Business Proposal

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   Can you over-romanticize a cherished memory from childhood? Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) was a shy, porky kid who was constantly teased by the other kids for his rotund shape. When he transfers to a new school in fifth grade and meets Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum), the prettiest, most popular girl in school, his life turns around. The kind-hearted Hye Jin becomes his only friend and protector — and they become each other's first love. But then everything changes when Sung Joon's family immigrates to the United States and then Hye Jin's father's business goes downhill, plunging her family from their previous wealthy lifestyle. But that's not all! Hye Jin's beautiful looks initially took after her mother. But as soon as Hye Jin hits puberty, her father's genetic skin condition takes hold and leaves her with reddish facial scars that makes her resemble a raccoon. Fifteen years later, Sung Joon is a whole new person — dashing and handsome and a successful art director — who is transferred from New York to the Seoul office of "The Most" fashion magazine to work as the deputy chief editor. He tries to find his childhood friend, Hye Jin, again. But embarrassed by her current unglamorous appearance, Hye Jin passes off her best friend, the stunning Min Ha Ri (Go Jun Hee), as herself. But when Hye Jin is suddenly transferred to the magazine department at her new job to work as in intern under Sung Joon, how much longer can she keep her true identity a secret? "She Was Pretty" is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Jung Dae Yoon

2. Clean with Passion for Now

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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3. Beautiful Gong Shim

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Welcome to the life of Ahn Dan Tae. A life of ups and dows as he gets wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit and is sentenced to prison. Afterwards, he becomes a human rights attorney and successor of a large company.

4. She Would Never Know

   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Yoon Song Ah works as a marketer for a cosmetic brand. She enjoys her job and does it with vigor. Her dream is to start her own cosmetic brand. Meanwhile, Chae Hyun Seung works with Yoon Song Ah as a marketer. He becomes attracted to Yoon Song Ah and tries to develop a romantic relationship with her. However, Yoon Song Ah rebuffs his advances, because she does not see younger guys as dating partners.

5. Her Private Life

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Duk Mi lives a double-life. By day, she is the respected curator of an art gallery, but by night she secretly obsesses over a boy group idol named Shi Ahn, even running a fansite about him. Her obsession with the idol has already ruined several personal relationships. When a new director of the art gallery, named Ryan, discovers her secret, he is intrigued.

6. Jealousy Incarnate

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7. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

   2018 · Drama, Romance · ended

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   Lee Young's family runs a large firm in which Lee Young Joon works as vice-president. He is known to be rich, smart and handsome, but is known to be very arrogant. His secretary Kim Mi So, who works for them for many years, makes a decision which shocks him...

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   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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9. It's Okay, It's Love

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Jang Jae Yul is a famous mystery novelist and popular radio DJ who suffers from OCD. When he meets Ji Hae Soo, a first-year psychiatry fellow at the hospital where he is being treated, they help each other work through their deep-rooted emotional issues. But how will Jo Dong Min, Hae Soo's senior colleague and first love, and Lee Pul Ip, Jae Yul's girlfriend, feel about their growing closeness?

10. You're Beautiful

    2009 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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    The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae Kyung's voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi Nam, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Mi Nyu,to stand in for him and pretend that she was her brother. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mi Nyu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn't want to spoil her brother's chance of fame which would make it easier to look for their mother.