The King and the Queen (Korean: 왕과 비; Hanja: 王과 妃; RR: Wanggwa Bi; MR: Wangkwa Pi) is a South Korean television series starring Im Dong-jin and Chae Shi-ra, along with Han Hye-sook, Lee Jin-woo and Ahn Jae-mo. It aired on KBS1 from June 6, 1998, to March 26, 2000, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 (KST) for 186 episodes. The series begins with the death of King Munjong and finished with the Jungjong coup.

• This series' first title was Life of the Wind (바람의 생애), but later change into The King and the Queen (왕과 비) due to the same mean with one of Japanese historical drama.^{[citation needed]}
• It was originally scheduled to be finish in December 1999, but then finish in March 2000,^[12] and planned to deal with the rebellion against King Seongjong, even almost of this story tell about political ambition of Seongjong's mother, Queen Insu after ascending the throne. Meanwhile, due to the extension, this series be more lengthened until Yeonsangun's era.^[13]
• In this series, the theme song was same with the previous work, Tears of the Dragon (용의 눈물).^[2] The ratings were sluggish around 10% at first, but in the mid-to-late episode, the ratings rose to the highest of 44.3%. However, this series was noted and caution by the Broadcasting Commission after there is a scene that show a head who falling in pieces and upside down while airing the decapitation of the asshole.
• Because in this series has much conflict between the queens and concubines, envy-quarrel for a longtime period, the Korean Women's Associations United select this series as the '99 obstacles to equal broadcasting'.
• At the end episodes, Queen Sohye (played by Chae Shi-ra) and her grandson, Yeonsan (played by Ahn Jae-mo) were criticized for being too much in Political Power's ambition.^[14]