Here’s your monthly, no-fluff list of every new K-drama hitting screens with trailers included, so you can preview before you commit. Jump to this month’s releases below, or scroll for the full archive.
New K-dramas in September 2026
Made in Korea Season 2 (메이드 인 코리아 2)
🎭 Noir crime thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Hyun Bin (Crash Landing on You), Jung Woo-sung (12.12: the Day), and Woo Do-hwan (Bloodhounds)
📜 Made in Korea Season 2 picks up nine years after the first season, with Baek Ki-tae now at the height of his power and ambition. As prosecutor Jang Geon-young prepares his comeback and Ki-tae’s younger brother Baek Ki-hyun pursues power in his own way, the three become entangled in an escalating battle that threatens to tear apart the political order around them.
📺 South Korea: Disney+ / Worldwide: Disney+
The Scandal (스캔들)
🎭 Period romance drama
💃🕺 Starring Son Ye-jin (Crash Landing on You), Ji Chang-wook (Welcome to Samdal-ri), and NANA (Mask Girl)
📜 The Scandal follows Lady Cho, a gifted noblewoman frustrated by the restrictions placed on women in Joseon, and Jo-won, a notorious playboy known as the greatest lover in Joseon. The two make a dangerous wager involving Hui-yeon, a virtuous widow who wants nothing to do with Jo-won. What begins as a game of temptation soon spirals into a tangled web of desire, deception, and forbidden feelings.
📺 South Korea: Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Note: This is a new Netflix series, not the older Korean dramas titled Scandal. It is a Joseon era adaptation inspired by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s Dangerous Liaisons and follows the 2003 Korean film Untold Scandal in reimagining that story.
The Ordinary Jackpot (로또 1등도 출근합니다)
🎭 Workplace comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Lee Joon-hyuk (Love Scout), Seo Hyun-woo (A Shop for Killers), and Oh Dae-hwan (The Fiery Priest)
📜 The Ordinary Jackpot follows Gong Eun-tae, an ordinary team manager who has spent his life working hard just to maintain a safe, uneventful life. After unexpectedly winning 1.3 billion won in the lottery, he chooses not to quit his job, but returns to work with a completely different attitude, finally seeing his workplace and the people around him in a new light.
📺 South Korea: TVING & tvN / Worldwide: HBO Max / Asia: Rakuten Viki / Japan: Disney+
A Love Other Than Yours (너 말고 다른 연애)
🎭 Realistic romance drama
💃🕺 Starring Seo Kang-joon (Undercover High School), Ahn Eun-jin (My Dearest), Lee Joo-ahn (Bon Appétit, Your Majesty), and Jo A-ram (Doctor Slump)
📜 A Love Other Than Yours follows Namgung Ho and Lee Mi-do, a couple who have been together for 10 years. Once deeply in love, they now find their relationship filled more with familiarity, loyalty, and trust than excitement. As they stand at the crossroads between marriage and breaking up, unexpected new feelings and relationships begin to shake the life they have built together.
📺 South Korea: KBS2, Wavve, and Coupang Play / Worldwide: Prime Video
Salon de Nabi (날아올라라, 나비)
🎭 Workplace drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Hyang-gi (Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds), Choi Daniel (Yumi’s Cells 3), Oh Yoon-ah (Once Again), and Shim Eun-woo (The World of the Married)
📜 Salon de Nabi follows the hardworking stylists and interns at Fly High Butterfly, a hair salon where they help customers transform into their best selves while struggling with their own insecurities and problems. Among them is Gi Bbeum, a young intern who dreams of becoming a hair designer but struggles with customers and repeated mistakes. As the salon team navigates demanding clients, workplace challenges, and their own personal struggles, they gradually learn how to grow and love themselves.
📺 South Korea: JTBC / Worldwide: Amazon Prime Video (selected regions)
Note: Originally scheduled to air in South Korea in the first half of 2022, Salon de Nabi had its Korean broadcast canceled and instead premiered in Taiwan in 2022. After five years, its Korean broadcast has finally been confirmed, with the drama scheduled to air in South Korea in September 2026.
Dive Into You (너에게 다이브)
🎭 Fantasy romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Ji-yeon (Bona) (Twenty-Five Twenty-One), Park Seo-ham (The Murky Stream), and Jang Se-hyeok
📜 Dive Into You follows top actress Yoon Ha-na, whose life changes after a mysterious accident causes her soul to switch bodies with her twin brother, Yoon Ha-ru, and sends them back in time. Determined to save her first love, Jung Woo-jae, a former judo prodigy turned bodyguard who died protecting her, Ha-na must rewrite the past before tragedy strikes again.
📺 South Korea: Channel A & Disney+ / Worldwide: Rakuten Viki
K-dramas Released in August 2026
Our Sticky Love (이런 엿같은 사랑)
🎭 Romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Jung Hae-in (Love Next Door), Ha-young (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call), and Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game)
📜 Our Sticky Love follows Jang Tae-ha, a former boxer turned boxing coach with ties to a crime syndicate, who reunites with his first love, Go Eun-sae, an elite prosecutor. After a mysterious accident leaves Eun-sae with amnesia, Tae-ha claims to be her boyfriend to protect her from the gang pursuing her. As they hide together, old feelings resurface, and a dangerous lie gradually turns into a heartfelt romance.
📺 South Korea: Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Four Hands Two Sonatas (포핸즈)
🎭 Coming-of-age romance music drama
💃🕺 Starring Song Kang (My Demon) and Lee Jun-young (Reborn Rookie)
📜 Four Hands, Two Sonatas follows three gifted young musicians who meet at an elite arts high school. Bound together by their passion for music, they navigate friendship, first love, fierce rivalry, and personal growth as they journey from talented students to professional pianists, discovering that true harmony is created not only through music but also through the people who perform it.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
My Bias, My Boss (최애의 사원)
🎭 Workplace romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Kang Hoon (Dear Hyeri), Kim Hye-jun (A Shop for Killers), and Cha Woo-min (Study Group)
📜 My Bias, My Boss follows Nam Da-reum, a devoted fan who lands a job at a fashion startup to be closer to her longtime idol, Lee Chan, who has transitioned from K-pop star to company director. But her carefully planned dream takes an unexpected turn when she becomes entangled with the startup’s charismatic CEO, Kang Ha-ki, leading to a hilarious and heart-fluttering office romance between her idol, her boss, and the fan caught in the middle.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Wavve / Japan: U-NEXT / Worldwide: TBA
The Affair Was Just the Beginning (지금 불륜이 문제가 아닙니다)
🎭 Black comedy mystery drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Hye-soo (Under the Queen’s Umbrella), Cho Yeo-jeong (Parasite), Kim Ji-hoon (Flower of Evil), and Kim Jae-chul (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
📜 The Affair Was Just the Beginning follows two seemingly perfect couples whose lives become entangled by an uncontrollable secret that makes adultery seem like the least of their problems. As hidden motives, betrayals, and shocking truths unravel, they are drawn into a series of increasingly chaotic events that threaten to destroy everything they have built.
📺 South Korea: Coupang Play / Worldwide: TBA
Flex x Cop 2 (재벌X형사2)
🎭 Action crime comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Ahn Bo-hyun (Itaewon Class) and Jung Eun-chae (Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born)
📜 Flex x Cop 2 follows chaebol-turned-detective Jin Yi-soo as he returns to the violent crimes unit, now working under a new team leader, Joo Hye-ra, a former counterterrorism officer and his one-time instructor. With bigger cases, new enemies, and clashing investigative styles, the team must solve high-stakes crimes while navigating shifting loyalties and growing trust.
📺 South Korea: SBS and Disney+ / Worldwide: TBA
New Recruit 4: Sabotage (신병4 : 사보타주)
🎭 Military comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Min-ho (New Recruit), Kim Dong-jun (Chief of Staff), and Oh Dae-hwan (Veteran)
📜 New Recruit 4: Sabotage follows Corporal Park Min-seok as he faces new responsibilities after his promotion, while the return of Sergeant Choi Il-gu, the arrival of a mysterious new recruit, and a newly appointed battalion commander throw the unit into chaos. As sabotage, power struggles, and unpredictable military life unfold, the soldiers must navigate another turbulent chapter filled with comedy and camaraderie.
📺 South Korea: ENA, Genie TV, and TVING / Worldwide: TBA
A Trap Called Desire (욕망의 덫)
🎭 Revenge mystery melodrama
💃🕺 Jang Seo-hee (Miss Mermaid), Jeon Hye-won (My Dearest), Seol Jeong-hwan (A Graceful Liar), and Joo Sae-byeok (Unpredictable Family)
📜 A Trap Called Desire follows a woman whose life is shattered after she is falsely accused of murder. Determined to reclaim everything that was stolen from her, she takes on the powerful forces driven by greed and ambition in a gripping revenge story about restoring her fate and her life.
📺 South Korea: KBS2, Wavve
K-dramas Released in July 2026
Spooky in Love (오싹한 연애)
🎭 Occult romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), Yang Se-jong (Doona!), and Ong Seong-wu (Strong Girl Nam-soon)
📜 Spooky in Love follows Cheon Yeo-ri, a wealthy hotel heiress who has secretly been able to see ghosts her entire life, and Ma Gang-wook, a brilliant prosecutor who fears the supernatural more than anything. When fate brings them together, they form an unlikely partnership to solve mysteries that blur the line between the living and the dead. As they confront dangerous secrets and restless spirits, an unexpected romance begins to bloom.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Netflix / Worldwide: TBA
The East Palace (동궁)
🎭 Dark fantasy period drama
💃🕺 Starring Nam Joo-hyuk (Twenty-Five Twenty-One), Roh Yoon-seo (Our Blues), and Cho Seung-woo (Stranger)
📜 The East Palace follows Gu-cheon, a powerful ghost slayer who can cross between the worlds of the living and the dead, and Saeng-gang, a court lady born with the ability to hear spirits. When the King secretly summons them to investigate a mysterious curse haunting the Crown Prince’s palace, they uncover dark secrets hidden within the royal court and find themselves confronting a terrifying supernatural force.
📺 South Korea & Worldwide: Netflix
A Shop for Killers Season 2 (킬러들의 쇼핑몰 2)
🎭 Action thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Lee Dong-wook (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), Kim Hye-jun (Kingdom), and Jo Han-sun (The Tyrant)
📜 A Shop for Killers Season 2 follows Ji-an after surviving the deadly events of the first season and inheriting Murthehelp, the secret marketplace for assassins. As her uncle Jin-man returns and new enemies from Babylon’s East Asian division emerge, Ji-an must fight to protect the organization while uncovering deeper conspiracies in a brutal world ruled by professional killers.
📺 South Korea: Disney+ / Worldwide: Disney+
The Apartment Job (아파트)
🎭 Comedy crime drama
💃🕺 Starring Ji Sung (The Devil Judge), Ha Yoon-kyung (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), Park Byung-eun (Kingdom), and Moon So-ri (Queenmaker)
📜 The Apartment Job follows Park Hae-gang, a former gang boss who runs for the position of apartment residents’ representative in hopes of getting his hands on a massive reserve fund hidden within the complex. As he becomes entangled with an aspiring lawyer, a wealthy construction CEO, and the apartment’s most influential resident, he finds himself caught in a battle against corruption, greed, and power.
📺 South Korea: JTBC, TVING / Worldwide: Netflix
Dream to You (그대에게 드림)
🎭 Romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Hwang In-youp (True Beauty) and Lee Hye-ri (Reply 1988)
📜 Dream to You follows Woo Su-bin, a genius film director who returns to Korea after achieving international success, and Joo Yi-jae, a hardworking reporter who long ago gave up on the dreams they once shared. Reunited more than a decade after parting ways, the two are forced to confront forgotten ambitions, unresolved feelings, and the possibility of a second chance at both love and life.
📺 South Korea: ENA, Genie TV, and TVING / Worldwide: TBA
The Husband (결혼의 완성)
🎭 Romantic thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Namkoong Min (My Dearest), Lee Seol (D.P.), and Kim Dae-myung (Hospital Playlist)
📜 The Husband follows Kang Tae-joo, a renowned neurosurgeon and hospital director whose marriage is already on the brink of collapse. The day after he asks his wife Go Se-yoon for a divorce, she is suddenly kidnapped. Branded a suspect while desperately searching for her, Tae-joo becomes both a fugitive and a pursuer in a dangerous race to uncover the truth and save the woman he once loved.
📺 South Korea: KBS2, Wavve / Worldwide: Disney+ (selected regions)
Love on the Menu (사랑이 온다)
🎭 Family romance drama
💃🕺 Starring Ha Seok-jin (Blind) and Ahn Hee-yeon (Call It Love, HANI in EXID)
📜 Love on the Menu follows Kim Moo-jin, a successful entrepreneur whose life takes an unexpected turn after a shocking revelation about his own worth. As he becomes entangled with Han Gyu-rim, they navigate family conflicts, personal ambitions, and unexpected romance while discovering that love can arrive when it is least expected.
📺 South Korea: KBS2 and Wavve / Worldwide: Netflix
Love in Sync (공감세포)
🎭 Fantasy romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Myung-soo (Perfect Family) and Kang Min-ah (True Beauty)
📜 Love In Sync follows Cha Eun-hwan, a psychological counseling expert who is burdened by the emotions of others, and Yoo Ji-an, a former top idol turned actress who struggles with empathy. After an unexpected incident causes them to share each other’s emotions, the two are drawn into a unique romance as they learn to understand, heal, and connect with one another in ways neither thought possible.
📺 South Korea: U+ Mobile TV, Lifetime, Disney+ / Worldwide: Disney+, Viu (selected regions)
Family Relation Certificate (가족관계증명서)
🎭 Family melodrama
💃🕺 Starring Park Se-young (School 2013), Han Go-eun (Miss Mamma Mia), and Lim Ji-eun (Bravo, My Life)
📜 Family Register follows Na Ji-ni, a young woman who has been blamed since birth as the one who ruined her family. Despite carrying deep emotional scars and facing constant prejudice, she refuses to give up on her dreams. As painful family secrets surface and strained relationships are tested, Ji-ni fights to reclaim her life and redefine what family truly means.
📺 South Korea: MBC, Wavve / Worldwide: TBA
A Bona Fide Killer (유부녀킬러)
🎭 Action thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Gong Hyo-jin (When the Camellia Blooms), Jung Jun-won (Resident Playbook), Lee Sang-yi (Bloodhounds), and Sung Dong-il (Reply 1988)
📜 A Bona Fide Killer follows Yoo Bo-na, an ordinary working mother who secretly lives a double life as the legendary sniper known as “Kingfisher,” eliminating ruthless criminals who escape justice. After returning from a three-year maternity leave, she struggles to balance family life with her deadly missions while her investigative journalist husband unknowingly gets closer to uncovering her true identity.
📺 South Korea: MBC, Wavve / Worldwide: TBA
K-dramas Released in June 2026
Doctor on the Edge (닥터 섬보이)
🎭 Medical romance drama
💃🕺 Starring Lee Jae-wook (Alchemy of Souls) and Shin Ye-eun (The Glory)
📜 Doctor on the Edge follows Do Ji-ui, a former plastic surgeon assigned to a remote island as a public health doctor to fulfill his military service. There, he meets nurse Yook Ha-ri, who hides secrets of her own. As they care for the island’s residents and confront unsettling events, the two gradually heal old wounds and grow closer in an unfamiliar world.
📺 South Korea: ENA, Genie TV / Worldwide: Disney+
Teach You a Lesson (참교육)
🎭 Action school drama
💃🕺 Starring Kim Mu-yeol (The Roundup: Punishment), Lee Sung-min (Reborn Rich), Jin Ki-joo (My Perfect Stranger), and Pyo Ji-hoon (Good Partner)
📜 Teach You a Lesson follows Na Hwa-jin, an agent of the Educational Rights Protection Agency, a government organization created to restore order in schools overwhelmed by violence and broken authority. Using unconventional methods and fearless tactics, he confronts delinquent students, corrupt systems, and adults who have failed the education system.
📺 South Korea & Worldwide: Netflix
See You at Work Tomorrow! (내일도 출근!)
🎭 Workplace romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Seo In-guk (Doom at Your Service), Park Ji-hyun (You and Everything Else), and Kang Mi-na (Hotel Del Luna)
📜 See You at Work Tomorrow! follows Cha Ji-yoon, a seventh-year office worker exhausted by repetitive daily life and career burnout, whose ordinary routine begins to change after becoming entangled with her cold and perfectionist boss Kang Si-woo. As the two constantly clash at work, they gradually become irreplaceable figures in each other’s lives, leading to a relatable and heartwarming office romance.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Wavve / Worldwide: Prime Video
Manager Kim (김부장)
🎭 Action noir thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring So Ji-sub (Doctor Lawyer), Choi Dae-hoon (When Life Gives You Tangerines), and Yoon Kyung-ho (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
📜 Manager Kim follows an ordinary bank employee and single father who hides a dangerous secret: he was once a legendary special operations agent wanted by North Korea. When his daughter suddenly goes missing, he is forced to reveal his buried past and use his deadly skills once again to save her at all costs.
📺 South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Notes from the Last Row (맨 끝줄 소년)
🎭 Psychological thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Choi Min-sik (The Admiral: Roaring Currents), Choi Hyun-wook (Weak Hero Class 1), Heo Joon-ho (Kingdom), Kim Yunjin (Money Heist Korea), and Jin Kyung (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)
📜 Notes from the Last Row follows Heo Mun-ho, a failed novelist and blunt university literature professor whose dull life changes after discovering the extraordinary writing talent of Lee Kang, a mysterious engineering student who always sits in the last row of his classroom. As the professor becomes increasingly obsessed with his student’s writing, their secret lessons spiral into a dangerous psychological game fueled by ambition, envy, and hidden desires.
📺 South Korea & Worldwide: Netflix
K-dramas Released in May 2026
Gold Land (골드랜드)
🎭 Crime thriller drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Bo-young (Our Unwritten Seoul), Kim Sung-cheol (Our Beloved Summer), and Lee Kwang-soo (Running Man).
📜 Gold Land follows Hee-joo, who accidentally comes into possession of gold bars belonging to a smuggling organization. As greed and betrayal close in from all sides, she is pulled into a brutal fight for survival, where every alliance is fragile, and everyone is after the gold.
📺 South Korea: Disney+ / Worldwide: Disney+
My Royal Nemesis (멋진 신세계)
🎭 Romantic comedy fantasy drama
💃🕺 Starring Lim Ji-yeon (The Glory) and Heo Nam-jun (Sweet Home)
📜 My Royal Nemesis follows Shin Seo-ri, a struggling actress who becomes possessed by the soul of a notorious Joseon-era villainess, transforming her into a fierce and ruthless woman. She crosses paths with Cha Se-gye, a cold and powerful chaebol heir, leading to a tense, explosive romance that feels like a war between two equally dangerous forces.
📺 South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
The Legend of Kitchen Soldier (취사병 전설이 되다)
🎭 Military comedy fantasy drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Ji-hoon (The King’s Warden)
📜 The Legend of Kitchen Soldier follows Kang Seong-jae, a young man who enlists in the military to escape a harsh reality, only to encounter a mysterious quest system that pushes him to become a legendary cook. As he completes missions across the base, from the kitchen to training grounds, he uncovers hidden problems within the unit while forging his own unconventional path.
📺 South Korea: TVING, tvN / Japan : Disney+ / Worldwide: HBO max / Asia: Rakuten Viki
The WONDERfools (원더풀스)
🎭 Superhero comedy action drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), Cha Eun-woo (True Beauty), Kim Hae-sook (Strong Girl Nam-soon), Choi Dae-hoon (When Life Gives You Tangerines), Im Sung-jae (Law and The City), and Son Hyun-joo (The Good Detective)
📜 The WONDERfools follows a group of ordinary, flawed individuals living in 1999 who unexpectedly gain superpowers. As they struggle to control their abilities, they band together to confront threats endangering their city, blending chaotic humor with action as unlikely heroes emerge.
📺 South Korea: Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Fifties Professionals (오십프로)
🎭 Action comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Shin Ha-kyun (Beyond Evil), Oh Jung-se (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay), and Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game)
📜 Fifties Professionals follows three once-powerful men now living quiet lives on an island after falling from their prime. Ten years later, circumstances force them to return to their former skills and confront the past, blending gritty action with humor as they navigate aging, regret, and unfinished business.
📺 South Korea: MBC, Wavve, and TVING / Worldwide: TBA
Reborn Rookie (신입사원 강회장)
🎭 Fantasy office drama
💃🕺 Starring Son Hyun-joo (The Good Detective), Lee Jun-young (When Life Gives You Tangerine), Lee Ju-myung (Twenty-Five Twenty-One), Jeon Hye-jin (Stranger), and Jin Goo (Descendants of the Sun)
📜 Reborn Rookie follows Kang Yong-ho, a powerful chaebol chairman known as a business genius, who is forced into an unexpected second life after an accident causes his soul to swap with a young intern at his company. Now living as a “new employee” inside his own company, he must navigate corporate politics, hidden family conflicts, and a complete reversal of power while trying to reclaim his position.
📺 South Korea: JTBC / Worldwide: TBA
K-dramas Released in April 2026
Perfect Crown (21세기 대군부인)
🎭 Romantic comedy, political romance
💃🕺 Starring IU (Hotel Del Luna), Byeon Woo-seok (Lovely Runner), Noh Sang-hyun (Pachinko), and Gong Seung-yeon (The First Responders)
📜 Perfect Crown is set in a modern constitutional monarchy where a chaebol (재벌) heiress, frustrated by her “commoner” status, enters a contract marriage with a royal prince who has status but no real power. As their interests collide, love, ambition, and identity intertwine in a bold romance that challenges class and destiny.
📺 Worldwide: Netflix
Yumi’s Cells 3 (유미의 세포들 시즌 3)
🎭 Cell-stimulating romantic comedy
💃🕺 Starring Kim Go-eun (Exhuma) and Kim Jae-won (The Tale of Lady Ok)
📜 Yumi’s Cells 3 follows Yumi, now a successful writer, whose seemingly calm daily life is shaken by the arrival of an unexpected new figure. As her inner “cells” come back to life, she once again laughs, cries, and falls in love, navigating career growth and a new romance that awakens her emotions.
📺 South Korea: TVING, tvN / Japan: Disney+ / Worldwide: HBO max
Bloodhounds Season 2 (사냥개들 2)
🎭 Action crime noir drama
💃🕺 Starring Woo Do-hwan (The King Eternal Monarch), Lee Sang-yi (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha), and Jung Ji-hoon (RAIN)
📜 Bloodhounds Season 2 follows Gun-woo and Woo-jin, who once took down a ruthless illegal loan shark ring, as they return to face a far more dangerous world, a global underground boxing league where money and violence rule. As they step back into the ring, they deliver another powerful fight against corruption, risking everything to bring justice.
📺 South Korea: Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
We Are All Trying Here (모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다)
🎭 Dark comedy slice-of-life drama
💃🕺 Starring Koo Kyo-hwan (D.P.), Go Youn-jung (Can This Love Be Translated?), Oh Jung-se (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay), Kang Mal-geum (Gyeongseong Creature), and Park Hae-joon (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
📜 We Are All Trying Here follows people trapped in jealousy and feelings of inadequacy within the film industry, each struggling with their own sense of worthlessness. As their emotions collide, the story explores how they confront envy, failure, and ultimately search for peace in their imperfect lives.
📺 South Korea: JTBC, TVING, Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
The Scarecrow (허수아비)
🎭 Crime investigation thriller
💃🕺 Starring Park Hae-soo (Squid Game), Lee Hee-joon (Handsome Guys), and Kwak Sun-young (Hospital Playlist)
📜 The Scarecrow follows a detective investigating the true culprit behind a string of serial murders, who is forced into an uneasy alliance with a man he despises. As their long-standing rivalry collides with the case, the two uncover buried truths while navigating a dangerous line between justice and personal vendetta.
📺 South Korea: ENA, Genie TV, and TVING / Worldwide: TBA
Sold Out On You (오늘도 매진했습니다)
🎭 Romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Ahn Hyo-seop (Jinu, the voice behind the Saja Boys in Kpop Demon Hunters), Chae Won-been (YADANG: The Snitch), and Kim Beom (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938)
📜 Sold Out On You follows Matthew Lee, a three-job farmer known as “Quail,” and Dam Ye-jin, a top home shopping host suffering from severe insomnia. As their day-and-night schedules constantly collide, their bickering encounters gradually turn into a warm, dreamy romance filled with laughter, chaos, and unexpected connection.
📺 South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Filing for Love (은밀한 감사)
🎭 Workplace romantic comedy drama
💃🕺 Starring Shin Hye-sun (Mr. Queen) and Gong Myung (Extreme Job)
📜 Filing for Love follows Joo In-ah, a charismatic head of the audit department who hides a secret, and Noh Ki-joon, a former ace auditor suddenly demoted to handling the company’s most scandalous internal cases. As they are forced into close, high-stakes audits, their tense and chaotic partnership gradually turns into a risky office romance.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Wavve / Japan: U-NEXT / Worldwide: HBO max, Rakuten Viki
K-dramas Released in March 2026
Boyfriend on Demand (월간남친)
🎭 Romantic comedy
💃🕺 Starring Jisoo (BLACKPINK) and Seo In-guk (Death’s Game)
👀 In Boyfriend on Demand (월간남친) a webtoon producer tired of everyday life subscribes to a virtual dating simulation to experience the romance she’s always dreamed of. As virtual romance turns unexpectedly real, she learns what love truly means beyond the screen.
📺 Worldwide: Netflix
Still Shining (샤이닝)
🎭 Romantic coming-of-age drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Jin-young (Our Unwritten Seoul) and Kim Min-ju (Hear Me: Our Summer)
👀 Still Shining follows two young people who once shared their own world and first love at 19, then parted ways. Ten years later they reunite as adults, facing life’s realities and rediscovering each other as the light that guides their hearts and futures.
📺 South Korea: JTBC, TVING, Netflix / Worldwide: Netflix
Climax (클라이맥스)
🎭 Political thriller
💃🕺 Starring Ju Ji-hoon (Kingdom), Ha Ji-won (Empress Ki), Nana (Mask Girl), Oh Jung-se (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay), and Cha Joo-young (The Glory)
👀 Climax (클라이맥스) follows prosecutor Bang Tae-seop as he dives into Korea’s powerful cartel in a ruthless bid to reach the top. With ambition, betrayal, and deadly alliances all in play, he and the people surrounding him fight to survive and dominate in a high-stakes world of power and influence.
📺 South Korea: Disney+, Genie TV / Taiwan: friDay Video / Worldwide: Rakuten Viki
Phantom Lawyer (신이랑 법률사무소)
🎭 Supernatural legal drama
💃🕺 Starring Yoo Yeon-seok (Hospital Playlist) and Esom (Taxi Driver)
👀 Phantom Lawyer (신이랑 법률사무소) follows Shin Yi-rang, a lawyer who suddenly begins seeing ghosts after opening his law office in a former shaman’s house, and elite attorney Han Na-hyun, who prizes logic and victory above all else. Together, they use their contrasting skills to resolve the lingering grievances of restless spirits and uncover hidden truths in eerie courtroom cases.
📺 South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Worldwide: TBD
Mad Concrete Dreams (대한민국에서 건물주 되는 법)
🎭 Crime thriller, suspense drama
💃🕺 Starring Ha Jung-woo (Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds), Im Soo-jung (Search WWW), Kim Jun-han (Good Partner), Jung Soo-jung, also known as Krystal (Prison Playbook), and Shim Eun-kyung (Fabricated City)
👀 Mad Concrete Dreams follows a debt-burdened building owner who joins a staged kidnapping to save his property and family, but the plot rapidly spirals into unpredictable danger and fierce conflicts. This suspenseful story blends intense thrills with sharply drawn characters fighting to protect what matters most.
📺 South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Worldwide: TBD
Siren’s Kiss (세이렌)
🎭 Romantic thriller, mystery drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Min-young (What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim), Wi Ha-joon (Squid Game), and Kim Jung-hyun (Mr. Queen)
👀 In Siren’s Kiss an elite insurance fraud investigator begins digging into a string of mysterious deaths linked to a mesmerizing art auctioneer. As suspicion and attraction grow, he must decide whether she is a deadly siren or a misunderstood woman with secrets darker than anyone expected.
📺 South Korea: tvN, TVING / Worldwide: Amazon Prime Video
Our Happy Good Day (기쁜 우리 좋은 날)
🎭 Family romance drama
💃🕺 Starring Yoon Jong-hoon (The Penthouse) and Uhm Hyun-kyung (The Second Husband)
👀 In Our Happy Good Day an impeccably perfect man and an endearingly clumsy woman are caught in a colorful clash as they and their extended family each strive to become the protagonists of their own lives, weaving together heartfelt stories across generations.
📺 South Korea: KBS1, Wavve / Worldwide: TBD
Cabbage Your Life (심우면 연리리)
🎭 Family comedy-drama
💃🕺 Starring Park Sung-woong (Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard) and Lee Soo-kyung (Let’s Eat)
👀 Cabbage Your Life follows a city family abruptly relocated to rural Yeonri-ri, where they must adapt to country life and learn what truly matters as they struggle to return to Seoul and reboot their family bonds in unexpected ways.
📺 South Korea: KBS2, Wavve / Worldwide: TBD
Doctor Shin (닥터신)
🎭 Medical thriller, supernatural romance
💃🕺 Starring Jeong Yi-chan (Oasis), Baek Seo-ra (making her acting debut), and Ahn Woo-yeon (Young Lady and Gentleman)
👀 In Doctor Shin, a genius neurosurgeon risks everything to defy the boundaries of life and death when his fiancée, a top actress, falls into a coma after a mysterious accident. As science, love, and forbidden choices collide, the drama explores obsession, the soul, and the price of salvation in a gripping medical thriller.
📺 South Korea: TV CHOSUN, Coupang Play / Worldwide: TBD
K-dramas Released in February 2026
The Practical Guide to Love (미혼남녀의 효율적 만남)
Romantic comedy drama
Starring Han Ji-min (Love Scout), Park Sung-hoon (The Glory), and Lee Ki-taek (Namib)
In The Practical Guide to Love, a career-driven woman decides to pursue love through blind dates and finds herself drawn to two very different men. As she navigates attraction, confusion, and choice, she searches for what true love really means.
South Korea: JTBC, TVING / Japan: Disney+ / Worldwide: HBO max
Honour (아너 : 그녀들의 법정)
Mystery legal thriller
Starring Lee Na-Young (Romance Is a Bonus Book), Jung Eun-chae (Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born), and Lee Chungah (My Dearest)
Honour follows three female lawyers forced to confront a massive scandal from their past that returns to the courtroom as a public reckoning. As they dig into the truth, they risk everything to restore their lost honor and uncover what was buried for years.
South Korea: Genie TV, ENA, Coupang Play / Worldwide: TBD
Our Universe (우주를 줄게)
Romantic comedy drama
Starring Bae In-hyuk (The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract) and Roh Jeong-eui (Our Beloved Summer)
Two in-laws who can’t stand each other must suddenly raise their orphaned 20-month-old nephew Woo-ju together. As they navigate chaotic co-parenting under one roof, their relationship begins to soften and grow into an unexpected romance.
South Korea: tvN, TVING / Japan: U-NEXT / Worldwide: TBD
Bloody Flower (블러디 플라워)
Mystery thriller, crime drama
Starring Ryeoun (Weak Hero Class 2), Seong Dong-il (Reply Series), and Keum Sae-rok (The Interest of Love)
Bloody Flower follows the moral conflict around Lee Woo-gyeom, a serial killer with the ability to cure all incurable diseases, and the people drawn into his world. As lawyers and prosecutors clash over justice, the series asks whether saving lives can ever justify taking them.
Disney+
The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아)
Mystery thriller, crime drama
Starring Shin Hye-sun (Mr Queen) and Lee Jun-hyuk (Love Scout)
The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아) follows Sarah Kim, a woman who constructed a false life of wealth and status only to become the center of a mysterious murder investigation. Detective Park Mu-gyeong dives into her secrets, chasing the truth behind her many identities and unraveling the dangerous desires that defined her world.
Netflix
In Your Radiant Season (찬란한 너의 계절에)
Romantic drama
Starring Lee Sung-kyung (Dr. Romantic 2 & 3) and Chae Jong-hyeop (Eye Love You)
In “In Your Radiant Season”, talented fashion designer Song Ha-ran, who has shut herself away in emotional winter, crosses paths with bright and cheerful animator Sun Woo-chan. When fate reunites them, their frozen hearts begin to warm and unravel past wounds as an unpredictable romance blossoms.
South Korea: MBC, Wavve, Disney+ / USA: hulu, Disney+ / Worldwide: Disney+
Pearl in Red (붉은 진주)
Revenge drama, mystery thriller
Starring Park Jin-hee (The King of Tears, Lee Bangwon) and Nam Sang Ji (Unpredictable Family)
Pearl in Red (붉은 진주) follows two women who return under false identities to infiltrate the powerful Adel family and uncover buried sins and hidden truths. As they work together in a dangerous game of deception and vengeance, their meticulous crusade for justice turns into a fierce battle against corruption and betrayal.
South Korea: KBS2, Wavve
K-dramas Released in January 2026
The Judge Returns (판사 이한영)
Fantasy legal drama
Starring Ji Sung (New Heart), Park Hee-soon (My Name), and Won Jin-ah (Hellbound)
In The Judge Returns, a judge who once lived as a puppet of a powerful law firm dies unjustly and wakes up ten years in the past. With a second chance at life, he sets out to punish great evils and change his fate by bringing justice to a corrupt system.
In South Korea: on MBC, Wavve, TVING / In Asia: HBO max
See the trailer for The Judge Returns
To My Beloved Thief (은애하는 도적님아)
Historical fantasy romance
Starring Nam Ji-hyun (Good Partner) and Moon Sang-min (Duty After School)
A noble woman living a double life as a righteous thief and the prince who chases her suddenly swap souls. As they learn to live in each other’s shoes, they save one another and fight to protect the people.
In South Korea: KBS2, Wavve
See the trailer for To My Beloved Thief
Spring Fever (스프링 피버)
Romantic comedy
Starring Ahn Bo-hyun (Itaewon Class) and Lee Joo-bin (Queen of Tears)
In Spring Fever, a guarded high school teacher who has closed off her heart moves to a quiet village and meets a warm-hearted man whose fiery passion begins to melt her icy defenses. Their unlikely romance blossoms as spring returns, bringing laughter, healing, and new beginnings.
In South Korea: tvN, TVING / Abroad: prime video
See the trailer for Spring Fever
Can This Love Be Translated? (이 사랑 통역 되나요?)
Romantic comedy
Starring Go Youn-jung (Resident Playbook) and Kim Seon-ho (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha)
In Can This Love Be Translated? a talented multilingual interpreter is assigned to work with a top actress whose way of expressing love is completely different from his own. As they misinterpret each other’s words and intentions, they slowly learn to understand one another on and off the page.
On Netflix
See the trailer for Can This Love Be Translated?
No Tail to Tell (오늘부터 인간입니다만)
Fantasy romance, mythical comedy
Starring Kim Hye-yoon (Lovely Runner) and Lomon (All of Us Are Dead)
In No Tail to Tell, a quirky nine-tailed fox (Gumiho) who actively avoids becoming human meets a narcissistic world-class soccer star, and their chaotic chemistry turns into an unexpected connection and growth as their worlds collide.
In South Korea: SBS, Netflix / Abroad: Netflix
See the trailer for No Tail to Tell
Positively Yours (아기가 생겼어요)
Romantic comedy
Starring Choi Jin-hyuk (Miss Night and Day) and Oh Yeon-seo (Café Minamdang).
Two adults who once vowed there would be no marriage have a one-night escapade that turns their lives upside down when an unexpected pregnancy changes everything. In Positively Yours, they must navigate love, career, and life’s surprises together.
In South Korea: Channel A and Wavve
See the trailer for Positively Yours
Undercover Miss Hong (언더커버 미쓰홍)
Retro office comedy
Starring Park Shin-hye (The Judge from Hell)
In Undercover Miss Hong, a 30-something elite financial inspector goes undercover as a 20-year-old junior employee at a suspicious securities firm in the late 1990s to follow the trail of questionable funds. As she navigates rookie struggles, corporate chaos, and unexpected workplace bonds, her double life leads to chaotic misadventures and retro comedy.
In South Korea: tvN, TVING, and Netflix / Abroad: Netflix
See the trailer for Undercover Miss Hong
Recipe for Love (사랑을 처방해 드립니다)
Family romance drama, healing story
Starring Jin Se-yeon (Born Again) and Park Ki-woong (Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung)
Recipe for Love follows two families tangled in a 30-year feud as they confront old misunderstandings and emotional wounds. Through new connections and shared healing, they gradually come together and are reborn as one family.
In South Korea: KBS 2 and Wavve
See the trailer for Recipe for Love
K-dramas Released in December 2025
The Price of Confession (자백의 대가)
Mystery thriller
Starring Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine) and Kim Go-eun (Goblin).
When Yun-soo (Jeon Do-yeon) is accused of killing her husband, her life shatters. Then, she meets Mo-eun (Kim Go-eun), a prisoner with a chilling reputation. As secrets unravel, the price of truth may be more than she can pay.
Surely Tomorrow (경도를 기다리며)
Probono (프로보노)
The First Man (첫 번째 남자)
Drama, revenge-thriller
Starring Hahm Eun-jung (Suji & Uri) and Oh Hyun-kyung (First Wive’s Club)
In this Korean drama, two women’s fates collide: one lives a life not her own for revenge, while the other has stolen a life to satisfy her own ambition. A deadly showdown begins as their secrets and desires spiral out of control.
I Dol I (아이돌아이)
Love Me (러브 미)
Made In Korea (메이드 인 코리아)
In Made in Korea, a man hungry for wealth and power uses the state as his stepping stone. Opposing him is a relentless prosecutor who gives up everything to stop him. As their ambitions clash, the story dives into corruption, moral decay, and a high-stakes battle over Korea’s fate.
Villains (빌런즈)
In Villains, ruthless criminals collide in a bloody struggle over an ultra-precise counterfeit bill called the “Supernote.” Betrayal, greed, and deadly ambitions fuel a gritty crime world where trust is the biggest risk.
Cashero (캐셔로)
K-dramas Released in November 2025
Nice To Not Meet You (얄미운 사랑)
Romantic comedy
Starring Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) and Lim Ji-yeon (The Glory)
A top actor who’s lost touch with the roles that mattered and an elite political journalist reassigned to entertainment cover their prejudices and transform together.
The Manipulated (조각도시)
Action crime thriller, revenge-drama
Starring Ji Chang‑wook and Do Kyung‑soo (EXO’s D.O.)
The upcoming series The Manipulated (also known as 조각도시) is a TV remake of the 2017 film Fabricated City (aka 조작된 도시), which also starred Ji Chang-wook. An ordinary man, Tae-jung, is suddenly framed for a brutal crime and thrown into prison. He realizes everything was manipulated by Yo-han, then sets out on a relentless path of vengeance to reclaim his life.
Last Summer (마지막 썸머)
Romantic Drama
Starring Lee Jae-wook (Alchemy of Souls) and Choi Sung-eun (The Sound of Magic)
Childhood friends-turned-neighbors face the echoes of a summer that changed everything, as adult twin brothers and a woman reconnect in a story of hidden pasts, love lost and found, and second chances.
Taxi Driver 3 (모범택시3)
Action thriller, vigilant-justice
Starring Lee Je‑hoon (Signal)
Secret taxi company Rainbow Transport and driver Kim Do-gi take revenge on behalf of wronged victims. In Season 3, their mission goes global as they join forces with Interpol to hunt down criminals across borders.
Dynamite Kiss (키스는 괜히 해서!)
Romantic comedy, workplace romance
Starring Jang Ki-yong (Now, We Are Breaking Up) and Ahn Eun-jin (My Dearest)
A single woman disguises herself as a mom to secure a job, and the team leader, falling for her, finds himself in an unexpected emotional battle.
Dear X (친애하는 X)
Melodrama thriller, dark suspense
Starring Kim Yoo‑jung (Love in the Moonlight) and Kim Young‑dae (No Gain No Love)
Based on the popular webtoon, this series follows Baek Ah-jin, a woman who dons a mask to climb from hell to the highest peak, and the “X”s she mercilessly tramples on her way.
As You Stood By (당신이 죽였다)
Crime thriller, drama
Starring Jeon So-nee (When My Love Blooms) and Lee Yoo-mi (All of Us Are Dead)
Two lifelong friends, trapped in hellish lives of domestic abuse, decide to kill the husband threatening one of them and orchestrate what they believe will be the perfect crime. In their quest for freedom, they discover that escape isn’t just about ending one life. It’s about reclaiming their own.
Heroes Next Door (UDT: 우리 동네 특공대)
Action-comedy, neighborhood heroes
Starring Yoon Kye‑sang (The Outlaws) and Jin Sun‑kyu (Extreme Job)
They are not out to save the world, only their neighborhood. In Heroes Next Door, a team of ex-commandos reunites to defend their community with military precision and plenty of laughs, proving that true heroism starts right at home.
No Next Life (다음 생은 없으니까)
Drama, comedy
Starring Kim Hee-sun (The Lady in Dignity), Han Hye-jin (Jumong), and Jin Seo-yeon (Believer)
Three forty-something friends, exhausted by the daily grind of work and childcare, realize there is no next life, only this one. In No Next Life, they stumble and grow as they search for what it truly means to live fully.
K-dramas Released in October 2025
Genie, Make a Wish (다 이루어질지니)
Romantic comedy, fantasy
Starring Kim Woo Bin and Bae Suzy
Genie, a spirit returning after a thousand years of absence, meets Gayoung, a human who has shut herself off from emotions. She has always lived by her grandmother’s rules and her own routines, until three wishes appear before her, sparking an unpredictable fantasy romance. This show is written by the writer Kim Eun Sook, known for Goblin and The Glory.
Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미)
Romantic comedy
Starring Choi Woo-sik and Jung So-min
A bride-to-be unexpectedly wins a luxury newlywed townhouse, but with her marriage already broken and debts piling up, she decides to fake a husband to claim the prize. For 90 days, she must pull off the perfect pretend newlywed life without getting caught, leading to unpredictable romance and laughter.
Moon River (이강에는 달이 흐른다)
Soul-swap romance, historical fantasy
Starring Kang Tae Oh and Kim Se Jeong
A crown prince who has lost his joy and a lowly consignment seller who has lost her memory swap bodies under mysterious circumstances. As they walk in each other’s shoes, they must navigate palace intrigue, revenge, and unexpected emotions.
Typhoon Family (태풍상사)
Drama, period, coming-of-age
Starring Lee Junho and Kim Min Ha
Kang Tae Poong, once a spoiled rich kid, is forced to lead his father’s failing trading company during the 1997 IMF crisis. By his side, Oh Mi Seon, a hardworking bookkeeper, finds new hope as they face hardship together.
Marie and Her Three Daddies (마리와 별난 아빠들)
Family romantic comedy
Starring Ha Seung Ri and Hyun Woo
Kang Marie, a medical student, begins a quest to discover which of three very different men is her real father. As she builds a romance with senior and colleague Lee Kang Se, she must also untangle family secrets and decide what family truly means.
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim (서울 자가에 대기업 다니는 김 부장 이야기)
Office-drama, comedy-drama
Starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Myung Se-bin, Cha Kang-yoon
Kim Nak-soo, a loyal manager who owns his own home in Seoul, loses everything he believed in overnight. As he struggles through loss and challenge, he embarks on a journey to rediscover his true self, no longer just a big company manager, but the man he really wants to be.
Korean Dramas Released in September 2025
- My Youth (마이 유스)
- Queen Mantis (사마귀 : 살인자의 외출)
- Confidence Queen (컨피던스맨 KR)
- Tempest (북극성)
- You and Everything Else (은중과 상연)
- A Hundred Memories (백번의 추억)
- Shin’s Project (신사장 프로젝트)
- To The Moon (달까지 가자)
- Walking on Thin Ice (은수 좋은 날)
- First Lady (퍼스트레이디)
- Ms. Incognito (착한 여자 부세미)
Korean Dramas Released in August 2025
- Mary Kills People (메리 킬즈 피플)
- Beyond the Bar (에스콰이어)
- My Lovely Journey (여행을 대신해 드립니다)
- Love, Take Two (첫 사랑을 위하여)
- My Golden Days (화려한 날들)
- My Troublesome Star (금쪽같은 내 스타)
- Aema (애마)
- Twelve (트웰브)
- Bon Appetit Your Majesty (폭군의 셰프)
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