{"id":56709,"date":"2025-05-05T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=56709"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:58:19","slug":"the-korean-wave-k-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-korean-wave-k-dramas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Korean Wave: K-Dramas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you heard the term “hallyu?” “Hallyu,” also called the “Korean Wave,” refers to the increasing global popularity of South Korean pop culture, including music, film, television, and comics.<\/p>\n

This popularity includes Korean television, better known as “K-Dramas.” K-Dramas typically run for a single season and span a wide variety of genres, from romance comedies to historical period dramas to crime thrillers. Interested in learning more about K-Dramas? Davenport Public Library has you covered! Check out the following K-Drama titles, available for checkout on DVD at the library. (Descriptions below provided by publisher.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Queen\u00a0of Tears<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe queen of department stores and her small-town husband weather a marital crisis \u2014 until love miraculously begins to bloom again. Baek Hyun Woo, who is the pride of the village of Yongduri, is the legal director of the conglomerate Queen’s group, while Chaebol heiress Hong Hae in is the “Queen” of Queens group’s department stores. “Queen of Tears” will tell the miraculous, thrilling, and humorous love story of this married couple, who manage to survive a crisis and stay together against all odds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>See You in My 19th Life<\/a><\/strong>
\nBan Ji Eum has the ability to remember all her past lives, living through countless reincarnations for nearly a thousand years. After a tragic accident ends her previous life, she seeks to reconnect with the people from that life, focusing on Moon Seo Ha, whom she met in her 18th life. As she navigates her 19th life, will memories of her past hinder her romance, or can love endure across lifetimes?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A Business Proposal<\/a><\/strong>
\nShin Ha Ri, nursing unrequited feelings for a male friend, discovers he has a girlfriend. Seeking solace, she agrees to impersonate her wealthy friend, Jin Young Seo, on a blind date. To her surprise, her date is Kang Tae Moo, the CEO of her workplace. Kang Tae Moo, pressured by his grandfather to marry, decides to wed the next woman he meets on a blind date to end the interference in his work life. Unaware of Shin Ha Ri’s true identity, he proposes to her the next day, setting the stage for a romantic entanglement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Reborn Rich<\/a><\/strong>
\nAfter serving the Jin family and Soonyang Group faithfully for years, Yoon Hyeon Woo is embroiled in their succession battle and tragically murdered as collateral damage. Miraculously, fate gives him a chance to exact his revenge when he finds he\u2019s brought back in time inside the body of Jin Do Jun, the youngest grandson of Soonyang Group. Using his new identity and knowledge of the future, Do Jun plots a hostile takeover of the Soonyang Group. Will Do Jun succeed in his revenge and find his murderer?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Perfect Marriage Revenge<\/strong><\/a>
\nHan Yi Joo naively tries to see the best in everyone, though she’s shunned and betrayed by a family who never loved her. After a terrible accident at the hands of her mother, Yi Joo unexpectedly finds herself transported back in time. Realizing she has a second chance to change her fate, Yi Joo teams up with wealthy tycoon Seo Do Guk to exact revenge on those who’ve wronged her. Will this new alliance allow Yi Joo to create the life she\u2019s always wanted?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract<\/a><\/strong>
\nAs a newly married woman in 19th-century Korea, Park Yeon Woo\u2019s life should have been a happy one. But when her new husband dies shortly after their wedding, her life goes from bad to worse when she\u2019s kidnapped and thrown down a well. What should have been the end of her story turns out to be just the beginning when her fall into the well lands her in a swimming pool in modern-day Korea. Fished out by Kang Tae Ha, Yeon Woo soon finds herself presented with a strange request: to join him in a contract marriage. Lost in a strange new world, will Yeon Woo agree to make a dying man\u2019s wish come true?<\/p>\n

During the month of May, look for the \u201cHallyu: The Korean Wave\u201d<\/strong> displays at all three branches for more Korean pop culture recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you heard the term “hallyu?” “Hallyu,” also called the “Korean Wave,” refers to the increasing global popularity of South Korean pop culture, including music, film, television, and comics. This popularity includes Korean television, better known as “K-Dramas.” K-Dramas typically run for a single season and span a wide variety[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,1],"tags":[523,10211,10206,10205,10207,10212,2922,2794],"class_list":["post-56709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvds","category-library-displays","category-reference","tag-drama","tag-hallyu","tag-k-drama","tag-korean","tag-korean-drama","tag-korean-wave","tag-television-series","tag-tv-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-eKF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56709"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56803,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709\/revisions\/56803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}