Korean Drama 2013

Prime minister, Kwon Yul (Lee Bum Soo) who is a father of three is 100% workaholic and 0% family man. A young female reporter, Nam Da Jung (Im Yoon Ah) who fakes her identity enters Prime Minister’s household as a tutor of his kids to gather news about him and like a Christmas gift, a mother figure appears to this single dad and the warmhearted love story begins! 

Details:

Title: 총리와 나 / The Prime Minister and I
Chinese Title: 總理與我
Also known as: Prime Minister Is Dating
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2013-Dec-09 to 2014-Jan-28
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Bum Soo as Kwon Yul
Im Yoon Ah as Nam Da Jung
Chae Jung Ahn as Seo Hye Joo (public relations officer)
Yoon Shi Yoon as Kang In Ho (chief of staff)

Prime Minister’s Kids

Choi Soo Han as Woo Ri
Jeon Min Seo as Na Ra
Lee Do Hyun as Man Se

Supporting Cast

Lee Min Ho (1993) as Park Hee Chul
Ryu Jin as Park Jun Ki
Lee Han Wie as Nam Yu Sik
Yoon Hae Young as Na Yun Hee
Lee Young Bum as Shim Sung Il
Choi Duk Moon as Go Dal Pyo
Go Joo Yeon
Min Sung Wook

Production Credits

Production Company: SM C&C
Producer: Lee Myung Han
Director: Lee So Yeon
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Hee, Yoon Eun Kyung

This drama is about a messy love square between two married couples.

Song Mi Kyung (Kim Ji Soo) is a housewife. Her husband, Yoo Jae Hak (Ji Jin Hee) runs a business and her neighbors are envious of her. One day, she know that her husband is having an affair with Na Eun Jin (Han Hye Jin). She then approaches them carefully. Meanwhile, Kim Sung Soo (Lee Sang Woo) will plays Na Eun Jin’s husband.

Title: 따뜻한 말 한마디 / One Warm Word
Chinese Title: 溫暖的一句話
Also Known as: Kind Word / Good Word
Genre: Family, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Dec-02 to 2014-Feb-04
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Cast

Main Cast

Han Hye Jin as Na Eun Jin (Sung Soo’s wife)
Ji Jin Hee as Yoo Jae Hak (Mi Kyung’s husband)
Kim Ji Soo as Song Mi Kyung (Jae Hak’s wife)
Lee Sang Woo as Kim Sung Soo (Eun Jin’s husband)

Eun Jin & Sung Soo’s Family

Yoon Joo Sang as Na Dae Ho (Eun Jin’s father)
Go Doo Shim as Kim Na Ra (Eun Jin’s mother)
Yoon Jong Hwa as Na Jin Chul (Eun Jin’s younger brother)
Yoon Joo Hee as Yoon Sun Ah (Jin Chul’s wife)
Han Groo as Na Eun Young (Eun Jin’s younger sister)
Lee Chae Mi as Kim Yoon Jung (Eun Jin & Sung Soo’s daughter)

Jae Hak & Mi Kyung’s Family

Park Jung Soo as Madam Choo (Jae Hak’s mother)
Park Seo Joon as Song Min Soo (Mi Kyung’s step brother)

Others

Choi Hwa Jung as Choi An Na (Cooking Class instructor)
Son Hwa Ryung as Ji Hye (Cooking Class student/Eun Jin’s friend)
Kim Hye Na as Young Kyung (Cooking Class student/Eun Jin’s senior)

Production Credits

Production Company: HB Entertainment
Chief Producer: Han Jung Hwan
Director: Choi Young Hoon
Screenwriter: Ha Myung Hee

This drama is about the daily-life and romance of a single woman and a murder case occurs in her neighborhood.

Lee Soo Kyung (Lee Soo Kyung) is a 33-year-old single woman. She divorced when she was in her 20′s and now lives alone. She always wants to carry herself with dignity, but she loses self-control when she is near gourmet foods.

Meanwhile, Goo Dae Young (Yoon Doo Joon) is a gourmet, especially talented with describing the taste of foods. He often lies when he opens his mouth, but he is usually considerate to others.

Details:

Title: 식사를 합시다 / Let’s Eat
Chinese Title: 一起吃飯吧
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Broadcast network: tvN
Episodes: 16 (To Be confirmed)
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-28 to 2014-March-13
Air time: Thursday 23:00

Cast

People in Royal Family Officetel

Lee Soo Kyung as Lee Soo Kyung
Yoon Doo Joon as Goo Dae Young
Yoon So Hee as Yoon Jin Yi

Kim Hak Moon Attorney’s Office

Shim Hyung Tak as Kim Hak Moon
Lee Do Yun as Oh Do Yun
Jang Won Young as Choi Kyu Shik (office manager)
Jung Soo Young as Park Kyung Mi (Kyu Shik’s wife)

Production Credits

Production Company: CJ E&M
Director: Park Joon Hwa
Screenwriter: Im Soo Mi

This drama is based on 17 volumes of comic book series “예쁜 남자 ~열 여자 정복기~“ by Chon Kye Young which was first published on 2009-Sep-11.

Dokgo Ma Te (Jang Geun Suk) is an ambitious man and wants to make a lot money using his beautiful appearance. He sets out to date ten of the most successful women in Korea. A strange woman then appears in front of Dokgo Ma Te. Her name is Kim Bo Tong (IU), an ordinary girl come from poor background who’s been in love with him for ten years. Can she make Dokgo Ma Te love her?

Details:

Title: 예쁜남자 / Pretty Man
Chinese Title: 漂亮男人
Also Known as: Bel Ami / Beautiful Man / Pretty Boy
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Family
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-20 to 2014-Jan-09
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Cast

Main Cast

Jang Geun Suk as Dokgo Ma Te
IU as Kim Bo Tong
Lee Jang Woo as David Choi
Han Chae Young as Hong Yoo Ra

MG Group

Kim Bo Yun as Na Hong Ran
Dok Go Young Jae as Park Ki Suk
Kim Young Jae as Park Moon Soo

Ma Te’s women

So Yoo Jin as Jaek Hee
Kim Ye Won as Electricity Fairy
Park Ji Yoon as Yo Mi
Lee Seung Min as Yeo Mim
Cha Hyun Jung as Kim In Joong

People around Ma Te

Yang Mi Kyung as Kim Mi Sook (Ma Te’s mother)
Kim Ji Han as Jang Duk Saeng

Kim Bo Tong’s family

Lee Mi Young as Lee Mal Ja (Bo Tong’s mother)
Hoon as Kim Dae Shik (Bo Tong’s younger brother)

Production Credits

Production Company: Group8 & Pineapple holdings
Chief Producer: Kwak Ki Won
Producer: Lee Jin Suh
Director: Lee Jae Sang, Jung Jung Hwa, Shin Yong Hwi
Screenwriter: Yoo Young Ah

Official Site

Teaser

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This family drama is about a mom and her two daughters, and the many men in their lives.

Oh Eun Soo (Lee Ji Ah) is the second daughter in this family. Jung Tae Won (Song Chang Ui) is her first husband and Kim Joon Goo (Ha Suk Jin) is her new love interest, a guy who’s still in school for his management degree.

Details:

Title: 세번 결혼하는 女子 / The Woman Who Married Three Times
Chinese Title: 結三次婚的女人
Also Known as: She Gets Married Thrice / Thrice Married Woman
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 32 (To be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-09 to 2014-Feb-23
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Ji Ah as Oh Eun Soo (second daughter)
Uhm Ji Won as Oh Hyun Soo (first daughter)
Song Chang Ui as Jung Tae Won
Ha Suk Jin as Kim Joon Goo
Jo Han Sun as Ahn Kwang Moo
Seo Young Hee as Park Joo Ha

Hyun Soo and Eun Soo’s family

Han Jin Hee as Oh Byung Shik (father)
Oh Mi Yun as Oh Soon Shim (mother)
Kim Ji Young as Jung Seul Gi (daughter of Jung Tae Won & Oh Eun Soo)

Tae Won’s family

Kim Yong Rim as Madam Choi
Kim Jung Nan as Jung Tae Hee

Joon Goo’s family

Kim Yong Gun as Chairman Kim Myung Ye
Kim Ja Ok as Madam Son
Kang Boo Ja as Son Bo Sal

Other People

Jang Hee Jin as Dami
Son Yeo Eun as Chae Rin
Oh Mi Hee as Chun Kyung Sook
Yang Hee Kyung as Yoo Min Sook

Production Credits

Production Company: Samhwa Networks
Director: Son Jung Hyun
Writer: Kim Soo Hyun

Official Site

Teaser

This drama centers on three families whose members learn to appreciate each other, realize the true meaning of family, regret their misbehaves, and repent the hurt they’ve caused to other people after hardships and trials in the world where individualism is prominent.

Gong Deul Im (Kim Da Som) is a tenacious, outgoing, and optimistic aspiring musical actress with undying passion to pursue her dreams despite against her parents’ wishes. She will have romantic relationship with lawyer Park Hyun Woo (Baek Sung Hyun).

Meanwhile, Han Tae Kyung (Kim Hyung Jun) is the leader of a drama troupe and musical director. He will be acting as a perfectionist, but a gentle and thoughtful man outside of work. He will be working closer with Deul Im and is best friends with Hyun Woo and Deul Im’s older sister, Gong Soo Im (Hwang Sun Hee). He will develop feelings for Soo Im.

Title: 사랑은 노래를 타고 / Melody of Love
Chinese Title: 乘著歌聲的愛情
Also Known as: Love Rides the Song / Love Through Song
Previously Known as: 콩가네 밭가네 / Beans and Fields
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 100+ (To Be Announced)
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-04
Air time: Monday to Friday 20:25

Cast

Main Cast

Baek Sung Hyun as Park Hyun Woo
Kim Da Som as Gong Deul Im
Hwang Sun Hee as Gong Soo Im
Kim Hyung Jun as Han Tae Kyung
Kwak Hee Sung as Yoon Sang Hyun

Park Hyun Woo’s family

Sun Woo Jae Duk as Park Bum Jin
Kim Hye Sun as Yoon Ji Young
Park Woong as Park Doo Shik

Soo Im and Deul Im’s family

Lee Jung Gil as Gong Jung Nam
Kim Hye Ok as Yoo Jin Soon
Ban Hyo Jung as Jo Gwi Boon
Jung Si Ah as Gong Jung Ja
Kim Ji Hoon as Kim Sung Hoon
Shin Bi (신비) as Noh Jin Yi

Han Tae Kyung’s family

Jung Seung Ho as Han Joo Ho
Kim Ye Ryung as Goo Mi Ok
Lee Joo Hyun as Goo Se Joon
Jung Da Bin as Han Tae Hee

Eun Ha Soo Theatrical Troupe

Han Min Chae as Geum Na Ri
Lee Eun Ha (이은하) as Go Eun Ha
Kim Tae Hyung (김태형) as Go Min
Jung Yi Yun as Yeo In Sook
Heo Bo Bae (허보배) as Bo Bae
Kim Hyun Min (김현민) as Hyun

Other People

Sunshine (선샤인) as May Zuri
Jo Soo Min as Lee Ja Hye
Choi Seung Kyung

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Kwak Ki Won
Director: Lee Duk Gun
Screenwriter: Hong Young Hee

Official Site

Teaser

A drama about seven siblings, all of them are orphans and not blood-related, love each other more than real siblings. They will go through many hardships together.

Baek Won (UEE) is the leader of seven orphans who band together to make their own family. Meanwhile, Do Young (Jung Il Woo) is the prosecutor who falls in love with her.

Details:

Title: 황금무지개 / Golden Rainbow
Chinese Title: 黃金彩虹
Genre: Family, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-02 to 2014-April-20
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:55

Cast

Main Cast

UEE as Kim Baek Won / Jang Ha Bin (3rd child)
- Kim Yoo Jung as as Baek Won (teen)
- Lee Chae Mi as Baek Won (Child)
Jung Il Woo as Do Young
- Oh Jae Moo as Do Young (teen)
Lee Jae Yoon as Man Won (1st child)
- Seo Young Joo as Man Won (teen)
Cha Ye Ryun as Chun Won (2nd child)
- Song Yoo Jung as Chun Won (teen)

Kim Han Joo’s family

Kim Sang Joong as Kim Han Joo
Ahn Seo Hyun as Kim Shib Won (4th child)
Jung Yoon Suk as Kim Yeol Won (5th child)
Kim Tae Joon (김태준) as Kim Il Won (6th child)
Choi Ro Woon as Kim Young Won (7th child)

Seo Jin Ki’s family

Jo Min Ki as Seo Jin Ki
Park Won Sook as Kang Jung Shim
Ji Soo Won as Jang Mi Rim
Lee Seung Ho (이승호) as young Seo Tae Young

Chun Uk Jo’s family

Ahn Nae Sang as Chun Uk Jo
Kim Hye Eun as Yang Se Ryun
Ryu Dam as Chun Soo Pyo
- Kim Dong Hyun as Soo Pyo (teen)

Others

Do Ji Won as Yoon Young Hye

Production Credits

Production Company: May Queen Pictures
Chief Producer: Choi Won Suk
Directors: Kang Dae Sun, Lee Jae Jin
Screenwriter: Son Young Mok, Cha Yi Young

Official Site

Teaser 1