The Historical K-Drama Challenge

(This is a new challenge and may still be subjected to change as I'm trying to figure out what works the best.)

Hi, dear fellow historical K-drama lovers! 

This challenge is a way for you to watch Korean dramas/movies from all periods of Korean history. It is inspired by Rillas' List of Korean K-Dramas/Movies on Historical Timetable (thanks a lot for this great overview), and inspired by my own Historical C-Drama Challenge and my wish to make another challenge for K-dramas.

Because many more dramas are set in Joseon than in other dynasties, this challenge will have a bigger focus on the Joseon dynasty than on other dynasties/kingdoms.

Where to find dramas for this challenge:

• Rillas' List of Korean K-Dramas/Movies on Historical Timetable (It has all dramas and movies of all historical periods sorted by the date the drama is set in or starts with. It, however, doesn't show it when a drama is set during multiple time periods (e.g. Six Flying Dragons starts during U's reign (1374–1388) of the Goryeo dynasty, but continues until Taejong's reign (1400–1418) of the Joseon dynasty). If you realize a drama is also set during another time, you could choose yourself to which period you want to add the drama.)
• My own List of K-dramas/movies based on Joseon Kings (It is not totally complete, so I recommend to use it next to Rillas' list, but this list has ordered dramas and movies according to which Joseon kings are in the cast or during which kings reign the drama is set. (If the king is written in Bold, that king is the main lead. If the king is underlined, the story mostly takes place during his reign. If neither, then either the king has a minor role in the drama, or doesn't have a role in the drama, but it still takes place during his time.))
• I'll try to make a List of K-dramas/movies based on Goryeo Kings soon!
• Check for dramas on the Wikipedia pages of Korean kings: Many kings have a part on their Wikipedia pages where it shows in which Popular Culture this king has been portrayed.
• Use the Explore feature of MDL: use the Advanced Search function to add a specific dynasty to the Themes/Tags. Then check yourself whether the drama is based on history or is fictional.

Rules:

This challenge is ordered in categories of historical periods. It’s up to you whether you want to follow the order to progress further into history or to watch the dramas in a random order. 

If you cannot find a (good) drama for a certain kingdom/dynasty, either ask others/me, look at what others watched, or skip that challenge (for now).

Some dramas take place during multiple dynasties, e.g. when a drama starts in one dynasty and it changes to the next dynasty. Also some dynasties overlap with others. Feel free to choose to which dynasty you add a drama. Try to not add a drama to multiple challenges. 

To make it more difficult, don’t add dramas you already watched, but if you really want to add a specific drama you already watched, you can just mention that. 

I have added a few optional challenges, feel free to do them or delete them to make it easier. 

Feel free to play around and make some changes to the challenge :) 

Badges:

 There are no badges yet as this challenge is still very new. If they are made, I'll add the link here.

The Historical K-Drama Challenge

Started: xx/xx/xxxx | Completed: xx/xx/xxxx
Finished categories: 0/5
Total finished dramas: 0/53

Category 1: The Three Kingdoms of Korea/Samhan
Goguryeo 고구려 (37BC - 668AD):
- (watch two titles for Goguryeo, add titles here)
- 

Baekje 백제 (18BC - 660AD):
- (watch two titles for Baekje)
- 

Silla 신라 (57BC - 935AD):
- (watch two titles for Silla (including Unified Silla))
-

Gaya 가야  (42 - 532):
- (optional)

Balhae 발해 (698 - 926):
- (optional)

Movie:
- (optional: watch one movie of the Three Kingdoms period of Korea)

Completed: 0/9

Category 2: Goryeo 고려 (918 - 1392)
The Early Period (918 - 1105):
-
-
- (optional)

The Middle Period (1105 - 1274):
-
- (optional)

The Late Period (1274 - 1392):
-
-
- (optional: drama or movie)

Completed: 0/8

(I'll maybe reorder this after making a list of dramas/movies based on Goryeo kings)

Joseon 조선  (1392 - 1897) + The Korean Empire (1897 - 1910)
(There are two options for Category 3, 4, and 5: the first option is to watch one drama or movie for every king of Joseon (just copy the List of Joseon kings on my page and add a drama to every king). The second option is written out here below. (Both have the exact same amount of total dramas to watch (27), but to make it easier you can delete the optional challenges here below, which will make it less.))

Category 3: The Early Period
The Founding Period (1392 - 1418):
-
-
- (optional)

Sejong (1418 - 1450):
-
- (optional movie)

A period of weakening (1450 - 1494):
-
-
- (optional drama or movie)

The Tyrant (Yeonsangun) and his half-brother (Jungjong) (1494 - 1544):
-
-
- (optional movie)

Completed: 0/11

Category 4: The Middle Period
Factional Struggles and Japanese Invasions (1544 - 1608):
-
-
- (optional drama or movie)

Manchu Invasions (1608 - 1659):
-
-
- (optional drama or movie)

Completed: 0/6

Category 5: The Late Period
Rebuilding Joseon Society (1659 - 1724):
-
-

Yeongjo - Sado - Jeongjo (1724 - 1800):
-
-
- (optional drama or movie)

In-law Government (1800 - 1863):
-
- (drama or movie)

The Fall of the Dynasty (1863 - 1910):
-
-
- (optional movie)

Completed: 0/10

Category 6: Modern Korea (1910 - Now)

Japanese Rule (1910 - 1945):
-
-
- (optional drama or movie)

Division and Korean War (1945 - 1953):
-
- (Optional movie)

Modern South Korea (1953 - Now):
-
- (Optional movie)

Modern North Korea (1953 - Now):
-
- (Optional movie)

Completed: 0/9