Watch Lie To Me Korean Drama

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Starringthe late Lee Sun-Kyun (left) and pop star IU, "My Mister" (2018) tops Jeanie Y. Chang's favorite K-Dramas of all time list. She recommends it to experience the healing power of intergenerational relationships.

I went to graduate school, and we were in the cultural competency course, and I was so disappointed, thinking they talked a lot about white mental health and Black mental health even, but nothing with Asians. In 2017, I started my own private practice to serve Asian mental health, specializing in grief and trauma, and that was pre-pandemic, but my business skyrocketed in the pandemic.

My private practice base is 50 percent Asians, 50 percent everyone else, white, and I'm okay with that. But my corporate client base is probably 70 percent Asian and 30 percent white, meaning the Asian leaders of companies reach out to me.

But the biggest change you tend to see in the person after watching K-dramas is being more self-aware, perhaps, of their own needs, being more understanding of their struggles and seeing it from another perspective through a story. And that's why I brought K-dramas in, because it can be very stressful just seeing yourself and your mom and your dad. But if you see it in a K-drama, it's easier. I do this also because it helps me. I watch K-dramas because they help me.

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Do you watch any other TV/movies from other countries as well as Kdramas or do you watch Kdramas exclusively?

I watch Anime and JDramas/Movies as well and I also still watch american productions. Sometimes Chinese productions mainly because of a specific actor.

frustration, boredom, escapeism! love watching the actors & actresses. hate saying it but rather watch these than the american ones., the culture, the foods when shown, sometimes a recipe here & there, kinda created a family

I think a lot of people are attracted to korean dramas because of how nicely they are made. What I mean by this is that they are high quality, have amazing/attractive actors and actresses, and intriguing plots. I am american and I appreciate how different kdramas are compared to american tv shows.

I am a HUGE kpop fan and when it was announced that jaebum and jinyoung from got7 were going to be in dream high two, I decided to watch the first one. DREAM HIGH GOT ME HOOKED TO KDRAMAS. After that I watched dream high 2, sassy go go, my love from another star, oh my ghostess, scarlet heart reyo, school 2013, pinocchio, the heirs, and soooo many more haha. I just really enjoy listening to the language, analyzing the cultural differences, and seeing the korean trends.

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Okay... Guys, I have to say this because it is True! K-dramas can improve our mental health. Besides that, dramas can also be considered good for those who deal with anxiety, or even normally they can help us boost our mood. There are lots of advantages (and of course, side effects too if we are binge-watching like crazy?) that these Korean dramas bring to the table. If you think my words are false, you can search the same on the internet. There are many studies that proved that these dramas can be a beneficial factor in our lives moreover having a good impact on our mental health.

Personally, if you ask me then... I would say healing or spice-of-life dramas are great for our mental health. Usually, in these types of dramas, there isn't unnecessary action or senseless plot twists... everything related to them can be so relatable to us. We connect, we laugh, we cry, and we feel what these characters are trying to portray, we feel the story, and when we start feeling and relating to it... that's when the magic happens.

In conclusion to this blog, all I would like to say is that find something that can help you boost good mental health in your life. Korean dramas are just an example to prove my point (it is true tho?), find something in your life that makes you happy, that you enjoy doing, and every day you wait for that one thing to happen or to indulge in that thing. So, just make sure you're looking out for yourself as this is self-love and this is what you call taking good care of your mental health.

If your Korean entertainment knowledge doesn't expand beyond Squid Game and Train to Busan, here's where to start. These thrilling K-dramas are filled with action and intrigue, with some selections touching on societal issues, similar to Parasite. (Also, so many zombies!) Your next stops: the best Korean action flicks, thrillers, and horror movies.

If you haven't yet checked out Squid Game, then here's one more recommendation: This edge-of-your-seat Korean thriller on Netflix is worth a look. In the viral hit, a group of characters in serious debt sign up to play a series of children's games for a chance at 45.6 billion won (about $38 million). The catch? If the players lose at Tug of War or Red Light, Green Light, they die. (For fans eagerly awaiting season 2, here's everything we know so far.)

If you enjoyed Korean movies like The Call and #Alive, you'll be able to stomach the gruesome monsters at the center of Sweet Home. The multi-season drama follows a depressed loner (Song Kang) who moves into a new apartment complex after the death of his family. After he begins to witness frightening things in the building from some of his odd neighbors, the building's survivors have to band together to survive a monster apocalypse. If you're a peek-over-the-blanket-type person when watching horror shows, we'd advise you to tune into this during the daytime.

This modern zombie drama is full of surprises at every turn, starting with being one of the only dramas to acknowledge the COVID-19 pandemic. Officer Yoon Sae-bom (Han Hyo-joo) has been dreaming of having her own apartment when she gets the chance to move into a high-rise with her high-school friend, Detective Jung Yi-hyun (Park Hyung-sik). Soon after they move in, an infectious disease sweeps the country, with those infected getting a craving for human blood. The apartment building ends up quarantined, with Sae-bom and Yi-hyun trying to keep the peace among the eccentric tenants.

This heart-racing zombie thriller offers another unique spin on the genre, following a group of high school students as the zombie apocalypse comes to their school. The kids are left on their own as their classmates quickly return, and we see how they handle the survival challenge while also getting storylines of parents and politicians handling the virus outside the school. The most interesting part is how classic high school tropes (crushes, bullies, etc.) are twisted into thrilling plots.

In this intense thriller, a young woman named Ji-woo (Han So-hee) sets out to avenge the death of her father, who was involved in the criminal underworld. She takes up a new identity as a member of the police force working with her father's old partner, Choi Mu-jin (Park Hee-soon).

This brutally realistic drama stars Jung Hae-in as An Jun-ho, following the young man as he enlists in the South Korean army as part of his mandatory military service. After his basic service, during which he struggles with the ritualistic hazing and "survival of the fittest" culture of bullying, he lands a spot in the Deserter Pursuit unit, where he's sent to catch soldiers who've gone AWOL. The stories of the deserters are intense, with the drama shining a light on mistreatment in the armed forces.

This brutal webcomic-based drama tackles school violence through a realistic lens, taking place at a boy's high school where the richest students are the most powerful. Bullied student Yeon Si-eun (former Wanna One member Park Ji-hoon) sees his tormentors as an obstacle towards reaching academic success and getting a scholarship to Seoul National University. Though he doesn't see much need for friends, he eventually finds allies in fellow class outcast Oh Beom-seok (Hong Kyung), and the school's best fighter An Soo-ho (Twenty Five Twenty One's Choi Hyun-wook). Fair warning, the eight-episode drama has major twists and a devastating ending that left fans clamoring for news on season 2.

This action-packed crime drama takes place in fall 2020, as families and small businesses struggle to recover in the wake of pandemic lockdowns. Gun-woo (Woo Do-hwan), a talented emerging boxer, works part-time at various jobs to help support his mom's coffee shop. One day the shop is targeted by Smile Capital, a company run by loan sharks who convince Gun-woo's mom to sign a predatory loan. Gun-woo and his new friend, fellow boxer Woo-jin (Lee Sang-yi), team up with a benevolent lender to bring down Smile Capital's boss, Myeong-gil (Park Sung-woong).

This innovative, decades-spanning drama is the best superhero series that Disney has released in years. (Sorry, MCU.) It follows a group of super-powered parents with ordinary jobs (played by Zo In-sung, Han Hyo-joo, Ryu Seung-ryong and Kim Sung-kyun), who have passed their abilities down to their high-school aged children (Go Youn-jung, Lee Jeong-ha and Kim Do-hoon). The intricate plot jumps between the parents' backstories, including their involvement with the shady government operatives who may have had a hand in creating them, and the present-day storyline where Frank (Ryu Seung-bum), a vicious Korean-born American spy operative, begins hunting down both generations of heroes.

In this horror invasion drama, based on the popular Japanese manga Parasyte, a species of larva-like aliens arrive on Earth and begin taking over human bodies. Supermarket clerk Jeong Su-in (Jeon So-nee) encounters one of the parasites when she's attacked on the way home from work, but instead of being killed, the alien invader heals her wounds and takes up residence in her head, taking control only when Su-in is threatened. As Su-in becomes a target of Team Grey, an elite squad tasked with eliminating the alien threat, she has to figure out how to survive by co-existing with the monster in her head.

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