📺 UPCOMING KDRAMAS JANUARY 2020 📺
Annyeong CID Family!
I hope the holiday season went well, whether with Family, Friends or Pets.
Already 4 days into 2020 and it's off again for a new year for which I wish you all
Good Health and Prosperity!
The world news isn't very pleasant for the beginning of a new year
(Australia, Iran, France but also other countries).
It's time for some "big heads" to get off their butts!
Anyway, let's leave that aside for now and get back to what I was supposed to tell you, namely the new dramas of January which, I can say, aren't yet numerous.
So let's go!
Touch 
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: Channel A
Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-03 to 2020-Feb-22
Air time: Friday & Saturday 23:00
Production Companies: MI, Story Networks
Director: Min Yeon Hong
Scriptwriter: Ahn Ho Kyung
Cha Jung Hyuk (Joo Sang Wook) is a talented make-up artist, but he is now in heavily in debt and unemployed. Han Soo Yun (Kim Bo Ra) has been a frustrated idol trainee for 10 years. When she participates in an idol audition program, she gets booted from the show under mysterious circumstances. Unable to realize her dream of becoming an idol, she happens to meet Jung Hyuk and starts working as his assistant as a make-up artist. Meanwhile, Baek Ji Yoon (Han Da Gam) is top actress who has strong desire for success. Kang Do Jin (Lee Tae Hwan) is a popular actor.
Main Cast
Joo Sang Wook as Cha Jung Hyuk
Kim Bo Ra as Han Soo Yeon
Han Da Gam as Baek Ji Yoon
Lee Tae Hwan as Kang Do Jin
Byun Jung Soo as Oh Shi Eun
Supporting Cast
Kim Kwang Sik as Soo Yeon’s father
Lee Sang Ah as Soo Yeon’s mother
Song Jae Hee as Min Kang Ho
Yoon Hee Suk as Yang Se Joon
Jeon Yeo Jin as CEO Yoon’s daughter
Ahn Se Bin as kindergartener 1
Yeon Woo
Kim Young Joon
Jung Ji Yoon
Cameo
Lee Yeol Eum (ep.1)
Seo Ji Hoon (ep.1)
Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim (Season 2) 
Genre: Melodrama, Medical, Romance
Episodes: 32 ( To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-06 to 2020-Feb-25
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Related Series: Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim
Production Company: Samhwa Networks
Director: Yoo In Sik
Scriptwriter: Kang Eun Kyung
This is a sequel to “Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim“, It’s a medical drama about the genius, but eccentric doctor Boo Yong Joo, or Teacher Kim (Han Suk Kyu), set against the backdrop of Doldam Hospital.
Meanwhile, Cha Eun Jae (Lee Sung Kyung), a second year fellow in the cardiosurgery department who enjoys studying and has confidently walked the path of an elite student for most of her life. Seo Woo Jin (Ahn Hyo Sup) is a cynical second year fellow who doesn’t believe in happiness because of his hardships growing up, but he shows impressive levels of concentration and talent when he is performing surgery.
Main Cast
Han Suk Kyu as Teacher Kim / Boo Yong Joo
Lee Sung Kyung as Cha Eun Jae
Ahn Hyo Sup as Seo Woo Jin
Kim Joo Hun as Park Min Gook
People in Doldam Hospital
Shin Dong Wook as Bae Moon Jung
So Joo Yeon as Yoon Ah Reum
Yoon Na Moo as Jung In soo
Kim Hong Pa as Yeo Woon Young
Jin Kyung as Oh Myung Sim
Im Won Hee as Jang Gi Tae
Byun Woo Min as Nam Do Il
Kim Min Jae as Park Eun Tak
Park Min Gook’s staffs
Go Sang Ho as Yang Ho Joon
Park Hyo Joo as Sim Hye Jin
Bae Myung Jin as Heo Young Kyu
Choi Jin Ho as Do Yoon Wan
Others
Kim Bo Jung as Nurse
Money Game 
Title: 머니게임 // Money Game
Genre: Crime
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-15 to 2020-March-05
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:30
Production Company: JS Pictures
Director: Kim Sang Ho
Scriptwriter: Lee Young Mi
The Korean government owns a large stake in “Jungin Bank”. When the bank faces insolvency, the members of the Financial Services Commission struggle to stave off a repeat of the 1997 Korean financial crisis.
Chae Yi Hun (Go Soo) is a chief in the Economic Policy Bureau at the Financial Services Commission. He does his best as an economic bureaucrat. His father is the best economist in South Korea, but Chae Yi Hun hides the identity of his father. Menawhile, Heo Jae (Lee Sung Min) is the chairman of the Financial Services Commission. He is an ambitious man. He experienced the Korean Financial Crisis in 1997. At that time, he became disillusioned with the powerless Korean financial infrastructure. His objective is to improve the country’s financial infrastructure at any cost. Lee Hye Joon (Shim Eun Kyung) begins work at the International Finance Bureau of Ministry of Economy and Finance. During the Korean Financial Crisis, she was only an infant and her family struggled through that time. She dreams of owning a building.
Main Cast
Go Soo as Chae Yi Hun
Lee Sung Min as Heo Jae
Shim Eun Kyung as Lee Hye Joon
Supporting Cast
Yoo Teo as Yoo Jin Han
Jung Dong Hwan as Chae Byung Hak
Choi Woong as Han Sang Min
Jo Jae Ryong as Jo Hee Bong
Choi Byung Mo as Na Joon Pyo
Choi Duk Moon as Kook Kyung Min
Oh Ryong as Park Soo Jong
Bang Eun Hee as Lee Man Ok
Kim Jung Pal as Jin Soo Ho
Mi Ram as Jin Ma Ri
Kim Seung Wook as Kang Won Hee
Song Jae Ryong as Kang Nam Jin
The Game: Towards Zero 
Title: 더 게임: 0시를 향하여 // The Game: Towards Zero
Also Known as: The Game: Towards Midnight
Genre: Fantasy, Crime, Mystery
Episodes: 32 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-22 to 2010-March-12
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Director: Jang Joon Ho
Scriptwriter: Lee Ji Hyo
Note: TaecYeon and Lee Yeon Hee were previsouly starred together in Marriage Blue (2013).
This drama tells the story of a prophet and a detective who partner up in order to solve a serial murder case.
Kim Tae Pyung (TaecYeon) is a prophet who can foresee anyone’s death just by looking into their eyes. This changes when he meets Joon Young whose death he cannot see. Joon Young (Lee Yeon Hee) is a detective who works at Yongsan Police Station. She partners with a prophet to solve a mysterious murder case. Meanwhile, Goo Do Kyung (Im Ju Hwan) is a forensic expert. He is a perfectionist who digs through every case.
Main Cast
TaecYeon as Kim Tae Pyung
Lee Yeon Hee as Seo Joon Young
Im Ju Hwan as Goo Do Kyung
Others
Jung Dong Hwan as Teacher Baek
Park Ji Il as Nam Woo Hyun
Park Won Sang as Lee Joon Hee
Jang So Yun as Yoo Ji Won
Choi Jae Woong as Han Dong Woo
Kim Kang Hoon
Ryu Hye Rin
Shin Sung Min
Yang Hyun Min
Itaewon Class 
Genre: Romance, Revenge
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-31 to 2020-March-21
Air time: Fridays & Saturdays 22:50
Production Companies: Showbox, Zium Content
Director: Kim Sung Yoon
Screenwriter: Kwang Jin
This drama is based on webcomic “Itaewon Class” by “광진 / Kwang Jin” which was published from 2016-Dec-27 to 2018-July-3 via “Daum Webtoon“.
It’s tell the story of Park Sae Roy (Park Seo Joon) who is uncompromising in the face of injustice as he goes up against the food industry conglomerate in Itaewon. Meanwhile, Jo Yi Seo (Kim Da Mi) is a highly intelligent sociopath with the face of an angel but a completely different personality. Finally, Oh Soo Ah (Nara) is an honest and confident woman who was Park Sae Roy’s first love and is now an employee of a rival company.
Main Cast
Park Seo Joon as Park Sae Roy
Kim Da Mi as Jo Yi Seo
Nara as Oh Soo Ah
Supporting Cast
Yoo Jae Myung as Jang Dae Hee
Kim Dong Hee as Jang Geun Soo
Ahn Bo Hyun as Jang Geun Won
Kim Hye Eun as Kang Min Jung
Lee Joo Young as Ma Hyun Yi
David Lee as Lee Ho Jin
Yoon Kyung Ho
Ryu Kyung Soo
Son Hyun Joo as Park Sae Roy’s father
I will put the link to the results here mid-January.
So, for those who haven't voted yet, don't hesitate, come and give your preferences.
Two dramas tied for first place. The suspense is terrible!
What are these two dramas?
Which ones caught your attention, Why?
What dramas are you currently watching and which ones did you drop?
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