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In-depth reviews of the latest and hottest South Korean television series, also known as K-dramas, on cable and streaming services.

Park Eun-bin as surgeon/serial killer Jung Se-ok in a still from Disney+ K-drama Hyper Knife.

Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu in medical serial killer thriller

Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Park Eun-bin is barely recognisable as a talented young surgeon who falls out with her mentor (Sul Kyung-gu).

21 Mar 2025 - 7:26PMvideocam

When Life Gives You Tangerines midseason recap: moving period K-drama

19 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

Undercover High School midseason recap: fun but far-fetched Korean drama

17 Mar 2025 - 9:01PMvideocam

Lee Je-hoon leads The Art of Negotiation, K-drama set in corporate world

Playing an expert in mergers and acquisitions on a mission to save a debt-laden business, Lee’s slow-burn performance has us wanting more.

11 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Lee Je-hoon as Joon Yoo-no, leader of a corporate mergers and acquisitions team, in a still from Korean drama series The Art of Negotiation.

When Life Gives You Tangerines: IU, Park Bo-gum in period K-drama

Richer and more ambitious than most K-dramas, Netflix tale of two characters struggling to find their place in the world is vividly realised.

7 Mar 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

The Potato Lab: Lee Sun-bin, Kang Tae-oh in rural romcom K-drama

Obsessive rural-based researcher meets city slicker in Netflix series in which we have yet to see much evidence of chemistry between them.

4 Mar 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

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Undercover High School, unassuming action comedy K-drama

Seo Kang-joon plays an agent who poses as a student to track down missing gold bars, while Jin Ki-joo plays his teacher in this fun comedy.

26 Feb 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Seo Kang-joon as National Intelligence Service agent Jung Hae-sung, who is posted undercover in a high school, in a still from action comedy K-drama Undercover High School.

Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik leads corporate mystery-thriller

ZE:A’s Park Hyung-sik plays a man who sees his world fall apart as his private and working lives collide in unexpected ways in this K-drama.

25 Feb 2025 - 12:45PMvideocam

Review | Sci-fi K-drama When the Stars Gossip goes from lame to ludicrous

Finale of When the Stars Gossip takes show from bad to worse, as its formerly professional female lead makes a series of bad decisions.

12 Mar 2025 - 10:19AMvideocam

Review | Hwang Min-hyun in Study Group, stylised high-school action K-drama

With the lowest marks in school, Yoon Ga-min wants to raise them through study, but must fight for the right to stick his head in his books.

22 Feb 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Hwang Min-hyun as Yoon Ga-min, who wants to study but has to prove himself as a fighter first, in a still from Korean drama series Study Group.

Review | Kim Hye-soo anchors Unmasked, uneven TV news K-drama

While full of promising ideas and interesting characters, Unmasked fails to tell a good story about journalistic integrity.

21 Feb 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Kim Hye-soo as TV news reporter Oh So-ryong in a still from Disney+ Korean drama series Unmasked, which ultimately fails to tell a good story about journalistic integrity.

Review | Love Scout: modern princess and unicorn man make for a shallow romance

Lee Joon-hyuk plays the implausibly perfect secretary to Han Ji-min’s CEO, and eventually her lover. Yet she has done nothing to deserve him.

18 Feb 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Review | Melo Movie, tender tale of youth with Choi Woo-shik, Park Bo-young

A film buff, played by Choi, falls for an aspiring director (Park) who slowly warms to him in this story of love, dreams and family drama.

15 Feb 2025 - 9:06AMvideocam

Review | Check-in Hanyang: long-winded period K-drama should have been shorter

After a promising start involving exciting hotel drama, the Korean Netflix series descends into a turgid, predictable palace mystery.

12 Feb 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Kim Ji-eun as hotel intern Hong Deok-su in a still from from Netflix K-drama Check-in Hanyang.

Newtopia with Blackpink’s Jisoo a stylish but overly eager zombie romcom

Jisoo and Park Jung-min face a zombie apocalypse in Seoul in a series that really needs to slow down and balance its discordant elements.

11 Feb 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Blackpink member Jisoo in a still from Newtopia, a new Korea drama on Amazon Prime directed by Yoon Sung-hyun that also features Park Jung-min, Im Sung-jae and Kang Young-seok.

Unmasked midseason recap: journalism theme eclipsed by office drama

A show intended to portray investigative journalists’ derring-do is at its best when exploring office relationships.

7 Feb 2025 - 1:45PMvideocam

When the Stars Gossip midseason recap: giant leap back for Korean sci-fi

This Netflix series, like many sci-fi Korean dramas, doesn’t have the science or the fiction to be anything more than a formulaic romcom.

3 Feb 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

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9 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in February 2025

From Newtopia starring Blackpink’s Jisoo to Park Hyung-sik in Buried Hearts, nine new K-dramas to watch in February 2025.

30 Jan 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Kim Ji-soo (Jisoo) of K-pop group Blackpink in a still from new K-drama Newtopia.

Love Scout midseason recap: headhunting romcom starts to meander

Romantic comedy series on Netflix starring Han ji-min and Lee Joon-hyuk as a headhunter and her secretary seems to have lost all momentum.

29 Jan 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

Review | The Tale of Lady Ok: Lim Ji-yeon leads refreshing Joseon era saga

Lim confidently plays a slave turned noblewoman in this largely satisfying story which, unlike most period K-dramas, isn’t about royals.

29 Jan 2025 - 1:04PMvideocam

Study Group: Hwang Min-hyun leads breezy school fight drama

Korean drama series follows the classic school fight formula, with Hwang Min-hyun playing a reluctant newcomer who stands up to the bullies.

27 Jan 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Hwang Min-hyun as student and fighter Yoon Ga-min in a still from K-drama Study Group. Han Ji-eun, Cha Woo-min and Lee Jong-hyun co-star.

Review | Who Is She: K-drama remake of Miss Granny fails to capture its spirit

The story of a grumpy grandmother who magically turns into her 20-year-old self becomes bloated here, and the show’s ending is a cop-out.

27 Jan 2025 - 1:38AMvideocam

Jung Ji-so as Oh Doo-ri, the young version of grandmother Oh Mal-soon, in a still from Korean drama series Who Is She, based on the hit 2014 film Miss Granny.

Review | The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, starring Ju Ji-hoon, is thrilling

Ju Ji-hoon stars as an impossibly good surgeon who is handsome, fearless and an all-round hero in this Netflix drama.

5 Feb 2025 - 6:58PMvideocam

In K-drama Unmasked, Kim Hye-soo plays investigative news for laughs

Given recent events in South Korea, a K-drama about investigative-news journalism may appear timely. Unmasked mixes the heavy with the light.

17 Jan 2025 - 8:41PMvideocam

Check-in Hanyang midseason recap: hotel/period K-drama gets political

Netflix period drama about trainees at a prestigious guest house is shifting focus towards political intrigue and a royal backstory.

13 Jan 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Kim Ji-eun as hotel trainee Hong Deok-soo in a still from Netflix period K-drama Check-in Hanyang. Bae In-hyuk, Jung Gun-joo and Park Jae-chan co-star.

Love Scout: Han Ji-min, Lee Joon-hyuk in headhunting romcom K-drama

One of South Korea’s best headhunters hires an unflappable secretary in this romcom. It is frothy and fun, but will there be any substance?

9 Jan 2025 - 8:34PMvideocam

Lee Joon-hyuk (left) as secretary Eun-ho and Han Ji-min as headhunter Ji-yoon in a still from Love Scout, a frothy and fun Korean romcom.

Review | When the Phone Rings: formulaic K-drama follows all the tropes

This Netflix series slavishly sticks to Korean-drama stereotypes while including a clumsy, unnecessary allusion to the Israel-Gaza war.

8 Jan 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

When the Stars Gossip: Lee Min-ho, Gong Hyo-jin in space station romcom

A hackneyed melodrama dressed up as sci-fi, Netflix romantic comedy set aboard a space station is so silly the writer may be in on the joke.

7 Jan 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

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