The Defects () 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).
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
CEO of SH Medical Foundation and President of the Illegal Adoption Organization.
Leader and spiritual leader of Child Survivors.
A worker who disposes of abandoned adopted children. He later becomes their savior.
A member of the organization, and a loyal subordinate of President Kim.
Supporting
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.
One of the surviving children, he is Ah-hyeon's loyal supporter.
One of the surviving children.
Others
With her stunning looks and brilliant intelligence, everything about her resembles Se-hee.
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 , whose work includes SF8 (2020), and How to Be Thirty (2022), and produced by and .
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