Weekday Dramas "Smile, Dong Hae" -
Dong Hae (American name Karl Laker) was raised in
America by his Korean adoptee single mother. Dong
Hae has lived
courageously to protect his beautiful yet
intellectually challenged mother, Anna Laker. Now
they're back in Korea, the country that abandoned
them, to marry the woman he loves, Yoon Sae Wa. She
is an ambitious TV announcer who harbors a secret
hatred for Anna's mental disability and ends up
leaving Dong Hae. In the course of events, he finds
his biological father and also new love.
Like a dandelion surviving
the freezing winter, the characters hold onto their
dreams and hope amid tribulations. One hard working
family trips over a rocky outcropping and abruptly
falls to the bottom. But the love between family
members enables them to rise again.
Monday-Friday, 9:20pm-10pm
Weekend Drama: "Gwanggaeto
The Great" -
At the time of Gwanggaeto The
Great's birth, Goguryeo Kingdom was no longer powerful
as it used to be. Prior to his birth Gwanggaeto The
Great's grandfather, King Gogugwon was killed by the
Baekje forces led by Kong Geunchogo. When
Gwanggaeto The Great's uncle King Sosurim died without
an heir, his father King Gogugyang rose to the throne of
Goguryeo Kingdom. After his father's death, Gwanggaeto
The Great rises to the throne and vows to restore
Goguryeo to its former glory.
Under Gwanggaeto The Great, he
establishes Goguryeo as a major power of East Asia once
again, having previously enjoyed such a status in the
2nd century CE. At the time of Gwanggaeto The
Great's death at thirty-nine years of age in 413,
Goguryeo Kingdom controlled all territory between the
Amur and Han Rivers (two thirds of modern Korea,
Manchuria, parts of the Russioan Maritime province and
Inner Mongolia).
Today, King Gwanggaeto The
Great is on of only two rulers of Korea who were given
the title "Great" after their name (the other one being
King Sejong the Great of Joseon, who created the Korean
alphabet). Gwanggaeto The Great is regarded by
Koreans as one of the greatest heroes of Korean history,
and is often taken as a potent symbol of Korean
nationalism.
Starts August 13, Sat & Sun, 9:10pm-10pm
