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The Heirs is regarded as one of the must-watch high school Korean dramas of all time. Although it is your typical Cinderella story, the drama caught the viewers’ attention with the storyline, making it a major hit in South Korea and across Asia.

The drama which depicts the love story between typical rich boy and poor girl was made even more interesting with its casts. The Heirs featured actors and actresses that became more popular after the show.

Wondering where are these stars now? Check their post-The Heirs­ journey below.

Lee Min Ho

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 Lee Min Ho played the role of Kim Tan, the future heir to the Jeguk group. After The Heirs, he starred in the films  Gangnam Blues and Bounty Hunters. He also teamed up with top actress Jun Ji Hyun in the fantasy romance drama Legend of the Blue Sea.

The Hallyu star began his mandatory military service in May 2017 and completed it in April 2019. He will be having a small screen comeback this 2020 in the fantasy romance drama The King: Eternal Monarch which was also penned by The Heir writer Kim Eun Sook.

Park Shin Hye

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Park Shin Hye had been to different dramas since The Heirs where she played the role of Cha Eunsang, a diligent daughter of a live-in housekeeper of the Kim family. She just completed a drama in 2019 entitled Memories of Alhambra and recently, it was announced that she would be joining Jo Seung Woo in JTBC’s sci-fi drama Sisyphus: The Myth.

Her past dramas after The Heirs include Pinocchio and Doctors. She also starred in several movies such as The Royal Traitor, My Annoying Brother, Heart Blackened, Call and #ALONE.

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Admit it or not, we all fall in love with Hyun Bin’s acting as a highly skilled and devoted North Korean army in the on-going tVN drama Crash Landing on You.

But even before he accepted the role of Captain Ri, Hyun Bin has already crash landed on our hearts with his previous dramas. Do you remember some of them?

No worries if you don’t.

We have listed down some of his notable TV series that you can binge-watch while waiting for the next episodes of CLOY.

And if you are a newbie in K-Drama fandom, it’s now your chance to elevate your fangirling to the next level by getting to know more about this 37-year old Hallyu actor.

So be ready to fall in love again with Hyun Bin in a whole new light.

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My Name is Kim Sam Soon

This 2005 hit drama with Kim Sun Ah made Hyun Bin a household name in South Korean. He played the role of Hyun Jin Heon, a son of wealthy hotelier who keeps on setting him on matchmaking dates. To stop his mother meddling on his love life, he hired Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah), a loud and heavyset brokenhearted woman and his restaurant’s newly-recruit pastry chef, as his pretend girlfriend. Can you imagine what will happen next?

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Secret Garden

Secret Garden was an international success giving Hyun Bin a resurgence of fame. In this 2010 drama, he played the role of Kim Joo Won, a handsome but conceited CEO of a high-end department store. He was partnered with Ha Ji Won who played the role of Gil Ra Im, a beautiful and humble stuntwoman. Joo Won has started being attracted to Ra Im with their tense and bickering relationship when a magical even happened resulted to their bodies being swapped. Hyun bin’s stellar portrayal as Kim Joo Won and Gil Ra Im earned him the Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV at the 47^th Baeksang Arts Award.

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Hyde, Jekyll, Me

In 2015, Hyun Bin took a challenging role of Gu Seo Jin, a theme park director with a split personality  whose character is opposite of his cynical and cold-hearted persona. Both Seo Jin and his split personality grew attracted with Jang Ha Na, played by Han Jin Min, the new team leader of the underperforming circus in the theme park which Seo Jin wanted to close down. Hyun Bin’s acting on this romance-thriller love story will surely sweep off your feet.

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Memories of Alhambra

Hyun bin is a goal-oriented and adventurous CEO named Yoo Jin Woo of an investment company in this 2018  drama. After receiving an email about an innovative augmented-reality video game, he went to Granade, Spain to meet its developer. There, he met Jung Hee Joo, played by Park Shin Hye, and their adventure between the real world and AR world began. If you are keen to Sci-Fi drama, you’ll surely enjoy the story of Memories of Alhambra, not to mention that Hyun Bin consistently exuded his charming mature visual in this TV series.

So, there K-Drama lovers. Revisit Hyun Bin’s charismatic performances in his previous dramas and fall in love with him more.

Or not.

Whatever.

But keep on watching Crash Landing on You. It's worth the hype, pinky swear!

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Reports confirmed that South Korean actress and singer IU will join the upcoming film Dream alongside with Park Seo Joon, whose casting was confirmed last year.

This will be the first commercial movie of IU since her debut in 2008 as a singer.

Dream will be directed by Lee Byung Hun, the same director behind the hit movie Extreme Job and JBTC’s drama Melo is My Nature.

While, according to reports, Seo Joon will be playing the role of a professional soccer player on a disciplinary action, no further details regarding IU’s role were revealed.

Are you ready for their team up?

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The upcoming Korean drama of tvN starring Kim Tae Hee and Lee Kyu Hyung has new character posters showing each of them hugging a child.

The drama entitled Hi Bye, Mama! (working title) is Kim Tae Hee’s comeback drama after a five-year hiatus.

It is a story of a woman named Cha Yu Ri who died several years ago and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation, and her husband, a chest surgeon, who is barely surviving since the death of his wife.

The new poster showing Kim Tae Hee reads “I’ll go after just a bit more, a bit more…” while Lee Kyu Hung’s poster reads “I’m happy. I’m really, really happy…”

Hi Bye, Mama! Will be released on February, replacing the drama Crash Landing on You.

Want to know more about other upcoming Korean dramas of 2020? Read here.

A few days after his contract with Blossom Entertainment expired, Song Joong Ki has signed with a new company, a startup agency called History D&C.  

The big news was announced by the agency itself on January 3 2019.

History D&C  signed a management contract with actor Song Joong-ki to announce a new start. We will do our best to help Song Joong-ki and History D&C  grow together with positive synergy.
 In 2020, Song Joong Ki will continue his acting career in Korea’s first Space SF Blockbuster The Victory and Bogota, which tells the story of Columbian immigrants in the 1990’s.

Song Joong Ki had been with the Blossom Entertainment since 2013 before moving to a new entertainment agency founded by Hwang Kiyong who had established a partnership with the top Korean actor after working on the projects like ‘The Innocent Man’, ‘Deep Rooted Tree’, and ‘Will It Snow for Christmas?’.

What can you say about this latest update on Song Joong Ki’s career?

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We were gifted with fabulous and beautiful dramas in the past decade. Many of them even touches our hearts. Yet, K-Dramas have been very effective not only because of their astounding plot and impressive production but also due to the good actors they have. And admit it or not, our oppas were not the only reason why these TV series charmed us. The stellar portrayal of the female lead actors for each heroine made us relate more to their story.

IU, Gong Hyo Jin, Song Hye Kyo and Park Min Young
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But who could be the Queen of Korean Dramas in 2010s?

Well, we have shortlisted the top female stars that made our decade of K-Dramas memorable, fun and awesome. It’s for you to decide who would wear the crown for the Decade 2010s.

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Jun Ji Hyun

Age:     38

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            My Love From the Star (2013-2014)

            Legend of the Blue Sea (2016-2017)

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Song Hye Kyo

Age:     38

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            The Winter, the Wind Blows (2013)

            Descendants of the Sun (2016)

            Encounter (2018-2019)

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Shin Min Ah

Age:     35

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            My Girlfriend is A Nine-Tailed Fox (2010)

            Arang and the Magistrate (2012)

            Oh My Venus (2015-2016)

            Tomorrow, With You (2017)

            Chief of Staff (2019)

 

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Bae Suzy

Age:     25

K-Dramas in 2010s: 

            Dream High (2011)

            Big (2012)

            Gu Family Book (2013)

            Uncontrollably Fond (2016)   

            While You Were Sleeping (2017)

            Vagabond (2019)

          

 

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Park Shin Hye

Age:     29

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            Heartstrings (2011)

            Flower Boy Next Door (2013)

            The Heirs (2013)

            Pinnochio (2014)

            Doctors (2016)

            Memories of Alhambra (2018)

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IU/ Lee Ji Eun

Age:     26

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            Dream High (2011)

            You Are The Best! (2013)

            Bel Ami (2013-2014)  

            The Producers (2015)

            Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Rye (2016)

My Mister (2018)

Hotel Del Luna (2019)

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Gong Hyo Jin

Age:     39

K-Dramas in 2010s:

            Pasta (2010)

            The Greatest Love (2011)

            The Master’s Sun (2013)

            It’s Okay, That’s Love (2014)

            The Producers (2015)

            Jealousy Incarnate (2016)

            When the Camellia Blooms (2019)

 

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Park Min Young

Age:     33

K-Dramas in 2010s: 

            Running Gu (2010)

            Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010)

            City Hunter (2011)     

            Glory Jane (2011)

            Time Slip Dr. Jin (2012)

            A New Leaf (2014)

            Healder (2014-2015)

            Remember: War of the Son (2015-2016)

            Queen for Seven Days (2017)

            What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018)

            Her Private Life (2019)

Obviously, it was Park Min Young who had been the most prolific actress in the list. However, it’s undeniable that the stars of Jun Ji Hyun and Song Hye Kyo are still shining as bright as ever, making each of their dramas a worldwide hit. Shin Min Ah and Park Shin Hye, on the other hand, consistently gave us remarkable dramas in the past years. Gong Hyo Jin, despite being the oldest in the list, still made us blush and giggle. Meanwhile, best of friends IU and Bae Suzy who are the youngest of the group, had proven that they deserve special spots in the world of Korean dramas.

So have you decided who should bear the weight of the crown? Comment down your vote.

Here's the continuation of our list of Korean dramas to watch this 2020 (see part 1 here):

Sandbox

Nam Joo Hyuk (left) and Bae Suzy (right)

Bae Suzy and Nam Joo Hyuk are set to team up for the first time in this tvN’s drama about two entrepreneurs who want to succeed with their own start-up companies. Sandbox is the reunion project of Director Oh Choong Hwan and writer Park Hye Ryun who were also the geniuses behind the 2017 hit drama While You Were Sleeping, which also starred Bae Suzy.

Love Alarm Season 2

Song Kang (left), Kim So-hyun (center), and Jung Ga-ram (right)

Another Netflix original to have a season 2 this year is Love Alarm. This romantic comedy series featuring Kim So-hyun, Jung Ga-ram and Song Kang is expected to continue the love triangle between the three characters caused by a viral dating app.

Pyscho But It’s Okay

Kim Soo Hyun (left) and Seo Ye Jin (right)

Kim Soo Hyun will be coming back in the small screen with the main role in the fantasy romance drama Psycho But It’s Okay. This new tvN’s drama is about a health worker in a psychiatric ward with an almost perfect personality, and fairytale writer with an anti-social personality disorder. Seo Ye Jin is currently in discussion to play the role of the writer.

Sisyphus: The Myth

Jo Seung Woo (left) and Park Shin hye (right)

Sisyphus: The Myth is the working title of this sci-fi based drama to be aired on cable network JTBC. Jo Seung Woo and Park Shin Hye are confirmed to play the lead roles.

Sweet Home

Actor Song Kang

Set to premiere this year, Sweet Home is based on a popular thriller-horror webtoon of the same title. The plot focuses on a bullied high school student who, after losing his family, decided to move to a new apartment where he begins to experience strange and mysterious things. The main role will be played by Song Kang.

  

Touch

Touch is a 2020 Korean drama starring Joo Sang Wook and Kim Bo Ra. The romantic beauty drama involves a popular make-up artist who goes bankrupt and a K-Pop idol trainee who fails to make her big debut.

If the Weather is Good, I’ll Find You

Park Min Young (left) and Seo Kang Joon (right)

This drama is about the story of a simple girl who decided to settle down in her hometown, Gangwon Province, where she will meet a bookshop owner. It was announced that Park Min Young and Seo Kang Joon will be the main cast of the said JTBC’s series.

So what’s your most awaited drama for 2020? Share your thoughts below.