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The Doctors

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There are quite a few K-dramas which have medical background. The Doctors is more of a romantic story rather than medical drama. Yoo Hye-jung is a gangster kind of girl who doesn't give a hoot to what other people think. One day her father drops her at her grandmother's house and practically abandons her. There she meets a doctor turned teacher Hong Ji-hong and her life takes another turn.  Hye-jung's attitude starts slowly changing. But her school friend Jin Seo-woo posts untrue stories about Hye-jung and Ji-hong online resulting in Ji-hong's resignation. Hye-jung's reconciliation efforts with Seo-woo prove ro be futile and lands her in jail. Hye-jung's grandmother dies during stomach cancer surgery. Hye-jung transfers to another school.  Now there is a time leap of 5 years in the story. Now Hye-jung has become a Neurosurgeon and joins estimed Gukil Medical Centre. Seo-woo is also a Neurosurgeon and working in Gukil Medical Center where her grandfat...

Inheritors (The Hiers)

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Korean big conglomerates, their extra marital affairs,  marraiges of convenience, their messed up families having legitimate and illegitimate sons, competition rather I should say fight for inheritance, posh school where kids of conglomerates are learning, poor girl getting admitted into the school, bullying of poor girl, Uber rich kid falling in love with a poor girl, non-acceptance of this alliance by parents, young couple fighting for their love and finally they happily lived everafter.  This is the story of the K-drama "Inheritors" in Nutshell. This similar story is depicted earlier in various K-dramas like "Boys over flowers", Meteor Garden (China), Meteor Garden (Taiwan), Hana Yori Dango (Japan), F4 Thailand as well. However, the only difference was that the story had a group of 4 rich children from the elite families whereas this story is cenered around only one. If you ask my honest opinion, the artists are good but the plot is ordinary and there...