Wander Rona

1. Full House

Han Ji Eun (Song Hye Kyo), an aspiring scriptwriter, lives in a house called “Full House” built by her late father. One day, her two best friends trick her into believing she has won a free vacation. While she is away, they sell her house. On the plane, she meets a famous actor named Lee Young Jae (Rain). Through comedic events, they get acquainted during her vacation and when she returns, she discovers her house has been sold to him. Though they don’t get along with each other, as she is messy and he has a bad temper and likes cleanliness, they agreed to live with each other. At first, Ji Eun works as his maid in order to buy her house back, but because of Young Jae’s wish to make the love of his life, Kang Hye Won jealous, they get married. They set up a contract for the marriage to last six months. During that time, complications arise and Ji Eun and Young Jae become attracted to each other. (www.kissasian.com)

2. My Name is Kim Sam Soon

Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent for making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and breaks up. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men’s restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant chief baker and the two fight like cat and dog. 

3. Princess Hours

An alternate modern-day reality, Korea is ruled by a monarchy that struggles to maintain its strength and relevance in today’s society. But when the reigning King falls ill, the royal family scrambles to prepare Crown Prince Lee Shin (Ju Ji Hoon) for marriage and possible succession in order to bolster the public image of the Royal Family. Although the Crown Prince was in love with Min Hyo Rin (Song Ji Hyo), who chose her career as a ballerina over him, he agrees to marry a commoner, the awkward but sweet-spirited Shin Chae Kyung (Yoon Eun Hye), who attends the same exclusive art school. But things get complicated when Prince Lee Yul (Kim Jeong Hoon), Crown Prince Shin’s cousin, returns after spending 14 years in England and also falls in love with Chae Kyung. Will a series of scandals that erupt challenge the new couple’s intended relationship? “Goong” also known as “Princess Hours,” is one of the most popular South Korean drama series of 2006. (www.viki.com)

4. Coffee Prince

Coffee Prince’s Flagship Store is a TV series that revolves around the love life and dreams of four young people who meet together at a cafe.

Han-gyeol (Gong Yoo) is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over the responsibility of running a cafe and begins to immerse himself in the gourmet coffee business. One day, he meets Eun-chan, a cheerful girl who has an unpredictable personality and learns the meaning of true love. (www.asianwiki.com)

5. My Girl

A native of Jeju Island, Joo Yoo-rin lives with her father, who is addicted to gambling. Because of her father’s debts, Yoo-rin has become particularly skilled at lying and grifting. When her father escapes the island to hide from his debtors, Yoo-rin is determined to support herself and clear up the debts. One day, she meets Seol Gong-chan, the sole heir to the L’Avenue Hotel fortune.

To grant his grandfather’s dying wish, Gong-chan employs Yoo-rin to act as his grandfather’s long-lost granddaughter. Offering a monthly salary plus a bonus, he asks her to do what she does best—to put on an act. Not wishing to lie to a dying man, yet desperate for the money, Yoo-rin takes the offer and starts playing the long-lost granddaughter. Through a strange twist of fate, however, finding his granddaughter makes the grandfather so happy that he makes a complete recovery. Since they have claimed to be cousins, Gong-chan and Yoo-rin are forced to live together under one roof, and as time passes, the attraction between them grows. However, love is forbidden for these two, who must pass as cousins. (www.wikipedia.com)

6. Jewel in the Palace

About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Set in this period, “Jewel in the Palace” is based on a true story about a legendary girl named Jang-Geum who became the first woman to be the supreme royal physician of her times.

Despite her poor condition as a low-class girl in the male-dominated society, Jang-Geum overcame a series of social discrimination and landed herself as a royal cook, later becoming the royal physician, then ultimately the physician in charge of the king.

She was even given by the king the title “The Great Jang-Geum”.

7. Delightful Chunyang/ Sassy Chunyang

“Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang” is the 2005 interpretation of the “Legend of Chun-hyang.” The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering.

One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. However, as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him. — KBS (www.asianwiki.com)

8. Witch Yu-Hee

A story about a career woman named Ma Yu-hee who seems to have almost everything, and a young man named Chae Moo-ryung who hasn’t given up his dreams and hopes of becoming a professional chef. Their love story begins with Moo-ryung’s efforts to learn French fusion cooking and his dream to become a top chef.

Although Yu-hee is skilled and talented at her job, her looks and actions do not attract any attention from men. Her love life is nonexistent, so she has an earnest hope to fall head over heels in love. But she doesn’t know the basics of dating… So Yu-hee comes up with a dramatic plan to transform herself into an attractive, lovable woman.

Her love coach is none other than Chae Moo-ryung!

With Moo-ryung’s coaching, Yu-hee changes her appearance from head to toe. She is also coached on how to act like an attractive woman and she starts to attract the affections of men to fall in love as she has always dreamed of.

Yu-hee changes as she learns what true love is all about. (www.asianwiki.com)

9. 49 Days

Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a person called The Scheduler (Jung II Woo), but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days. (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/49_Days)

10. You’re Beautiful

Ko Mi-Nyeo & Ko Mi-Nam (both played by Park Shin-Hye) are twin brother and sisters. They grew up in an orphanage and never knew their parents.

As a young adult, Ko Mi-Nyeo is set to become a nun. On her way to pick up a ticket for Rome a strange man catches up to her. The man’s name is Ma Hoon-Lee (Kim In-Kwon) and he explains that he’s the manager for popular boy band “A.N.JELL”. He also explains that her twin brother Ko Min-Nam, who just joined the band, was seriously injured and sent to America to recover. Ma Hoon-Lee then pleads to Ko Mi-Nyeo to impersonate her brother until he recovers. For her brother’s sake, Ko Mi-Nyeo reluctantly agrees to play her brother. (http://asianwiki.com/You%27re_Beautiful)