Korean Dramas Released in the 1st Half of 2022

50+ Korean Dramas Released in 2022 That You Must Watch 📺

Korean Dramas

Hello everyone! This article is for all Korean dramas addicts.

I’m a Kdrama addict myself, I love watching them and what I like most of all is that everyone can find their happiness.

There are several genres when it comes to Korean dramas: action, romance, horror, family, drama, law, and plenty more.

With the expansion of the Korean culture, we have more and more Korean content and it’s easier to have access to them. So I take advantage of this and spend my free time watching dramas.

When I started watching Kdramas, my favourite website was Viki because they offer a wide choice of Asian series and films of good quality and for free (for some of them).

Nowadays we can find Kdramas of good quality on numerous platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Viki, Hulu…

If you struggle to find a website to watch Korean drama, we are your saviour. We made a list of the 12 Best Korean Streaming Platforms to watch Korean dramas!

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14 of the Best Korean Streaming Platforms 🍿

Where to watch Korean dramas? That is definitely a question we all asked ourselves! We listed 12 of the best Korean streaming platforms for you.

Let’s move on to the serious stuff! Skip to the chapters you’re most interested in: 👇

Korean Dramas – ACTION

Tomorrow  [내일]

Korean dramas - Tomorrow

Choi Jun Wung is a young man looking for a job. Despite graduating from a top university, he is having trouble finding a job.

One night after an accident, he become half human and half spirit, and meets the angels of the death.

Following this encounter, he is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.

Note – This Korean drama is an adaptation of the eponymous webtoon, starring Kim Hee-seon, Rowoon (from SF9) and Lee Soo-hyuk.

Episodes: 16

Release: January 4th 2022

Available on: Netflix – Wavve

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Military Prosecutor Doberman [군검사 도베르만]

Two young prosecutors will have to team up to fight corruption and uncover the dark secrets of the army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iweMe58XpgI

Episodes: 16 (need Viki Pass)

Release: June 18th 2022

Available on: Viki

Tracer [트레이서] (season 1and 2)

Korean dramas - Tracer

Hwang DonhJu, head of tax Division 5 of the National Tax Service, works hard to find the money hidden in the tax department.

His team includes Seo Hey Young, who has a bright personality, and his boss, Oh Young.

In TaeJoon, seems to be a man who wants more than he has and harbours greed beyond comprehension.

Could In Tae Joon be a threat to Hwang Dong Ju?

Episodes: 16

Release: January 7th 2022

Available on: Wavve

Grid [그리드]

In 1997, a mysterious ghost appeared to save humanity. After this, he disappeared without a trace.

Twenty-four years later, he suddenly reappears and helps a serial killer escape.

Several individuals with different motives set out in pursuit of him. A government official and a detective delve into the secrets to uncover the truth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEl-2cqGeJ4

Episodes: 10

Release: February 16th 2022

Available on: Disney+

Again My Life [어게인 마이 라이프]

When Kim Hee-Woo was a high school student, his grades were the lowest in his school.

Korean dramas - Again My Life

But through hard work, Kim Hee Wu became a young prosecutor.

In his quest for justice, he has created a powerful enemy: Deputy Jo Tae Seob.

His relentlessness allows him to uncover incriminating evidence that would put an end to the deputy’s career.

Unfortunately, Hee Wu is killed by one of the politician’s hitmen before he can reveal his evidence.

But Kim wakes up and finds himself alive again.

Note – This Korean drama is based on the light novel of the same name by Lee Hae Nal, which is also adapted into a manwha.

Episodes: 16

Release: April 8th 2022

Available on: Viki

Korean Dramas – COMEDY/ ROMANTIC

Our Beloved Summer [그 해 우리는]

One of my favorite Korean dramas on this list! ❤️

Guk Yeon Su, a hard worker who only dreamed of being number one during her school years, is now trying to become an adult.

On the contrary, Choi Wung is a dreamy student (and the lamest in high school), he is an artist and an introvert who prefers reading and drawing to listening in class.

During their high school years, they participate in a documentary that goes viral on the web.

10 years later, they are faced with the task of shooting a new documentary together, filmed by their producer friend. They will have to see each other for a long time…

Note – This k-drama is an adaptation of a Korean webtoon released in 2021. And the lead actress also played in Itaewon Class.

Episodes: 16

Release: December 6th 2021

Available on: Netflix

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35 Korean Dramas on Netflix for Newcomers

We made a list of 30+ Korean dramas on Netflix to watch in 2021, so if you’re just starting your Kdrama adventure, you’ll know where to start.

Crazy Love [크레이지 러브]

Noh Go-Jin is the most popular math teacher in the private education field and is the CEO of GOTOP Education.

One day, he is suddenly warned that he will be murdered. He then decides to invent fake amnesia.

Korean dramas - Crazy love

Lee Shin-A works as Noh Go-Jin’s secretary.

She learns that she does not have much time left to live. So she pretends to be the fiancée of this “amnesia” man.

Episodes: 16

Release: March 7th 2022

Available on: Disney+, Wavve

Business Proposal [사내 맞선]

Shin Ha-ri goes on an arranged date instead of her friend, Jin Young-seo. In order to scare away her partner, she invents a rather extravagant personality.

But the situation gets out of hand when she realizes that the man in question is Kang Tae-mu, the CEO of Go Food, the company where she works.

On top of that, he will make her a rather unexpected proposal.

Romances, laughs, false identity, tears… That’s what we expect from a good drama romance! This Korean drama is easy to watch and gives the joy of living (I love this drama)!

Episodes: 16

Release: February 28th 2022

Available on: Netflix

Forecasting Love and Weather [기상청 사람들: 사내연애 잔혹사 편]

A story that depicts the love and professional life of employees of the Korean Meteorological Administration.

Jin Ha-Kyung is an intelligent and highly organised person who follows the rules.

For her, it is important to keep her personal life separate from her professional life. Her cold attitude means that she has few friends at work.

Lee Shi-Woo is an outgoing and exuberant young man who, unlike her, likes to think outside the box. He is capable of doing anything if he wants to.

Korean dramas - Forecasting Love and Weather

Episodes: 16

Release: February 12th 2022

Available on: Netflix

Twenty-Five Twenty-One [스물다섯 스물하나]

Na Hee-Do was a member of her high school fencing team.

Although her team was disbanded during the 1997 economic crisis in South Korea, she becomes a member of the national sare fencing team.

She meets a rich young man, left behind the crisis, who becomes a sports reporter for a TV station.

Episodes: 16

Release: February 12th 2022

Available on: Netflix

Love to Hate You [연애대전]

Yeo Mi Ran is entirely driven by her career, she doesn’t care about being in a relationship. She doesn’t let any man tell her what to do.

Korean dramas - Love to hate you

Nam Kang Ho is the most popular actor in Korea, although he is known for acting in romantic films, he is suspicious of women.

For them, love is war… but the line between love and hate is thin.

Episodes: 10

Release: 2022

Available on: Netflix

Sh**ting Stars [별똥별]

This drama tells the story of Oh Han-Byeol, a manager in the public relations team of a management company, who has excellent speech and crisis management skills.

Gong Tae Sung, one of the country’s most popular stars, is used to living in the spotlight. He does his best to remain smiling and calm.

Constantly bickering, there are no better representatives of what natural enemies can be than Han Byeol and Tae Sung.

They bicker over pretty much everything, but their relationship develops romantically.

Episodes: 16

Release: From Aprl 22nd to June 11th, 2022

Available on: Viki

NOTE – When I started watching this k-drama, I felt like I was watching The Penthouse, as half the male actors were there.

The Fabulous [더 패뷸러스]

Korean dramas - The fabulous
Minho (Shinee) and Chae Soo-Bin

Since childhood, Pyo Ji-Eun has dreamed of working in the fashion industry. She works as a section manager in a luxury brand promotion agency.

Ji Woo-Min is a freelance retoucher, responsible for improving photographs. He is competent at his job, but he is not passionate about it.

So this is the story of two people who have dedicated their lives to the fashion industry and are struggling to survive in it.

Episodes: ?

Release: In 2022

Available on: Netflix

Woori the Virgin [우리는 오늘부터]

Oh Woo-Ri works as an assistant editor on a popular drama series. Although she is dating Detective Lee Gang-Jae, she wants to keep her virginity until her wedding.

One day, she goes to a gynecologist for a routine examination.

Due to a mistake by the doctor, she becomes pregnant through artificial insemination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycNB1DeLii4

NOTE – This drama is the Korean version of the 2014 American series “Jane the Virgin”, which was loosely based on the 2002 Venezuelan series “Juana la Virgen”.

Episodes: 14

Release: From May 9th to June 21st, 2022

Available on: Viki

Love all Play [너에게 가는 속도 493km]

Korean dramas - Love all Play

This Korean drama follows former badminton genius Park Tae-yang. After an incident, she decides to give up badminton.

Three years later, she decides to join the Eunice badminton team.

While facing many obstacles and difficult people, she meets another badminton genius, Park Tae-jun, who helps her regain the confidence she once had.

The series is a sports romance about the passion and affectionate love between the male and female protagonists of the badminton team.

Episodes: 16

Release: From April 20th to June 9th, 2022

Available on: Disney+

Soundtrack #1 [사운드트랙#1]

Two long-time friends, Han Seon Wu and Seo Eun Su are both pursuing their careers in the artistic field, he as a photographer and she as a lyricist.

For some unknown reason, Han Sun-Woo and Lee Eun-Soo start living together in the same house for two weeks.

By staying together, they will test their friendship, which gradually gives way to other feelings.

Episodes: 4

Release: From March 23th to April 13th, 2022

Available on: Disney+

Yumi’s Cells (season 2) [유미의 세포들]

Korean dramas - Yumi's Cells

Less than a year after season 1, find the Yumi’s cells on your screens for a brand new season.

After going through a breakup, Yumi’s cells have completely shut down.

This, however, changes for the better owing to a chance encounter with Goo Woong.

The two get closer as Yumi’s dormant love cells begin to revive. Yumi sets out to make her dreams come true, inspired by her co-worker Bobby Yoo.

Will Kim Yumi find true love?

Episodes: 14

Release: From June 10th to July 23th, 2022

Available on: iQiyi

Welcome to Wedding Hell [결혼백서]

True love, relationship and marriage are common and simple to achieve?

This is what Seo Joon Hyung and Kim Na Eun believed when they decided to get married.

While they prepare for their wedding after two years of relationship, they have to face many problems and preparations.

Episodes: 12

Release: From May 23 to (in progress), 2022

Available on: Netflix

Minamdang: Case Note [미남당 사건수첩]

Korean dramas - Minamdang

This Korean drama follows the story of Nam Han-Joon, a former profiler who now works as a shaman.

He runs a mysterious cafe called “Minamdang”.

Thanks to his intelligence and intuition, he is able to analyze the behavior of his customers, know their personalities, and read them as in an open book.

He and his teammates Soo-Cheol and Nam Hye-Joon deal with the requests of the different customers of the cafe.

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 27th to (?), 2022

Available on: ?

Semantic Error [시맨틱 에러]

Last but not least Korean romantic drama Semantic Error.

Chu SangWoo is a computer science student. He is not well-liked by others because he reported the people in his work group who refused to participate in the tasks.

As a result, they were unable to graduate. While working on a new project, SangWoo comes across the work of a designer he likes and needs to create his video game.

He meets Jang JaeYeong, the campus star everyone is looking for, and asks him to work with him.

What he doesn’t know is that JaeYeong is one of the students whose diploma was invalidated because of SangWoo and he was waiting for one thing: to find him.

Episodes: 8

Release: From February 16th to March 10th, 2022

Available on: Viki

Korean Dramas – THRILLER

Through the Darkness [악의 마음을 읽는 자들]

Korean dramas - Through the darkness

In Seoul, South Korea in the 1990s, the nation is in terror after a series of brutal murders strike terror into the hearts of its citizens.

This Korean drama tells the story of criminal profilers who strive to read the minds of serial murderers.

Song Ha-Young is a criminal profiler. He digs into cases and has a keen interest in the human mind.

Episodes: 12 (+1 special)

Release: From January 14th to March 12th, 2022

Available on: Wavve, Viki

Bad and Crazy [배드 앤 크레이지]

Soo-Yeol works as a police officer for the Mooui Police Department. He is competent in his job, but he also has questionable ethics.

Overnight, his life will change dramatically with the appearance of K . K is a person as fair as he is crazy.

Episodes: 12

Release: From December 17th 2021 to January 28th , 2022

Available on: iQiyi

Suriname: The Accidental Narco [수리남]

Kang In-Gu is a businessman involved in a National Intelligence Service (South Korea’s version of the CIA) mission to catch Jeon Yo-Hwan .

Jeon Yo-Hwan is known as the drug lord, who runs his drug smuggling operations from Suriname.

Korean dramas - The Accidental Narco

Episodes: 6

Release: in 2022

Available on: Netflix

Rose Mansion [장미맨션]

After learning of her sister Ji-Hyun’s disappearance, Ji-Na returns to her family’s residence, the Rose Mansion, only to be drawn into an unexpected situation.

She can’t trust the residents of the mansion, who all seem suspicious. She will seek the help of Detective Min-Soo.

He will help Ji-Na find out the truth about Ji-Hyun’s disappearance. But he also has dark secrets that few people know about today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah3l3eBhYs8

Episodes: 12

Release: From May 13th to May 27th, 2022

Available on: Tving

A Model Family [모범가족]

Korean dramas - A model family

This drama follows an ordinary family on the verge of bankruptcy who cross paths with a drug cartel after one of them accidentally finds a car full of money.

Episodes: 10

Release: In 2022

Available on: Netflix

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The Secret House [비밀의 집]

In search of his mother, Woo Ji-Hwan, a lawyer, will discover the secrets surrounding him and his loved ones.

A story about stopping being a good boy and pursuing evil to the end for the sake of his mother and sister who sacrificed for themselves.

Episodes: 120

Release: From April 11th to September 27th, 2022

Available on: Kocowa

Somebody [썸바디]

Korean dramas - Somebody

Jung Ji-woo, developer of the popular dating app “Somebody”, is involved in a murder case involving her app.

As she and her friends try to unravel the story, they meet a mysterious man named Yoon-O.

Yoon-O is an attractive man, but he seems to be hiding something.

Episodes: 8

Release: From to , 2022

Available on: Netflix

Sponsor [스폰서]

Korean dramas - Sponsor

Lee Sun-Woo works as a photographer and editor of a famous magazine.

He is a man who has suffered a lot and wants to take his revenge.

Han Chae-Rin is the CEO of a cosmetics company.

She is an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Park Da-Som is an actress promoter. She will do anything to achieve success.

She has a son with a rare disease and she tries to protect him.

Her husband, Hyun Seung Hoon, is so frustrated by the harsh realities of their lives that he focuses solely on achieving his own dreams of professional success.

These four people, driven by an unwavering desire to succeed in one way or another, set out to find a sponsor who could help them achieve their deepest desires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWFv-I0f_54

Episodes: 12

Release: From February 23th to April 6th, 2022

Available on: Viki

Glitch [글리치]

Hong Ji Hyo goes looking for her boyfriend, who disappeared in an unidentified flash of light.

Korean dramas - Glitch

She calls on the UFO community to help her find him.

The script is by Jin Han Sae, the writer of the very good Korean drama: Extracurricular

Episodes: 10

Release: In 2022

Available on: Netflix

Korean Dramas – DRAMA

Why Her? [왜 오수재인가]

Oh Soo Jae, the youngest partner at one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, has already proven that she has what it takes to become one of the country’s top lawyers.

But when one of her cases takes an unexpected turn, Soo Jae sees her entire work crumble around her.

Demoted at work, Soo Jae is forced to take a job as an adjunct professor at a local law school.

At the law school, Oh Soo-Jae meets Gong Chan, a young student.

Gong Chan has a painful past, but he still has a warm heart. He falls in love with Oh Soo-Jae and would do anything for her.

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 3rd to July 23rd, 2022

Available on: Viki/ Wavve

My Liberation Note [나의 해방일지]

Korean dramas - My liberation note

This Korean drama follows three siblings living in Sanpo village who are lonely and want to change their lives.

When they meet a mysterious stranger named Mr. Gu, they try to escape from their dead-end life.

Episodes: 16

Release: From April 9th to May 5th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Snowdrop [설강화]

At the height of the democratic protest against the dictatorship in South Korea, a young student, Im Soo-Ho, breaks into a women’s university dormitory, covered in blood.

There he meets Eun Yeong-Cho, a first-year literature student, who finds him and nurses him back to health while helping him hide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CD_ndTXqSQ

Episodes: 16

Release: From December 18th 2021 to January 31th, 2022

Available on: Disney+

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Thirty-Nine [서른, 아홉]

Korean dramas - Thirty-Nine

This is the story of three best friends who, on the eve of their 40th birthdays, face together the vagaries of life and love.

One of them is a dermatologist in a clinic in Gangnam. Another teaches drama. And the last one is a cosmetics shop manager.

Episodes: 12

Release: From February 16th to March 31st, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Our Blues [우리들의 블루스]

This drama follows the inhabitants of Jeju Island in their search for love.

Episodes: 20

Release: From April 9th to June 12th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Rookie Cops [너와 나의 경찰수업]

Wi Seung-Hyun is a first-year student at the Korea National Police University and ranks among the top of his class.

He would like to follow in the footsteps of his father, his role model, who is a commissioner in a police agency.

Ko Eun-Kang is also in her first year at the police university. She joined the police force because of unrequited love.

Korean dramas - Rookie cops

Episodes: 16

Release: From January 26th to March 16th, 2022

Available on: Disney+

Green Mother’s Club [그린마더스클럽]

Five mothers and friends from a community of parents used to gather around their children’s school.

They each have their own complexes, which they cannot overcome. They grow closer and mature together.

Episodes: 16

Release: From April 6th to May 26th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Pachinko [파친코]

Korean dramas - Pachinko

Kim Sun-Ja was born and raised in Busan, Korea, during the Japanese rule of South Korea.

She falls in love with a man named Koh Han-Su who gets her pregnant, but what she doesn’t know is that he is already married.

Meanwhile, a priest named Baek Isak comes to stay at the lodge run by Kim Sun-Ja’s mother.

When he learns of Kim Sun-Ja’s situation, he tries to give her advice, but when he sees her desperation, he will save her by marrying her.

Together they travel to Japan where she gives birth to her child. Life in Japan at that time is not easy for the Koreans, but they will fight to survive.

Like many other Korean dramas, this drama is adapted from a novel.

Episodes: 8

Release: From March 25th to April 29th, 2022

Available on: Apple TV+

Eve

Lee La-El’s father died suddenly when she was still a child. Powerful people were responsible for his death and soon after, her family was destroyed.

Lee La-El decides to take revenge and spends 13 years planning her revenge.

Her target is Kang Yoon-Kyum, a businessman. She will try to seduce him in order to avenge her family and destroy the family that killed her father.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puG6GqMpGDA

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 1st to July 21st, 2022

Available on: Viki

Link: Eat, Love, Kill [링크: 먹고 사랑하라, 죽이게]

Korean dramas - Link Eat, love, kill

A fantastic and mysterious drama about a man and a woman who share the same emotional state.

Eun Gye-Hoon works as a chef in the town where his twin sister disappeared 20 years ago.

No Da-Hyun is a very unlucky woman, especially with men.

One day, Gye-Hoon suddenly begins to feel emotions that are not his own, such as joy, sadness and pain, these feelings are none other than those of Da-Hyun.

Episodes: 16

Release: From March 5th to June 21st, 2022

Available on: Disney+

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Korean Dramas – FANTASY

The Sound of Magic [안나라수마나라]

Here is a new Korean drama that is out of the ordinary! A fantastic and romantic story mixed with a kind of musical.

Yoon A-Yi is a high school student who lives with her younger sister. In order to support them, she does several odd jobs. Despite her precarious financial situation, she manages to be among the best in her school academically.

Na Il-Deung, her classmate, regularly competes with Yoon A-Yi to get the best grade. But they gradually grow closer.

One day, she meets a magician, Ri-Eul, at an abandoned amusement park. He comforts A-Yi and brings some joy to her life.

I have just one question: Do you believe in magic?

I’m used to classic Korean dramas but this one really stands out. The images, the songs (especially ‘A curse of asphalt’) the script, everything is good. The drama is really worth the detour.

Episodes: 6

Release: May 5th 2022

Available on: Netflix

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls [불가살]

Korean dramas - Bulgasal_Immortal Souls

600 years ago, Dan Hwal was an ordinary military officer. He becomes immortal after being charged with destroying the remains of a dynasty.

Sang-woon is an immortal who became mortal after being reincarnated several times.

After a tragic event, she changed her name and identity. She lives in hiding and seeks revenge.

Episodes: 16

Release: From December 18th, 2021 to February 6th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Alchemy of souls [환혼]

Jang Wook, from the noble Jang family, has an unpleasant secret about his birth.

Jang Wook meets Mu-Deok by chance. She is an elite warrior, but her soul is trapped in a physically weak body.

She becomes Jang Wook’s servant, but she also secretly teaches him to fight.

Episodes: 20

Release: June 18th to August 21st, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Black Knight [택배기사]

In 2071, in a world ravaged by air pollution where only one percent of the human population has survived, and where deliverymen, called knights, play a crucial role in the new system of social stratification, a refugee dreams of joining the ranks of the powerful deliverymen to feed himself and survive.

Korean dramas - Black Knight

Episodes: ?

Release: In 2022

Available on: Netflix

From Now On Showtime! [지금부터 쇼타임!]

Cha Cha Wung is one of the most famous magicians of the moment. But people don’t know that he has quite special assistants.

His assistants are nothing but ghosts! Indeed, Cha Cha Wung can see ghosts and he doesn’t mind at all, he treats them like staff members.

One day, his path crosses that of Go Seul Hae, a passionate young policewoman who can also see ghosts, but is afraid of her gifts.

Together they try to solve cases with the help of ghosts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2hTz4rHYDo

Episodes: 16

Release: From April 23rd to June 12th, 2022

Available on: Viki

Korean Dramas – LAW

Extraordinary Attorney Woo [이상한 변호사 우영우]

Korean dramas - Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Woo Young Woo is a 27-year-old lawyer.

With a high IQ of 164, an impressive memory and a creative thought process, the brilliant Woo Young Woo graduated first in her class at the prestigious Seoul National University.

However, due to her Asperger’s syndrome, she still faces difficulties in her daily interactions.

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 29th to August 4th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Juvenile Justice [소년심판]

Juvenile delinquents usually escape any form of serious punishment while the violence of their actions is increasing.

Dealing with complex cases, Sim Eun-Seok applies the law to punish cases of juvenile delinquency.

Episodes: 10

Release: February 25th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Insider [인사이더]

Korean dramas - Insider

Kim Yo Han is a trainee in the judicial system. He is thoughtful, intelligent and always keeps a straight face. He knows how to turn a crisis into an opportunity.

While undercover investigating a corrupt prosecutor, he finds himself involved in an unexpected and risky situation.

This leads Kim Yo-Han directly to prison, after being betrayed by people.

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 8th to July 28th, 2022

Available on: Viki

Korean Dramas – OTHERS

All of Us Are Dead [지금 우리 학교는]

Do I even need to present this Korean drama?

All of us are dead’ was a big hit earlier this year, this drama takes place in a world with zombies.

The lives of young high school students are turned upside down when a student transmits a virus to the school that appears to be turning humans into zombies.

Trapped inside their high school, the students will have to fight to escape or risk being contaminated in turn.

Like the other Korean dramas on this list, this drama is an adaptation of a webtoon.

For all of you who loved this drama, you are going to be happy because Netflix has announced that there will be a season 2!

Episodes: 12

Release: January 28th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Ghost Doctor [고스트 닥터]

Korean dramas - Ghost Doctor

Cha Young-Min is a genius doctor, but he is arrogant and selfish.

When a strange medical case takes an unexpected turn, Young-Min’s mind possesses Go Seung Tak’s body.

The two men are completely different, both in personality and medical skills, and everything seems to oppose them.

Episodes: 16

Release: From January 3rd to February 22nd, 2022

Available on: Viki

Money Heist Korea: Joint Economic Area [종이의 집: 공동경제구역]

This Korean drama is a remake of the Spanish drama “La casa del Papel” and uses the plot and characters of the original series.

With the help of Korean thieves, the professor pulls off the biggest heist in history.

The police will do everything to stop the hostage-taking and the robbery.

Episodes: 12

Release: June 24th, 2022

Available on: Netflix

Bloody Heart [종이의 집: 공동경제구역]

Korean dramas - Bloody Heart

A fictionalized historical Korean drama that begins when Lee Tae, the enemy of King Sunjong who became king after the rebellion, ascends to the Joseon throne.

Lee Tae believes that any action is justifiable to achieve his goal. He wants to rule as an absolute monarch and rejects all authority.

Yoo Jeong is the daughter of a noble family. Her family is involved in a power struggle in the royal court.

Episodes: 16

Release: From May 2nd to June 21st, 2022

Available on: Wavve, Disney+

Cleaning Up [클리닝 업]

The story revolves around three women who work as maids in a brokerage firm.

Yong-Mi raises her two daughters and struggles to make a living. In-Kyung dreams of buying a food truck to run a mobile business.

Maeng Soo-Ja is a social person, but she is only friendly with people when she needs to be, but she also has her own problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufHWQCH20hc

Episodes: 16

Release: From June 4th to July 24th, 2022

Available on: iQiyi (but only in Taiwan so you need a VPN!)


This is the end of this very long list of Korean dramas. I hope you like it! Don’t forget to tell us in the comments which is your favourite Korean drama.

We have a little surprise for you.!

Do you like to listen to korean drama’s OST? If the answer is yes you are going to be happy because we did a playlist on spotify with numerous kdramas OST. 👇

FAQ’s

Where can I watch Korean dramas?

Korean dramas are available on many platforms such as Netflix, Disney+,Youtube, Amazon Prime, KBS2, We TV, Hulu, Viki …

Check out our list of 12 streaming platforms to watch Korean dramas for a wider choice.

Where can I watch Korean dramas for FREE?

Free platforms offering high quality videos and subtitles are becoming increasingly rare!

You can try out these platforms to watch K-dramas for free: YouTube, Asian Crush, iflix, KBS1, KBS2, Peacock TV, Viki Rakuten, VIU, and WeTV.

Tubi and OnDemandKorea are also popular platforms, but are only available in the US.

NOTE – On some of these streaming platforms you will only have a few episodes available!

Check out these Korean Streaming Platforms for more options.

How to say ‘drama’ in Korean?

‘Drama’ in Korean is 드라마 (deurama).

Do I need a subscription to watch Korean dramas on Viki?

Yes and no!

You have a wide choice of Korean dramas on Viki, some of which can be watched for free. However, some dramas require a subscription.

It depends on its popularity or even whether it is recent or not.

How many seasons do Korean dramas have?

Generally, Korean dramas last only one season.

There are few dramas that have two seasons, although now many dramas are coming back with a second season like True Beauty or All of Us are Dead.

How to get subtitles in Korean and in English at the same time?

Here a fantastic Chrome extension to do just that: Language Learning with Netflix.

Do you have other lists like this one?

Yes!

We have already written two other articles on Korean dramas.

35 Korean Dramas on Netflix for Newcomers

29 of the Best Korean Dramas to Binge Watch This Weekend

What are some of the best Korean dramas in 2022?

A small TOP 10 of the best Korean dramas 2022:

– All of Us are Dead

– Business Proposal

– Twenty-Five Twenty-One

– Sh**ting Stars

– Ghost Doctor

– Why her

– My Liberation Notes

– Soundtrack #1

– Tomorrow

– The Sound of Magic

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