Preview Drama : Thorn Birds - airing now on KBS2

Details

Title : 가시나무새 / Kashinamoosae

Also known as : The Thorn Bush Bird

Genre : Melodrama, romance

Episodes : 20

Broadcast network : KBS2

Broadcast period : 2011-Mar-02 to TBA

Air time : Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achieve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will met her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

Main Cast

* Han Hye Jin (한혜진) as Seo Jung Eun

* Kim So Hyun (김소현) as young Jung Eun

* Joo Sang Wook (주상욱) as Lee Young Jo

* Lee Min Ho (이민호) as young Young Jo

* Kim Min Jung (김민정) as Han Yoo Kyung

* Yoon Jung Eun (윤정은) as young Yoo Kyung

* Seo Do Young (서도영) as Choi Kang Woo

Extended Cast

* Cha Hwa Yun as Yoon Myung Ja / Lee Ae Rin

* Kim Ha Eun as Yang Mi Ryun

* Song Ok Sook as Kim Kye Soon

* Choi Jae Won as Park Han Soo

* Kim Dong Young as young Han Soo

* Jung Ui Kap as Lee Young Gook

* Park Ji Il as Choi Jong Dal

* Ahn Seung Hoon as Yoon Myung Goo

* Lee Mi Young as Soon Geum

* Jung Eun Byul as Seo Jin

* Oh Hyun Kyung as Young Jo's grandfather

* Kim Soo Hyun as Han Byul

* Lee Won Jae as Yoon Hak Goo

* Kim Ji Young

Episode Ratings

Source : DramaWiki

Preview Drama : Crime Squad - airing now on KBS2

Details

Title : 강력반 / Kangryukban

Also known as : Homicide, Detectives in Trouble

Genre : Action, crime, police

Episodes : 16

Broadcast network : KBS2

Broadcast period : 2011-Mar-07 to 2011-Apr-??

Air time : Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama focuses on a group of detectives in the Seoul Gangnam Police Homicide Division who solve crimes based on real life cases with their variety of skills and investigate methods. At the forefront of the team is the impulsive and hotheaded detective Park Se Hyuk and the cold, commanding police chief, Jung Il Do. Park Se Hyuk's passion for his work and rough personality results in a tendency to take action first before thinking later, in contrast with Jung Il Do's by-the-book style. However, his greatest weapon is an instinctive knowledge of a criminal's tricks and mental workings that he gained from his father, the legendary thief, and his own childhood in the streets. Together with the other members of a special team formed to catch Lupin, a notorious burglar, he juggles work with his own personal quest to find his father and confront his older brother, a crooked detective.

Cast

* Song Il Gook (송일국) as Park Se Hyuk

* Lee Jong Hyuk (이종혁) as Jung Il Do

* Song Ji Hyo (송지효) as Jo Min Joo

* Park Sun Young (박선영) as Heo Eun Young

* Jang Hang Sun (장항선) as Team Leader Kwon Young Sool

* Sung Ji Roo (성지루) as Nam Tae Shik

* Sun Woo Sun (선우선) as Jin Mi Sook

* Kim Joon (김준) as Shin Dong Jin

* Lee Min Woo (이민우) as Lee Dong Jin

* Joo Ho (주호) as yankee

* Choi Min (최민) as doctor

* Sun Woo Hyun

* Oh Yong (오용)

* Baek Seung Hee (백승희)

* Hwang Kwang Hee (황광희) (cameo)

Episode Ratings

Source : Drama Wiki

Call of the Country - still airing on KBS2

* Title: 국가가 부른다 / Gukgaga Bureunda
* Also known as: My Country Calls / Secret Agent Miss Oh
* Genre: Romance, comedy
* Episodes: 16
* Broadcast network: KBS2
* Broadcast period: 2010-May-10 to TBA
* Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55


Synopsis
Oh Ha Na is a lowly policewoman who lacks a sense of duty and believes that it is worth bending the rules in order to achieve your aims. She meets and begins to investigate Go Jin Hyuk, an elite intelligence agent, and they clash instantly based on their different morals. Their initial dislike of each other masks their romantic attraction, but this development is hindered by the existence of Choi Eun Seo, Jin Hyuk's first love.


Cast
* Lee Soo Kyung as Oh Ha Na
* Kim Sang Kyung as Go Jin Hyuk
* Ryu Jin as Han Do Hoon
* Horan as Choi Eun Seo
* Yang Geum Suk as Lee Soo Ja
* Lee Byung Joon as Joo Soo Young
* Kang Shin Il as Chief Shin Ki Joon
* Lee Ki Yeol as Deputy Manager Lee Hyung Shik
* Lee Sang Hwi (이상휘) as Agent Kim Byung Joon
* Hyun Woo as Agent Na Joon Min
* Park Hyo Joo as Agent Park Se Mi
* Lee Dal Hyung as Choi Chil Hyun
* Choi Jae Hwan as Lee Geun Bae
* Hong Soon Chang as Director Han Dae Soo
* Oh Yong as Sergeant Choi Chul Min
* Kim Kyung Sook as Cha Mi Sook
* Shin Kwi Sik as Han Tae Shik
* Lee Chul Min as Ma Gap Sung
* Kim Na Young as Lee Sun Mi
* Shin Shin Ae as Se Ip Ja
* Kim Sook as kiosk owner
* Lee Jong Soo as Oh Ha Na's boyfriend (cameo)


Production Credits
* Producer:
* Director: Kim Jung Gyu
* Sceenwriter: Choi Yi Rang (최이랑), Lee Jin Mae (이진매)


Episode Ratings
see Call of the Country/Episode Ratings


External Links
* Official site
* News articles: (1), (2)