Netflix has finally unveiled its highly anticipated K-content lineup for this year, featuring an exciting mix of dramas, films, and variety shows.

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With a star-studded lineup featuring your favorite actors and up-and-coming talents, plus a diverse mix of action, drama, and romantic comedies, there’s something to enjoy for first-time K-drama viewers and long-time fans!
Here are 15 must-watch K-dramas coming to Netflix this year:
When The Stars Gossip
When The Stars Gossip is everything you’d ask for a Korean sci-fi: spaceships, the vast universe, brewing romance, Gong Hyo-jin, and Lee Min-ho! It’s also Hyo-jin’s K-drama comeback after more than five years since the hit 2019 romantic-comedy series When The Camellia Blooms and Min-ho’s small screen comeback since The King: Eternal Monarch.
When The Stars Gossip premiered on January 4.
The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call
If you miss watching medical K-dramas, The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call should be on your watchlist. Itโs both intense and heartwarming, blending thrilling work politics with strong, close-knit character dynamics. Plus, it stars Ju Ji-hoon! (Spoiler alert: Youโll definitely fall in love with Choo Young-woo while binge-watching this series.)
The Trauma Code: Heroes On Callย premiered last January 24.
Melo Movie
Choi Woo-shik and Park Bo-young are set to showcase their on-screen chemistry in Melo Movie. If youโve been a long-time K-content enthusiast, you already know how these actors effortlessly excel in the rom-com genreโmaking us laugh with their charm while also making us cry during heavy and emotional performances.
Melo Movie is coming out on Netflix on February 14.
Read more: Choi Woo-Shik and Park Bo-Young Show On-Screen Chemistry in New Drama
The Potato Lab
It’s an intriguing title, isn’t it? That means it’s going to be good! The Potato Lab is a whirlwind healing romantic comedy starring the talented Lee Sun-bin and Kang Tae-oh.
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The Potato Lab is scheduled for release on March 1.
When Life Gives You Tangerines
For long-time K-drama viewers, you know how IU and Park Bo-gum dominated the 2010s with their filmography. This year, we are seeing both of them in a period drama! Expect this drama to be heartwarming and well-written, as it is directed by Kim Won-suk (Misaeng: Incomplete Life and My Mister) and written by Lim Sang-choon (When The Camellia Blooms).
When Life Gives You Tangerines is coming to Netflix on March 7.
Read more: LOOK: IU and Park Bo-Gum Join Forces in New Series
Resident Playbook
We will be seeing Yulje Medical Center once again withย Resident Playbook! The medical drama, which is a spin-off of the popular 2020-2021 series Hospital Playlist, will be centering on the hospital lives and blossoming friendships of young obstetrics and gynecology residents. The series will be headlined by Go Youn-jung, the actress behind some of your favorite K-dramas (Sweet Home, Law School, Alchemy of Souls, and Moving)
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Resident Playbook is scheduled to be released in April 2025.
Weak Hero Class 2
Seeing a great show do justice to an equally great webtoon is truly fascinating to watch! Following the massive success of Weak Hero Class in 2022, the high school thriller is officially making its way to Netflix this year. Viewers can look forward to another stellar acting performance from Park Ji-hoon.
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Weak Hero Class 2 is slated to be released in the second quarter of 2025.
Mercy for None
Netflix knows how to make a good action drama! You will definitely be at the edge of your seat as you witness jam-packed action scenes, gripping storytelling, and high-quality performances from industry giants So Ji-sub, Huh Joon-ho, and An Kil-kang, among others.
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Mercy for None will be released in the second quarter of 2025.
Tastefully Yours
We’ve seen Go Min-si and Kang Ha-neul deliver intense and thrilling performances in The Frog and Squid Game, respectively. This time, weโll see them together in a fiery yet heartwarming food-themed romantic comedy series that will make us laugh, swoon, and crave Korean cuisine all at once!
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Similarly, Tastefully Yours will come out in the second quarter of 2025.
Dear Hongrang
Lee Jae-wook is making a grand return to the period drama scene with Dear Hongrang! Fans will be able to witness his exceptional acting skills and undeniable on-screen chemistry with the talented Jo Bo-ah.
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Dear Hongrang is coming to Netflix in the second quarter of 2025.
Squid Game Season 3
After two seasons of intense games, high-stakes action scenes, dead bodies, and graver consequences, Squid Game is wrapping up its legacy with a bang. With many unanswered questions and lingering mysteries, can Gi-Hun finally get the justice he seeks?
Squid Game Season 3 will premiere exclusively on Netflix on June 27.
You and Everything Else
This drama is guaranteed to be a tearjerker! Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun will take us on an emotional and heartwarming journey in You and Everything Else, portraying long-lost friends who reunite under heartbreaking circumstancesโone of them facing a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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You and Everything Else will be released in the third quarter of the year.
Genie, Make a Wish
We are so back! This is probably one of the most anticipated Korean shows this year. Bae Suzy and Kim Woo-bin are reuniting after seven years with the romantic-comedy series Genie, Make a Wish. Compared to how Uncontrollably Fond made viewers cry their hearts out, the first-look photos from this show are much more vibrant and cheeky. Are we finally getting a happy ending?
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Genie, Make a Wish will hit the small screens in the fourth quarter of the year.
Can This Love Be Translated?
Kim Seonho is finally making his small screen comeback as a multilingual translator in Can This Love Be Translated? alongside Go Youn-jung. This series is written by the Hong Sisters, the screenwriters behind popular romantic comedies including My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Hotel del Luna, and Alchemy of Souls.
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Can This Love Be Translated? is coming in the fourth quarter!
Cashero
Finally! We’re wrapping up the list with Casheroโand it’s going to be a superhero series. Headlined by Lee Jun-ho, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Byong-chul, and Kim Hyang-gi, this show will definitely be a favorite among global viewers.
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Cashero will be released during the fourth quarter.
Apart from these must-watch series coming out on Netflix, there is so much K-content to look forward to! The streaming platform also released its stellar lineup of Korean films and variety shows for everyone to watch.
Among the Korean films slated for release this year are Bogotรก: City of the Lost, Lost in Starlight, Love Untangled, and Mantis (Working Title), among others. Meanwhile, Physical: 100 will return on the platform as Physical: Asia, as well as a second season of Culinary Class Wars.
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Which of these Korean dramas are you looking forward to seeing this year? Tell us in the comments!
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