My picks for entertainment ~ suggested movies, TV shows, music, and books ~ so you can enjoy some quality ME time! (ATTN Korean drama addicts! This blog has lots of K-drama love.)
"Ms. Ma, Nemesis" is a Korean drama series aptly described as a classic whodunit crime mystery. The series is inspired by an Agatha Christie novel with a similar title and storyline. But since the main character is also a mystery writer, I'm inclined to believe "Ms. Ma" was based on the real writer, Agatha Christie.
PLOT for "Ms. Ma, Nemesis":
Ms. Ma, a once‑celebrated mystery writer, escapes prison after being wrongly accused of her daughter’s murder and hides in Rainbow Village, a seemingly peaceful community that conceals unsettling secrets. Living under a new identity, she quietly investigates the residents with the sharp intuition that once defined her career. As she solves local cases, she uncovers the village’s darker undercurrents and edges closer to the truth behind her daughter’s death.
Ma Ji-won / Ms. Ma (played by Kim Yunjin, “Notes from the Last Row”, "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area 1 and 2”, “Confession”, “Pawn”, “The Neighbors”)
Agatha Christie is known by many as the “Queen of Mystery”. She is was an English novelist best known for her detective novels and short-story collections featuring characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
“The Body in the Library” (1942) — A seemingly ordinary village morning turns strange when a corpse is found in the Bantrys’ library.
“The Moving Finger” (1942) — Poison pen letters disrupt the quiet town of Lymstock, leading to murder and Miss Marple’s intervention.
“A Murder Is Announced” (1950) — A newspaper announcement predicts a murder at Little Paddocks, and the villagers gather to see what unfolds.
“The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” (1962) — A poisoned cocktail at a celebrity’s home reveals long-buried secrets.
“Nemesis” (1971) — Miss Marple receives a posthumous request from a wealthy man to investigate a mysterious injustice.
The plot for the novel titled “Nemesis” involves a wrongful accusation. A young man was wrongly imprisoned for the murder of a young woman he loved.
In the Korean drama, "Ms. Ma, Nemesis", instead of a young man and a murdered young woman, it's a mother whose young daughter was brutally killed. Ma Ji-Won doesn't have a friend like Miss Marple, so she "becomes" her own Miss Marple and solves the murder mystery herself.
In
Korean dramas, the Crown
Prince
carries the weight of the throne, while the Grand
Prince
enjoys the perks of royalty sans the weight. Both can get trapped in a
power struggle.
In
many historical Korean dramas, the Crown
Prince
and the Grand
Prince
both sit close to the throne, but their roles are very different.
K-dramas love to play with this contrast: the Crown Prince burdened
by duty, and the Grand Prince navigating ambition, loyalty, or the
temptation to challenge the throne.
The
Crown Prince is the officially designated heir, raised under intense
scrutiny and political pressure as the kingdom’s future king. He
can get “the boot” two ways. (1) He angers his father, the king,
and gets replaced. (2) Ruthless nobles and court officials want
somebody else to become king, so they start scheming and conniving to
eliminate him. The crown prince could die before he ever gets to the throne. He could die as a child.
A
Grand Prince, on the other hand, is a royal son who IS NOT first in
line, and that can be a blessing or a curse. He often has more
freedom than the Crown Prince and can enjoy life, usually by being a
playboy and pretending he doesn't have a care in the world. He need
not be ambitious for power or concern himself with the politics of
the nation. However, in an instant, he can be put in danger, because
one group of power-hungry people wants to force him onto the throne,
while another group is opposed. Then the grand prince is faced with
a moral conflict depending on the storyline. After all, he should
love his country and be willing to sacrifice his freedom and
frivolity for the sake of the people. Right? Question is: Will
he be a good king OR a puppet king?
So which would you rather be?
TEAM Crown Prince is the main character, click here.
TEAM Grand Prince is the main character, click here.
What's my preference? NEITHER!
If I were a Crown Prince or Grand Prince, I’d be on the first boat to China. Palace intrigue? Conspiracies? Assassination attempts? Constant death threats? Poison? Walking on “nails” trying to dodge power-hungry, jealous relatives and maniacal court officials and nobles? Uuuhh … No thank you.
While
patiently waiting for new releases of Korean dramas to reach the
American audience, I continue combing through old Korean dramas and
finding lots of hidden gems. It's the best treasure hunt ever!
The
Lucifer (aka “The Devil”) is a 2007 Korean drama, 20 episodes,
categorized as Legal drama, Police Procedural, Thriller, Suspense,
Revenge, Action, Legal Drama, Police Procedural, Crime, Mystery,
Romance, and Fantasy. Streaming
on KOCOWA+.
Memorable Quote:“'People of the Lie' by M. Scott Peck.” … “When the trumpet of judgment stops to play and the new day dawns, the Gates of Hell shall be closed.” (Episode 20)
SUMMARY: The lives of a detective, a psychic librarian, and a mysterious lawyer collide in a series of tarot card-linked murders.
There is a Korean version of "The Three
Musketeers" by Alexander Dumas. Spotlight on the 4th Swordsman, Park
Dal-Hyang (played by Jung Yong-Hwa). My only criticism of this
series is that there is no Season 2. Season 1 left me filled with the hope
that the next season would tie up loose ends.
This historical K-drama series is an
excellent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel of the same name,
set in the Joseon Dynasty. It’s the story of one of Joseon’s
military heroes. In the novel by Alexandre Dumas, he would be the
character named D’Artagnan, i.e., the 4th musketeer.
Park Dal-Hyang’s story begins with
him preparing for his military examination. He traveled to the main
city in Joseon, where the exams would be held, and paid for a room.
Some ruffians broke into the room and beat up several of the people.
He was told that if certain men had a good chance of passing the
exam, people would hire thugs to injure them so they could not pass
the exam.
Park Dal-Hyang chased after the
ruffians and ran into three men on horses. He stopped them and asked
if they would help him catch some criminals. At first, they were
surprised and confused, but he did not give them a chance to think
about whether they would help. He jumped on the horse with one of the men
and prodded the horse to take off. So the other two joined the chase.
One of the men he stopped was Crown
Prince Sohyeon (played by Lee Jin-Uk), and the other two were his two
warrior bodyguards. They helped Park Dal-Hyang capture the criminals.
He thanked them and asked their names. Rather than reveal his
identity, the Crown Prince said that he should call them “The Three
Musketeers”.
That was the beginning of the
adventures of Park Dal-Hyang. WHOA! They were really exciting!
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Seo Munju was a highly respected UN ambassador with a
successful career and clear aspirations of her own. She probably
could have run for president. But at her husband’s request, she
stepped away from her post so she could support his plan to run for
president. Though the sitting president warned her that her husband’s
ideas—especially reunifying North and South Korea—were dangerous,
she chose to be loyal to her husband.
Before the campaign
could begin, her husband was assassinated during a speech at a
church. Seo Munju tried to shield him from the shooter and nearly
died herself. But a bystander, Baek San-ho, tackled the gunman and
saved her life. Before committing suicide, the assassin claimed her
husband was a spy. A spy? Clearly, a false accusation. There was
no way that her husband was a spy. But how can she prove it? Her
husband and the shooter are dead. Where
does she begin?
It turns
out that Baek San-ho, the man who
saved
her, is
a
former special agent. He saved her, but can he be trusted? Seo
Munju decides
to start
with him. Or rather, he makes sure that she decides that she can
trust him. As their relationship develops, he reveals evidence
suggesting a larger conspiracy, including suspicious phone calls and
footage linking the assassin to Seo Munju’s brother-in-law. Her own
brother-in-law? He may have killed his own
brother? Realizing she was in danger, Seo Munju agreed to work with
Baek San-ho to uncover the truth behind her husband’s death.
A
mysterious young woman appears human but may be something far more
dangerous. No one knows her name or where she comes from, only that
encounters with her rarely end well. A young man notices her sitting
at the same bus stop every night with a suitcase, not moving. One
rainy evening, he offers her help, unaware that her intentions may be
far from innocent.
Nearby, Jung Won-young runs a small light
shop at the end of a dark alley. He claims to see
“strangers”—supernatural beings that move in darkness. A
schoolgirl, Joo Hyun-ju, often stops by his shop, drawn to its safety
and light. Jung Won-young warns her that if she ever encounters a
stranger, she must pretend nothing is wrong to survive.
When
Joo Hyun-ju finally faces one of the “strangers”, she escapes by
reaching the light shop. It becomes clear that the light shop is
protection, and darkness is danger. The light shop owner Jung
Won-young is also mysterious. He may be guarding more than just the
store. Maybe he's a “good stranger”???
2018 K-Drama "Memories of the Alhambra" Only on Netflix
"Memories of the Alhambra" follows a genius CEO whose life
spirals into danger after encountering a mysterious augmented reality
game that blurs the line between the digital world and real life. As
the game grows deadlier, love, loss, and unanswered questions
intertwine in a story where reality itself seems broken.
January 2 is National Science Fiction Day.
Memorable Quotes:
“If this isn’t reality, then what is?”
“The game doesn’t end just because you want it to.”
“Some memories refuse to disappear.”
“You can’t log out of real life.”
Interesting Facts & Trivia:
Hyun Bin’s Tech-Savvy Role: Hyun Bin personally studied startup culture and gaming terminology to make his CEO character feel authentic.
High-Budget Production: The series was one of the most expensive Korean dramas at the time due to its heavy use of CGI and visual effects.
Filmed in Spain and Korea: Major scenes were shot in Granada, Spain, making the Alhambra Palace a symbolic and visual centerpiece of the story.
Park Shin-hye’s Musical Training: Park Shin-hye practiced guitar extensively for her role, even though her character’s music becomes more symbolic than central.
Divisive Ending: The drama is especially known for its open-ended conclusion, which sparked intense fan debates and theories long after the finale aired.
Without a doubt, the best sci-fi mystery series ever! A guy gets trapped in an AR video game. The mystery began when the game's creator disappeared. Then two (2) entrepreneurs wanted to purchase the rights to that game, and they do battle, playing/challenging each other in the video game. One of them was killed DURING the video game.
Meaning? It wasn’t a real death! The other player left the scene because … ??? It was just a game. But then he learned that the man he had left sitting on the bench had died. That’s not all. The video game keeps reactivating, and the guy who supposedly died keeps coming back to fight him! Will the game ever end? What about the game creator? Did he die too? (O.o)
This K-drama is set in a foreign country, Spain, and the soundtrack for this Netflix original series is haunting.
Set in 17th-century Joseon, three years after the Imjin War, Kingdom reimagines the zombie genre through historical horror. A mysterious plague spreads across the land, turning the dead into flesh-eating monsters. The source is not demonic possession or alien parasites, but a deceptively beautiful “resurrection plant” capable of reanimating corpses. As the outbreak worsens, corrupt ministers conceal the truth because the king himself has been infected. The crown prince, isolated and unsure whom to trust, sets out to uncover the origin of the disease and save the kingdom.
The prequel, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, reveals how the horror began. Ashin, a young girl from a border village, loses her family after Joseon officials betray her father and massacre her people to appease the Jurchens. As the sole survivor, Ashin learns the truth and plots devastating revenge—using the resurrection plant that turns humans into monsters. Her tragedy becomes the catalyst for the kingdom’s collapse.
A modern woman time-travels to the Goryeo era, where palace intrigue, tragic romance, and destiny shape a love that defies time.
In modern-day South Korea, Hae-Soo is questioning the value of her life when she impulsively jumps into a lake to save a drowning stranger. Instead of resurfacing in her own world, she awakens in the Goryeo era, surrounded by royal princes bathing in the palace. Disoriented and vulnerable, Hae-Soo must quickly adapt to a dangerous world governed by rigid hierarchies, political intrigue, and ruthless power struggles.
Her fate becomes intertwined with Prince Wang So, a feared and enigmatic royal who will later rise to the throne through bloodshed and betrayal. As Hae-Soo grows closer to him, she realizes that her knowledge of future events gives her insight—but not control. Though she foresees tragedy, changing history may be impossible. Love blossoms amid violence, betrayal, and forbidden desire, leading to irreversible consequences. The series asks whether fate can be rewritten or must be endured, and whether love can survive in a world where power always comes at a terrible cost.
A Joseon fantasy where ghosts haunt the palace, a fallen dragon possesses a man’s body, and a reluctant shaman holds the key to salvation.
The Haunted Palace blends Joseon-era intrigue with supernatural fantasy. Yeo-Ri, a young woman born with the ability to see ghosts, is the granddaughter of a powerful shaman. Despite her gifts, she longs for a quiet life selling eyeglasses in the countryside. Her childhood friend Yoon Gab, now a palace official, seeks her help to cure the king’s tormented son—but deceives her about the true purpose of her visit.
Tragedy strikes when Yoon Gab is murdered in the forest, and a fallen dragon, Gang Cheol—an imugi who has followed Yeo-Ri for years—possesses his body. Unaware of the possession, Yeo-Ri awakens in the palace amid ghostly attacks and mounting danger. As spirits haunt the royal family, Yeo-Ri must confront her shamanic destiny while struggling with her feelings for Yoon Gab’s body and Gang Cheol’s presence within it. Trust, identity, and love blur as she fights to protect the palace from restless spirits.
A Joseon-era mystery where a cursed crown prince and a fugitive noblewoman uncover conspiracies, false crimes, and a hidden truth from the past.
Set during the Joseon dynasty, Our Blooming Youth follows Crown Prince Lee Hwan, a man haunted by rumors and fear. Whispers claim he murdered his brother to secure his position, and when he receives a mysterious “ghost letter” predicting his downfall, he begins to believe he is truly cursed. A series of frightening incidents only deepens his paranoia and isolation.
Min Jae Yi, a noblewoman with a sharp mind, faces her own nightmare after being falsely accused of murdering her family. Hunted as a fugitive, she remembers her father’s dying words: “Protect the crown prince.” To reach him, she disguises herself as a eunuch named Go Soon Dol. Jae Yi convinces Lee Hwan that the curse and ghostly events are elaborate tricks rooted in science, not superstition. They form an alliance—he will help clear her name if she helps uncover the truth. Their investigation reveals a dark incident from a decade earlier that links both their fates.
A Joseon romantic comedy where a grieving king bans all marriages and a bold con artist pretends to channel his dead queen’s spirit.
Set in the Joseon era, The Forbidden Marriage tells the story of King Lee Heon, who remains devastated seven years after the death of his beloved queen. Declared a suicide, her death left him so traumatized that he refused to remarry—effectively banning marriage throughout the kingdom. Each year, on the anniversary of her death, another young woman is found hanging, reopening the king’s wounds and worsening his fragile mental state.
Ye So-rang, a clever con artist imprisoned for fraud, sees an opportunity for survival. Claiming to be possessed by the spirit of the late crown princess, she convinces the desperate king that she can channel his beloved from the afterlife. In truth, it is all an act. Ye So-rang is a noblewoman presumed dead after her stepmother’s failed murder attempt, now living by her wits alone. Her plan is simple: deceive the king long enough to escape the palace. But as emotions deepen and secrets unravel, the line between deception and healing begins to blur.
A Joseon-era mystery comedy where a brilliant detective investigates vampire rumors, strange deaths, and a sinister quest for immortality.
In Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead, eccentric genius Detective Kim Min and his loyal assistant Seo-pil are summoned by the king to investigate a string of mysterious deaths in a remote village. The victims have been drained of blood, sparking rumors of a vampire—or “living dead”—terrorizing the countryside. As fear spreads, the unlikely duo encounters suspicious villagers and a mysterious woman with possible ties to the undead.
Though this is Detective K’s first brush with the supernatural, he remains firmly grounded in logic and reason. Refusing to believe in vampires, he searches for a scientific explanation behind the horrors. The investigation leads to a hidden laboratory where rogue scientists are experimenting with an immortality potion. As secrets surface, Detective K must determine whether the living dead truly exist—or whether fear itself is being used to disguise darker human crimes.
Follow this 3-part list of nine (9) must-watch historical Korean dramas that weave fantasy and the supernatural into epic tales of love, power, and destiny.
A historical fantasy K-drama set in Daeho, where forbidden soul
shifting, magic, political intrigue, and a dangerous romance collide.
Set in the fictional nation of Daeho, Alchemy of Souls revolves around soul shifting—an illegal form of black magic that nearly everyone secretly practices, including royalty and assassins. Naksu, a legendary and ruthless assassin, is hunted by powerful mages determined to eliminate her. To survive, she performs a last-minute soul shift into the body of a weak, blind servant girl, losing her powerful sword in the process. Though physically fragile, Naksu regains her sight and begins plotting her comeback.
She soon crosses paths with Jang Uk, a nobleman who recognizes her soul-shifted identity by the telltale blue in her eyes. When he realizes who she truly is, they strike a deal: Naksu will train him in her lethal skills, and he will help her recover her sword. As their partnership deepens, they become entangled in palace conspiracies, corrupt rulers, rival mages, and hidden powers tied to Naksu’s borrowed body. Amid political chaos and danger, Naksu and Jang Uk fall in love, complicating everything.
An epic historical fantasy set in Bronze Age Arthdal, where
prophecy, tribal conflict, and hidden identities shape the rise of a
kingdom.
Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during the Bronze Age, Arthdal Chronicles draws inspiration from the legend of Dangun, Korea’s mythical founder. Before Arthdal became a kingdom, it was a land of rival tribes and brutal power struggles. Eunseom, a member of the Wahan Tribe, endures hardship from birth before discovering his true identity: he is a hybrid descended from a mystical race and the child of an ancient prophecy. His existence places him at the center of Arthdal’s fight for power.
Tanya, a noble-hearted priestess and successor of the Wahan Tribe, grows stronger through adversity and becomes a key leader devoted to her people. Together, Eunseom and Tanya oppose Tagon, a ruthless war hero who dreams of ruling Arthdal as king. Tagon claims to be the reincarnation of Aramun Haesulla, the god-like founder of Arthdal, while hiding his own half-breed origins. If his secret is revealed, the fearful populace would likely execute him, destroying his ambitions.
A mythological romance in the Dan Dynasty, blending divine art,
demons, fate, and love amid royal politics and supernatural forces.
Set in the fictional Dan Dynasty, Lovers of the Red Sky blends romance, mythology, and political intrigue. Hong Cheong-Gi and Ha Ram meet as children but are separated by fate. As adults, they reunite and fall in love. Cheong-Gi, once blind, becomes a gifted “divine painter” chosen to restore a royal portrait that once sealed the god of death. When the painting was damaged by fire, the demon escaped, setting dark forces in motion.
Ha Ram, born with the power of water, was nearly sacrificed in a ritual meant to appease the gods. Instead, the demon partially possesses him, leaving him blind yet gifted as an astrologer able to read fate through the stars. On the same day, Cheong-Gi miraculously gains her sight. This exchange was orchestrated by protective spirits who intend to recapture the demon. As red skies signal supernatural upheaval, the lovers are trapped between deadly court politics and an ancient battle between good and evil.
Plot
Summary: Set in the Joseon era, these films follow a quirky detective and his sidekick solving bizarre cases. Sherlock Holmes meets a Korean period drama.
Plot
Summary: A
man with the ability to “read faces”, i.e., he uses the age-old art of physiognomy to discern a person’s character and fate by studying their facial features, gets entangled in ruthless palace intrigue and corrupt political schemes.
Plot
Summary: Assassins show up at a man's home, but they don't succeed. He realizes one of the group is a female and chases after her. She disappears into a widow's village. He disguises himself as a woman to infiltrate the village and uncover why assassins were sent to his home, and discovers a web of secrets, including his true identity.
Plot
Summary: A
reluctant secret royal inspector teams up with a divorcee who has a natural ability to solve crimes, and together they uncover corruption.
Plot
Summary: A
lawyer uses the law to seek justice for his family, uncovering deeper conspiracies. Sharp and layered with courtroom drama. His assistant is a princess.
Plot
Summary: The king is not just an ordinary monarch of Joseon. He's very clever,
educates himself in a wide range of subjects, and is relentless in his pursuit of justice and truth. He has the perfect assistant, a chronicler or historian who has a photographic memory. He only has to see something once, and he can recall every detail.
Watching Korean dramas is my guilty pleasure. I especially like the
historical period dramas, during the Joseon period. I have been contributing detailed reviews on PopGeeks.com since 2023. But I share K-drama love everywhere I can.
If you have not watched these, you should add them to your watch list.
If you have watched them, let me know if enjoyed them too!
The main character is a feisty little innocent girl who is fiercely
loyal to her family and friends, but has the courage, inner strength and
determination to break with tradition, and find her own way in a cruel
world that is not a very nice place for a low-born; especially not a
low-born young girl.
This series is 60 episodes, with an extraordinary cast, and based on a
true story. It is a real life love story between a king and a woman he
took to be his concubine: Dong Yi (played by Han Hyo-joo) and King
Sukjong (played by Ji Jin-hee).
It's a love story with a bold and daring hero who is not only an
expert swordsman but also knows how to handle a pistol and a rifle. His love
interest is an intelligent woman whose father is a scholar and allowed
her to learn (although she had to dress up like a man to attend school).
They both dream of their country, Joseon, as a land that will one day
be populated with free people. His enemies thought they had killed him,
but he was saved and taken to another country. He returned to Joseon
with a new identity and was determined to settle old scores. The first time
his beloved sees him again, she faints. He may be wearing different
clothes and using a different name, but he still looked to her like the
man she loved. She thought she had seen a ghost.
A baby who was born in a prison turns out to be a princess. But
before she learned her true identity, she was taught by a martial arts
master and first learned how to kick butt!! It's a handy skill to have
if you're going after the bad guys who caused your mother's death. The
main character is Ok Nyeo played by Jin Se Yeon, who is on my list for
favorite Korean actresses.
A young prince witnesses horrific bloodshed and commands that it be
stopped. Since he is a small child, his command is disregarded and he is
returned to his father; only to learn that it was his father who
ordered the bloodshed. To add insult to injury, his mother is
“accidentally” killed (really she was murdered). From that day forward,
he not only hates his father, HE HATES EVERYBODY! Everybody except his
close friend. He was forced into a marriage of convenience. His wife,
the princess, becomes pregnant by another man. In an effort to cover
this up, the father-in-law (the father of the princess) attempts to kill
the prince. The attempt fails. Trying to escape his assassins, the
prince falls down a slope and hits his head. A poor man finds him, takes
care of him as best he can while he is unconscious. When he regains his
consciousness, he does not remember who he is. The poor man tells him
that he is his daughter's husband-to-be and that they must marry
immediately or his daughter will be flogged.
For 100 days, he lives the simple life of a commoner and falls in
love. He is found by his father-in-law and brought back to the palace.
His memory has not returned. But slowly bits and pieces of incidents
from his past, like puzzle pieces, begin to come together. His story
begins … AGAIN! He realizes who he is and what he needs to do. He also
knows what he wants to do. He wants to marry the woman he fell in love
with as a commoner, who is also the little girl he met when he was a
child and had promised he would marry someday.
A young prince meets and makes friends with a nobleman's daughter when they were children. An accident happens on a boat, and the girl he
met is tossed overboard. Her father believes that she drowned. Her
sister grows up, and the prince, now king, chooses her to be his bride;
not realizing that she is the twin sister and NOT the girl he met when
he was younger. Corrupt officials arrange to have both King Lee Kyung
and his queen, Kang Eun Bo, assassinated on their wedding day. They
succeed in killing the sister but the king miraculously comes back to
life. The people are terrified of him. How can he possibly come back
from the dead? The twin sister realizes that her sister has been
murdered. She takes her sister's body and secretly buries it. Then she
returns to the palace AS IF she has also risen from the dead, just like
the king. The king not knowing that she is the young girl he had met as a
child, also believes his wife has come back to life. However, the twin
sister's main purpose for returning to the palace is to discover who
murdered her sister. For all she knew, even the king may have been
involved. But she eventually realizes his innocence and falls in love
with him. The problem is that she has already deceived him into
believing that she is the one who died. This makes their personal
relationship very complicated. As if life in the palace wasn't already
complicated with all of the scheming, conniving, ruthless, greedy
politicking that was going on. Oh! Did I mention the prophecy?
Goo Hae-ryung is a female historian. Prince Dowon (or Yi Rim) is a
young prince who has been sheltered from the outside world. These two
main characters are adorably cute! But they have had some tragedy in
their young lives. They both lost their fathers through violence. Of
course, the adults around them try to hide the truth. But the two of
them trying to uncover the truth makes for a good plot.
The time is during the transitional period between the end of the
Goryeo dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon dynasty, which is why it
is “The New Age”. A king, princes, military leaders, all engaged in a
power struggle to build a new country. Seo Hwi and Nam Seon-ho are two
childhood friends have the power of their friendship “tested”. Things
happen to them, they get separated, and become enemies due to a
misunderstanding about "my country." One of them decides his country is
“the country of the abandoned”.
“'Bossam' in the Korean title refers to a customary remarriage
procedure that took place during the Joseon period. At that time, a
widow could not remarry. A single man or widower would kidnap the widow
and marry her. Some of the kidnappings were agreed upon in advance and
others were by force.” (Quote Source: https://asianwiki.com/Bossam:_Steal_the_Fate)
Here's the story. Two friends earn their living by kidnapping widows.
It's a steady-paying job because … evidently, a lot of widows want to
be kidnapped and remarried. However, there is one widow who does not
have this on her mind. She just happened to be sitting outside, and the
kidnapper happened to go to the wrong house and … uh oh! … she is
accidentally kidnapped. You think this problem is easy to solve. The guy
made a mistake, so all he needs to do is take her back home. Right?
WRONG! The lady who was kidnapped turns out to be a princess. Her
father, the king, wants to see her. Since her father-in-law did not know
how or why she disappeared or where she was, HE LIED! He told the king
his daughter had committed suicide, having died from the grief of being a
widow. The king finds out that his daughter is alive and wants to use
this fact to trap the father-in-law and get rid of him for treason. The
father-in-law also finds out she is alive and the entire series is him
trying to have her killed so that he doesn't get caught in his LIE!
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