MBC-GlobalMedia http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/index.html MBC-GlobalMedia Introduce ko Documentary-<![CDATA[Paper Road]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/Documentary/paper_load/paper_load_en_300k.wmv]]> Documentary-<![CDATA[Tears in the Africa ]]> Premiere nature documentary, Tears in the Africa!
Through this program, we will deliver a realistic report on this fascinating part of the world

A program of huge magnitude with breathtaking images...
For this very special production, our TV crew spent an entire year in Africa. Through 307 days of local filming, Africa is captured vividly on HD film. Through high-tech Cineflex filming techniques, the wildlife of Africa is captured from amazing aerial views. In the third episode, the 5895m-high Mt. Kilimanjaro was filmed from the very top as our film helicopter passes right by the massive mountain. The clear image of permanent snowcaps and ice is captured. This special documentary is filled with vivid and realistic images of Africa!

Episode 1: Red Winds from the Lower Valley of the Omo

Africa is where the fossils of early humans were found.
In the northeast of Africa, there is the lower valley of the Omo, where ancient, primordial remains still breathe.
Experience the rite of passage for men of the Karo Tribe called "cow jumping" and the fierce culture of stick-fighting called the Donga Festival, which have been handed down as tradition for thousands of years. However, at the same time, the sounds of cold gunshots pierce the red winds of this peaceful land and the tribes. What could be the reason for this sudden attack?

Episode 2: The Revelation of the Sahara

The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa.
The name "Sahara" comes from "empty" and "infertile." Just like its name, this massive desert stretches endlessly. However, for some people, this is a land of survival, and a place they call home.
For the first time ever for a Korean TV broadcaster, we go on a massive journey of desert elephants that walk 600km in search of water and grassland. The program also captures the Gerewol Festival of the Fulani nomads, who create beauty of life in this infertile land.

Episode 3: Tears of Mt. Kilimanjaro

Mt. Kilimanjaro is a massive mountain in Africa where tropical and permanent snowcaps and ice co-exist. Through endless droughts and global warming, the permanent snow and ice are quickly melting, leaving behind only small-sized snowcaps on top of the mountain. Very soon, the mystery of Mt. Kilimanjaro could be buried as a legend forever.
The Gorongosa National Park located in the heart of central Mozambique was often referred to as "Eden." However, as of late, it is failing to live up to its nickname. Due to global climate anomalies, animals are being massacred and residents are leaving the land because they can no longer make a living by farming. The land is filled with nomads on a journey to find a new home. As the animals are killed and people migrate away from the land, Mt. Kilimanjaro can do nothing but shed its massive tears of ice.

]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/Documentary/Tears_in_the_Africa/Tear_in_the_Africa_en.wmv]]> Documentary-<![CDATA[Wallace Line]]> Alfred Russel Wallace proposed the theory of evolution due to natural selection in 1858 independently from Charles Darwin, who published On the Origin of Species in 1859. Giving much of the credit in developing the theory of evolution to Darwin, Wallace left for Indonesia where he spent 18 years doing research, which led to his discovery of a boundary that separated the ecozones of Asia and Australia. This became known as the Wallace Line and it shows the distinct differences among species to the west and east of the line. In the 19th century though, Wallace was unable to see below the ocean along the Wallace Line to explore the fish species that also evolved differently from other places due to their unique underwater habitat shaped by volcanic activity and earthquakes. These exotic fish species are captured on camera, showing the diversity of marine life and the evolutionary influences. Showing how marine life maintain a balance underwater, these vivid images will draw viewers into the mysterious world of nature. - The waters along the equator sparkle like jewels An underwater world with diverse marine life! Undiscovered places in the seas! Exploring the deep seas, a mysterious place! - First person to propose the theory of evolution Refusing to accept Creationism, Wallace presented his essays on the theory of evolution to the Linnean Society of London and backed Darwin's theory. With passion and a strong belief in his mission, Wallace spent 18 years in Southeast Asia to research animals and plants, eventually discovering a geographical line that existed between animals in 1860. Thomas Huxley named this line the Wallace Line in 1868 in recognition of Wallace's discovery. - The Wallace Line is the area that divides the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, extending through Java, Bali, Lombok Strait, Borneo, Celebes and the Makassar Strait. Peering into the deep sea, which Wallace was unable to explore in the 19th century! With a habitat that largely remained untouched since prehistoric times, the sea is an astounding environment. ]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/Documentary/WallaceLine/WallaceLine_en.wmv]]> Documentary-<![CDATA[Hunters - Wildlife Predators]]> Predators such as lions, cheetahs, and crocodiles rely on their acute survival instincts when hunting prey in fierce battles. By following the migration of Gnus, Hunters- Wildlife Predators brings thrilling images of Africa's wildlife to viewers. Even the lion, which is known as the King of the Jungle, only has a 20% to 30% success rate in its hunts. In a brutal world where prey and predator live in a constant struggle of survival, there is tension everywhere. To each to its own, animals fall back on their survival instincts that have served them well to avoid extinction, creating a perfect balance in the wild. Then what kind of strategies do large predators such as lions, cheetahs and crocodiles use in order to dominate the food chain and survive?]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/documentary/hunters/hunters_en_300K.wmv]]> Documentary-<![CDATA[The Lone Survivors of Altai]]>

With temperatures that drop below 45 degrees Celsius,
the Altai mountain range exceeds heights of 4000 meters.
A 400-day journey into the heart of the hidden wildlife of this region.
Succeeded in shooting footage of the endangered and elusive snow leopards
for the first time by a Korean documentary crew.

Snow leopards of Altai

Snow leopards are large cats that inhabit the Himalayan and Altai mountain ranges. Adult snow leopards measure about 110 centimeters in length and their tails can grow as long 75 to 89 centimeters. In 1970, US naturalist George Schaller was one of the first Westerners to spot the snow leopard. In addition, snow leopards live along slopes that reach sharp inclines as steep as 80 degrees, which make it difficult to for humans to approach them. They can walk on the rocky ground without hardly making a sound. As secretive animals, they avoid detection and stay clear of humans. Any sightings of snow leopards in the wild are widely reported by global news outlets,

Towering mountains of solid rock make ideal nesting grounds for birds

The mountains in the area reach heights of 4000 meters above sea level, making it almost impossible for people to scale them. But these fortress-like mountains provide excellent natural protection for young birds in the wild. A family of saker falcons have a nest in one of the ledges of these magnificent mountains. Beautiful footage of black storks (Natural Monument No. 200), which were last sighted in Korea in the 1970s, is also featured in this nature documentary.

Herbivores of Altai

There are many predators such as wolves and snow leopards in Altai that prey on grazing animals such as the Mongolian gazelle, argali (wild sheep), ibex (wild goat) and even the livestock raised by nomads. Danger lurks everywhere in the wild. We bring you footage of herbivores raising their young in the these rocky mountains. ]]> ]]> Drama-<![CDATA[Hero]]> A tabloid reporter turns into a civic hero!

Working as a reporter for a racy tabloid called the Monday Seoul, Do-hyuk uses any means necessary to get a scoop.
One day, he goes to interview Yong-deok, the boss of the Axe gang, who suggests that they start their own newspaper.
Do-hyuk lies about the credentials of his former co-workers when he introduces them to Yong-deok as potential hires for the newspaper venture.
With his former co-workers on board, he is able to launch the Yongdeok Daily together with Yong-deok. But the newly hired reporters soon find themselves sucked into a huge conspiracy that could utterly ruin their lives. ]]> ]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/drama/hero/hero_en.wmv]]> Drama-<![CDATA[Life is Good]]> Is life treating you well?
A message of hope to married couples who find life dreary and boring!
A story about the love and married life of six married couples who are pigeonholed into six types of marital relationships! ]]> ]]>

Episode 1 On Poong-ja's 35th wedding anniversary, she brings out letters written with the resolutions of her children, promising to fulfill them within a year. She brims with high expectations that they'll deliver on their promises. Min-soo, the eldest daughter, goes to see Ki-wook, her boyfriend of 7 years, and expects him to propose marriage to her. However, Ki-wook was already approached by Mrs. Oh, the matchmaker, with an attractive proposition so now he has other plans...
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin just got discharged from the army where he was a medic and tells his cousin Ye-joo about his career goals.

Episode 2 Poong-ja proudly tells her fellow friends at aerobics class that her eldest daughter, Min-soo, will marry a government prosecutor soon. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin meets Na-ri, the daughter of a wealthy hotel developer and unbeknownst to him, the "coincidental" meeting was set up by his father, In-shik.
Meanwhile, Jin-soo, who is an intern at a test preparation firm, works hard to meet his sales target, which would let him be hired as a salaried employee. But when he overhears his boss say that he intentionally lied to the interns that they would be hired if they met their targets, he swings his fist at him and....

Episode 3 Poong-ja forces her daughter Min-soo to take her to Ki-wook. When they arrive at Ki-wook's tiny apartment, Poong-ja lectures Ki-wook and recounts the sacrifices that Min-soo made to support him as he tried to passe the bar. But Ki-wook doesn't bat an eye. Infuriated, Min-soo jumps and hits Ki-wook hard with a flying kick.
Meanwhile, Chang-soo tries to appease his wife Gyeong-soo after he lost all of their savings by speculating in the stock market. But Gyeong-soo simmers with anger at Chang-soo...

Episode 4 Man-bok and his wife Poong-ja go to a resort on their 35th wedding anniversary day. Their children enter a contest where the first prize is a special therapeutic bed, which they think their parents will love to have. While In-shik and his wife and son are having an important dinner with Na-ri and her parents, he gets into a quarrel with Man-bok's grown children because they are making a racket there.
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin tells his parents that he is not interested in getting married for the time being...

Episode 5 Min-soo and his cousin hang out with Yoo-jin and her brother at a beachfront resort. After splashing around in the water, everybody gathers around a campfire to dry themselves. Ye-joo asks Jin-soo what he does for a living, which takes him by surprised. Jin-soo, who is jobless, lies and says he's a freelancer.
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin tells his father In-shik that he finally found what he wants to do with his life. He says that he wants to become a travel writer. Stunned by his son's words, In-shik slaps Yoo-jin with all his might. He angrily berates his son for disappointing him after he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for Yoo-jin's college and medical school tuition for 6 years.

Episode 6 Gyeong-soo goes to the market with Poong-ja and she intentionally mentions that her daughter Woo-ran needs new sneakers. So Poong-ja buys a pair of sneakers for her granddaughter. While having dinner with Na-ri, Yoo-jin tells her that he's not interested in marriage and that perhaps she should date someone else.
Meanwhile, Gyeong-soo and Jin-soo are stunned to hear that Min-soo will get breast implants. But Min-soo tells her siblings the reason why she's getting breast plants by recounting what her ex-boyfriend Ki-wook told her when he dumped her...

Episode 7 Poong-ja gets into a heated argument with Min-soo over her decision to get breast implants and Min-soo runs out of the house at the end. Na-ri meets Yoo-jin's cousin Ye-joo and tells her that she really wants to marry Yoo-jin and would like her help to win him over.
Meanwhile, Gyeong-soo quarrels with her husband, Chang-soo over how much allowance he gets a month. Gyeong-soo tells him that she won't raise his allowance so Chang-soo says that he'll take on a second job picking trash and selling them to a recycler...

Episode 8 Yoo-jin goes to a Taekwondo Gym to return Min-soo's cellphone to her and somehow they have drinks together. After they both get a little drunk, Yoo-jin kisses Min-soo all of a sudden...
Meanwhile, Chang-soo hits upon the idea of working as a hired driver after work because his wife Gyeong-soo won't raise his monthly allowance. Na-ri buys expensive abalone and decides to go over Yoo-jin's home and cook it for him and his family to win him over...

Episode 9 Poong-ja goes to see Yoo-jin and pressures him to do the decent thing after he slept with her daughter. Since he doesn't remember anything that happened the night before between him and Min-soo, he is stunned by what she says. He tries to talk his way out of it but Poong-ja cuts him off and demands that he pay for Min-soo's boob job. Her surprising demand makes him sigh with relief.
Meanwhile, Chang-soo learns how to be a hired driver and start right away. But his wife Gyeong-soo believes that Chang-soo is taking Chinese language classes after work and that is the reason why he comes home late. So she packs him a dinner bag to encourage him to study hard and get a promotion at his company by learning Chinese.

Episode 10 In-shik takes his son Yoo-jin to his grandfather's grave where he has a heart-to-heart talk with him about how his own dad let him down a lot and this motivated him to become a doctor and raise his social status so that people wouldn't look down on him for being poor. He asks his son to understand why he wants Yoo-jin to do the right thing. But Yoo-jin asks his dad to respect his decision and stop pressuring him to pursue a lucrative career that doesn't hold any appeal to him...
Meanwhile, Hee-sook meets Gyeong-soo and offers to get her husband Chang-soo promoted at work if she succeeds in convincing Min-soo to marry Hee-sook's brother-in-law...

]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/drama/LifeisGood/LifeisGood_en.wmv]]> Episode 1 On Poong-ja's 35th wedding anniversary, she brings out letters written with the resolutions of her children, promising to fulfill them within a year. She brims with high expectations that they'll deliver on their promises. Min-soo, the eldest daughter, goes to see Ki-wook, her boyfriend of 7 years, and expects him to propose marriage to her. However, Ki-wook was already approached by Mrs. Oh, the matchmaker, with an attractive proposition so now he has other plans...
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin just got discharged from the army where he was a medic and tells his cousin Ye-joo about his career goals.

Episode 2 Poong-ja proudly tells her fellow friends at aerobics class that her eldest daughter, Min-soo, will marry a government prosecutor soon. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin meets Na-ri, the daughter of a wealthy hotel developer and unbeknownst to him, the "coincidental" meeting was set up by his father, In-shik.
Meanwhile, Jin-soo, who is an intern at a test preparation firm, works hard to meet his sales target, which would let him be hired as a salaried employee. But when he overhears his boss say that he intentionally lied to the interns that they would be hired if they met their targets, he swings his fist at him and....

Episode 3 Poong-ja forces her daughter Min-soo to take her to Ki-wook. When they arrive at Ki-wook's tiny apartment, Poong-ja lectures Ki-wook and recounts the sacrifices that Min-soo made to support him as he tried to passe the bar. But Ki-wook doesn't bat an eye. Infuriated, Min-soo jumps and hits Ki-wook hard with a flying kick.
Meanwhile, Chang-soo tries to appease his wife Gyeong-soo after he lost all of their savings by speculating in the stock market. But Gyeong-soo simmers with anger at Chang-soo...

Episode 4 Man-bok and his wife Poong-ja go to a resort on their 35th wedding anniversary day. Their children enter a contest where the first prize is a special therapeutic bed, which they think their parents will love to have. While In-shik and his wife and son are having an important dinner with Na-ri and her parents, he gets into a quarrel with Man-bok's grown children because they are making a racket there.
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin tells his parents that he is not interested in getting married for the time being...

Episode 5 Min-soo and his cousin hang out with Yoo-jin and her brother at a beachfront resort. After splashing around in the water, everybody gathers around a campfire to dry themselves. Ye-joo asks Jin-soo what he does for a living, which takes him by surprised. Jin-soo, who is jobless, lies and says he's a freelancer.
Meanwhile, Yoo-jin tells his father In-shik that he finally found what he wants to do with his life. He says that he wants to become a travel writer. Stunned by his son's words, In-shik slaps Yoo-jin with all his might. He angrily berates his son for disappointing him after he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for Yoo-jin's college and medical school tuition for 6 years.

Episode 6 Gyeong-soo goes to the market with Poong-ja and she intentionally mentions that her daughter Woo-ran needs new sneakers. So Poong-ja buys a pair of sneakers for her granddaughter. While having dinner with Na-ri, Yoo-jin tells her that he's not interested in marriage and that perhaps she should date someone else.
Meanwhile, Gyeong-soo and Jin-soo are stunned to hear that Min-soo will get breast implants. But Min-soo tells her siblings the reason why she's getting breast plants by recounting what her ex-boyfriend Ki-wook told her when he dumped her...

Episode 7 Poong-ja gets into a heated argument with Min-soo over her decision to get breast implants and Min-soo runs out of the house at the end. Na-ri meets Yoo-jin's cousin Ye-joo and tells her that she really wants to marry Yoo-jin and would like her help to win him over.
Meanwhile, Gyeong-soo quarrels with her husband, Chang-soo over how much allowance he gets a month. Gyeong-soo tells him that she won't raise his allowance so Chang-soo says that he'll take on a second job picking trash and selling them to a recycler...

Episode 8 Yoo-jin goes to a Taekwondo Gym to return Min-soo's cellphone to her and somehow they have drinks together. After they both get a little drunk, Yoo-jin kisses Min-soo all of a sudden...
Meanwhile, Chang-soo hits upon the idea of working as a hired driver after work because his wife Gyeong-soo won't raise his monthly allowance. Na-ri buys expensive abalone and decides to go over Yoo-jin's home and cook it for him and his family to win him over...

Episode 9 Poong-ja goes to see Yoo-jin and pressures him to do the decent thing after he slept with her daughter. Since he doesn't remember anything that happened the night before between him and Min-soo, he is stunned by what she says. He tries to talk his way out of it but Poong-ja cuts him off and demands that he pay for Min-soo's boob job. Her surprising demand makes him sigh with relief.
Meanwhile, Chang-soo learns how to be a hired driver and start right away. But his wife Gyeong-soo believes that Chang-soo is taking Chinese language classes after work and that is the reason why he comes home late. So she packs him a dinner bag to encourage him to study hard and get a promotion at his company by learning Chinese.

Episode 10 In-shik takes his son Yoo-jin to his grandfather's grave where he has a heart-to-heart talk with him about how his own dad let him down a lot and this motivated him to become a doctor and raise his social status so that people wouldn't look down on him for being poor. He asks his son to understand why he wants Yoo-jin to do the right thing. But Yoo-jin asks his dad to respect his decision and stop pressuring him to pursue a lucrative career that doesn't hold any appeal to him...
Meanwhile, Hee-sook meets Gyeong-soo and offers to get her husband Chang-soo promoted at work if she succeeds in convincing Min-soo to marry Hee-sook's brother-in-law...

]]> Drama-<![CDATA[Seeking Love]]> After immigrating to Canada, Sang-eun graduated from law school and becomes an attorney.
She plans to marry Alex, an American and fellow attorney, and she introduces him to her folks. But her dad strongly disapproves of Alex and orders her to meet a bachelor in Korea that they picked out for her before she goes ahead and marries Alex.
Sang-eun reluctantly flies to Korea whereupon she meets the bachelor at the airport. She and Yeo-jun have a heated argument minutes after they meet each other.
Yeo-jun is not ready to get married as he is trying to focus on his career. There's also a young lady who has a secret crush on Yeo-jun.
The relationship between Sang-eun and Yeo-jun is stormy in the beginning but they gradually warm up to each other after getting to know each other in a topsy-turvy way.]]> ]]>

Episode 1
Sang-eun arrives at Sydney Airport and is received by her boyfriend, Alex. They share a warm embrace. Yeo-jun finds himself denying that he is gay after Gyu-han portrays him as his gay lover. Jin-hee accidentally overhears a couple of nurses gossiping about Yeo-jun's sexual orientation and she tells Geum-ja, who is Yeo-jun's mother, that she heard that Yeo-jun is gay. Yeo-jun's grandmother, Ok-ran gets furious when she hears the rumor that Yeo-jun is gay and tells her son, Taek-soo to marry off Yeo-jun as soon as possible.
Sang-eun's dad, Gyung-tae gets angry when his daughter asks him to approve of her marriage to Alex. But Sang-eun keeps pushing her dad to relent and let her marry the American lawyer. When Sang-eun tells her dad that she'll stay with Alex at his hotel room for the night, Gyung-tae gets worried sick. Gyung-tae tells his father-in-law, Seok-joo and Hyo-eun, his second daughter, that they must find a way to stop Sang-eun from marrying Alex.

Episode 2
When Yeo-jun's dad, Taek-soo asks him to get married soon, he says that he's not ready for marriage. Taek-soo raises his voice at his son for showing no interest in marriage. Yeo-jun's grandmother, Ok-ran also urges Yeo-jun to get married and Yeo-jun meekly says he will. Meanwhile, Gyung-tae tries to persuade his daughter, Sang-eun to delay her marriage to Alex and then spend a year in Korea and date some nice Korean men before deciding to marry Alex. When he tells Sang-eun that there is a Korean suitor who wishes to marry her, she is very surprised to hear that.
Jin-hee visits the rice cake shop that Geum-ja runs and starts to argue with her. Jin-hee gets mad when Geum-ja criticizes her son, Gyu-han. When Gyu-han hears that Yeo-jun is going to get married soon, he mercilessly teases him about it. Yeo-jun and Gyu-han go to the airport together to meet Sang-eun.

Episode 3
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun both get a bad impression of each other and they start bickering on their way to Yeo-jun's home. Yeo-jun's family warmly welcome Sang-eun. Ok-ran suggests that Sang-eun should marry her grandson as soon as possible after she receives a deep bow from Sang-eun. However, Sang-eun says that she's not interested in getting married yet. Due to her jet lag, Sang-eun stays awake in the middle of the night and talks to herself while looking out the window. Yeo-jun is also awake at that hour and when he sees Sang-eun, he approaches her.
When his parents urge him to take Sang-eun out on a date, Yeo-jun reluctantly agrees and goes out with her. But they split up as soon as they leave the house and spend their time with other people. Hye-rim invites herself to dinner with Yeo-jun and Gyu-han. While shopping in Insa-dong with Yoon-hee, Ok-ran sees Sang-eun and tries to follow her but loses her in the crowd.

Episode 4
The sudden appearance of Hae-sung surprises Yoon-hee and she tries hard to regain her composure. Yeo-jun and Sang-eun agree on an alibi that they'll tell his family when they return home. Ok-ran gets angry when she hears their lie about going on a date together. Sae-won sees Hae-sung drinking all by himself and he brings up the issue about Jin-ju.
Sang-eun says she can have a cup of coffee for breakfast and nothing else but Yeo-jun's family insists that she have a rice breakfast so she ends up eating a big meal in the morning. Yoon-hee lends her cell phone to Sang-eun when she goes out. Hae-sung arrives at the café at that very moment. Yeo-jun hands Sang-eun a one-way plane ticket to Sydney and asks her to leave.

Episode 5
Sang-eun agrees to return to Australia but Ok-ran suggests that Yeo-jun and Sang-eun should go on a real date. Yeo-jun hates shopping at department stores but he reluctantly goes shopping with Sang-eun. Yeo-jun is flabbergasted to see Sang-eun give hugs to strangers and they start to argue about her behavior. Yeo-jun accuses Sang-eun of being an easy girl and she in turn, slaps him.
Hae-sung asks Yoon-hee how old Jin-ju is but Yoon-hee says nothing and treats him coldly before she leaves. Hae-sung is deeply hurt by her behavior. Meanwhile, Yeo-jun's family sees Sang-eun giving hugs to strangers on the 9 o'clock news. When Yeo-jun returns home first without Sang-eun, they ask him what happened on his date. They get very surprised when Sang-eun returns home wearing colorful clothes while sporting a wacky hairdo.

Episode 6
Yeo-jun's family is surprised to hear Ok-ran tell Sang-eun that if she's going to leave the house and live in her own place then she should take Yeo-jun with her. When Sang-eun says she doesn't want to live with Yeo-jun, Ok-ran becomes upset and almost faints. When Hae-sung sees Jin-ju alone by the side of the street, he finds out that she doesn't have a father and this troubles him deeply. Hae-sung takes Jin-ju with her to the rice cake shop and asks Yoon-hee if Jin-ju is his daughter.
Ok-ran yells at Hae-sung to leave their shop but she collapses in mid-sentence. The whole family frantically takes her to the hospital. After Gyung-tae is told about Ok-ran's hospital emergency by his daughter Sang-eun, he gets worried. WhenYeo-jun sees Hae-sung at the hospital, he starts to attack him. Sang-eun decides to visit her old neighborhood when she was a little girl and goes to Youngju city in North Gyeongsang Province.

Episode 7
After going to Youngju city to pick up Sang-eun, Yeo-jun can't find her in the place where she was supposed to be waiting for him. So he returns home only to see Sang-eun getting out of Sae-won's car, which makes him angry. Gyung-tae flies to Korea to visit the ailing Ok-ran. He also meets Yeo-jun and tells him that he puts his entire trust in him and would like him to make Sang-eun happy as her future husband. Sang-eun and Yeo-jun vehemently protest any talks about their engagement. Taek-soo then apologizes to Gyung-tae to excuse his son's behavior for not wanting to get engaged to Sang-eun.
When her daughter, Jin-ju asks Yoon-hee who Hae-sung is, she tells her that he's somebody that she hates and orders her not to follow him. Gyu-han goes to the hospital when his sister Hye-rim is hospitalized there. He bumps into Yeo-jun, who is one of the doctors at the hospital. Yoon-hee asks Gyu-han to babysit Jin-ju for a while and gets into Hae-sung's car.

Episode 8
Sang-eun and Yeo-jun tell Ok-ran and the family that they will move out and live together in their own place. When Sang-eun sees that Ok-ran disapproves of such an arrangement when they're not married yet, she says that she'll rent a place and live there alone if Ok-ran doesn't like them to cohabit. Jin-hee scolds Gyu-han for missing his arranged date because he had to babysit Jin-ju. She then asks him if he likes Yoon-hee.
After returning to Australia, Gyung-tae tells his father-in-law, Seok-joo and his daughter, Hyo-eun that they're moving back to Korea. Ok-ran visits the hospital with Sang-eun and she agrees to allow Sang-eun to move out of the house. She then tells Yeo-jun to rent a nice apartment near the family home. Yeo-jun and Sang-eun look around at apartments and Jin-hee spots them walking out of a real estate agency together.

Episode 9
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun are stunned to be visited by Sang-eun's entire family all of a sudden. Both of them become seriously worried that they might be forced to get married without their own consent. When Hye-rim hears that Sang-eun will marry Yeo-jun, she goes to face Sang-eun and slaps her without any warning. Unaware of what happened between Hye-rim and Sang-eun, Yeo-jun is puzzled about Sang-eun's cold treatment towards him. Sang-eun later goes to her first class to teach English.
Gyu-han shoots a video of Yoon-hee having a wonderful time with Jin-ju. Hae-sung sees Gyu-han shooting a video and demands to know if Yoon-hee is dating Gyu-han. Seok-joo, Gyung-tae, and Taek-soo go out together and they see Gyu-han with Jin-ju. Sang-eun is dumbfounded when Yeo-jun asks her to pretend that they're a loving couple.

Episode 10
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun sit down and write a contract that sets the terms of their relationship. After successfully negotiating their contract, they shake hands. Taek-soo and Yeo-jun let Gyung-tae live in an apartment that they own. But Geum-ja is not happy that her husband, Taek-soo offered them such a housing arrangement. Yeo-jun starts to miss Sang-eun when he sees her empty room in their family home.
On their first official date, Yeo-jun and Sang-eun don't know what do to. They end up going to a boring seminar that Yeo-jun has to attend. When Jin-hee sees Gyu-han comforting her mother, Yoon-hee, she gets mad at her. Yeo-jun tells Sae-won that his parents and Sang-eun's family have arranged them to get married. Hae-sung beseeches Yoon-hee to tell Jin-ju that he's her father.

]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/drama/seekinglove/seekinglove_en.wmv]]> Episode 1
Sang-eun arrives at Sydney Airport and is received by her boyfriend, Alex. They share a warm embrace. Yeo-jun finds himself denying that he is gay after Gyu-han portrays him as his gay lover. Jin-hee accidentally overhears a couple of nurses gossiping about Yeo-jun's sexual orientation and she tells Geum-ja, who is Yeo-jun's mother, that she heard that Yeo-jun is gay. Yeo-jun's grandmother, Ok-ran gets furious when she hears the rumor that Yeo-jun is gay and tells her son, Taek-soo to marry off Yeo-jun as soon as possible.
Sang-eun's dad, Gyung-tae gets angry when his daughter asks him to approve of her marriage to Alex. But Sang-eun keeps pushing her dad to relent and let her marry the American lawyer. When Sang-eun tells her dad that she'll stay with Alex at his hotel room for the night, Gyung-tae gets worried sick. Gyung-tae tells his father-in-law, Seok-joo and Hyo-eun, his second daughter, that they must find a way to stop Sang-eun from marrying Alex.

Episode 2
When Yeo-jun's dad, Taek-soo asks him to get married soon, he says that he's not ready for marriage. Taek-soo raises his voice at his son for showing no interest in marriage. Yeo-jun's grandmother, Ok-ran also urges Yeo-jun to get married and Yeo-jun meekly says he will. Meanwhile, Gyung-tae tries to persuade his daughter, Sang-eun to delay her marriage to Alex and then spend a year in Korea and date some nice Korean men before deciding to marry Alex. When he tells Sang-eun that there is a Korean suitor who wishes to marry her, she is very surprised to hear that.
Jin-hee visits the rice cake shop that Geum-ja runs and starts to argue with her. Jin-hee gets mad when Geum-ja criticizes her son, Gyu-han. When Gyu-han hears that Yeo-jun is going to get married soon, he mercilessly teases him about it. Yeo-jun and Gyu-han go to the airport together to meet Sang-eun.

Episode 3
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun both get a bad impression of each other and they start bickering on their way to Yeo-jun's home. Yeo-jun's family warmly welcome Sang-eun. Ok-ran suggests that Sang-eun should marry her grandson as soon as possible after she receives a deep bow from Sang-eun. However, Sang-eun says that she's not interested in getting married yet. Due to her jet lag, Sang-eun stays awake in the middle of the night and talks to herself while looking out the window. Yeo-jun is also awake at that hour and when he sees Sang-eun, he approaches her.
When his parents urge him to take Sang-eun out on a date, Yeo-jun reluctantly agrees and goes out with her. But they split up as soon as they leave the house and spend their time with other people. Hye-rim invites herself to dinner with Yeo-jun and Gyu-han. While shopping in Insa-dong with Yoon-hee, Ok-ran sees Sang-eun and tries to follow her but loses her in the crowd.

Episode 4
The sudden appearance of Hae-sung surprises Yoon-hee and she tries hard to regain her composure. Yeo-jun and Sang-eun agree on an alibi that they'll tell his family when they return home. Ok-ran gets angry when she hears their lie about going on a date together. Sae-won sees Hae-sung drinking all by himself and he brings up the issue about Jin-ju.
Sang-eun says she can have a cup of coffee for breakfast and nothing else but Yeo-jun's family insists that she have a rice breakfast so she ends up eating a big meal in the morning. Yoon-hee lends her cell phone to Sang-eun when she goes out. Hae-sung arrives at the café at that very moment. Yeo-jun hands Sang-eun a one-way plane ticket to Sydney and asks her to leave.

Episode 5
Sang-eun agrees to return to Australia but Ok-ran suggests that Yeo-jun and Sang-eun should go on a real date. Yeo-jun hates shopping at department stores but he reluctantly goes shopping with Sang-eun. Yeo-jun is flabbergasted to see Sang-eun give hugs to strangers and they start to argue about her behavior. Yeo-jun accuses Sang-eun of being an easy girl and she in turn, slaps him.
Hae-sung asks Yoon-hee how old Jin-ju is but Yoon-hee says nothing and treats him coldly before she leaves. Hae-sung is deeply hurt by her behavior. Meanwhile, Yeo-jun's family sees Sang-eun giving hugs to strangers on the 9 o'clock news. When Yeo-jun returns home first without Sang-eun, they ask him what happened on his date. They get very surprised when Sang-eun returns home wearing colorful clothes while sporting a wacky hairdo.

Episode 6
Yeo-jun's family is surprised to hear Ok-ran tell Sang-eun that if she's going to leave the house and live in her own place then she should take Yeo-jun with her. When Sang-eun says she doesn't want to live with Yeo-jun, Ok-ran becomes upset and almost faints. When Hae-sung sees Jin-ju alone by the side of the street, he finds out that she doesn't have a father and this troubles him deeply. Hae-sung takes Jin-ju with her to the rice cake shop and asks Yoon-hee if Jin-ju is his daughter.
Ok-ran yells at Hae-sung to leave their shop but she collapses in mid-sentence. The whole family frantically takes her to the hospital. After Gyung-tae is told about Ok-ran's hospital emergency by his daughter Sang-eun, he gets worried. WhenYeo-jun sees Hae-sung at the hospital, he starts to attack him. Sang-eun decides to visit her old neighborhood when she was a little girl and goes to Youngju city in North Gyeongsang Province.

Episode 7
After going to Youngju city to pick up Sang-eun, Yeo-jun can't find her in the place where she was supposed to be waiting for him. So he returns home only to see Sang-eun getting out of Sae-won's car, which makes him angry. Gyung-tae flies to Korea to visit the ailing Ok-ran. He also meets Yeo-jun and tells him that he puts his entire trust in him and would like him to make Sang-eun happy as her future husband. Sang-eun and Yeo-jun vehemently protest any talks about their engagement. Taek-soo then apologizes to Gyung-tae to excuse his son's behavior for not wanting to get engaged to Sang-eun.
When her daughter, Jin-ju asks Yoon-hee who Hae-sung is, she tells her that he's somebody that she hates and orders her not to follow him. Gyu-han goes to the hospital when his sister Hye-rim is hospitalized there. He bumps into Yeo-jun, who is one of the doctors at the hospital. Yoon-hee asks Gyu-han to babysit Jin-ju for a while and gets into Hae-sung's car.

Episode 8
Sang-eun and Yeo-jun tell Ok-ran and the family that they will move out and live together in their own place. When Sang-eun sees that Ok-ran disapproves of such an arrangement when they're not married yet, she says that she'll rent a place and live there alone if Ok-ran doesn't like them to cohabit. Jin-hee scolds Gyu-han for missing his arranged date because he had to babysit Jin-ju. She then asks him if he likes Yoon-hee.
After returning to Australia, Gyung-tae tells his father-in-law, Seok-joo and his daughter, Hyo-eun that they're moving back to Korea. Ok-ran visits the hospital with Sang-eun and she agrees to allow Sang-eun to move out of the house. She then tells Yeo-jun to rent a nice apartment near the family home. Yeo-jun and Sang-eun look around at apartments and Jin-hee spots them walking out of a real estate agency together.

Episode 9
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun are stunned to be visited by Sang-eun's entire family all of a sudden. Both of them become seriously worried that they might be forced to get married without their own consent. When Hye-rim hears that Sang-eun will marry Yeo-jun, she goes to face Sang-eun and slaps her without any warning. Unaware of what happened between Hye-rim and Sang-eun, Yeo-jun is puzzled about Sang-eun's cold treatment towards him. Sang-eun later goes to her first class to teach English.
Gyu-han shoots a video of Yoon-hee having a wonderful time with Jin-ju. Hae-sung sees Gyu-han shooting a video and demands to know if Yoon-hee is dating Gyu-han. Seok-joo, Gyung-tae, and Taek-soo go out together and they see Gyu-han with Jin-ju. Sang-eun is dumbfounded when Yeo-jun asks her to pretend that they're a loving couple.

Episode 10
Yeo-jun and Sang-eun sit down and write a contract that sets the terms of their relationship. After successfully negotiating their contract, they shake hands. Taek-soo and Yeo-jun let Gyung-tae live in an apartment that they own. But Geum-ja is not happy that her husband, Taek-soo offered them such a housing arrangement. Yeo-jun starts to miss Sang-eun when he sees her empty room in their family home.
On their first official date, Yeo-jun and Sang-eun don't know what do to. They end up going to a boring seminar that Yeo-jun has to attend. When Jin-hee sees Gyu-han comforting her mother, Yoon-hee, she gets mad at her. Yeo-jun tells Sae-won that his parents and Sang-eun's family have arranged them to get married. Hae-sung beseeches Yoon-hee to tell Jin-ju that he's her father.

]]> Drama-<![CDATA[The jewel family]]> A family of troublemakers VS A family with class
Bi-chwi and Ruby are two pretty but shallow women who wish to marry rich men to live comfortable lives.
San-ho's goal is to pass the bar exam and gain status and money as a prosecutor and then there's Ho-bak, the youngest in the family, who is always getting into fistfights.
This family of five are poor but live a carefree life.
The show centers around the romantic relationship between Bi-chwi, the eldest daughter of this family of troublemakers, and Young-guk, the son of a respectable family.
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Episode 1
Mr. Gung Sang-shik’s three children are surprised to see Kyle show up at their home. Kyle already signed a room rental contract with their mother Hye-ja and starts to unpack his belongings in one of the rooms in Mr. Gung’s family home...

Episode 2
Hye-ja has a dream about entering a beauty pageant. Wearing a gorgeous dress, she poses for the judges but then a bald plastic surgeon appears out of nowhere and demands that Hye-ja pay him for the breast implants that he gave her. Then Hye-ja wakes up from her dream...

Episode 3
Byeong-hoon’s mother visits the hotel and gets angry that Sang-shik ignores her while opening the door to the other hotel guests. So she gives him a piece of her mind. Sang-shik holds his temper and professionally handles Byeong-hoon’s mother’s outburst.
Meanwhile, Kang-ji pleads with San-ho to meet her while also promising that she won’t distract him from his studies. San-ho is unable to refuse Kang-ji’s pleas...

Episode 4
Hye-ja tells Bi-chwi to check out Kyle as a potential boyfriend. Bi-chwi isn’t interested in Kyle at all but her mother Hye-ja keeps urging her to date him.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja tussles with Byeong-hoon’s mother at a department store when they both grab the same dress. They fight over who will get the dress.

Episode 5
Ruby gets emotional when she tells Byeong-hoon that her family is poor before she introduces him to her parents. Byeong-hoon sympathizes with Ruby and tells her that her family background doesn’t matter.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja rents out San-ho’s room to Young-guk to pay her debts...

Episode 6
When Bi-chwi hears that Hye-ja rented out San-ho’s room to pay off a debt, she goes straight home and has a big fight with her mom.
Meanwhile, Young-guk notices Bi-chwi at the snack shop and marvels at the coincidence of seeing her again. He gets up and approaches Bi-chwi but she doesn’t remember who he is so Young-guk changes the subject....

Episode 7
Hye-ja pays $4000 to a shaman who then holds an exorcism. Bi-chwi, Ruby, and San-ho learn about this and meet with the shaman to get the money back. Meanwhile, Kyle asks Ruby how to use the washer but she tells him that he should conserve water and electricity....

Episode 8
Bi-chwi introduces Kang-ji to her mother Hye-ja. When Hye-ja hears that Kang-ji is a college friend of San-ho she is not happy at all. Meanwhile, Hye-ja prepares Tae-ja’s birthday party with Myung-ja and Baek-jo.

Episode 9
Byeong-hoon visits Ruby’s home in a drunken state and asks Ruby to somehow persuade his mother to let them get married. When Byeong-hoon sees Young-guk, he asks him if they’ve met before.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja and Sang-shik return from a trip to Japan and they’re shocked to hear their children tell them that they can’t live with them any more.

Episode 10
Kang-ji tells San-ho that she’ll go over to his house, cook his meals and look after Tae-ja. San-ho tells her that she doesn’t have to do those things but she says that she already got permission from his sister Bi-chwi. Meanwhile, Ruby asks Kyle if he secretly likes her....

]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/drama/Thejewelfamily/Thejewelfamily_en.wmv]]> Episode 1
Mr. Gung Sang-shik’s three children are surprised to see Kyle show up at their home. Kyle already signed a room rental contract with their mother Hye-ja and starts to unpack his belongings in one of the rooms in Mr. Gung’s family home...

Episode 2
Hye-ja has a dream about entering a beauty pageant. Wearing a gorgeous dress, she poses for the judges but then a bald plastic surgeon appears out of nowhere and demands that Hye-ja pay him for the breast implants that he gave her. Then Hye-ja wakes up from her dream...

Episode 3
Byeong-hoon’s mother visits the hotel and gets angry that Sang-shik ignores her while opening the door to the other hotel guests. So she gives him a piece of her mind. Sang-shik holds his temper and professionally handles Byeong-hoon’s mother’s outburst.
Meanwhile, Kang-ji pleads with San-ho to meet her while also promising that she won’t distract him from his studies. San-ho is unable to refuse Kang-ji’s pleas...

Episode 4
Hye-ja tells Bi-chwi to check out Kyle as a potential boyfriend. Bi-chwi isn’t interested in Kyle at all but her mother Hye-ja keeps urging her to date him.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja tussles with Byeong-hoon’s mother at a department store when they both grab the same dress. They fight over who will get the dress.

Episode 5
Ruby gets emotional when she tells Byeong-hoon that her family is poor before she introduces him to her parents. Byeong-hoon sympathizes with Ruby and tells her that her family background doesn’t matter.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja rents out San-ho’s room to Young-guk to pay her debts...

Episode 6
When Bi-chwi hears that Hye-ja rented out San-ho’s room to pay off a debt, she goes straight home and has a big fight with her mom.
Meanwhile, Young-guk notices Bi-chwi at the snack shop and marvels at the coincidence of seeing her again. He gets up and approaches Bi-chwi but she doesn’t remember who he is so Young-guk changes the subject....

Episode 7
Hye-ja pays $4000 to a shaman who then holds an exorcism. Bi-chwi, Ruby, and San-ho learn about this and meet with the shaman to get the money back. Meanwhile, Kyle asks Ruby how to use the washer but she tells him that he should conserve water and electricity....

Episode 8
Bi-chwi introduces Kang-ji to her mother Hye-ja. When Hye-ja hears that Kang-ji is a college friend of San-ho she is not happy at all. Meanwhile, Hye-ja prepares Tae-ja’s birthday party with Myung-ja and Baek-jo.

Episode 9
Byeong-hoon visits Ruby’s home in a drunken state and asks Ruby to somehow persuade his mother to let them get married. When Byeong-hoon sees Young-guk, he asks him if they’ve met before.
Meanwhile, Hye-ja and Sang-shik return from a trip to Japan and they’re shocked to hear their children tell them that they can’t live with them any more.

Episode 10
Kang-ji tells San-ho that she’ll go over to his house, cook his meals and look after Tae-ja. San-ho tells her that she doesn’t have to do those things but she says that she already got permission from his sister Bi-chwi. Meanwhile, Ruby asks Kyle if he secretly likes her....

]]> Drama-<![CDATA[No Limit]]> [No Limit], a story about a talented but misfortunate soccer player will air on September 9th at 9:55pm.

Bong-gun, a soccer player with great potential, wants to become a member of the national soccer team. As he works towards his goal, he meets Hae-bin, an attractive and independent rookie sports agent who ends up bickering with him all the time. With Seung-woo, an elite attorney, as his arch-enemy, Bong-gun’s journey towards love and success is rough. To make matters more complicated, it turns out that Yeon-lee, Bong-gun’s childhood friend and the soccer team nutritionist, has a secret crush on him.

is already gathering much attention because it stars U-Know, a member of TVXQ (Korean name, Dong Bang Shin Gi), Korea’s top boy band with over 800 thousand official fans. U-Know will play the role of Bong-gun and make his debut as an actor. U-Know says he can relate to Bong-gun’s situation because acting is to him, what soccer is to Bong-gun. He is very enthusiastic about his participation in this show.

Koh Ara, star of and recipient of the PaekSang Arts Awards’ Best New TV Actress Award plays the role of the charming sports agent. Other casts include Lee Sang-Yoon for the evil attorney and Lee Yoon-ji for the soccer team nutritionist.

This autumn, TV viewers will be thoroughly entertained with the excitement and romance featured in [No Limit] ]]> ]]>

Episode 1
Bong-gun is devastated after finding out that his girlfriend is getting married and he accidentally falls into a river while heading a soccer ball that came out of nowhere. Yeon-lee rescues Bong-gun from getting drowned in the river and gives him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Opening his eyes, Bong-gun teases Yeon-lee that he stole her first kiss.
Bong-gun decides to sell chicken on a stick in the street. When city officials crack down on illegal street sellers like Bong-gun, Bong-gun runs away with his street cart in a hurry so that he won’t get caught. His street cart becomes ruined in the aftermath. Hae-bin is caught in the rain and sprains her ankle but Bong-gun gives her a ride on his street cart. Hae-bin doesn’t recognize Bong-gun although he looks familiar to her.

Episode 2
Hae-bin goes to Bong-gun’s home to meet him. Hae-bin introduces herself as a sports agent and tells Bong-gun that she’ll give him an opportunity to play in the professional soccer league. But Bong-gun gets mad when he learns that Hae-bin is friends with Seung-woo and tells her to leave.
Faced with a lot of hardships, Bong-gun decides to forgo a job interview that Yeon-lee helped him to get and goes to a tryout for a pro soccer team instead. Coach Lee isn’t impressed with Bong-gun and has him race against Byeong-ki. When Bong-gun lags behind Byeong-ki, Hae-bin pulls her hair in frustration.

Episode 3
After Bong-gun undergoes a thorough tryout session and Coach Lee doesn’t like what he sees, everyone looks on grimly. When the tryout is over, President Hong kicks a ball towards Bong-gun, who kicks the ball into the net without the ball touching the ground. Hae-bin tells Coach Lee that Bong-gun is very good at scoring when the ball is still in the air.
Hae-bin tells Bong-gun that her dream is to sign him with Manchester United one day. Then it starts to rain and Hae-bin makes sure that Bong-gun doesn’t get wet because she’s his agent. Bong-gun also shyly covers Hae-bin so that she doesn’t get wet.

Episode 4
Bong-gun finally gets a contract with a professional soccer team and sends a text message to Hae-bin that he’ll play in his first game of the season but Hae-bin doesn’t get his message right away because she’s at the swimming pool with Seung-woo.
Meanwhile, Hae-bin is kidnapped by a person who believes that she’s Seung-woo’s girlfriend. Bong-gun witnesses her being kidnapped and chases the kidnapper. He rescues Hae-bin but he dangerously falls into the river.

Episode 5
Bong-gun falls into the river along with the car. Hae-bin is hanging on the ledge and looks down below with tears in her eyes. Rescue workers arrive and take Bong-gun to the hospital but the doctors can’t resuscitate him right away.
Lying in a coma in the intensive care unit, Bong-gun is watched over by Hae-bin who is worried sick about him. When Bong-gun opens his eyes, Hae-bin tells him that she was scared that he wouldn’t wake up from his coma. However, Bong-gun can’t recognize Hae-bin at all.

Episode 6
Without knowing what is going on, Bong-gun is taken to a mental hospital with Young-dal. Unaware that Bong-gun has been taken away mistakenly, Hae-bin and Yeon-lee search for Bong-gun.
Meanwhile, Hae-bin seeks Coach Lee and explains to him that Bong-gun had a reason for being unable to report to practice. She lies and tells the coach that Bong-gun’s mom died and so Bong-gun had to attend her funeral.

Episode 7
Yeon-lee meets Seung-woo and asks him if he found any trace of Bong-gun. Seung-woo calmly tells Yeon-lee not to visit him so often and that she should patiently wait for Bong-gun to show up. Seung-woo keeps smiling as he talks to Yeon-lee but when she finally leaves, he scowls in irritation.
Bong-gun fails to escape the mental institution and is locked up in an isolation chamber. Thunder and lightning rage outside his window. When water from a flooded river slams into the hospital building, a portion of the wall is destroyed...

Episode 8
Hae-bin tells Seung-woo not to call her for the time being. Seung-woo catches up with Hae-bin, who is furious at him, and says that Bong-gun showed up alive so everything is well. But Hae-bin tells him a lawyer shouldn’t only care about the results and discount the process.
Hae-bin meets Bong-gun and says she’ll let him break the contract if he wants to be released. Bong-gun tells her that he wants to become a great soccer player for her sake and so he’d like her to continue to be his agent.

Episode 9
Hae-bin asks Bong-gun why he rescued him while risking his own life and he tells her that if he didn’t do what he did, he would have regretted it. He then tells her that the incident made him overcome his fears so she doesn’t have to feel so sorry about what happened to him.
Dong-ho buys a diamond ring that Yeon-lee playfully asked him to get for her. Yeon-lee tells Dong-ho that if he’s giving the ring to her because he likes her, she feels that the ring is too extravagant for her. Dong-ho then asks her to be his girlfriend...

Episode 10
Searching for a birthday gift for Byeol, Bong-gun and Hae-bin enter a song contest where the first prize is a laptop computer. Bong-gun and Hae-bin are determined to win the prize and go on stage.
Coach Lee announces the starters before the match begins. Bong-gun starts in Dong-ho’s place since Dong-ho is not in peak condition. Bong-gun cuts his hair short and is determined to give it his best.

]]> ]]> mms://contentmedia.imbc.com/contentmedia/drama/NoLimit/NoLimit_en.wmv]]> Episode 1
Bong-gun is devastated after finding out that his girlfriend is getting married and he accidentally falls into a river while heading a soccer ball that came out of nowhere. Yeon-lee rescues Bong-gun from getting drowned in the river and gives him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Opening his eyes, Bong-gun teases Yeon-lee that he stole her first kiss.
Bong-gun decides to sell chicken on a stick in the street. When city officials crack down on illegal street sellers like Bong-gun, Bong-gun runs away with his street cart in a hurry so that he won’t get caught. His street cart becomes ruined in the aftermath. Hae-bin is caught in the rain and sprains her ankle but Bong-gun gives her a ride on his street cart. Hae-bin doesn’t recognize Bong-gun although he looks familiar to her.

Episode 2
Hae-bin goes to Bong-gun’s home to meet him. Hae-bin introduces herself as a sports agent and tells Bong-gun that she’ll give him an opportunity to play in the professional soccer league. But Bong-gun gets mad when he learns that Hae-bin is friends with Seung-woo and tells her to leave.
Faced with a lot of hardships, Bong-gun decides to forgo a job interview that Yeon-lee helped him to get and goes to a tryout for a pro soccer team instead. Coach Lee isn’t impressed with Bong-gun and has him race against Byeong-ki. When Bong-gun lags behind Byeong-ki, Hae-bin pulls her hair in frustration.

Episode 3
After Bong-gun undergoes a thorough tryout session and Coach Lee doesn’t like what he sees, everyone looks on grimly. When the tryout is over, President Hong kicks a ball towards Bong-gun, who kicks the ball into the net without the ball touching the ground. Hae-bin tells Coach Lee that Bong-gun is very good at scoring when the ball is still in the air.
Hae-bin tells Bong-gun that her dream is to sign him with Manchester United one day. Then it starts to rain and Hae-bin makes sure that Bong-gun doesn’t get wet because she’s his agent. Bong-gun also shyly covers Hae-bin so that she doesn’t get wet.

Episode 4
Bong-gun finally gets a contract with a professional soccer team and sends a text message to Hae-bin that he’ll play in his first game of the season but Hae-bin doesn’t get his message right away because she’s at the swimming pool with Seung-woo.
Meanwhile, Hae-bin is kidnapped by a person who believes that she’s Seung-woo’s girlfriend. Bong-gun witnesses her being kidnapped and chases the kidnapper. He rescues Hae-bin but he dangerously falls into the river.

Episode 5
Bong-gun falls into the river along with the car. Hae-bin is hanging on the ledge and looks down below with tears in her eyes. Rescue workers arrive and take Bong-gun to the hospital but the doctors can’t resuscitate him right away.
Lying in a coma in the intensive care unit, Bong-gun is watched over by Hae-bin who is worried sick about him. When Bong-gun opens his eyes, Hae-bin tells him that she was scared that he wouldn’t wake up from his coma. However, Bong-gun can’t recognize Hae-bin at all.

Episode 6
Without knowing what is going on, Bong-gun is taken to a mental hospital with Young-dal. Unaware that Bong-gun has been taken away mistakenly, Hae-bin and Yeon-lee search for Bong-gun.
Meanwhile, Hae-bin seeks Coach Lee and explains to him that Bong-gun had a reason for being unable to report to practice. She lies and tells the coach that Bong-gun’s mom died and so Bong-gun had to attend her funeral.

Episode 7
Yeon-lee meets Seung-woo and asks him if he found any trace of Bong-gun. Seung-woo calmly tells Yeon-lee not to visit him so often and that she should patiently wait for Bong-gun to show up. Seung-woo keeps smiling as he talks to Yeon-lee but when she finally leaves, he scowls in irritation.
Bong-gun fails to escape the mental institution and is locked up in an isolation chamber. Thunder and lightning rage outside his window. When water from a flooded river slams into the hospital building, a portion of the wall is destroyed...

Episode 8
Hae-bin tells Seung-woo not to call her for the time being. Seung-woo catches up with Hae-bin, who is furious at him, and says that Bong-gun showed up alive so everything is well. But Hae-bin tells him a lawyer shouldn’t only care about the results and discount the process.
Hae-bin meets Bong-gun and says she’ll let him break the contract if he wants to be released. Bong-gun tells her that he wants to become a great soccer player for her sake and so he’d like her to continue to be his agent.

Episode 9
Hae-bin asks Bong-gun why he rescued him while risking his own life and he tells her that if he didn’t do what he did, he would have regretted it. He then tells her that the incident made him overcome his fears so she doesn’t have to feel so sorry about what happened to him.
Dong-ho buys a diamond ring that Yeon-lee playfully asked him to get for her. Yeon-lee tells Dong-ho that if he’s giving the ring to her because he likes her, she feels that the ring is too extravagant for her. Dong-ho then asks her to be his girlfriend...

Episode 10
Searching for a birthday gift for Byeol, Bong-gun and Hae-bin enter a song contest where the first prize is a laptop computer. Bong-gun and Hae-bin are determined to win the prize and go on stage.
Coach Lee announces the starters before the match begins. Bong-gun starts in Dong-ho’s place since Dong-ho is not in peak condition. Bong-gun cuts his hair short and is determined to give it his best.

]]> News-<![CDATA[[Just Like Today] The exciting family drama announces a smooth beginning with 13.7% in ratings]]>

The first episode of “Just Like Today”(script by Choi Hyeon-gyeong, directed by Kim Dae-jin), the new weekday drama after “Iron Daughters-in-Law”, was aired on the 21st.  It started off rather smoothly with the high rating of 13.7%(ABG Neilson Media Research, Metropolitan area only/11.6% throughout the country).

The fatherly love of Chun-bok(Kim Gap-su), the owner of a gas station,  for Ki-wan(Lee Jae-yun) attracted the attention of many through the first episode on the 21st. Chun-bok is a cold-hearted man who gets excited like a child around In-suk(Kim Mi-suk), his wife of thirty years, and has endless patience and understanding for Ji-wan. The plot evolves around the fathers of today. It is interesting to see the story of different families told from the perspective of fathers through chun-bok, Sang-yeop(Hong Yo-seop), an executive of a major company, and Jun-tae(Lee Han-wi).



Scriptwriter Choi Hyeon-gyeong’s unique lines that show the bond between family members and the organized directing make an astounding combination. The drama shows off the unwavering acting of middle-aged veterans including Kim Yeong-ok, Kim Gap-su, Kim Mi-suk, Park Sun-cheon and Gyeon Mi-ri. The bright acting and fresh faces of Lee Jae-yun, Han Geu-ru and Yang Jin-seong add to the fun.

 

Viewers are posting endless messages of support on the drama website.

“A pollution-free drama is born in a long time! Looking forward to the stories of fathers in the 50s! (nlc****), “I love it because it’s not too extreme”(he***), “It makes me happy after a long exhausting day!”(bban****), “I hope the rest of the episodes are just like today’s!”(ejch***) are some of the comments shared after the first episode aired.

The episode ends as Sang-yeob heads home on the memorial day of his friend Jae-ho. It drew out the curiosity of viewers by ending with him catching his son Ji-wan and Sang-yeob’s daughter Hee-ju(Park Si-eun) kissing. Viewers should try to figure out the secret behind the reason Chun-bok and Mi-suk are against the marriage of Ji-wan and Hee-ju. The conflict between characters which started in an early stage of the drama makes it interesting for viewers as they guess how the relationships will unfold.

“Just Like Today” is the heartfelt self-portrait of father’s of our generation. It is brought to you at 8:15PM on weekdays.

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MBC "Ultimate Love" poster shoot

The poster for the MBC TV miniseries “Ultimate Love” (screenwriters Hong Jeong-eun, Hong Mi-lan / Co-directors Park Hong-gyun, Lee Dong-yun) has been released.

 

Actors Cha Seung-won, Gong Hyo-jin, Yoon Gye-sang, and Yoo In-na shot a poster shoot together at the MBC Dream Center in Ilsan City on April 14th. Their photo shoot was held outside the building and despite the windy weather, they all worked professionally for hours, impressing the staff with their hard work and dashing looks.

 

In one comical shoot involving Cha Seung-won grabbing Gong Hyo-jin’s skirt, they both kept straight faces to capture the humor of the scene. There was also a lot of lighthearted banter during the shoot. Actress Gong Hyo-jin smiled throughout the day and her positive energy elicited applause from the staff after her shoot was finished.

 

“Ultimate Love” is a romantic comedy revolving around the topsy-turvy relationship between a superstar and former teen idol. It will be the follow-up drama to “Royal Family” and is slated to premiere on May 4th.

 

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“The Duo” cast member Han Ji-hye takes flack from Cheon Jung-myung but Lee Sang-yoon comforts her

Reporter Bae Eun-seol

 

The Duo (Screenwriter: Kim Wun-gyeong, Co-directors: Lim Tae-woo, Kim Geun-hong)

 

On “The Duo” episode aired on April 25th, Dong-nyeo (actress Han Ji-hye) keeps viewers wondering where her heart lies as she chooses between Cheon-doong and Gwi-dong.

Cheon-doong (actor Cheon Jung-myung) becomes deeply disappointed with Dong-nyeo when she discriminates against the lowly class.

Her behavior makes Cheon-doong so disgusted that he tells her that he shouldn’t have saved her from becoming a kisaeng (courtesan) when she was younger. Dong-nyeo slaps Cheon-doong when he says this. But Cheon-doong coldly turns his back on her.

Dong-nyeo meets Gwi-dong (actor Lee Sang-yoon) right after her altercation with Cheon-doong and tells him that Cheon-doong treats her badly. She then laments that Cheon-doong will travel to China soon, leaving her behind all alone. Gwi-dong puts his arms around Dong-nyeo when she starts crying to comfort her.

Dong-nyeo’s close relationship with both Gwi-dong and Cheon-doong keeps viewers wondering whom she truly loves. Who will Dong-nyeo end up sharing her life with?

 

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MBC “Great Talent” reaches 18.4% of all viewers.

MBC’s star search program, “Great Talent” reached its highest viewership so far on April 18th. On April 19th, AGB Nielsen Media Research data showed that “Great Talent” drew 18.4% of all viewers nationwide. In the Seoul metropolitan area, the show pulled in even more viewers at 21.7%.

 

Increasing its nationwide percentage by 2.6% and its Seoul metro area numbers by 2.9% respectively, “Great Talent” beat both KBS 2TV ‘VJs on the Scene” and SBS “Emergency!” which compete in the same primetime slot.

 

Viewers are passionately following their favorite contestants on the show and watching how they fare in the following rounds.

 

In the episode aired on April 18th, the show producers paired contestants with each other to have them perform duets.

 

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Viewership of “I Am a Singer” rises... Kim Bum-soo wins the second round. Songs from “I Am a Singer” dominate the digital download charts.

Despite the controversy surrounding MBC “Sunday Night Show (I Am a Singer)” due to the show producer’s decision to give singer Kim Gun-mo a second chance upon his elimination, more viewers watched the following episode.

On March 27th, “I am a Singer” attracted an audience with double-digit percentages at 11.1% (TNmS household audience, Nationwide: All provinces and Jeju). This was a 1.6% increase from the previous week’s showing of 9.5% of all TV viewers.

 

On March 6th, MBC overhauled its “Sunday Night Show” and viewership has risen as a result from 6.1% on March 13th to 7.5% on March 20th, and the show finally broke inot the double digits with 11.1% on March 27th. Slotted in the same primetime hour as the “Sunday Night Show,” KBS2’s “Happy Sunday (Qualifications of Men, Two Days and One Night)” fell by 2.2% to 17.3% from the previous week’s 19.5% showing.

 

Comparing the makeup of the audience that MBC “Sunday Night Show” and KBS2 “Happy Sunday” draws, MBC saw a rise in viewers of all age groups but especially among female viewers aged between 20 and 29 as well as the 40 to 49 age group. The bulk of viewers of KBS2 “Happy Sunday” are female viewers between 30 and 49 and male viewers between 40 and 49.

 

Meanwhile, “I Am a Singer” has enjoyed success in digital downloads where songs sung on the show have dominated the song charts. The digital download and music streaming site Bugs! reports that digital song releases from “I Am a Singer” are the bestselling songs on its website.

 

Digital downloads of songs sung on the MBC variety program “I Am a Singer,” are sold after each show and they have all reached the top 7. Kim Bum-soo’s version of “Please” propelled him to victory in the second round and it also became the number #1 digital download. Jung Yup came in last place in the contest and his song, “I Will Forget You” moved into the #7 spot in digital downloads.

 

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