{"id":546541,"date":"2026-06-21T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/546541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:11:12","slug":"ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-7-binge-worthy-korean-dramas-which-feature-the-best-dads-starring-park-bo-gum-jo-jung-suk-lee-do-hyun-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/546541\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve watched over 100 K-dramas, and here are 7 binge-worthy Korean dramas which feature the best dads \u2014 starring Park Bo Gum, Jo Jung Suk, Lee Do Hyun &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you see the other deeply problematic fathers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/content\/ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-my-11-favourite-thriller-korean-dramas-of-all-time-weak-hero-class-1-vincenzo-buried-hearts-and-more\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Castle<\/a>, you&#8217;d want to give Hwang Chiyoung the \u2018Dad of the Year\u2019 Award. Having witnessed his teenage son being accused of a crime he did not commit, Chiyoung becomes a strong shield who does everything in his power to prove his child&#8217;s innocence. To see him fight relentlessly for his son is both empowering and heartbreaking. Choi Won Young has a history of playing strong father figures, and Hwang Chiyoung is arguably his best to date.<\/p>\n<p>7. Seo Chungmyung (Kim Joo Hun) in Start-Up<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Heo Jungeun Adult and Person\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Start-Up.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In just one episode (the pilot, that too!) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/content\/ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-7-characters-from-binge-worthy-korean-dramas-who-deserve-their-own-spin-off-kim-seon-ho-lee-min-ho-and-more\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Start-Up<\/a>, Seo Chungmyung, in my eyes, became a K-drama dad I adored. And that&#8217;s thanks to Kim Joo Hun&#8217;s underrated acting prowess. Despite the odds stacked against him, Chungmyung strived to make his dream come true and bring his broken family back together. However, his heartbreaking death, just before his start-up reached fruition, dampened his plans. Yet, his two daughters persevered, and it was their father&#8217;s innate love that helped them become success stories instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you see the other deeply problematic fathers in Sky Castle, you&#8217;d want to give Hwang Chiyoung the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,229096,19,17,136511,171906,127,128],"class_list":["post-546541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-fathers-day","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-k-drama","tag-korean-dramas","tag-netflix","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}