You're beautiful

Go Mi Nyu is a sister-in-training. When her twin brother Go Mi Nam successfully auditions into the musical band A.N.JELL but is forced to leave for the United States to correct a botched plastic surgery effort, she is approached by his manager to pose as Mi Nam for the duration of his recovery. Against her wishes, Mi Nyu accepts in order to fulfill her brother's dream of finding their mother. Now, posing as Mi Nam, Mi Nyu enters the group A.N.JELL and meets its members; Hwang Tae Kyung, Kang Shin Woo and Jeremy.
Initially disliked by Tae Kyung, the group's leader and composer, Mi Nyu slowly falls in love with him, only to find herself entangled in a love triangle between him and Shin Woo. Jeremy also harbors a one-sided love for her despite not knowing she's a girl. Additionally, Mi Nyu finds herself rivaled against Yoo He Yi, an actress who also has feelings for Tae Kyung.

glass slippers

Kim Hyun Ju, who starred as Yun-hee, and Kim Ji Ho, who starred as Tae-hee, born into a one-parent family after their mother died giving birth to Yun-hee. Their father, who loves his daughters dearly, vowed not to marry again and struggled to raise them. Unfortunately, their father, already suffering from leukemia, was killed in a car-accident. The girls were left to fend for themselves but a series of events created by a bunch of gangsters separated the sisters for fifteen years, with Yun-hee growing up as Sun-Woo and being abused by a family (Seung-hee especially) forced to adopt her because she was knocked down by their truck while Tae-hee, who spent fifteen years with her grandfather, becoming a successful entrepreneur. Chul-woong would frequently stand up for Sun-woo, and once ransacked their house when Sun-woo was being abused. Seung-hee later pretended to be Yun-hee in place of Sun-woo upon receiving a letter from Tae-hee who was searching for her sister. Sun-woo took refuge at Chul-woong's house at this point in time.

An internal strife develops when Jae-hyuk decided to carry out his business vengeance plans against Tae-hee's grandfather, who had indirectly caused his grandfather's death as a child. Shortly after the sisters reunited, their grandfather was killed in a car accident and Chul-woong was killed by gangsters who gave him several stab wounds when Yun-hee was kidnapped by gangsters on their wedding day.

In the beginning of the drama, both sisters, Tae-hee and Yun-hee harbored feelings for Jae-hyuk. Jae-hyuk and Chul-woong both have feelings feelings for Yun-hee, but Jae-hyuk is engaged to Tae-hee. Seung-hee has feelings for Chul-woong, which makes her jealous of Yun-hee. She becomes even more jealous and spiteful of Yun-hee upon realizing that Yun-hee was the sister whom Tae-hee was searching for, as she grew up in a, what she believed, a poor home. Yun-hee marries to Chul-woong in the end, realizing how great his affections for her were, that he died protecting her.

mina

Kim Mina, who was a very highly popular singer who won the hearts of many fans, got into a car accident when her car swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The car, which fell into a ditch, exploded and caused Mina to suffer second, third and fourth-degree burns on her body.

Meanwhile, Joon Suh, Mina's manager, happened to find Suryon who had almost the same look as Mina. Joon Suh, for the sake of shaking off Mina from the music industry as her skin has suffered serious and irreparable damages, initially asked Suryon to take the place of Mina for a short period of time. Suryon, on the other hand, agreed to the proposal as she badly needed money for her mother's surgical fees and her brother's scholarship money. Through a though series of training from Joon Suh, Suryon became a near-perfect replica of Mina.

However, Suryon fell in love with Tae-Hoon. Meanwhile, the real Mina had returned but was unable to restore her original appearance, making Joon-suh reject her from singing again as Mina. However, things start to get nasty when Mina pursued the case to reveal her true identity on television and convincing Joon-suh again and again. This caused Suryon's family to know about her status, and as Mina pursued to find out the case further, both Jun Suh and Suryon felt that they were threatened. After Mina sent photographs of Suryon with a black hair with some unknown people, Tae Hoon pursued to find out the case. At the same time, Mina felt threatened.

Mina went to Suryon's house to find out their true identity. Mina found out that Suryon was her twin. Depressed, Mina went to the church to seek for spiritual help, after she went to the Christian orphanage where they were born.

Finally, the truth was out. Suryon, suffering from severe peer pressure while Tae Hoon was pursuing the case, quarreled with Mina over Tae Hoon. She sought to Tae Hoon for forgiveness and love, but Tae Hoon rejected because he realised that both Joon Suh and Suryon were setting up a trap against him and also to prevent Mina from coming back.

Depressed, Suryon attempted to commit suicide. Thankfully, Joon Suh stopped her in time and told her to prepare her final performance as Mina.

Hotelier

President Choi, hotelier of Seoul Hotel, died from a heart attack hours after Kim Bok-Man, his old friend, informed him of serious plans his company, Hankang Distribution, had to buy over shares of Seoul Hotel. He was succeeded by his wife, Yun Bong-sook, who had never assumed any positions in the past to run the hotel. The reason for Yun assuming the position was to carry on the works of her late husband. Her son, Choi Young-Jae, was a dissolute man who refused to work and was capable of taking drugs.

Yun was confronted by pressures from Kim, who was making his way to buy up Seoul Hotel's shares. To fend off the competitor, Yun sends one of the hotel managers, Suh Jin Young, to America to try to rehire Seoul Hotel's former Head Manager, Han Tae-Jun, who was forced to resign after a scandal involving the hotel. Han was taking care of a drug-addicted, dissolute Korean-American girl who was nearly forced to take drugs.

Kim was looking forward to make his attack and hired Attorney Frank Shin Dong-Hyuk, a wealthy Korean-American takeover businessman, to assist him in buying over the hotel's shares through various means.

Frank Shin agrees to the job only after meeting Suh Jin Young when she travels to America (to find Han) and learns that she actually works at this "Seoul Hotel" of Bok-Man's proposal. Travelling to Seoul Korea for the first time since he left as a child, Frank and his loyal business assistant Leo move into a "Seoul Hotel" chalet to purportedly conduct their secret business with Bok-Man.

Kim learnt of Seoul Hotel's mismanagement through Frank Shin's infiltration as a double-agent. Whilst carrying out his duties, Frank found himself in love with Suh. Suh was later torn between relations with Frank and Han Tae-Jun.

Seoul Hotel proprietress Yun Bong-sook's dissolute son Choi Young-Jae fell in love with Kim Yun-Hee, the daughter of Hankang Distribution's manager Kim Bok-Man, during a nightclub meeting. However, relations went downhill as Kim Yun-Hee developed a crush on Han after a birthday party held at Seoul Hotel.

Han was weighed with duties of defending the hotel from their competitors at the same time protecting Kim from her abusive father and Suh Jin Young from falling in love with Frank. Han was also burdened with the additional duty of mending the ways of the previously dissolute Choi.

Frank soon discovered his dissolute sister, whom had been in Han's care. They went to meet their father, who called them by their Korean names, Dong-hyuk and Dong-hee. Frank's attitude changed as he switched sides to helping Seoul Hotel.

Han Tae-Jun and Frank eventually re-established Seoul Hotel's position, but Yun was diagnosed with cancer and died soon after. Frank and Suh were engaged; Han travels to Las Vegas where Kim Yun-hee was sent to study business. This implies that they will eventually meet.

Beautiful days

As in so many of the latest Korean drama series, Beautiful Days involves conflicts in family relationships, as well as a love triangle. The main character played by Lee Byung-Hun as Lee Min Chul, has returned from studying in the USA, to take an active role in his father's prospering music business.

The location used Tower Records in Sinchon, (near Sinchon Station), Seoul - now Shinara Records - as 'Victory Records', the headquarters of this fictional family's music business.

It turns out that the father was involved in unethical practice in the past, as well as murdering the father of Min Chul's stepbrother, San Jae. Into the scene comes two orphanage girls, YeonSoo and Sena, whom share a sisterly bond. This is also where Sena became inspired to become a popstar after a visit during their childhood of the Victory Records boss on a charity event. Both girls arrive in Seoul to start their adult lives, and become involved in the lives of the stepbrothers, Min Chul and San Jae. A complex drama unfolds, with the love of the main characters threatened by a terminal illness.

The original script had intended that the character of Yeon Soo would die, but in response to a flood of protest letters from anguished viewers, the drama lets her live. Sena goes on to become a famous popstar.

All about eve

Sun Mi (Chae Rim) is a lovely college student who lives with her middle class widowed father. She has a happy childhood with her sort-of-boyfriend Woo Jin (Han Jae Suk). Life changes radically for Sun Mi when her father decides to support Young Mi Huh (Kim So Yeon), a beautiful girl the same age as Sun Mi.

Young Mi suddenly becomes an orphan when her father, an alcoholic who frequently abused her, dies in an accident while working for Mr. Jin/Sun Mi's father's construction company. Young Mi has grown up in poverty, but she is not a humble person. She's arrogant, greedy and full of resentment. She envies Sun Mi for all she is and has, even Woo Jin's love.

Young Mi becomes Sun Mi's rival in every aspect of her life. First, Young Mi steals Woo Jin from Sun Mi, then tries to take over her job at a very important TV network and finally puts her eyes on Sun Mi's new boyfriend, Hyong Chul (Jang Dong Gun) one of the network's top executives, whom Sun Mi met during a trip to London. But Hyong Chul's love for Sun Mi is stronger than Young Mi's estimation. Meanwhile Woo Jin suffers of a broken heart as Young Mi makes his life miserable and finally dumps him so she can chase Hyong Chul.

The climax of the plot comes when a former lover of Young Mi appears and threatens to reveal her deepest secret should she not return to him: a dark past as a prostitute. Since the mischievous gangster did not succeed in his attempts, he decides to kill Young Mi. Woo Jin dies while saving her life. However, all of Young Mi's treachery is exposed and she attempts to commit suicide, but her efforts are frustrated when she is found unconscious by a group of nuns on the shore of the Han River. When Young Mi wakes up she suffers amnesia and has lost almost all memory of her past.

The drama ends with a happy reconciliation between Young Mi and Sun Mi, who cries beside Young Mi asking forgiveness for the misunderstanding between them since they met. Finally Hyong Chul swears eternal love and proposes to Sun Mi right in the middle of a street, ask her not to move to France.

first love

Ranked as the highest-rated Korean drama of all time, First Love scored a monstrous 65.8 percentile in TV ratings during its broadcast in 1996 to 1997. Written by the late Jo So Hye whose filmography includes Mothers and Sisters and Paper Crane, the drama features a star-studded cast that includes Bae Yong Joon, Choi Soo Jong, Choi Ji Woo, Lee Seung Yeon, and Cha Tae Hyun, all appearing before their heyday. Depicting the afflictions of youth, the drama brings you the moving story of two brothers, Sung Chan Woo and Sung Chan Hyuk, who live in the poor suburbs of Seoul with their father, trying to get through the hardships of life. Bae Yong Joon plays the younger brother of Choi Soo Jong, a rebellious law student who gives up a promising career and joins a gangster so he can seek revenge on his family's suffering. A classic triangle love story, the drama sees the two brothers in love with the same woman (played by actress Lee Seung Yeon). Bae would go on to star in such hit dramas as Hotelier and Winter Sonata, eventually earning him the nickname of Yon-sama and becoming one of today's leading hallyu stars. Incidentally, his Winter Sonata partner Choi Ji Woo also stars in First Love, playing a rich college student who falls in love with Bae's character.

When Chan Woo (Bae Yong Joon) finds out that his high school crush Hyo Kyung (Lee Seung Yeon) is seeing his own brother Chan Hyuk (Choi Soo Jong), his heart falls to the ground. But not all is rosy between Hyo Kyung and Chan Hyuk, as Hyo Kyung's rich gangster father and uncle are unhappy about their precious girl and niece dating a poor aspiring artist, and wreak havoc in their relationship. When a mysterious accident by Hyo Kyung's uncle leaves Chan Hyuk in a paralyzed state, Chan Woo plots revenge against Hyo Kyung's family by joining the underground world of the mafia. Waiting patiently in the wings is Suk Hee (Choi Ji Woo) who has never given up on her love for Chan Woo.

Eventually, Chan Woo returns back to studying law, giving up his revenge plan and his position in the company as his older brother pleads forgiveness for his first love and also because he remembered his promise to Suk Hee. Chan Woo's close friend in university, Hyong Ki, also harbored feelings for Suk Hee because of her kind nature and caring attitude towards friends. Hyong Ki somehow acted as a bridge in the relationship between Suk Hee and Chan Woo.