Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles:
Weekly Update
“My Husband Oh”
Episodes 5 and 6 (Sun.)
Today, 6:40 p.m.: Eun Jo gives Seung Joo a hard time. Eric makes his moves on Seung Joo as Eun Jo makes her moves on Hyuk. Eun Jo and Hyuk catch up, filling the gap in time. Seung Joo’s assailant is discovered.
Today, 7:45 p.m.: Jak Doo tells Seung Joo he doesn’t want to leave. Seung Joo asks Jak Doo if he wants to date her. Seung Joo narrowly escapes danger. Seung Joo’s mother tells Jak Doo to leave Seung Joo.
“Now, We are
Breaking Up”
Episode 16 (Mon.)(Final)
Monday, 7:45 p.m.: Young-eun must decide whether to pursue her dream to start her own label or to stay at her job for security. Reality is cruel and harsh buts she’s fueled by the love that she shared with Jae-kuk and fearlessly lives as herself. Is Jae-kuk in her future?
KBS drama Special
“So Close, Yet So Far”
Tuesday 7:45 p.m.: Young Joo, once an up-and-coming curling player finds herself in limbo when her career nosedives when she suffers tinnitus. With her career in hold, she travels home and there she runs into her crush. Her crush and she become partners in curling team.
“Secrets and Lies”
Episodes 93 and 94 (Wed.); Episodes 95 and 96 (Thur.)
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: Hwa-kyung is surprised that Jae-bin tell Woo-jung about her mother. Jae-bin tells her he’s torn. Do-bin and Woo-jung goes to Chairman Oh’s house looking for Ju-won. Yeon-hee tells Hwa-kyung that she thought of her as her real daughter but no more. Chairman Oh plans to change his will.
Thursday, 7:45 p.m.: Chang-soo and Yong-sim are appalled when Do-bin asks their blessing to marry Woo-jung. Do-bin tells them about Woo-jung’s father. Chairman Oh presses Yeon-hee to tell the truth. Myung-jung covers up for Yeon-hee. Ju-won comes clean with Myung-jun that she’s got her memory back.
“Our Beloved Summer”
Episode 13 (Fri.); Episode 14 (Sat.)
Friday, 7:45 p.m.: Yeon-su and Woong are officially an item and things couldn’t be sweeter but Yeon-su is constantly worried that they would repeat their pattern of breaking up so she tries to change things up. Ji-woong has been holed up in the editing room for days, refusing to eat as he edits the documentary Meanwhile, NJ tells Woong that she never really liked him that much.
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Woong asks Yeon-su why they broke up five years ago and Yeon-su can’t give him an honest answer. She wants to escape a past that keeps trying to box her in. The first episode of the documentary airs to a resounding success and fame starts to incumber their lives. Meanwhile, NJ and Ji-woong are licking their wounds and trying to overcome their heartbreaks in their own way.
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Jeff Chung is general manager of KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles. This column offers synopses of the dramas playing throughout Hawaii. Chung can be reached at 521-8066 or jeffchung@kbfd.com.
