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Netflix K-drama Check-in Hanyang midseason recap: period hotel drama set to get political

Netflix period drama about trainees at a prestigious guest house is shifting focus towards political intrigue and a royal backstory

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Kim Ji-eun as hotel trainee Hong Deok-soo in a still from Netflix period K-drama Check-in Hanyang. Bae In-hyuk, Jung Gun-joo and Park Jae-chan co-star.

Lead cast: Kim Ji-eun, Bae In-hyuk, Jung Gun-joo, Park Jae-chan

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Latest Nielsen rating: 2.63 per cent

Two-thirds of the way into the genre mash-up Check-in Hanyang, the show’s balance between hotel drama and period drama is beginning to shift in favour of the latter.
Among the lead characters is Lee Eun-ho (Bae In-hyuk, in his third consecutive period drama after Under The Queen’s Umbrella and The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract), who is one of the trainees at the illustrious Yongcheonru Guesthouse and is actually Prince Muyeong of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1897) in disguise.

This fact is never hidden from us, but his royal identity is largely an afterthought while the show focuses on the tribulations of these trainees.

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