Kim Hye Eun is a South Korean actress and television personality born on March 1, 1973, in Busan, South Korea. She studied at Seoul National University and began her career as an announcer for MBC in 1997. She made her drama debut in “Nonstop 3” (2002), while still a member of the news team at MBC. In 2004, she decided to quit her MBC post and then went on to pursue a full-time career in drama. She has since appeared in the series “New Heart” (2007), “Women of the Sun” (2008), “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (2012), and “Secret Love Affair” (2014). More recently, she has starred in the dramas “Encounter” (2018) and “Doctor John” (2019).

Kim Hye Eun

When high school student Kim Eun Mi (Jeon Hye Jin) discovered that she was pregnant, her entire life changed in an instant. Determined to keep her baby, Eun Mi did just that. Raising her daughter, Jin Hee (Choi Sooyoung) on her own, the two have quite literally grown up together.

Now in her forties, Eun Mi works as a physical therapist while twenty-nine-year-old Jin Hee works as an officer at the Namchon Police Substation. Despite being an adult herself, Jin Hee still lives with her mother; a fact which leads to an endless stream of bickering between the two. Though both mother and daughter will agree that they love each other dearly, the two just can’t seem to find a way to get along these days. 

As if struggling to find a way to deal with her daughter wasn’t enough, Eun Mi’s life takes a complicated turn when Dr. Park Jin Hong (Ahn Jae Wook) suddenly appears before her. While Eun Mi tries to make sense of the mysterious Dr. Park, Jin Hee struggles to find a way to get along with her work’s new director, Eun Jae Won (Park Sung Hoon). With life taking one complicated turn after another, will mother and daughter ever find a way to repair the breach that’s been widening between them? 

Based on the webtoon “Strangers” by Jung Young Rong, “Not Others” is a 2023 South Korean romantic comedy drama directed by Lee Min Woo.

Not Others

Like Mother Like Daughter

Baek Soo Hyun (Ji Jin Hee) is one of South Korea’s most popular and best-respected broadcast journalists. He is famed as a moral champion and the public believes him to be a paragon of virtue and presents the flagship news show on the BSN TV network. However, what his viewers don’t know if that he is actually a very cold, calculating individual who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He also harbors a dark secret. His wife Seo Eun Soo (Yoon Se Ah) is the daughter of the chairman of the steel-making giant Jegang, a company at the heart of South Korean politics and industry. But she wants no part of the world of politics or business, and would rather spend time on her career as a budding miniature artist.

Meanwhile, Cha Seo Young (Kim Hye Eun), a rival announcer who presents the BSN late-night news show, has secretly set her sights on taking Baek Soo Hyun’s place on the flagship show. When a tragic incident takes place one rainy night, threatening to derail Baek Soo Hyun’s life and career. The ensuing police investigation sees a familiar face assigned to the case – in the form of an old friend-turned-detective Sim Seok Hoon (Kim Sung Soo).

This drama was based on the novel “The Tragedy of One” by the Japanese crime writer Rintaro Norizuki.

“The Road: The Tragedy of One” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kim No Won.

The Road: The Tragedy of One

The owner of a kkwabaegi shop nestled in the heart of a traditional open market, Mi Young (Uhm Jung Hwa) is just like so many other women her age. A hardworking shop owner, devoted wife, and loving mother, she has dedicated her life to taking care of her family; and for the most part, she enjoys the day-in-day-out hustle and bustle of her life. Though she has to admit, there are times when she finds herself thinking about how nice it would be to be able to enjoy a nice family vacation.

Almost as if the universe could hear her innermost thoughts, her husband, Seok Hwan (Park Sung Woong), comes home one day, excited to announce that he has won an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii. Thrilled beyond words, the happy family soon sets off on their very first international trip together. But the moment they board their plane, things begin to go terribly wrong.&nbsp;

Trapped on a plane with a group of terrorists, the passengers soon find themselves held hostage, their fates grim. But Mi Young and Seok Hwan aren’t about to let their first real vacation end in disaster. Taking matters into their own hands, the couple are determined to do everything they can to rescue their fellow passengers and take back their vacation. But what chance does a donut shop owner and a computer repairman have against a group of deadly terrorists?

A high-flying comedic adventure, “Okay Madam” is a 2020 action comedy film directed by Lee Chul Ha.

Okay Madam

♥ Okay Madam Team ♥ 

People think it is a doctor's bounden duty to save a patient's life. But things are different now. Things are needed to be considered other than saving one's life. Modern medicine has been developed remarkably, and it is quite possible to save a person's life who is on the verge of death. But we need to think about if prolonging a patient's life makes the patient truly happy. Yo Han is a promising doctor who needs only 10 seconds to figure out a patient's condition. While he is gaining fame with his outstanding skills, he confronts one patient who changes his whole life. Si Young is a doctor with a warm heart. Her family has been doctors for generations, and she takes after her mother's exceptional talent and her father's high empathic ability. But one day, Si Young suddenly leaves the hospital. After a year later, she goes to the penitentiary to serve as a temporary medical doctor, and she meets a prisoner who was a former doctor. He is a genius who can grasp the patient's condition within 10 seconds. After meeting him, Si Young's life totally changes. And the day she comes back to the hospital, she meets the prisoner again, and this time, he is a professor. Doctor John is a human medical drama of anesthetists who seek the cause of mysterious pain their patients suffer, like detectives chasing after a suspect.

Doctor John

Cha Soo Hyun (Song Hye Kyo) is the daughter of a powerful, political family. She recently divorced her wealthy husband from an arranged marriage. Tired of living life guided by others, she decides to travel overseas. She meets Kim Jin Hyuk (Park Bo Gum), a free-spirited young soul on the way. Despite their differences, they are undeniably drawn to each other.

Will the two find true love amongst their differences?

"Encounter" is a 2018 South Korean drama directed by Park Shin Woo.

Encounter

🌈 My Rainbow, After A Storm ⛈

JTBC

Jang Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe germophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) after she enters his company as a new employee. Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) has worked all sorts of part-time jobs while striving for a full-time job and does not have the time to date or keep everything clean. She gave up on being neat after facing the tough realites of the world and is known for always wearing her trademark tracksuit. But she has a bright personality and does not mind getting dirty. With the help of Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung), Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) faces his fear of germs and discovers that he's falling in love with her.

Clean with Passion for Now

🐙 💦 The Clean Freaks 💦 🐛

After the death of their parents, the three Oh siblings were left with little choice but to learn to depend upon each other. Working as a reporter, Oh Soo Kyung (Lee Yo Won) does her best to support her family but it isn’t easy. With her older brother, Oh Sung Ho (Jung Man Sik) unemployed and her younger sister, Oh Joo Mi (Esom) a talent-less beauty, it’s up to Soo Kyung to make sure they all have enough to make ends meet.

Each dealing with their own struggles, the Oh siblings have a lot going on. But things get even more complicated when a young boy by the name of Nak (Jung Joon Won) appears out of nowhere, claiming to be their younger brother. With no idea where he came from, or what to do with him, the Oh siblings want nothing to do with this long-lost little brother. Unfortunately for them, the more they try to distance themselves from him, the more determined he becomes to be accepted as a member of their family.

Despite their best efforts, Soo Kyung, Sung Ho, and Joo Mi start to grow fond of Nak; but are their slowly-warming feelings enough to turn this stranger into a true member of the family?

A heart-warming story of love and family, “My Little Brother” is a 2017 film directed by Ma Dae Yun.

My Little Brother

🏠 The unexpected relative ☄️

A man and a woman scared by the death of one. They eat, sleep and sometimes laugh like before but if one thing has changed, even the brief glimpse of happiness they feel in their daily lives is misfortune. These two reach out to each other. And they speak to each other. Telling each other to stop suffering, that it wasn't their fault, and so it's okay to be happy now. They heal their emotional scars, open up their hearts and fall in love again. Through this story, we can see that the thing that gets us up again after a tragedy, the thing that comforts us in the face of a loss of life is people and love. It is a warm and ordinary story.

My Lovely Girl

The Lovable Team 

At forty-two, Han Tae Il (Hwang Jung Min) is well settled into his life as a low-level thug. Roaming the streets of Gunsan, Tae Il makes a living by collecting debts for a local loan shark and harassing shop owners to make their monthly protection payments to the small gang he regularly works for. Though detested by many, Tae Il has no qualms about his job. He’s simply satisfied doing what he does best.

Living with his brother, Han Young Il (Kwak Do Wan) and his family, Tae Il is perfectly content to be a part of his brother’s happy domestic life; yet he has never dreamed of having one of his own. Having never been in love, Tae Il has never given the idea much thought. But when a job brings Joo Ho Jung (Han Hye Jin), a pretty bank clerk struggling to care for her terminally ill and debt-ridden father, into his life, things take an unexpected turn. Forcing Ho Jung to sign an impossible contract, Tae Il doesn’t think much about it. At least not until he realizes he can’t seem to get Ho Jung off his mind. Feeling bad for the contract he made her sign, Tae Il offers her a different contract, but only on the condition that she agrees to go out with him.

Despite their awful and rocky beginnings, Tae Il and Ho Jung soon find themselves coming to enjoy each other’s company. Realizing he has fallen in love for the very first time, Tae Il couldn’t be happier; but an awful truth soon takes that all away. Will this man in love find the strength to overcome one of life’s most cruel fates?

A touching story of life and love, “Man in Love” is a 2014 romance film directed by Park Noo Ri.

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