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Military life. There are various reasons people would desert from the military and this show really portray a real life side to the issue.  D.P An Jun-Ho (Jung Hae-In) is a soldier. He is quiet and calm, but inflexible. Sergeant Park Beom-Gu (Kim Sung-Kyun) notices Private An Jun-Ho's tenacity and ability to observe. He transfers An Jun-Ho to the D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) team. Their mission is to catch deserters. An Jun-Ho works with Sergeant Park Beom-Gu and Corporal Han Ho-Yeol (Koo Gyo-Hwan) on the team. Sergeant Park Beom-Gu looks tired all the time. He curses and nags at An Jun-Ho and Han Ho-Yeol, but he also takes care of them with his keen insight. Han Ho-Yeol sometimes gives An Jun-Ho investigative know-how, but he sometimes annoys him. Meanwhile, First Lieutenant Lim Ji-Seob (Son Seok-Koo) only cares about his success in the military. He does not care for the D.P. team. Synopsis by Asianwiki D.P. - ©2021 Netflix

How effed up do you have to be to come up with a game that makes people play for money, but really play to live, since the outcome is death by either losing the game, your opponents greed, or your mistake in the game?   Would you play the game knowing the high possibility of death?   Squid Game   Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) gets fired from his job. His life is miserable. Seong Gi-Hun hears about a secret survival game, with a 45.6 billion won prize for the winner. He decides to take part in the game. Meanwhile, Cho Sang-Woo (Park Hae-Soo) is like a brother to Seong Gi-Hun and vice versa. They grew up in the same neighborhood. Despite his poor family background, Cho Sang-Woo graduated from a prestigious university and found a good job. He now faces a crisis, due to misappropriation of company funds. He decides to take part in the secret survival game with Seong Gi-Hun.   Synopsis by Asianwiki   오징어 게임 - ©2021 Netlfix

Have you ever felt lonely? Ever think that it's best to be by yourself than with others? We discuss this and more in today's video. We can relate to both characters in their portrayal of loneliness and depression.  "Flower Boy Next Door" is more than just a rom-com with silly characters. It's the growth and healing that these characters needed to move forward in their lives.  Flower Boy Next Door Shy and sweet Dok Mi spends her life avoiding contact with people while she spies on the hunky doctor who lives in the apartment across the street. Her solitary existence is soon interrupted though by an outgoing pretty boy who just moved into the neighborhood. The pretty boy, along with a collection of misfit friends & neighbors, work to bring Dok Mi out of her shell and into the real world. Along the way, friendships are born, love relationships are explored, and people grow & move forward in life. Synopsis by IMDB 이웃집 꽃미남 - ©2013 tvN

Part 2 of Nostalgic 90s with Sepcial guests, May Houri of Chocolata and Maisse Houri. Episode Part 2 of 2. Reply 1997. A drama that really captures the 90's in it's essences. This week, we have TWO specials guests to throw it back and reminisce about the 90's. Joining us are May Houri from Chocolata. The entrepreneur, mother of 3 and our spiritual guide. And Maissa Houri, filmmaker/actor/writer and mother of 2.  Instead of coffee this week, we decided wine was the appropriate drink of the day for a discussion about living through the 90's. May Houri www.chocolata.ca instagram.com/chocolata.ca facebook.com/chocolata.ca Maissa Houri https://www.facebook.com/maissa.houricharron https://www.instagram.com/miss_maissa/ https://www.instagram.com/dirtyloveseries/ Reply 1997 Set in the 1990's, "Reply 1997" follows female high high school student Shi-Won (Jung Eun-Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends. Synopsis by Asianwiki  응답하라 1997 - ©tvN 2012

Episode Part 1 of 2 Reply 1997. A drama that really captures the 90's in it's essences. This week, we have TWO specials guests to throw it back and reminisce about the 90's.  Joining us are May Houri from Chocolata. The entrepreneur, mother of 3 and our spiritual guide. And Maissa Houri, filmmaker/actor/writer and mother of 2.   Instead of coffee this week, we decided wine was the appropriate drink of the day for a discussion about living through the 90's.   May Houri www.chocolata.ca instagram.com/chocolata.ca facebook.com/chocolata.ca   Maissa Houri https://www.facebook.com/maissa.houricharron https://www.instagram.com/miss_maissa/ https://www.instagram.com/dirtyloveseries/   Reply 1997   Set in the 1990's, "Reply 1997" follows female high high school student Shi-Won (Jung Eun-Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends.   Synopsis by Asianwiki   응답하라 1997 - ©tvN 2012

This week on Koffee and Dramas, Nadia and I get into a few heated discussions during our conversation about "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo."   Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo  College athletes Kim Bok Joo and Jung Joon Hyung navigate through life, love and sports.   ©2016 MBC   Strongman swaps diet with wife for a day | Ft Eddie Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdP1ejKBQ-A

We have a special guest this week! Martin Fisher, a comic book writer from the UK, is working on a Kdrama inspired comic book called "The Radiant Sight". We had a blast talking to Martin about Kdramas and Kpop. Check out the link below to subscribe to the comic that will be coming out in September.    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-radiant-sight-1/coming_soon   The Radiant Sight is a brand new K-Drama! Bit-na is a simple woman from the slums, trying to get through life as easy as she can in this tough world. When she finds a magical dress that makes the wearer becomes irresistible, it might just give her a way out of this life of barely scraping by, and perhaps for society around her...

We are back! After a short hiatus, we are back with some more kdrama action!  This week we discuss "Strong Woman Bong Soon." One of our favorites!    In our return episode, we talk about the relationship between the characters and how they help each other grow and mature. We also discuss how important you are to yourself. Watch and you'll understand what we mean.   Strong Woman Do Bong Soon  Do Bong-soon is a woman born with superhuman strength that comes from the long line of women possessing it. when Ahn Min Hyuk, the CEO of Ainsoft, a gaming company witnesses her strength he hires her as his personal bodyguard.   Synopsis by IMDB.   힘쎈여자 도봉순 - ©2017 JTBC

We spent some time in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for a few days visiting Michael's sister, May owner of Chocolata.ca    @Chocolata.ca on all platforms.    Cuisine Coréenne Cocodak https://www.facebook.com/cocodakmtl/  Krispy Kreme MTL https://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremeCanada/ Bread Ahead   https://www.breadahead.com/  St-Albert Cheese http://fromagestalbert.com/?lang=en

As two people in their early thirties, the show we discuss today is quite relatable and very fun to watch. We discuss life and it's challenges from our perspectives.    How to be 30   Seo Ji-Won (Jung In-Sun) is a popular webcomic writer. She visits the publishing company office of her webcomics. There, she meets her first love Lee Seung-Yoo (Kang Min-Hyuk). They knew each other in their middle school days. Lee Seung-Yoo now works as an assistant manager for a planning team at the webcomic publishing company. Meanwhile, Seo Ji-Won gets involved with Cha Do-Hoon (Song Jae-Rim), who is directing a movie that is based on her webcomic.  Lee Ran-Joo (Hani) works as an announcer. Hong A-Young (Cha Min-Jee) runs a cafe. One day, Hong A-Young’s ex-boyfriend appears in front of her. Meanwhile, Hyeong Joon-Young (Baek Sung-Chul) works part-time at Hong A-Young's cafe. He has feelings for announcer Lee Ran-Joo and confesses his feelings to her  S ynopsis by Asianwiki   아직낫서른 - ©2021 Kakao TV