Ha Ji-won, Lee Jin-wook say men and women can never be just friends

There's a sort of playful romantic tension between the best friends in the drama The Time We're Not In Love. Photos: ONE HD

Can men and women really be “just friends"? It’s a query that is probably as old as time. For one South Korean drama series, it’s a question that is worth answering over a span of 16 episodes.

The Time We’re Not In Love sees actor Lee Jin-wook and actress Ha Ji-won play lifelong friends who are involved in this sort of push-pull interaction. Their close friendship makes the duo inseparable in a sibling-like fashion. But at the same time, there’s also that romantic tension between the two.