The Defects (TV series)
2025 South Korean television series
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The Defects (Korean: 아이쇼핑; lit. 'Eyeshopping') is a 2025 South Korean television series and starring Yum Jung-ah, Won Jin-a, Choi Young-joon, and Kim Jin-young. It aired on ENA from July 21, to August 12, 2025, and subsequently streaming on Genie TV every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).
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| The Defects | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 아이쇼핑 |
| Lit. | Eyeshopping |
| RR | Aisyoping |
| MR | Aisyop'ing |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Child Shopping by
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| Written by | An So-jung |
| Directed by | Oh Ki-hwan |
| Starring | |
| Music by |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes[1] |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ENA |
| Release | July 21 – August 12, 2025 |
Synopsis
The Defects is an action thriller depicting the desperate survival and revenge of children who barely survived on the brink of death after being abandoned by their adoptive parents.
Cast
Main
- Yum Jung-ah as Kim Se-hee[2]
- CEO of SH Medical Foundation and President of the Illegal Adoption Organization.
- Won Jin-ah as Kim Ah-hyeon[2]
- Leader and spiritual leader of Child Survivors.
- Choi Young-joon as Woo Tae-sik[2]
- A worker who disposes of abandoned adopted children. He later becomes their savior.
- Kim Jin-young as Jung-hyeon[2]
- A member of the organization, and a loyal subordinate of President Kim.
Supporting
- Lee Na-eun as So-mi[3]
- She is one of the children abandoned by her adoptive parents. Despite her painful past, she lives with enthusiasm alongside other children, including Ah-hyeon.
- Oh Seung-jun as Seok-soo[4]
- One of the surviving children, he is Ah-hyeon's loyal supporter.
- One of the surviving children.
Others
- Song Young-kyu as Yoon Se-hoon
- Kim Jian as Kim Ah-hyun
- With her stunning looks and brilliant intelligence, everything about her resembles Se-hee.
- Son Jong-hak as Kwon Kang-man
- Seok-soo's father. A prominent candidate for the next presidential election and leader of the ruling party. He has strong support from Se-hee.
Production
The series is written by An So-jung. It is directed by Oh Ki-hwan, whose work includes SF8 (2020), and How to Be Thirty (2022), and produced by Group 8 and Takeone Studio.[2]
Viewership
The Defetcs : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[6]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 1 | 392 | 471 | 493 | 491 | 469 | 472 | 477 | 515 | 473 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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| (Nielsen Korea)[6] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | July 21, 2025 | 1.747% (2nd) | 1.963% (2nd) | |
| 2 | July 22, 2025 | 2.063% (3rd) | 2.036% (2nd) | |
| 3 | July 28, 2025 | 2.264% (2nd) | 2.670% (2nd) | |
| 4 | July 29, 2025 | 2.199% (2nd) | 2.310% (3rd) | |
| 5 | August 4, 2025 | 2.094% (2nd) | 2.128% (2nd) | |
| 6 | August 5, 2025 | 2.175% (3rd) | 1.975% (3rd) | |
| 7 | August 11, 2025 | 2.028% (2nd) | 1.815% (2nd) | |
| 8 | August 12, 2025 | 2.312% (2nd) | 2.255% (2nd) | |
| Average | 2.110% | 2.144% | ||
