The brilliant King Sejong secures the northern border after driving off the Yeojin tribes and invents the Korean writing system to improve the literacy rate of his people.
A mother learns of a plot against the life of her son, a prosecuting attorney. She decides to take pre-emptive action and kills the would-be murderer. Now she finds herself facing charges of premeditated murder.
Unable to make a living at singing, a man is forced to take a job as a window washer to support his family. His wife, meanwhile, continues to contact recording companies and eventually ...
Hye-yeong is raising her daughter alone, unaware that a mysterious benefactor has been helping her from afar.
Admiral Jang Bogo clears the sea of pirates and establishes safe trade routes between China, Japan and the ancient Korean kingdom of Shilla. Eventually however, his ambitions lead him to ...
In the kingdom of Cheoljong, a young lady finds herself attacted to the sound of a humble huntsman's flute and the two fall in love. However, differences in their social status makes it ...
Jeong-il and Eun-mi have a child together but Jeong-il's family successfully interferes and prevents their marriage. Eun-mi eventually marries, but her husband divorces her when he learns ...
A young girl is deserted by her parents after they squander all their money. She is raised by a couple who eventually adopt her and she grows to love them. One day however, her birth ...
A singer seeks to escape her obsession for a man who has no feelings for her by beginning a career outside the country. She becomes a hit in Japan but, unable to forget the object of her ...
Knowing that his father prefers his younger brother to himself, crown prince Yang-nyeong pretends to become an alcoholic and womanizer to get himself thrown out of the palace and leave the ...
Imperial Japan makes a last ditch effort to hold onto the annexed Korea near the end of World War II, but the Korean people, seeing that independence is near, rise up in riots around the ...
The orphans Yeong-ho and Jeong-a are caught pickpocketing an elderly man. Instead of being angry, the man takes pity on them and brings him to his house to raise as his own children.
Wang Seo-bang, a wealthy silk trader, is blindly devoted to Myeong-wol--so much so that he fails to notice that she is sucking his fortune dry while spending nearly all of her time with other men.
A former kisaeng is forced to give in to her father-in-law's demands and give her children to him to be raised after her husband passes away.
A once famous stage actress struggles to regain her footing in the aftermath of the Korean War which left her a widow and without a career. As her unhappiness grows, she finds herself ...
A woman finds that she is having a very difficult time with her father-in-law who stronly disapproves of her past as a kisaeng. After her husbnd's untimely death, she is thrown out of the ...
Lee Mu-rib, on his quest for vengence, meets and aids Hyang-woo and the two of them set off to destroy their common foe.
A young orphan struggles to live good life and keeps a diary of his hopes and dreams.
Wife of the tyrant Kwang Hae-gun, Queen In-mok tries her best to modify her husband's behavior and to rule the country well. However, the king begins to resent her advice and growing ...
Byeol Agi's plans to take revenge on the killer of her father hit a snag when she learns that the killer is the father of her boyfriend.