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Together, their stories tell a compelling story that is both unknown and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be what ultimately saves them. When she returns to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country’s largest conglomerates.ĭown the hall from their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two main activities support her: an obsession with a boy band pop star, and a best friend who’s saving up for extreme plastic surgery she hopes will change her life.Īnd Wonna, one floor below, is newly married and trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea’s brutal economy. Kyuri’s roommate Miho is a talented artist who was raised in an orphanage but received a scholarship to study art in New York. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear outlook on life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood.

Sign up for CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls.Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-earned job at a Seoul “Room Salon”, an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while drinking.

They will then make an appearance on the palace balcony alongside members of the royal family and watch a flypast of 60 aircraft, scheduled to last six minutes. The coverage will also stream free of charge on the CNN homepage.Īfter the ceremony, the newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel back to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach, which has been used in every coronation since 1831, accompanied by a grand procession and display of British pageantry. ET) on May 6, with the ceremony itself set to begin at 11 a.m. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News Vuk Valcic/Alamy Stock PhotoĮverything you need to know about King Charles III's coronationĬNN’s special coverage will air from 10 a.m. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment begins rehearsals at Buckingham Palace and The Mall for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which takes place on May 6th.

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