▲This photo, provided by JTBC, shows JTBC drama 'Reborn Rich.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲This photo, provided by tvN, shows drama "Under the Queen's Umbrella." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- JTBC drama "Reborn Rich" starring Song Joong-ki is gaining more popularity as each episodes airs.

According to the data by Nielson Korea on Monday, the audience ratings of episode six of 'Reborn Rich' recorded 14.9%. This is its own highest recording.

In the previous episode, Jin Do-joon (Song Joong-ki) who is living his second life as the youngest son of a conglomerate family continued his aggressive investment targeting Soonyang group with huge sums of money he earned from IMF foreign exchange crises.

Jin Do-joon was enraged when he found out that family of his original life as Yoon Hyun-woo were sacrificed by the private equity fund used for the illegal transfer management rights amongst CEO of Soonyang group, Jin Yang-cheol and his children.

Jin Do-joon protested in front of CEO Jin Yang-cheol that innocent citizens suffered but Jin Yang cheol said, "You will never have to live as ordinary person," mentioning the rankings of "Owner" and "Servant."

Jin Do-joon kept pressuring CEO Jin by establish his uncle Choi Chang-chae (Kim Do-hyeon), also the son-in-law of Soonyang group, as the governor of Seoul and by handing over digital media city business to the group's rival, JeA construction company.

CEO Jin Yang-cheol also shook the foreign investment company Miracle investment by sending prosecution, and Jin do-joon raised the tension to its peak by revealing that he is the major shareholder of miracle investment, which had been putting pressure on Soonyang group.

Drama "Reborn Rich," in which Song Joong-ki reborn as Jin Do-joon after wrongly killed while living as the secretary of Soonyang group, increases the sense of immersion by depicting real serious incidents such as KAL air flight crush and IMF foreign exchange crises that shook the Korean society.

Jin Do-joon, who knows what will happen in the future, continuing a fight with conglomerate Soonyang group, who he believed he could never win, is giving satisfaction to the viewers.

tvN Saturday-Sunday drama "Under the Queen's Umbrella" is also continuing on with its popularity as the episode aired previous day recorded its own higest number, 14.1%.

In the last epsidoe, Queen Hwa-ryeong (Kim Hye-soo) was in a huge state of shock when she found out the real identity of Kwon ee-gwan, (Kim Jae-beom) who she doubted as the killer of the prince.

It turned out Kwon was Lee Ik-hyeon, who had been learning medical practices since young and who had been plotting conspiracy for a revenge.

Hwaryeong who finally realizes that the death revenge which began way back has been continuing until today foreshadowed tense standoff with Lee Ik-hyeon.

SBS Friday-Saturday drama "The First Responders" starring Kim Rae-won, Gong Seung-yeon, and Son Ho-jun is dealing with various incidents in each episode, maintaining audience ratings around 7%. Episodes four and five aired last week recorded 7.6% and 7.5%, respectively.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

 

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