# The Promise (2016 TV series)

The Promise (Korean: 천상의 약속; RR: Cheonsang-ui Yaksok; lit. Heaven's Promise) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-ri (in a twin role), Seo Jun-young, Park Ha-na and Song Jong-ho. It airs on KBS2 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50, for 102 episodes with the first episode airing on February 1, 2016.

## Plot

Na-yeon (Lee Yu-ri) is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-joon (Seo Jun-young), who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-jin (Park Ha-na), who is the granddaughter of the Baekdo Company president. Do-hee (Lee Yu-ri) is Na-Yeon’s twin sister, who was separated from her at birth. Hence, they have never met each other. Do-hee works as a reporter at a weekly magazine, and is the girlfriend of Hwi-kyung (Song Jong-ho), who is the successor of Baekdo Company, and Se-jin's step-uncle. After a series of events, Se-jin's family wrongfully placed Na-yeon in a mental hospital. Do-hee manages to track Na-yeon down, and they switch places. Shortly after, Do-hee dies in Na-yeon's place when the building catches fire. After her death, Na-yeon decides to take revenge. She takes on the identity of Do-hee, then marries Hwi-kyung, stepping into Se-jin's family in the process.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Lee Yu-ri as Lee Na-yeon / Baek Do-hee (dual role) (32 years old)
** Park Seo-yeon as young Lee Na-yeon / Baek Do-hee (12 years old)
* Seo Jun-young as Kang Tae-joon (32 years old)
** Choi Min-young as young Kang Tae-joon (12 years old)
* Song Jong-ho as Park Hwi-kyung (35 years old)
** Jang Do-yoon as young Park Hwi-kyung (15 years old)
* Park Ha-na as Jang Se-jin (32 years old)
** Gong Yeon-sung as young Jang Se-jin (12 years old)

### Supporting cast
#### Lee Na-yeon's family

* Yoon Bok-in as Yang Mal-sook
* Jo Hye-sun as Lee Eun-bong
** Kim Esther as young Lee Eun-bong
* Han Ga-rim as Lee Geum-bong
** Kim Min-kyul as young Lee Geum-bong
* Im Hyun-sung as Lee Joong-dae

#### Jang Se-jin's family

* Lee Jong-won as Jang Kyung-wan
* Kim Hye-ri as Park Yoo-kyung
* Kim Do-yeon as Yoon Young-sook
* Yoon Joo-sang as Park Man-jae

#### Kang Tae-joon's family

* Oh Young-shil as Oh Man-jung
* Song Young-kyu as Heo Poong-dal
* Kang Bong-sung as Heo Se-kwang

#### Baek Do-hee's family

* Kim Bo-mi as Ahn Sung-joo
* Park Chan-hwan as Baek Dong-jin

### Others

* Kim Bo-min as Lee Sae-byul
* Yoon Byung-hee as Team leader Bae
* Lee Seol-goo as Park Joon-ik
* Hong Seung-bum as Park Hee-suk

### Guest appearances

* Lee Yeon-soo as Lee Yoon-ae
* Yoon Da-hoon as Lee Ki-man

## Ratings

* The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
* NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 2016/02/01 | 17.6% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 15.6% |
| 2 | 2016/02/02 | 18.2% | 16.3% | 15.6% | 14.8% |
| 3 | 2016/02/03 | 16.4% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 12.8% |
| 4 | 2016/02/04 | 17.5% | 14.1% | 15.0% | 14.9% |
| 5 | 2016/02/05 | 16.6% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.7% |
| 6 | 2016/02/08 | 10.6% | 10.4% | 8.2% | 8.4% |
| 7 | 2016/02/09 | 13.1% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 10.8% |
| 8 | 2016/02/10 | 13.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 11.8% |
| 9 | 2016/02/11 | 17.6% | 15.5% | 14.0% | 13.6% |
| 10 | 2016/02/12 | 16.3% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.4% |
| 11 | 2016/02/15 | 16.7% | 14.3% | 15.4% | 15.3% |
| 12 | 2016/02/16 | 17.6% | 14.0% | 15.7% | 16.4% |
| 13 | 2016/02/17 | 18.3% | 15.6% | 14.8% | 15.1% |
| 14 | 2016/02/18 | 18.4% | 15.7% | 15.8% | 16.4% |
| 15 | 2016/02/19 | 18.8% | 16.0% | 15.6% | 14.8% |
| 16 | 2016/02/22 | 17.6% | 15.3% | 15.8% | 16.7% |
| 17 | 2016/02/23 | 17.8% | 16.2% | 15.6% | 15.6% |
| 18 | 2016/02/24 | 18.2% | 15.4% | 15.8% | 15.7% |
| 19 | 2016/02/25 | 18.8% | 16.1% | 15.5% | 16.1% |
| 20 | 2016/02/26 | 19.2% | 17.6% | 16.6% | 17.0% |
| 21 | 2016/02/29 | 18.1% | 15.8% | 16.8% | 17.7% |
| 22 | 2016/03/01 | 20.5% | 17.9% | 18.0% | 18.5% |
| 23 | 2016/03/02 | 20.6% | 16.6% | 17.9% | 18.6% |
| 24 | 2016/03/03 | 18.6% | 16.5% | 16.8% | 16.8% |
| 25 | 2016/03/07 | 20.2% | 18.1% | 17.1% | 17.4% |
| 26 | 2016/03/08 | 20.8% | 18.5% | 17.8% | 17.0% |
| 27 | 2016/03/09 | 19.5% | 16.7% | 15.8% | 15.4% |
| 28 | 2016/03/10 | 18.9% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 15.9% |
| 29 | 2016/03/11 | 19.4% | 16.1% | 16.9% | 16.9% |
| 30 | 2016/03/14 | 19.7% | 17.7% | 18.4% | 18.4% |
| 31 | 2016/03/15 | 20.2% | 17.4% | 19.0% | 19.4% |
| 32 | 2016/03/16 | 19.4% | 16.3% | 17.7% | 17.5% |
| 33 | 2016/03/17 | 19.0% | 15.8% | 16.3% | 16.0% |
| 34 | 2016/03/18 | 19.0% | 15.6% | 17.6% | 17.1% |
| 35 | 2016/03/21 | 20.0% | 17.1% | 18.5% | 19.2% |
| 36 | 2016/03/22 | 21.5% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.4% |
| 37 | 2016/03/23 | 19.6% | 16.7% | 17.8% | 17.4% |
| 38 | 2016/03/24 | 18.1% | 15.5% | 17.0% | 16.9% |
| 39 | 2016/03/25 | 18.7% | 17.2% | 16.9% | 15.9% |
| 40 | 2016/03/28 | 20.1% | 18.0% | 17.0% | 17.3% |
| 41 | 2016/03/29 | 20.8% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 19.0% |
| 42 | 2016/03/30 | 21.3% | 18.8% | 19.1% | 18.9% |
| 43 | 2016/03/31 | 20.8% | 17.7% | 17.8% | 18.1% |
| 44 | 2016/04/04 | 21.1% | 18.8% | 19.6% | 18.9% |
| 45 | 2016/04/05 | 20.1% | 17.5% | 18.9% | 17.9% |
| 46 | 2016/04/06 | 20.1% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 17.8% |
| 47 | 2016/04/07 | 20.0% | 17.2% | 18.8% | 19.2% |
| 48 | 2016/04/08 | 19.7% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.8% |
| 49 | 2016/04/11 | 21.0% | 19.5% | 17.6% | 17.0% |
| 50 | 2016/04/12 | 20.5% | 18.7% | 19.6% | 18.8% |
| 51 | 2016/04/13 | 16.3% | 15.9% | 16.4% | 17.1% |
| 52 | 2016/04/14 | 20.1% | 17.6% | 19.8% | 19.5% |
| 53 | 2016/04/15 | 18.5% | 17.0% | 18.1% | 18.1% |
| 54 | 2016/04/18 | 20.5% | 19.2% | 19.0% | 19.4% |
| 55 | 2016/04/19 | 19.5% | 16.9% | 20.0% | 20.6% |
| 56 | 2016/04/20 | 21.7% | 18.9% | 19.8% | 19.9% |
| 57 | 2016/04/21 | 19.2% | 16.9% | 17.9% | 17.4% |
| 58 | 2016/04/22 | 20.0% | 17.3% | 18.9% | 18.4% |
| 59 | 2016/04/25 | 20.7% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 18.7% |
| 60 | 2016/04/26 | 19.7% | 16.9% | 19.5% | 19.2% |
| 61 | 2016/04/27 | 20.4% | 16.9% | 18.5% | 18.1% |
| 62 | 2016/04/28 | 20.3% | 18.2% | 19.1% | 19.3% |
| 63 | 2016/04/29 | 21.0% | 19.3% | 17.9% | 17.7% |
| 64 | 2016/05/02 | 20.9% | 20.4% | 19.0% | 19.1% |
| 65 | 2016/05/03 | 20.8% | 19.4% | 20.1% | 19.6% |
| 66 | 2016/05/04 | 17.8% | 16.5% | 17.9% | 17.8% |
| 67 | 2016/05/05 | 17.9% | 17.1% | 16.7% | 16.0% |
| 68 | 2016/05/06 | 19.3% | 17.5% | 16.7% | 15.8% |
| 69 | 2016/05/09 | 20.3% | 18.5% | 19.3% | 19.2% |
| 70 | 2016/05/10 | 21.6% | 19.1% | 20.1% | 18.9% |
| 71 | 2016/05/11 | 19.6% | 18.0% | 17.6% | 15.8% |
| 72 | 2016/05/12 | 20.7% | 18.3% | 19.8% | 19.0% |
| 73 | 2016/05/13 | 19.9% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 18.0% |
| 74 | 2016/05/16 | 21.0% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 19.7% |
| 75 | 2016/05/17 | 9.3% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 10.6% |
| 76 | 2016/05/18 | 20.0% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 16.1% |
| 77 | 2016/05/19 | 18.4% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 17.1% |
| 78 | 2016/05/20 | 19.7% | 18.7% | 16.7% | 16.3% |
| 79 | 2016/05/23 | 20.7% | 18.9% | 17.9% | 17.8% |
| 80 | 2015/05/24 | 20.8% | 18.7% | 19.0% | 17.8% |
| 81 | 2016/05/25 | 19.7% | 18.5% | 17.7% | 17.7% |
| 82 | 2016/05/26 | 20.9% | 18.7% | 20.4% | 20.0% |
| 83 | 2016/05/27 | 21.6% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 18.1% |
| 84 | 2016/05/30 | 19.5% | 18.2% | 19.3% | 18.3% |
| 85 | 2016/05/31 | 21.4% | 19.5% | 19.3% | 18.4% |
| 86 | 2016/06/01 | 18.8% | 16.9% | 18.7% | 18.7% |
| 87 | 2016/06/03 | 20.2% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 18.9% |
| 88 | 2016/06/06 | 9.8% | 10.0% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 89 | 2016/06/07 | 20.9% | 19.6% | 19.0% | 18.3% |
| 90 | 2016/06/08 | 18.7% | 16.6% | 17.1% | 16.1% |
| 91 | 2016/06/09 | 19.4% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 17.9% |
| 92 | 2016/06/10 | 20.4% | 19.7% | 19.2% | 18.7% |
| 93 | 2016/06/13 | 21.2% | 20.9% | 20.2% | 20.0% |
| 94 | 2016/06/14 | 19.6% | 19.4% | 19.1% | 19.2% |
| 95 | 2016/06/15 | 20.7% | 19.5% | 20.3% | 20.4% |
| 96 | 2016/06/16 | 20.2% | 19.2% | 20.1% | 19.7% |
| 97 | 2016/06/17 | 19.4% | 18.6% | 18.1% | 17.4% |
| 98 | 2016/06/20 | 22.3% | 22.0% | 21.3% | 20.7% |
| 99 | 2016/06/21 | 21.1% | 21.1% | 20.4% | 19.7% |
| 100 | 2016/06/22 | 21.5% | 20.7% | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| 101 | 2016/06/23 | 21.4% | 20.4% | 20.5% | 19.8% |
| 102 | 2016/06/24 | 21.6% | 21.4% | 21.3% | 20.8% |
| Average | Average | 19.25% | 17.28% | 17.57% | 17.35% |
* Episodes 78 aired on May 20, 2016

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Lee Yu-ri | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | Song Jong-ho | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | Lee Yu-ri | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | Park Ha-na | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actor | Choi Min-young | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actress | Kim Bo-min | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actress | Park Seo-yeon | Nominated |

## International broadcast

The series aired, one week after initial broadcast, on KBS World with subtitles.
It started airing in Singapore on Channel U. Starting Feb 8 2018.