A lot of Korean dramas, especially the ones that air for a long time involve a cheating partner in their story. But there are shows that are about such extra-marital affairs. While some dramas show the ill effects an affair can have on the family, other shows romanticize it. Here are some popular shows with extra marital affairs as their main theme.
1. Red Balloon
Jo Eun Kang (Seo Ji Hye) feels that she has failed both personally and professionally. She doesn’t have a job and her boyfriend cheats on her. On the other hand, her friend Han Ba Da (Hong Soo Hyun) has a picture-perfect life. Their lives get complicated when Ba Da’s husband and Eun kang realise that they like each other.
2. Secret Affair
The drama is about 40-year-old Oh Hye Won (Kim Hee Ae) who falls in love with a pianist (Yoo Ah In) who is in his 20s. The problem here is not their age difference and social backgrounds but the fact that Oh Hye Won is married. The story revolves around their passionate romance and whether they will be able to save it.
3. The World Of The Married
The story revolves around Ji Seon U (Kim Hee Ae), a doctor, whose world is shattered when she discovers that her husband has a mistress. She vows revenge against them but is worried about harming her son in the process. The show also mentions in many situations that a cheater will always remain the same and cannot be loyal to anyone.
4. Love Affairs In The Afternoon
Song Ji Eun (Park Ha Sun) and her husband move to a small town, where life gets boring for Ji Eun. During this time she meets Yoon Jung Woo (Lee Sang Yeob), a teacher. Ji Eun realises that she has never lived for herself and finds love in Jung Woo. But she knows that their love story cannot have a happy ending.
5. V.I.P.
Na Jeong Seon (Jang Na Ra), an employee at a VIP Department store is married to her colleague Park Seong Joon (Lee Sang Yoon). One day, she receive a message about her husband cheating on her from an unknown source. She starts suspecting her other colleagues about having an affair with her husband and her quest leads to many revelations.
6. The Penthouse: War In Life
The drama is about three women Shim Su Ryeon (Lee Ji Ah), Cheon Seo Jin (Kim So Yeon), and Oh Yoon Hee (Eugene). Su Ryeon’s husband has an affair with Seo Jin and Yoon Hee wants to get back her first love, who is none other than Seo Jin’s husband. The death of a young girl changes the lives of these women.
7. Remarriage & Desires
The drama is about a match making company that works for the rich. For these people marriage is more about power and increasing their social status. Seo Hye Seung (Kim Hee Sun) joins this agency not for marriage but revenge. Soon, she starts finding out more about her ex-husband’s mistress.
8. Eve
Kang Yoon Gyeom (Park Byung Eun) is a wealthy married man who falls in love with a much younger woman, Lee La El (Seo Ye Ji), a ballerina. The couple start having an affair. It is soon revealed that all this was La El’s plan to avenge the death of her father and Yoon Gyeom was also one of the perpetrators.
9. Show Window: The Queen's House
Han Sun Joo (Song Yoon Ah) is a wealthy woman married to Shin Myung Seob (Lee Sun Jae), who was poor before their marriage. She is happy with her husband and kids. Sun Joo meets Yoon Mi Ra (Jeon So Min) and often supports Mi Ra’s adultery. But Sun Joo does not know that her husband is the man Mi Ra is having an affair with.
10. I Have A Lover
Do Hae Gang (Kim Hyun Joo) loses her child and her husband enters into a relationship with another woman. This leads to the couple’s divorce. Soo Hae Gang loses her memory in an accident and starts living the life of her unknown twin sister. The story changes when Hae Gang meets her ex-husband again.
