something is off and begins to question the “miraculous” transformation. As the lines between life and death blur, the doctors must confront the implications of this supernatural switch. Will things ever go back to normal? This 2022 South Korean drama was directed by Bu Seong Cheol.

Ghost Doctor

The Ghosties 👻

Na Bong Sun (Park Bo Young), a timid assistant chef with a secret crush, gets entangled in a supernatural scheme when Shin Soon Ae (Kim Seul Gi), a ghost with unfinished romantic business, uses Bong Sun’s body as a vessel to complete her final wish. As Soon Ae's bold attempts to experience love affect Bong Sun’s life, the once shy assistant begins to catch the eye of her star chef crush, Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung Suk), who’s nursing a broken heart of his own. Both women strive to fulfill their desires – one for a love she never had, and the other for a chance at romance. Will their intertwined fates lead to unexpected romance and closure, or will their desires remain unfulfilled? This 2015 Korean drama series was directed by Yoo Je Won.

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