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Never Twice

2019 South Korean television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ65247163
Source-derived summary

Never Twice (Korean: 두 번은 없다; RR: Du beoneun eopda) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Youn Yuh-jung, Park Se-wan, Kwak Dong-yeon, Oh Ji-ho, Ye Ji-won, Park Ah-in and Song Won-seok. It aired on MBC TV from November 2, 2019 to March 7, 2020.

Synopsis

The series follows the story of the long-term guests at Paradise Inn, located in the heart of Seoul and their relationship with Guseong Hotel owners.

Cast

Main

Youn Yuh-jung as Bok Mak-rye, the owner of Paradise Inn.

Park Se-wan as Geum Park-ha, a pure young woman who lives in room No. 4 of Paradise Inn. She came from a coastal city and bravely moves into the metropolis.

Kwak Dong-yeon as Na Hae-jun, the heir of a five-star hotel called Guseong Hotel, which is located right across the street from Paradise Inn. He is the head of its strategic planning department.

Oh Ji-ho as Gam Poong-gi, a man who lives in room No.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Never Twice” as 2019 South Korean television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Never, Twice and South.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Never, Twice and South providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Never Twice”, the useful work is to connect “2019 South Korean television series” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65247163. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Never Twice” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.