Pro-Life in Korean Drama, "Hogu's Love/Fool's Love"

     Well, since this is a new blog, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Thao-Vy, currently 15 years ago.

(May contain spoilers...DOES contain spoilers)

     That was a short introduction, but a longer one can happen later because today I'd like to introduce to everyone a wonderful show. The name of this show, more specifically, Korean drama is called Hogu's Love a.k.a Fool's Love. What is this Korean drama (kdrama) about you may ask? Well, our main two characters are Hogu and Do Hee. These two have known each other since high school although they didn't keep in touch later on in life.
     When we start getting into the show, we see that Do Do Hee is now a professional swimmer, but is not contempt with her monotonous silver medals. Hogu on the other hand, is an artist and animator, although not very successful, he smiles freely at everyone. After several new encounters between the two, Do Do Hee recommends that they go to the seaside. Hogu, being the fool his name indicates (in Korean), kindly agrees and they go to a sea in South Korea.
     During the time there, Do Hee says multiple things and does actions that indicates to the viewer that she's most likely pregnant. Do Hee tells Hogu to smoke so that the "thing" inside of her will go away, she screams to the sea to "take it away! Take it away!" The next day, she informs Hogu she is staying for a surgery, but while they are on the bus, they are robbed by a woman with a baby. Do Hee confronts the woman in the bathroom, only to hear that the woman would rather do these things than to abandon her child.
     Now this is where I'll speed ahead and talk about the rest ahead of the drama and the pro-life ideas and themes in this drama. After watching the entire drama we learn that Do Hee was actually sexually assaulted by a fellow swimmer. Even through that hatred for the one who hurt her, she didn't get an abortion. She went to the abortion clinic, but the conversation with the woman who robbed people, but wouldn't abandon her child, Do Hee leaves the hospital.
     She goes into hiding, and not even her coach can find her. The only person that can is Ho Gu and someone who Ho Gu mistakes is the one who got Do Hee pregnant. In the end, when Do Hee and Ho Gu are finally a couple, Do Hee is worried that Ho Gu will hate the baby in the future, but Ho Gu denies and they decide to get married and raise the child. Do Hee is an example of someone who chose to keep her own child even though she was raped and her career was on the line. We see examples of people who would do anything in order to provide their children with a better life, such as the woman that stole, but would later allow her child to be adopted.