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KOREAN drama fever is set to hit a new high when the new series, Goblin premieres on Saturday at 7pm. Available within 24-hours of Korean telecast on Oh!K (Astro channel 394), the cast include Gong Yoo
Busan), Lee Dong Wook Yoo In Na and Kim Go Eun, who recently won Best New TV Actress at the Paeksang Arts Awards.
Written by Kim Eun Sook and directed by Lee Eung Bok, Goblin promises K-drama fans a thrilling romantic drama that is set in a fantasy world of today’s time.
It is about Goblin (Gong), a handsome centenarian who is tired of his immortality. The only way to end his life is to find a “goblin bride”, which his search brought him to Euntak (Kim Go Eun), whom he falls passionately in love with.
Their love story, like any great one, is woeful when it is revealed that Euntak is actually on the run from the Angel of Death, the Reaper (Lee).
The latter, tasked with killing Euntak, later meets Sunny (Yoo), a beautiful woman and develops feelings for her.
The plot thickens when viewers find that Goblin and Reaper are actually roommates, plunging them into a complicated pit as they wrestle with their emotions and duties.
Oh!K will also launch a dedicated microsite (www.ohk-tv.com/Goblin) today. It is a platform where fans can participate in an interactive personality quiz to find out if they are a Goblin or a Reaper by creating one’s own photo-frame featuring both male leads and join in on a hashtag voting system where one can root for one’s favourite hero — #TeamGongYoo or #TeamLeeDongWook!
Oh!K will also host a watch-and-win campaign. Those who tune in each week to the latest episodes and capture the unique on-air codes, stand a chance to win limited edition life-sized pillows of Gong and Lee. All submissions will be accepted via the Goblin microsite.
Make sure to catch the premiere of Goblin on Oh!K on Saturday. New episodes will air every Saturday and Sunday at 7pm.
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