If you're planning to travel to Korea, Japan, Taiwan or other destinations in Asia, you might want to watch and enjoy an Asian Drama.  Soon you find the dramas not only tell wonderful stories, but show Asian locations, customs and cultures.  Korean Dramas are truly the rage during this last decade and more and more people can view them from all over the world due to the internet. Dramas are subtitled in multiple languages. You will find yourself automatically learning the language as you follow along watching the programs.  An excellent site to view dramas that is free and easy to use is www.mysoju.com.  There are also other sites with downloads and dvd's available, however to sample out some dramas, films and television programs, mysoju will get you started with many to choose from including Japanese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Filipino drama series and movies.

Here are some recommendations of popular programs that are highly entertaining and enjoyable. 
KOREAN DRAMAS

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  Full House-  stars Rain and Song Hye Kyo
• Romantic Comedy- Han Ji-Eun inherited her parents home, built by her father called Full House. Her dream is to be a script writer and she is currently writing for the internet. Her two best friends, in desperate need of money, trick her into believing she has won a free vacation, and while she's out of town, sell her house. On the airplane, she meets famous actor, Lee Young-Jae. On arrival she finds the hotel of the dream trip is not paid, but Lee Young-Jae, although reluctant, loans her the money to stay at the hotel and through a series of comic events, returning from her vacation, she finds out her house has been sold to him.
  
  
• Boys Before Flowers - stars Lee Min Ho
• Boys Before Flowers is the Korean adaptation of the Japanese Manga Hana Yori Dango.  Originally a manga, the Taiwanese version of Meteor Garden was the first drama adapation. So successful, the Japanese produced their version and then the Koreans, each with their own take on the story.  Both Hana Yori Dango and Meteor Garden are listed below with Japanese and Taiwanese drama recommendations.
  Romantic Comedy- Jan Di is an average girl who saves the life a student being bullied at a famous school for rich students.  Standing up to the four richest and spoiled boys known as the F4, takes her on a twist in life she could never have expected. Jan Di tries to avoid  confron-tation with the F4 fearing being a target, because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, circumstances continually bump her into odds with the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.
  
  
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  Save the Last Dance for Me - stars Eugene and Ji Seong
  
  Drama Romance- Eun-Soon and her father find Hyun-Woo on a roadside. His car was stolen and Eun-soo takes him to the hospital. He had amnesia after suffering a knife wound and knock to his head. Eun-Soon and her father nurse him back to health. During of his recovery, Eun-Soo and the stranger, who has been named "Chang Ho," fall in love. The day of their engagement, Eun-Soo's father passes away. Following another attempt on his life and another accident, Hyun-Woo regains his original memory, but doesn't remember his time spent with Eun-Soo. He leaves Eun-Soon and to seek out his past life. Eun-Soon leaves her family resort, Dreaming Forest, and travels to Seoul to find her love.
  
  
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  My Lovely Samsoon- stars Kim Sun Ah 

Romantic Comedy- Possibly the funniest, well-written and acted romantic comedy in Korea.  Kim Sun Ah and Hyun Bin make an excellent team in this surprising and lovely story of 30 year old female pastry chef and young executive hotel heir and restaurant owner.

TAIWANESE DRAMAS

Down With Love - stars Jerry Yan and Ella Chen

Romantic Comedy- Filmed in the upbeat style of many Taiwan Dramas, Down with Love will lift your spirits with the funny story line and enjoyable music used for the series. Shiang Yu Ping, a divorce and inheritance lawyer, loses his older brother in a car accident and takes in his orphaned niece and newphew, Fei and Ting. Nannies continually quit due to the children's antics or end up falling in love with Yu Ping. Fed up, Yu Ping asks his secretary, Yang Duo, to find a nanny. She ends up recommending her tomboyish younger sister Yang Guo, who desperately needs a job. Yu Ping mistakenly thinks she prefers women over men and decides to hire her thinking his troubles will be resolved.

Black and White

Action/Adventure stars Vic Zhou and Mark Ciao

Meteor Garden stars
Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Barbie Hsu, Ken Chu,Vanness Wu

The Taiwan version of Hana Yori Dango Japanese Manga story that started the "F4," rage. "F4" stands for "Flower Four," the sons of the richest tycoons in Taiwan. A normal girl stands up to "F4," known for bullying students in their exclusive school, but in doing so falls in love with the leader of the group.

My Queen

stars Cheryl Yang and
Ethan Ruan

JAPANESE DRAMAS

Tsuki no Koibito
(Moon Lovers)

stars Kimura Takuya

Hana Yori Dango
(Boys Over Flowers)
stars Matsumoto Jun
and Oguri Shun

Zettai Kareshi
(Absolute Boyfriend)
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