Asian Addicts Anonymous

**updated 4/24/2010**

May 1

드라마 스페셜 – 빨강사탕 / Red Candy
KBS
Starring: Lee Jae Ryong, Park Si Yeon
KBS’s return to drama specials starts with Red Candy scripted by Noh Hee Hyung which revolves around a love story between Park and Lee

May 3

황금물고기 / Golden Fish / Hwanggeummulgoki
100+ episodes on MBC
Starring: Yoo Soo Jin, Lee Tae Gon, Park Sang Won, Park Ki Koong, Jo Yoon Hee
This is a daily drama about a man who falls in love with his stepsister and it follows their forbidden love

May 7

사랑의 기적 / Sarangeui Gijeok / The Miracle of Love
SBS
Starring: Jung Yoo Suk, Han Yeo Woon, Hwang Mi Sun
A program from the donation program SBS Hope, this drama will follow the relationship of a bar hostess who meets a deaf vegetable salesman

May 10

국가가 부른다 / Call of the Country / Gukgaga Bureunda
KBS2
Starring: Lee Soo Kyung, Kim Sang Kyung, Ryu Jin, Horan, Hyun Woo, Park Hyo Joo
The plot sounds a lot like Nam Sang Mi’s Sweet Spy. A lowly, but earnest policewoman crosses an intelligence agent and begins investigating. These two are always clashing, but deep down are attracted to one another. Sound familiar yet?

자이언트 / Giant
50 episodes on SBS
Starring: Lee Bum Soo, Park Jin Hee, Hwang Jun Eum, Kim Soo Hyung, Yeo Jin Goo
A family/romance drama following the lives of three siblings, spanning about twenty years

May 26

나는 별일없이 산다 / I Live Without Anything
4 episodes on MBC
Starring: Shin Seong Il, Ha Hee Ra, Kim Chang Sook
I haven’t found a synopsis for this mini-drama yet

May 29

김수로 / Kim Soo Ro
32 episodes on MBC
Starring: Ji Sung, Yoo Oh Sung, Bae Jong Ok, Kim Hyung Il, Jang Dong Jik
A sageuk drama charting the life of Kim Soo Ro, the founder of the city-state Geumgwan Gaya during the legendary Three Kingdoms period.

June 9

제빵왕 김탁구 / Jeppangwang Kim Tak Goo / King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo
KBS2
Starring: Yoon Si Yoon
This drama will follow Kim Tak Goo (Yoon Si Yoon) from the 1970s to 1990s as he rises to become one of the best bakers in Korea

June 10

난닝구 / Running Shirt
4 episodes on MBC
Airing June 10-17
Starring: Song Joong Ki, Baek Jin Hee, Kim Mi Kyung
This mini-drama follows the story of a young man who gave up sports due to painful past events, but who later discovers a passion for running which then leads him to compete in marathons

June 23

로드 넘버원 / Road Number One
16 episodes on MBC
Starring: So Ji Sub, Kim Ha Neul, Yoon Kye Sang, Son Chang Min
Follows the events that occur on route one between Seoul and Pyongyang and how Lee Jang Woo gets caught up in a war he never intended fighting. This drama will follow his struggle to survive and the relationships he forms. Kwon Sang Woo was originally cast as the lead but the role went to So Ji Sub when Kwon Sang Woo backed out to do a movie instead.

**TBA**

커피하우스 / Coffee House
SBS May 2010
Starring: Park Si Yeon, Kang Ji Hwan, Lee Soon Jae, Kim Ji Young, Ahn Kil Kang
Following the life of a writer who jumped to fame at an early age and the relationships that develop in a coffee shop

나는 전설이다 / I Am Legend
SBS May 2010 – taking over the timeslot that Bad Guy was originally supposed to have
Starring: Kim Sun Ah, Jang Shin Young, Hong Ji Min
Jun Sul was in a rock band in high school, but stopped performing due to family circumstances. She later works in a law office and marries a prominent man who she then divorces and creates a new rock band. Could definitely be interesting.

**Postponed**

나쁜 남자 / Bad Guy / Nappeun Namja
20 episodes on SBS
Starring: Kim Nam Gil, Han Ga In, Kim Jae Wook
I am excited just because I loved Kim Jae Wook in Coffee Prince and Antique. It’s been 2 years since he last starred in either a drama or movie. The drama seems like a basic revenge plot. Poor guy Kim Nam Gil plots revenge against the Haeshin group to which Kim Jae Wook is the heir and Han Ga In looks to be a woman caught between them. This drama has been put on hold and probably won’t air until summer or fall as SBS has filled their May drama slots with different dramas.