🎬 Basic Infobr Title: The King: Eternal Monarchbr br Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-fi, Parallel Universebr br Total Episodes: 16br br Broadcast Network: SBS, Netflixbr br Language: Koreanbr br Release Year: 2020br br Created By: Kim Eun-sook (Writer of Goblin, Descendants of the Sun)br br Director: Baek Sang-hoonbr br 🌟 Star Castbr Actor Character Role Descriptionbr Lee Min-ho Emperor Lee Gon Ruler of the Kingdom of Corea; a calm, intelligent, and lonely king.br Kim Go-eun Jung Tae-eul Luna A detective in the Republic of Korea A criminal in the Kingdom of Corea.br Woo Do-hwan Jo Young Jo Eun-seob Imperial guard in Corea Funny civil servant in Korea.br Lee Jung-jin Lee Lim Lee Gon's uncle and antagonist; kills the King and flees to a parallel world.br Jung Eun-chae Prime Minister Koo Seo-ryung Ambitious PM with personal motives.br Kim Kyung-nam Kang Shin-jae Tae-eul’s colleague, secretly from Corea.br br 🧭 Core Concept & World Setupbr The story follows two parallel worlds:br br Kingdom of Corea – A monarchic alternate universe where Lee Gon rules.br br Republic of Korea – Our present-day South Korea, where Tae-eul lives.br br A mystical flute called "Manpasikjeok" allows travel between these worlds. The villain, Lee Lim, uses it to manipulate timelines and identities, causing chaos.br br 🔥 Episode-Wise Summary (For Shorts Content Use)br 🎥 Episode 1: The Two Worlds Beginbr 1994: Lee Lim kills his brother, the King, to steal the Manpasikjeok.br br Young Lee Gon is saved by a mysterious figure with a police badge.br br Present: Lee Gon, now emperor, discovers a gateway to another universe.br br He meets Jung Tae-eul, realizing she matches the ID from his childhood.br br 🎥 Episode 2: First Encounterbr Lee Gon is fascinated by Tae-eul and stays in Korea.br br Parallel timelines are hinted at: doppelgängers, different destinies.br br Jo Young’s counterpart, Jo Eun-seob, adds comic relief.br br Tae-eul begins to believe Lee Gon's bizarre tale.br br 🎥 Episode 3: Gateway of Destinybr Flashbacks reveal more about Lee Lim's betrayal and motives.br br Lee Gon tries to figure out the connection between the flute and worlds.br br Chemistry builds between Lee Gon and Tae-eul.br br 🎥 Episode 4: Return of the Kingbr Lee Gon returns to Corea with Tae-eul’s ID as a clue.br br We meet Luna, Tae-eul's criminal double in Corea.br br Political intrigue starts with PM Koo Seo-ryung.br br 🎥 Episode 5: Mirror Livesbr Lee Gon visits Tae-eul again.br br Jo Young discovers his double and freaks out.br br Parallel character contrasts shine: Luna vs. Tae-eul, Jo Eun-seob vs. Jo Young.br br 🎥 Episode 6: Clocks and Cluesbr Time starts distorting—clock hands pause, timelines overlap.br br Lee Gon gives Tae-eul a royal title.br br Their love deepens but danger increases.br br 🎥 Episode 7: Power Playbr Koo Seo-ryung schemes to marry Lee Gon.br br Luna appears in Korea, impersonating Tae-eul.br br Shin-jae's mysterious past is unraveled.br br 🎥 Episode 8: Identity Crisisbr Tae-eul is captured by Luna.br br Shin-jae discovers he's from Corea.br br Lee Gon senses Luna is not Tae-eul.