#moo-suk

[sombredancer]

Asian dramas and my favorite types of characters

There are my favorite types of characters as a list. A villain with a fatal weakness

Drama: The Scholar Who Walks the Night /밤을 걷는 선비 Character: Gwi Screentime: Secondary Gwi is an ancient vampire and a master of puppets (and Joseon's king is the main of them). He is merciless, invincible and scheming all the drama long, until he accidentally kills a girl, who was his hostage and recalcitrant puppet from her childhood on and was the only one who could scold him and deny him. Nothing about it is said directly in the drama, but after her death he goes insane, kills all of his puppets and this way causes his own death. So, I suppose, she was his only weakness, and I like this type of a personal drama for a villain. Punch-Clock Villain / the Dragon

Drama: 100 Days My Prince /백일의 낭군님 Character: Moo-yeon Screentime: Secondary Moo-yeon works as an assassin for the killer of his father, who is constantly threatening him with the life of his sister. Moo-yeon is a man of a very ill fate: his family was accused of a treason and executed, his sister became a fugitive, he was forced to sell his conscience for his and sister's lives and, as a cherry on the top of this cake, fell in love with the daughter of his captor. And died trying to save her... His story is sooooo sad, but it makes me feel for this character fully. Also, he is the king of whump because the half of the drama he is injured and suffers from his wounds. The whole sad story of this guy is analyzed by me here, here and here.

Drama: The King Loves /왕은 사랑한다 Character: Moo-suk Screentime: Minor Koreans, obviously, like this type of characters, too, so there is another Dragon of the main villain, Moo-suk. In his free from dirty deeds time he h��e̶l̶p̶s̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶l̶a̶d̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶c̶r̶o̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶a̶d̶ literally saves cute children and restores self-confidence of young ladies. And then he falls in love, rethinks his life and dies from the hand of his master. Predictable and sad. Still a memorable guy, though. 50 shades of a Byronic Hero

Drama: The Wolf / 狼殿下 Character: Chu Youwen Screentime: Main A Mowgli boy was adopted by a wicked emperor, brought up like a cruel beast and was forced to do some dirty stuff for the emperor. He is mysterious, severe and you never know what's on his mind. As a true Byronic hero. He is some kind of Dragon, too, but it's a Chinese drama and he is a main hero in it, that's why he doesn't really do anything bad during the series. His soul is kind and his heart is pure, but he hides it from his love and deals with all of his problems on his own. It's the reason why all of this drama is a masochistic tango between him and his love. Whump lovers will be happy, too, because he is constantly in chains, pierced by arrows like a hedgehog or works as a slave in mines. As any other Dragon, he has a BE.

Drama: Lost You Forever /长相思 第一季 Character: Xiang Liu Screentime: Secondary A mysterious demon general, whose name makes everyone shake in fear. A former demon slave, who is true to his word enough to fight for his benefactor even if he knows crystal clearly that it's hopeless and he and his army will die in the end. A man who has huge problems with expression of his emotions in a socially approved way. Edward Cullen of Chinese dramaland. He is enigmatic, with thick vibes of a bad guy, yet very loyal to his benefactor as well as his love and very selfless. Because of this loyalty he will die and the love of his life will never-ever find out about anything he has done for her during the story.

Drama: My Journey to You /云之羽 Character: Gong Shangjue Screentime: Secondary A guy was through trauma in his childhood and it made him look intimidating and unfeeling. A tsundere is born! He coped with his trauma by taking extra responsibilities for everything and everyone and turned to be a walking killing machine instead of a man. But an enemy assassin comes to his life and teaches him how to be a human once more. It's a painful experience, but it`s necessary in order to grow up as a character and is beautifully fulfilled. It was a great joy to know that he survives at the end of the story, it's a rare thing for this type of characters, so even if there is season 2 someday, I will not watch it in order not to spoil my impression of the first one. I wrote about him detailed here, here, here and here.

Drama: Princess Agents / 特工皇妃楚乔传 Character: Yan Xun Screentime: Secondary It's the transformation story, too, like a previous one, but this time it's transformation from an ordinary man to a villain. Prince Yan Xun is a hostage colony prince in a metropolis empire, but he enjoys a noble life along with other nobility youth. The society around him is awful, each of these noble youths is a psycho who appreciate human hunt and so on, but cheerful and easy-going Yan Xun doesn't think their bloodthirstiness could turn against him. When relationship between the metropolis and the colony become tense, though, Yan Xun's friends of yesterday are happy to drink his blood. He loses his whole family and, insanely longing for revenge, slowly turns to one of those monsters himself.

Drama: Fangs of Fortune / 大梦归离 Characters: Li Lun & Zhao Yuanzhou Screentime: Secondary The Great Demon was dumped by his boyfriend because of his aggressive ways of protecting people of his own species and still can't get over their break-up. He goes through all five stages of acceptance of their break-up while being a villain of the story. In the end his obsession brings him to his doom, because he loves his ex-friend too much. He is morally grey yet a versatile and interesting character. I wrote about him here: 1 , 2, 3 and 4.

Drama: A Journey to Love / 一念关山 Character: Li Tongguang Screentime: Minor This guy has got a very realistic personality and background: he is a bastard who was deprived of mother's love since he was a child. The first circumstance made him power-hungry, scheming and outwardly emotionless, the second one made him longing for mother's love on insanely level. So he is invincible outwardly, but turns into a teary mess when it's about his female tutor, who is a mother figure for him. The contrast between these two personalities is enormous and makes this character very alive and interesting. During the drama he will not cope with his Oedipus complex but circumstances will solve this problem for him.

A pure-hearted hero

Drama: Creation of the Gods Ⅰ / 封神三部曲 Character: Ji Fa Screentime: Main It's maybe strange to find this type of characters in the list of my favorite types, but morality and selflessness of a character is very important for me, too. This story is some kind of King Arthur's legend, but in a Chinese way. The emperor is bewitched by a demon and is bringing the kingdom to it's downfall, the Gods are here to find the savior with the help of a magic scroll that can be opened only by a true king. Ji Fa, a hero of this story, doesn't care about scrolls, but his heart is loyal to his kingdom and to his family (in this very order). He genuinely wants to help his friend-prince to be a king his kingdom deserves and, despite awful things that were done to him and his family, doesn`t harden his soul and betray his ideals. And, I suppose, although he isn't aware of this, he IS the future King Arthur of China. Interesting character decisions

Drama: The Legends/招摇 Characters: Jiang Wu Screentime: Minor This character is something like a rival of the male lead. He is a xinmo - an inner demon of some other character and represents the darkest features of a human's soul. He is a ruthless killer, a dark sorcerer without conscience, but what was very unique, being literary the worst part of a human personality, he values his assistants a lot and genuinely cares for them. A villain is usually a lone wolf. He doesn't trust anyone and doesn't value anyone, his loneliness is usually his weakness and a key to his downfall. So I was pleasantly surprised that sometimes a villain is capable of building healthy relationships with his subordinates.

Drama: Sh**ting Stars / 별똥별 Characters: Do Soo-hyuk Screentime: Minor

This guy truly surprised me. Firstly, he is supposed to be something like a third wheel in relationships of the main couple, but he just calmly got a refusal from the female lead, said "OK" and, absolutely relaxed, proceeded to live his life further. It's something unbelievable for me, because I used to see the insanity caused by an unrequited love to be the plot engine of a lot of dramas. Secondly, he is well-written as a character, straightforward, principled and has tsundere-ish or Byronic vibes - all the character features that I like =) Part 3 will be about other interesting types of relationship, mostly between men.

Also you can see: Asian dramas and relationship dynamics (Pt. 1) Asian dramas and relationship dynamics (Pt. 2) Asian dramas and Love tropes Enemies to Rivals/Lovers recipe

[somanykdramas]

THE NIGHT OWL

GENRES: Historical, Drama

SUMMARY: An adept, blind acupuncturist must balance his family’s livelihood, the health of the royal family, and his personal secret.

THIS MOVIE HAS EVERYTHING: Poison, needles, palace politics, Ming vs Qing, heirs to the throne, night watches, workplace courtships, royal tyrants, magnifying glasses, and lots of medicine.

HOT TAKE: I don't really have any complaints about this one. It's a good what-if historical take on real palace tragedies, it uses cinematic light and day to its advantage, and the stakes are worthy of an edge of your seat position!

[toastinthegrass]

[passionforfiction]

Dr. Romantic: The Way to a Dream Come True

Dr. Romantic is made up of three seasons with a lapse of 4 years between the Season 1 and Season 2 and a 3 years lapse between Season 2 and 3. The first season we are introduced to the regular Doldam Hospital and new arrivals: Kang Dong Joo and Yoon Seo Jung. Master Kim helps these two young doctors and his regular staff to sharpen their skills and find realize their dreams. We see their growth as professionals and as human beings, while healing people and fighting to keep the hospital open. This first season ends with Kang Dong Joo and Yoon Seo Jung heading to new challenges but leaving a hope for their return.

Second season, Master Kim and his regular staff are still healing people while fighting to maintain the hospital running. We are introduced to three new doctors: Cha Eun Jae, Seo Woo Jin, and Yoon Ah Reum. In this case we have doctors returning and a doctor from a capital hospital, Park MinGuk becomes Holdam Hospital director as part of Chairman Do's attempt to take Master Kim down. But at the end we leave the hospital with a secure standing (no one can touch the property) and Dr. Park decides to partner with Master Kim and work together towards making Master Kim's dream come true - have a trauma center in the hospital.

Season 3 seems to be the conclusion to his story. Now they have the trauma center building connected to the old part of the hospital and they are about to open, but they need government funding to help run the center since this is a non-profit hospital. The staff is divided into two areas and those working at the trauma center will need to deal with their new director. Master Kim's Plan B - Dr. Cha Jin Man, who is also Dr. Cha Eun Jae's father and later Plan A - Kang Dong Joo.

I must admit that I was so excited to see Kang Dong Joo back and to see that Yoo Seo Jung returned, along other doctors that were part of the staff in the previous two seasons. It is satisfying to see Master Kim's dream come true: have the trauma center ran by his students.

You would've thought that he would want to run the center - after all, it was his dream - but he decided to stay in the old part of the hospital and have the another person run the trauma center. I loved the love stories and the new young characters. It was a really sweet way to bring this story to an end.

This story is one of my favorites on the doctors-drama category. A most watch, the three of them. I would watch them back to back, that way I would catch on things I probably missed since I saw them when they came out and time has past between each viewing.

[diversamenteintelligente]

(via BLOOD FREE)

In un futuro non troppo lontano, la società BF (Blood Free), fondata da Ja Yoo Yoon insieme a On San, è diventata leader mondiale nella coltivazione della carne coltivata artificialmente e domina il mercato.

[k-star-holic]

IU and Hyun Bin are wrong..Jun Hyun-moo "100 million donation, it's all buried" LOL (Jun Hyun-moo')

[sherlockholmeson]

10 BL Boys I [Strongly Believe Someone Should] Want Carnally

tagged by - no one but I just wanted to do it so feel free to do it also.

I saw it done by @itsanidiom go check her list to because it's also full of hot BL actors.

Disclaimer: I tried to not be repetitive of what other aleady posted and these guys deserve some spotlight. The number on the list is not indicative of my personal top, too hard to say really.

Jason Xu from Advance Bravely

2. JiSung and Park JinYoung from The Devil Judge (i don't care if you think it's not BL it's my list deal with it :P)

3. Zo InSug and Jo Ji Moo from Frozen Flower (again if you don't think this is BL you are probably right, but they were explicitly gay for each other so I don't care)

4. Film Thanapat in Laws of Attraction - he's a bit like Loki, lawyer trickster

5. Long time no see main Tak Woo Suk

6. Maybe it appeared already but whole cast of Kinnporsche

7. From We best Love (1 or 2, your pick) Pey Shou Yi played by Ray Chang

8. Kim JiWoong as vampire in Kissble Lips

9. Choi Jun from Jun&Jun (hope to see him in some other kbl or kdrama)

10. Earth Pirapat (listen I started watching WaterBoy just for him ok. and I still have not recovered from the damage, no you don't want to watch it please believe me). He is fine wherever he plays. Personally as chief Phuppa is my fave.

[jungheeseo]

DOCUMENTARY FILM . 16/9 . 17MIN17. COLOR/B&W . STEREO

SYNOPSIS The film is about old women divers in Jeju Island of Korea, who keep their unique manual way of working from their very young ages. These women who, are disappearing due to social and environmental reasons, somehow testify to the basic energy of life and of human beings itself. The film follows their daily routine, traced by their movements, their voices, their breathing, and their force on living.

TECHNICAL CREDITS HD . 16/9 . 17min17 . Color/B&W . Stereo Preview format: digital file (h.264, mp4, mov) Screening format: digital file (prores444), DVD

ARTISTIC CREDITS Director : Jung Hee Biann Seo Camera: Jung Hee Biann Seo, Jean Julien Pous Editing: Jung Hee Biann Seo Coordination: Soo Young Song Local coordination: Mi Hyun Ryu With Participation (Women divers): Mi-Hyun Ryu, Suk-Ja Kang, Moo-Ok Kang, Gyeon-Ja Gong, Song-Han Ko, Chun-Ja Kim Cooperation/financial support: [Gyung-gi Culture Center] 1116-1 Ingyedong 16473 Suwon, South Korea

AWARD Award OF EUROCKS. Belfort international film festival, Belfort, France

[fansof-heo]

21.12.22 - #onthisday The award-winning drama 'Big Bet' was released and with S2 released on the 15th February 2023. Actors include Choi Min-sik, Lee Dong-hwi, Son Suk-ku, Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung. 'Big Bet' S1&2 won a total of 2 awards at the 59th Grand Bell Awards and 2 awards at the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards 🥳 Heo Sung-tae portrayed the role as Seo Tae-seok. A gangster who fled to the Philippines and becomes jealous of Cha Moo-sik 👀💖

Synopsis: A powerful story of a man who becomes the king of a casino after many twists and turns, and returns to the game, risking his life and survival after losing everything in a series of events

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Los 59th Baeksang Arts Awards anuncia a los nominados para las categorías de cine y televisión.

¡Los 59th Baeksang Arts Awards han anunciado sus nominados para las categorías de cine y televisión!

Los candidatos fueron elegidos entre dramas, programas y películas que se emitieron o se estrenaron entre el 1 de abril de 2022 y el 31 de marzo de 2023. Sin embargo, las obras que se estrenaron durante el período de proyección del año pasado también se incluyeron en el grupo de este año. Se encuestó a 60 expertos de la industria antes de las nominaciones finales. Además, las producciones que se excluyeron el año pasado porque se estrenaron durante el período de proyección también se incluyeron en el grupo de este año.

Echa un vistazo a los candidatos finales de la televisión y el cine del año pasado a continuación:

Mejor Drama

JTBC “My Liberation Notes” Netflix “The Glory” tvN “Our Blues” ENA “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” tvN “Little Women”

Mejor Variety Show

tvN “Earth Arcade” Psick University “Psick Show” Netflix “Physical: 100” TVING “EXchange 2” Coupang Play “SNL Korea 3”

Mejor Show Educativo

wavve “National Office of Investigation” (literal title) Netflix “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” EBS “Your Literacy Skills+” (literal title) MBC Gyeongnam “Adult Kim Jang Ha” (literal title) KBS “Hidden Earth: 3 Billion Years on the Korean Peninsula”

Mejor Actor

Son Suk Ku – JTBC “My Liberation Notes” Lee Byung Hun – tvN “Our Blues” Lee Sung Min – JTBC “Reborn Rich” Jung Kyung Ho – tvN “Crash Course in Romance” Choi Min Sik – Disney+ “Casino”

Mejor Actriz

Kim Ji Won – JTBC “My Liberation Notes” Kim Hye Soo – tvN “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” Park Eun Bin – ENA “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” Song Hye Kyo – Netflix “The Glory” Suzy – Coupang Play “Anna”

Mejor Actor de Reparto

Kang Ki Young – ENA “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” Kim Do Hyun – JTBC “Reborn Rich” Kim Jun Han – Coupang Play “Anna” Park Sung Hoon – Netflix “The Glory” Jo Woo Jin – Netflix “Narco-Saints”

Mejor Actriz de Reparto

Kim Shin Rok – JTBC “Reborn Rich” Yeom Hye Ran – Netflix “The Glory” Lee El – JTBC “My Liberation Notes” Lim Ji Yeon – Netflix “The Glory” Jung Eun Chae – Coupang Play “Anna”

Mejor Nuevo Actor

Kim Gun Woo – Netflix “The Glory” Kim Min Ho – ENA “New Recruit” Moon Sang Min – tvN “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” Joo Jong Hyuk – ENA “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” Hong Kyung – wavve “Weak Hero Class 1”

Mejor Nueva Actriz

Kim Hieora – Netflix “The Glory” Noh Yoon Seo – tvN “Crash Course in Romance” Lee Kyung Sung – JTBC “My Liberation Notes” Joo Hyun Young – ENA “Exaordinary Attorney Woo” Ha Yun Kyung – ENA “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”

Mejor Entertainer Masculino

Kian84 Kim Kyung Wook Kim Jong Kook Jun Hyun Moo Hwang Jae Sung

Mejor Entertainer Femenina

Kim Min Kyung Park Se Mi Lee Soo Ji Lee Eun Ji Joo Hyun Young

Mejor Película

“Next Sohee” “The Night Owl” “Hansan: Rising Dragon” “Hunt” “Decision to Leave”

Mejor Actor

Ma Dong Seok – “The Roundup” Ryu Jun Yeol – “The Night Owl” Park Hae Il – “Decision to Leave” Song Kang Ho – “Broker” Jung Woo Sung – “Hunt”

Mejor Actriz

Bae Doo Na – “Next Sohee” Yang Mal Bok – “The Apartment With Two Women” Yum Jung Ah – “Life Is Beautiful” Jeon Do Yeon – “Kill Boksoon” Tang Wei – “Decision to Leave”

Mejor Actor de Reparto

Kang Ki Young – “The Point Men” Kim Sung Cheol – “The Night Owl” Park Ji Hwan – “The Roundup” Byun Yo Han – “Hansan: Rising Dragon” Im Siwan – “Emergency Declaration”

Mejor Actriz de Reparto

Park Se Wan – “6/45” Bae Doo Na – “Broker” Ahn Eun Jin – “The Night Owl” Yum Jung Ah – “Alienoid” Lee Yeon – “Kill Boksoon”

Mejor Nuevo Actor

Noh Jae Won –”Missing Yoon” Jinyoung – “Christmas Carol” Byun Woo Seok – “20th Century Girl” Seo In Guk – “Project Wolf Hunting” Ong Seong Wu – “Life Is Beautiful”

Mejor Nueva Actriz

Go Yoon Jung – “Hunt” Kim Si Eun – “Next Sohee” Kim Hye Yoon – “The Girl On a Bulldozer” IU – “Broker” Ha Yun Kyung – “Gyeong Ah’s Daughter”

La ceremonia está programada para el 28 de abril en Paradise City en Incheon a partir de las 5:30 p.m. KST. El programa se transmitirá en vivo por televisión a través de JTBC, JTBC2 y JTBC4, y también se transmitirá en vivo a través de TikTok.

Fuente: soompi.com

[kdramacrybaby]

W: Two Worlds (2016)

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Action, Thriller

Synopsis: Oh Seong-moo is the writer of the famous webtoon W, where Kang Cheol is the main character - a rich orphan, who uses his money and power to catch criminals, in hopes of figuring out who killed his parents. After many years, all Seong-moo wants is to end the webtoon and move on with his life - but Kang Cheol is not that easy to get rid of. And when suddenly Seong-moo's daughter, Yeon-joo, is pulled into the webtoon, things really start going wrong in both of the worlds.

Episode info: 16 episodes / Runtime around 60 minutes

Lead cast: Lee Jong-suk (Kang Cheol), Han Hyo-joo (Oh Yeon-joo), Kim Eui-sung (Oh Seong-moo).

Link to watch: You can watch on Netflix, Viki or Dramacool

Drama rec masterlist | Drama rant thread (beware of spoilers)

My very first note on this drama is "SO GOOD!" and yes, this drama is actually so good - there are just a few minor things I want to mention.

The first few episodes are phenomenal - well paced, captivating story, and it leaves you wanting more. Some parts are a little silly, but I really didn't mind it that much.

As the drama goes on though, there is one main problem that I think is why someone told me "it's good, then weird, then shit at the end". They try to do so much in only 16 episodes. We go from a relatively normally paced story to barely being able to keep up with all the new information the characters, and us, learn about how these two worlds interact with each other. They rush through story-lines that otherwise would have been interesting, and keep moving on to the next and the next and the next.

If the drama had been 20 episodes instead of 16, I feel like we could have fixed the pacing issue - taking out some parts would work too, but they really did have something interesting going for them, so it would almost be a shame to cut something out.

I can see what they wanted to do with the drama, and that's part of why I really still like it, even after it took off too fast. It's like The Last Empress for me - I can see that it's messy, but I still enjoyed watching it and had a really good time with it.

The romance is adorable, though I do have my thoughts about the balance of it all - with her knowing more about him than he probably ever will because she watched him from above like that for years (also the fact that her father is almost a god to him (in a bad way)). But I do think they work around it nicely, so I don't mind it too much.

I do also want to say that if you have watched this and liked it - or watched Big Mouth and liked that - you will probably like both dramas. And not just because the male lead is the same, but because I feel like they both carry similar themes.

In the end, I had a blast watching it, so if you don’t mind a bit of a messy ride, I really do recommend a watch.

[baeaecha26]

City of Secrets

Chapter 2: The Shadows

Kang-Dae and I proceeded to walk into a meeting room where about five people were sitting down waiting for us to arrive. As soon as we stepped into the room there was a feeling of seriousness and a bit of hostility coming from each team member. Compared to the Kang-dae's welcoming demeanor when we first met the team members do not seem too open or excited to meet me.

I took a deep breath in and turned to Kang-dae smiling face waiting for him to introduce me to our less-than-enthusiastic team members.

When Kang-dae saw that I was waiting for him to make the first introduction, he turned towards the team, and with a big gesture of his hand he loudly said, "Welcome to team shadow!"

One of the female team members that were closest to us heavily rolled her eyes and then looked at Kang-dae, "Would you please quit calling us that."

She then turned to me with a hesitant smile, "Hello you must be the new team leader. My name is Detective Yeom Haneul, and this is my partner Detective Bae Chul-Moo." 

Both she and her partner stood up politely bowing to me and then when the other three realized it was their turn, they all stood up and turned to introduce themselves as well. Out of the last three left to introduce themselves only one of them was giving off a very unwelcoming and seemingly not too trusting vibe when he looked at me. 

"Hello sir, I've heard a lot about you and your work my name is Detective Ree Soo, and this is my partner Detective Jun Heewon. It's a pleasure to meet you and to work with you sir," she said with a small smile and her partner nodded in agreement not making eye contact with me.

I slowly turned towards the last person not looking forward to his introduction as he seemed to be giving a disapproving frown at the other team members for welcoming me so warmly. I quickly looked at Kang-dae giving a confused frown as to why this detective seems so disapproving of me when from what I recall we've never met before.

The Kang-dae himself seem to be a little confused as to why the detective was giving a bit of a hostile vibe towards me. Kang-dae cleared his throat to get the other detective's attention and waited for him to introduce himself.

"Detective Heo Suk," he said without really looking at me and sat back down.

Kang-dae with a frown towards Detective Suk said, "I apologize for our senior officer he is running on no sleep and little food, so he is moody."

"Ya! Stop making it seem like I'm some moody toddler!" Suk huffed with his arms crossed.

"Well, you're looking and acting like one right now," Kang-dae mumbled.

The other team members all laughed at the bickering detectives. I couldn't help but laugh along with them. I'm starting to understand that Kang-dae seems to be the person that can relax in the room. Even Detective Suk seems to have calmed down after playfully bickering with Kang-dae.

Detective Suk let out a sigh and then turn to me with an apologetic smile, "Listen no hard feelings I just have been under a lot of stress between undercover work and now this case turning into murders."

A wave of seriousness filled the meeting room and all the detectives stopped smiling. Each person remembered the reason they are gathered in this room.

"Well, let me make my introduction brief. My name is Detective Jung Inho, and I will be your new team leader from now on," I looked each one of my new team members in the eye so they understood my seriousness. 

"I plan with the help of each one of you to solve this case and put an end to this killer."

Everybody nodded their head in determination in agreement with my statement.

"Okay since we know each lets over the case, I want to specifically go over the victims' files. I want everyone to pick a file and focus on every detail on their day-to-day and see if there is any connection no matter how small."

I look around the table wait for each person to nod and grab a file. Detective Suk looked back at me and said, "The last murder victim was someone who was connected to my last undercover mission so investigate them since I can easily find information on them."

I nodded and then looked at Kang-dae, "We will be checking out the locations all the victims were last spotted and where the bodies were found. You are all dismissed, we'll meet up again tomorrow to update each on what we have found understood?"

Everyone quickly nodded and said, "Understood sir!"

"Okay, I grab the car and the list of the locations," Kang-dae said while walking to the door.

The other detectives all start to get up and gather their files to leave as well. I noticed that Detective Haneul seems to hesitate in leaving. 

"Anything I can help you with detective Haneul?"

She looked up quickly and approached me slowly. I looked her up and down to see what her intentions might be. She stood a foot shorter than me with shoulder-length jet-black hair. She had very soft facial features that remind me a bit of my sister I thought but I quickly dismissed those thoughts and focused on what Detective Haneul was about to say.

"I...umm just wanted to say that Detective Kang-dae is the youngest member of the team and is still new to all this so please keep that in mind when you go out in the field with him," she looked me right into my brown eyes with her black eyes very seriously. "I don't mean any disrespect sir, but I have heard talk of your past partners and we care a lot about Kang so please keep him safe."

She released a deep breath and nodded to herself to prepare herself for me to reprimand her. I waited for her to look up at me and smiled. This seemed to confuse her more than my silence.

I looked behind her to see the rest of the team stop what they were doing and looked prepared to jump in and defend Detective Haneul from me. This made my smile even wide as I let out a small laugh and patted her on her shoulder.

"I'm relieved to know the team has each other's back like this," I continue to smile and look down at Detective Haneul, "As for Detective Kang-dae I appreciate you looking out for my partner and promise you that I will never put his life at risk."

"Sir I hope that goes for your life as well?" questioned Detective Chul-Moo with a frown. 

I smile at him, "Now that is something I can't promise."

"Sir-" Haneul began to protest. 

I cut her off quickly with a serious look, "I need you to understand to protect my partner or my team I will put my life at risk, okay?"

Haneul and the team all frowned but nodded their heads in understanding knowing they couldn't fight me on this. We all head out of the room with a new sense of respect and trust between us.

[beardedmrbean]

If North Korea uses its nuclear weapons against the United States or its ally South Korea, it would be "the end" of Kim Jong Un's regime, Seoul and Washington announced this week.

The stern threat comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol is on a six-day state visit to the United States, where he and his counterpart Joe Biden discussed ramping up the US security shield for South Korea in the face of the nuclear-armed North's increased missile tests.

But how significant is the tough-sounding statement? AFP takes a look at what we know: 

- What is it? -

The Washington Declaration boosts the US nuclear umbrella over South Korea.

It includes the regular deployment of a US nuclear submarine to South Korea -- something that has not happened since the 1980s -- and other measures, including more information sharing in the event of a North Korean attack.

But there are no plans to station US nuclear weapons in South Korea, and some analysts doubt the declaration's practical value.

"It is questionable whether the North would be afraid of a strategic nuclear submarine equipped with an SLBM with a range of more than 7,400 kilometres (4,600 miles)," Cheong Seong-chang of the Center for North Korea Studies at the Sejong Institute told AFP.

The "too long" range of the submarine's missiles mean it may not be able to hit North Korea if it were in South Korean waters, he said.

- Is it significant? -

The state visit undoubtedly "represents a new high-water mark for US-South Korea relations, with the breadth and depth of security, economic, and cultural cooperation on full display", Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, told AFP.

US officials described the new arrangement as akin to moves last witnessed when Washington oversaw the defence of Europe against the Soviet Union.

Yoon has been trying to reassure the South's increasingly nervous public about the US commitment to so-called "extended deterrence", where US assets -- including nuclear weapons -- serve to prevent attacks on allies.

A majority of South Koreans now believe the country should develop its own nuclear weapons, surveys show. Yoon has previously hinted Seoul could pursue this option.

- Will Seoul get nuclear weapons? -

Absolutely not. And this could cause problems, experts said.

"One thing was clear: there was an implied agreement that Seoul would not go nuclear," said Soo Kim, Policy Practice Area Lead at LMI Consulting and a former CIA analyst. 

"Seoul's nuclear ambitions have been capped."

Gi-Wook Shin, a Korea expert and sociology professor at Stanford University, told AFP that the declaration was "a step forward".

"I don't think this will be enough to appease a South Korean public that has increasingly demanded that Seoul develop nuclear weapons of its own," Shin said.

- What will North Korea do? -

Closer cooperation between its self-declared arch enemies, Washington and Seoul, is bound to concern Kim Jong Un's regime and there could be more missile launches to demonstrate this, experts say.

In public, "North Korea will downplay the message of reassurance by the US regarding nuclear deterrence", Chun In-bum, a retired South Korean army general, told AFP. 

But behind closed doors "they will get the message: if they use nuclear weapons it will be the end of the regime", he said.

Having spent decades -- and a huge chunk of the impoverished country's GDP -- on developing his banned nuclear weapons programmes, Kim is not going to change track, experts said.

"It is unlikely that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons by giving in to these threats," Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, told AFP.

- What about Trump? -

The major problem with the Washington Declaration is not the agreement itself, but US political dysfunction, which means it could be worthless after the next presidential election there, Karl Friedhoff at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs told AFP.

The potential return to power of former US president Donald Trump is likely to trigger "very serious discussions" in Seoul, he said. 

For the US-South Korea relationship "the biggest challenge is something that the alliance doesn't really have any control over: US domestic politics", he said.

"There is serious concern in Seoul about a return of the GOP -- especially Trump -- to the White House. If he wins the election in 2024, that could spark a very unpredictable turn of events in the relationship."

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DIALING ... YUJUN.

BIRTH NAME : kim yujun

BIRTHDAY : september 17th, 1988

ZODIAC SIGN(S) : virgo ⅋ dragon

BIRTHPLACE : ulsan, south korea

ETHNICITY : korean

NATIONALITY : south korean

LANGUAGES : korean〘 native 〙, english〘 fluent 〙, japanese〘 fluent 〙⅋ french〘 conversational 〙

DIALING ... CAREER.

STAGE NAME : yujun

POSITION(S) : leader, lead vocalist, main dancer

OCCUPATION : idol ⅋ model

YEARS ACTIVE : 2008-2009, 2011-present

TRAINING : 5 years and 4 months

GROUP : hotline

COMPANY : reverie entertainment

DIALING ... PHYSICAL.

FACE CLAIM : jung yunho

VOICE CLAIM : day6's sungjin〘 singing 〙

HEIGHT : 6'0

GENDER : male

PRONOUNS : he/him

BODY MODIFICATIONS : ear piercings〘 x 9 〙⅋ nose piercing

DIALING ... BACKGROUND.

MOTHER : kim yeon-hee〘 stat. alive 〙

FATHER : kim myung-suck〘 stat. alive 〙

OLDER SISTER : kim yu-ri〘 stat. alive 〙

AUNT : seol yeon-ah〘 stat. alive 〙

GRANDMOTHER : moo sook-joo〘 stat. alive 〙

KIM YUJUN was born in ulsan, south korea, on spetember 17th, 1988, to two korean parents. his childhood would remain uneventful even as his family packed all of their things and moved halfway across the world to chicago, illinois, when he was two. a few years later, YUJUN started kindergarten. his teacher expressed concerns about him possibly being colorblind since he always misidentified colors and wasn't able to properly do classwork that had to do with them. while it was only thought that YUJUN only had red-green colorblindness or blue-yellow colorblindness, he was formally diagnosed with monochromatism, which meant he couldn't see any colors besides black, gray, or white.

when YUJUN was seventeen, his family moved back to south korea after his father received a better job offer. he would finally be able to see his extended family anytime he wanted, and he, his aunt, and his grandmother would meet up and go to a noraebang after he was done with school for the day and sing. this is where he picked up singing as a hobby, and his family only added fuel to the fire by complementing him and telling him to join a company. he was a big fan of REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT'S soloist, MARIAN, and decided to audition for them. his family all packed their things and drove him from ulsan to yeouido. after he was accepted, his family threw him a massive celebration for making them proud by chasing his dreams.

YUJUN would debut in the duo group BROTHERS TWO in 2008, which would disband a year later after his bandmate SUK was caught posting revealing photos of reverie entertainment's female trainees online. disgusted, YUJUN nearly left the company since the entire situation gave him a bad taste in his mouth. YUJUN sought advice from MARIAN, REVERIE'S only debuted idol at the time on what he should do. her advice was to persevere because he has talent that should not be hidden from the world, and the end result is well worth the wait. waiting was the best thing he could have done since, after almost two years, he was to debut as the leader of REVERIE'S upcoming and anticipated boy group, HOTLINE. after his debut, YUJUN would use his platform to advocate for colorblindness in order to make those like him feel less alone.

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Dr. Romantic 3

Dr. Romantic never disappoints and this season was something special! I loved seeing my favorite characters once again and the new ones too. Master Kim's dream is about to come true and we are part of the ride.

It is an open ending and the beginning of new dreams for all the staff at the Doldam Hospital.

I loved it!

Poster from Soompi - https://www.soompi.com/article/1581523wpp/han-suk-kyu-ahn-hyo-seop-lee-sung-kyung-and-more-doldam-hospital-staff-are-one-big-happy-family-in-dr-romantic-3-poster

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Hwarang Post Ending Thoughts

So after rewatching Hwarang, I've been having these post-ending thoughts. What happens after King Jinheung’s rise to power? Apart from the finale episode scenes, I can’t help but think of extended possibilities. So here it goes in my imagination.

Prince Hwi-kyung is re-acknowledged as a member of the royal family, and his name has been added to the historical memoirs, along with his son Dog-Bird (Moo-Myung). They crown him an official prince as well, making Ah-ro a princess by marriage later on.

That scene where Park Ban-ryu and Kim Soo-yeon were caught by her father needs an extension. I imagine him saying that it’s alright; he’s not expecting anything from her (marriage-wise) because her brother Soo-ho will soon become a prince, and despite what happened to Ban-ryu’s clan, he will eventually become an officer because of his service to the king as a hwarang, so she'll retain her lifestyle as a noble.

Despite the fact that the character who played Soo-yeon (Lee Da-in) is problematic now, I really liked this couple's story on the series, much more than the main leads (because the sibling troupe is eww).

Soo-ho kept brushing off Princess Suk-myung (the king’s sister) before saying she’s nothing like her mother, whom he loved secretly. He used to be such a flirt because his eyes were set on someone he would never reach. His loyalty to the royal family and his overall cool personality earn the princess’ attention. He in turn realizes how the princess is like her mother in many ways and gets attracted to her that way.

But since her personality hasn't changed, she'll always be competing with Ah-ro on life event progress such as engagement, wedding, honeymoon, pregnancy, raising kids, and so on.

I could include the other characters, but these are the only ones I imagined with post-ending scenarios.