Ever the TV-addict, I recently got hooked on Korean dramas on KBS World. The latest drama that I’m currently following is Sungkyunkwan Scandal, set in Sungkyunkwan University in the late Joseon era during the reign of King Jeongjo, revolving around the exploits and love stories of four youths.
Kim Yoon Hee, portrayed by the pretty Park Min Young, leads a double life, she’s a test proxy and writer by day disguised as a man, and by night she’s a girl, helping out her mother at home.
When her brother's illness worsens and their family is in danger of being evicted from their house for lack of money, Yoon Hee enters the school under his name, Kim Yun Sik, still disguised as a man in her desperation to support him.
There, she becomes friends with the intelligent and upright Lee Sun Joon (hottie Micky Yoochun), who is the Prime Minister’s son, the playboy Goo Yong Ha (cutie Soong Joo Ki) and rebellious Moon Jae Shin (a scruffy-looking Yoo Ah In).
But as the drama unfolds, Yoon Hee has to learn how to act and behave like a man, which she learnt slowly and through hardships. Hard times aside, she had many other fun moments in Sungkyunkwan as the lessons were interesting with their eccentric Professor Jeong Yak Yong and tournaments such as archery were held to ease the burden off reading books for the scholars.
Romance and jealousy is also in the air as Yoon Hee’s identity is revealed and each of the boys want to protect her as well as make her theirs.
Do tune in to Sungkyunkwan Scandal airing on KBS WORLD every Monday and Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Astro Channel 391 to catch the latest episodes!
The author first watched the Korean drama The Golden Apple, loved it so much and have been following Korean dramas ever since.
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