Korean Drama: Princess Hours (Goong)

Princess Hours or more commonly known as Goong (2006) is a romantic korean drama. Story evolves around the current Crown Prince of the Korean royal family (This is just a fiction. Korea is no longer ruled by kings). The story started off with a deal made by the previous emperor and his good friend that their grandchildren will get married to each other. At that time, the royal grandchild intended was Yul but when Yul’s dad (Crown Prince at that time) died in an accident, then Shin (Joo Ji Hoon), Yul’s cousin, took over as the Crown Prince after the emperor passed away.

But Shin has someone whom he liked (Hyo Rin) and decided to propose to her. Shin was rejected so he agreed to take up the arranged marriage with Chae-kyung (Yoon Eun Hye). However, he still hangs around with Hyo Rin quite often. Meanwhile, Yul who just came back from overseas, fell in love with Chae-kyung. As both Shin and Chae-kyung are now the Crown Prince and Princess of Korea, their quite intimate relations with Hyo Rin and Yul respectively creates rumours after rumours, which jeopardise the status of the royal family.

After living with Chae-kyung for long, Shin began to like her. But will he be too late to prevent Yul from taking her? At the end of this drama, there was a little unexpected twist but still an acceptable one. Anyway, Princess Hours 2 is in the making.

I like the two songs from the OST; Perhaps Love and Close with you. Both the songs can be heard from the Music Video below.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Profiles of the main casts

Yoon Eun Hye
- Birthdate: October 3, 1984
- Height: 169 cm; Weight: 50 kg
- Bloodtype: B
- Siblings: First-born amongst 1 son, 1 daughter
- Hobbies: Watching movies, writing letters
- Talent: Drawing
- School: Kyung Hee University

Joo Ji Hoon
- Birthdate: May 16, 1982
- Height: 187 cm; Weight: 68 kg
- Hobbies: Gaming, basketball, swimming
- Talents: Speed-reading, singing, dancing, self-defense
- School: Dong Won University, Kyung Kee University [different sources said different things]

Kim Jung Hoon
- Birthdate: January 20, 1980
- Height: 179 cm; Weight: 60 kg
- Bloodtype: AB
- Siblings: Last-born amongst 2 sons, 1 daughter
- Debut: UN’s 1st album “Voice Mail” (2000)
- School: Seoul National University

Song Ji Hye
- Real Name: Chun Sung Im
- Birthdate: August 15, 1981
- Height: 168 cm; Weight: 46 kg
- Siblings: First-born amongst 1 son, 2 daughters
- Debut: Kiki Fashion Model (2001)
- School: Graduated from Kyung Mun University

Here are the related links on my blog about Goong:
Princess Hours Pictures Part 1
Princess Hours Pictures Part 2
Princess Hours Pictures Part 3
Perhaps Love Music Score
Perhaps Love and Too Close Lyrics/Translation

*NEW* Princess Hours Pictures Part 4