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Military life. There are various reasons people would desert from the military and this show really portray a real life side to the issue.  D.P An Jun-Ho (Jung Hae-In) is a soldier. He is quiet and calm, but inflexible. Sergeant Park Beom-Gu (Kim Sung-Kyun) notices Private An Jun-Ho's tenacity and ability to observe. He transfers An Jun-Ho to the D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) team. Their mission is to catch deserters. An Jun-Ho works with Sergeant Park Beom-Gu and Corporal Han Ho-Yeol (Koo Gyo-Hwan) on the team. Sergeant Park Beom-Gu looks tired all the time. He curses and nags at An Jun-Ho and Han Ho-Yeol, but he also takes care of them with his keen insight. Han Ho-Yeol sometimes gives An Jun-Ho investigative know-how, but he sometimes annoys him. Meanwhile, First Lieutenant Lim Ji-Seob (Son Seok-Koo) only cares about his success in the military. He does not care for the D.P. team. Synopsis by Asianwiki D.P. - ©2021 Netflix

How effed up do you have to be to come up with a game that makes people play for money, but really play to live, since the outcome is death by either losing the game, your opponents greed, or your mistake in the game?   Would you play the game knowing the high possibility of death?   Squid Game   Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) gets fired from his job. His life is miserable. Seong Gi-Hun hears about a secret survival game, with a 45.6 billion won prize for the winner. He decides to take part in the game. Meanwhile, Cho Sang-Woo (Park Hae-Soo) is like a brother to Seong Gi-Hun and vice versa. They grew up in the same neighborhood. Despite his poor family background, Cho Sang-Woo graduated from a prestigious university and found a good job. He now faces a crisis, due to misappropriation of company funds. He decides to take part in the secret survival game with Seong Gi-Hun.   Synopsis by Asianwiki   오징어 게임 - ©2021 Netlfix

Have you ever felt lonely? Ever think that it's best to be by yourself than with others? We discuss this and more in today's video. We can relate to both characters in their portrayal of loneliness and depression.  "Flower Boy Next Door" is more than just a rom-com with silly characters. It's the growth and healing that these characters needed to move forward in their lives.  Flower Boy Next Door Shy and sweet Dok Mi spends her life avoiding contact with people while she spies on the hunky doctor who lives in the apartment across the street. Her solitary existence is soon interrupted though by an outgoing pretty boy who just moved into the neighborhood. The pretty boy, along with a collection of misfit friends & neighbors, work to bring Dok Mi out of her shell and into the real world. Along the way, friendships are born, love relationships are explored, and people grow & move forward in life. Synopsis by IMDB 이웃집 꽃미남 - ©2013 tvN

Part 2 of Nostalgic 90s with Sepcial guests, May Houri of Chocolata and Maisse Houri. Episode Part 2 of 2. Reply 1997. A drama that really captures the 90's in it's essences. This week, we have TWO specials guests to throw it back and reminisce about the 90's. Joining us are May Houri from Chocolata. The entrepreneur, mother of 3 and our spiritual guide. And Maissa Houri, filmmaker/actor/writer and mother of 2.  Instead of coffee this week, we decided wine was the appropriate drink of the day for a discussion about living through the 90's. May Houri www.chocolata.ca instagram.com/chocolata.ca facebook.com/chocolata.ca Maissa Houri https://www.facebook.com/maissa.houricharron https://www.instagram.com/miss_maissa/ https://www.instagram.com/dirtyloveseries/ Reply 1997 Set in the 1990's, "Reply 1997" follows female high high school student Shi-Won (Jung Eun-Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends. Synopsis by Asianwiki  응답하라 1997 - ©tvN 2012

Episode Part 1 of 2 Reply 1997. A drama that really captures the 90's in it's essences. This week, we have TWO specials guests to throw it back and reminisce about the 90's.  Joining us are May Houri from Chocolata. The entrepreneur, mother of 3 and our spiritual guide. And Maissa Houri, filmmaker/actor/writer and mother of 2.   Instead of coffee this week, we decided wine was the appropriate drink of the day for a discussion about living through the 90's.   May Houri www.chocolata.ca instagram.com/chocolata.ca facebook.com/chocolata.ca   Maissa Houri https://www.facebook.com/maissa.houricharron https://www.instagram.com/miss_maissa/ https://www.instagram.com/dirtyloveseries/   Reply 1997   Set in the 1990's, "Reply 1997" follows female high high school student Shi-Won (Jung Eun-Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends.   Synopsis by Asianwiki   응답하라 1997 - ©tvN 2012

This week on Koffee and Dramas, Nadia and I get into a few heated discussions during our conversation about "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo."   Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo  College athletes Kim Bok Joo and Jung Joon Hyung navigate through life, love and sports.   ©2016 MBC   Strongman swaps diet with wife for a day | Ft Eddie Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdP1ejKBQ-A

We have a special guest this week! Martin Fisher, a comic book writer from the UK, is working on a Kdrama inspired comic book called "The Radiant Sight". We had a blast talking to Martin about Kdramas and Kpop. Check out the link below to subscribe to the comic that will be coming out in September.    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-radiant-sight-1/coming_soon   The Radiant Sight is a brand new K-Drama! Bit-na is a simple woman from the slums, trying to get through life as easy as she can in this tough world. When she finds a magical dress that makes the wearer becomes irresistible, it might just give her a way out of this life of barely scraping by, and perhaps for society around her...

We are back! After a short hiatus, we are back with some more kdrama action!  This week we discuss "Strong Woman Bong Soon." One of our favorites!    In our return episode, we talk about the relationship between the characters and how they help each other grow and mature. We also discuss how important you are to yourself. Watch and you'll understand what we mean.   Strong Woman Do Bong Soon  Do Bong-soon is a woman born with superhuman strength that comes from the long line of women possessing it. when Ahn Min Hyuk, the CEO of Ainsoft, a gaming company witnesses her strength he hires her as his personal bodyguard.   Synopsis by IMDB.   힘쎈여자 도봉순 - ©2017 JTBC

We spent some time in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for a few days visiting Michael's sister, May owner of Chocolata.ca    @Chocolata.ca on all platforms.    Cuisine Coréenne Cocodak https://www.facebook.com/cocodakmtl/  Krispy Kreme MTL https://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremeCanada/ Bread Ahead   https://www.breadahead.com/  St-Albert Cheese http://fromagestalbert.com/?lang=en

Seriously, what would you do if you only had 3 months to live? We discuss this and more on this week's episode!  Please excuse the tech difficulties. Camera decided to stop working half way through.   Doom at your Service   Tak Dong-Kyung (Park Bo-Young) is an editor for a web novel company. Myul-Mang (Seo In-Guk), suddenly appears in her ordinary life. She makes a 100 day contract with Myul-Mang, risking her life and her love.  Myul-Mang is the existence of a middle manager between God and humans. He makes a contract with Tak Dong-Kyung.  S ynopsis by Asianwiki   어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다 - ©2021 tvN

The depiction of who is evil in "The Bride of Habaek" is a little different than you would expect. We talk about this and much more on today's episode. Grab your favourite drink and enjoy!   The Bride of Habaek   What would you do if you had to continue a strange family legacy? Yoon So Ah (Shin Se Kyung) is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her family has been tasked with serving Ha Baek (Nam Joo Hyuk), a reincarnated water god, for many generations, and So Ah is forced to do the same. Ha Baek starts to develop feelings for So Ah, but he has competition for her heart from Hoo Ye (Im Joo Hwan), the CEO of a resort company, who clashes with So Ah over a piece of land but then falls in love with her.   Synopsis by Rakuten Viki   하백의 신부 2017 - ©2017 tvN

This week we discuss "Heirs" or "The Inheritors". A drama from 2013 with a star studded cast has so much to offer in terms of discussion!  We only talk about a few subjects, but this could be a multiple part episode with how much we could discuss! Grab your favourite drink and enjoy!   The Heirs   "The Heirs" depicts the friendships, rivalries and love lives of young, rich heirs led by Kim Tan (Lee Min-Ho) and a girl named Cha Eun-Sang (Park Shin-Hye). Unlike the others, Cha Eun-Sang is considered ordinary and comes from a poor background.   Synopsis by Asianwiki   왕관을 쓰려는자, 그무게를 견뎌라-상속자들 - ©2013 SBS

Special Guest!! May Houri from Chocolata returns. Check out her social media.  www.chocolata.ca facebook.com/chocolata.ca  instagram.com/chocolata.ca   In today's episode, we discuss childhood trauma and how it affects your life in various ways, how to work on facing it and how it affects those around us. Grab your favorite drink and maybe a snack and enjoy.   What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?! - ©2018 tvN

Welcome Back!   Season 2 Episode 1   Vincezo    At the age of eight, Park Joo-hyung (Song Joong-ki) went to Italy after being adopted by an Italian family. He later joins the mafia where he is subsequently adopted by Don Fabio, head of the Cassano mafia family. Park Joo-hyung was renamed Vincenzo Cassano and became an Italian lawyer, a consigliere for the mafia, and Don Fabio's right hand man. After Fabio dies, Paolo, Fabio's biological son and the new leader of the Cassano Family, attempts to kill Vincenzo. Vincenzo flees to Seoul and sets out to recover 1.5 tons of gold that he helped a Chinese tycoon who recently died secretly stash within the basement of Geumga Plaza. However, a real estate company under Babel Group has illegally taken ownership of the building and Vincenzo must use his skills to reclaim the building and recover his fortunes. Vincenzo becomes involved with lawyer Hong Cha-young (Jeon Yeo-been), the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case.   Synopsis from Wikipedia.    빈센조 - ©2021 tvN - Netflix

Webtoon and comic adaptions are common in South Korea and North America. We talk about the pros and cons of adaptions and who does it better. We talk about out favorite webtoon to dramas adaption as well as comic to movie adaption. Join us with your favorite drink and enjoy!

Today, we discuss women! Strong, independent and intelligent. The women in the dramas we watch are inspired by women in everyday life. Women should be celebrated everyday. The sh*t they deal with on a daily basis needs to change!   Show we discuss: Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Descendants of the Sun, Hello My Twenties   Listen for info regarding the prize for our upcoming contest.

The revamped Koffee Break! Instead of talking about one show and their various themes, we talk about 1 theme found across various shows. All in roughly 15 minutes. This week we are talking about bullying! We talk about it a lot and we won't ever stop talking about it. It has affected both out lives and so, so, sooooo many peoples lives. We take examples from True Beauty, The Heirs and Boy Over Flowers.

Season Finale - Episode 20 - True Beauty   Im Ju-Kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Im Ju-Kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills makes her pretty and she hides her bare face in front others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Soo-Ho and Han Seo-Joon.   Synopsis by Asianwiki ©   여신강림 - © 2020 tvN   http://www.stopabully.ca/anti-bullying-videos.html   https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/   https://www.stompoutbullying.org/

Episode 19 - Descendants of the Sun   Yoo Si Jin, a special forces captain, meets surgeon Dr. Kang Mo Yeon at the hospital after stopping a motorcycle thief. They fall in love, but their relationship was much harder to sort out than they initially thought. Descendants of the Sun - ©KBS2   Thank you and respect to all the soldier in the world putting their lives on the line everyday. And to the families of the brave men and women, stay strong, stand together and thank you.

Episode 18 - Romance is a Bonus Book   Cha Eun-Ho (Lee Jong-Suk) is a genius writer and the youngest chief editor ever at his publishing company. He is smart and handsome. He is also even tempered at work, but he has a warm heart and a reasonable personality.  Kang Dan-Yi (Lee Na-Young) used to be a popular copywriter, but she is not anymore. She is now broke and unemployed. Even though she tries to find a job, due to her impressive career and excellent educational background, she is unable to find a new job. Finally, Kang Dan-Yi gets a job at a publishing company by lying about her background. Cha Eun-Ho is the chief editor at that publishing company. They begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.   Synopsis by Asianwiki©   로맨스는 별책부록 - © 2019 tvN What's Poppin'?! Super Junior is back with a PSA! Their new single "House Party" is a bumpin track for the best social distancing parties!