Profile

• Drama: Hwajung / Splendid Politics
• Revised romanization: Hwajung
• Hangul: 화정
• Director: Kim Sang-Ho
• Writer: Kim Yi-Young
• Network: MBC
• Episodes: 50
• Release Date: April 13 – September 29, 2015
• Runtime: Mondays & Tuesdays 22:00
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Notes

1. “Splendid Politics” takes over the MBC Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 time slot previously occupied by “Shine or Go Crazy” and will be followed by “Glamorous Temptation” October, 2015.
2. Early Korean working title was “Jungmyung Gongju” (literally “Princess Jungmyung”) and then changed to “Hwaryeohan Jungchi” (literally “Splendid Politics”). The Korean title was then further shortened from “Hwaryeohan Jungchi” to “Hwajung.”
3. First script reading took place February 8, 2015 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.