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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.

Lee Dong-wook in a still from The Divorce Insurance. Photo: Online

Lee Dong-wook leads The Divorce Insurance, workplace romcom K-drama

A team of divorcees at an insurance company weigh the merits of selling divorce insurance in Killing Romance director’s small-screen debut.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:21PMvideocam

Review | Karma: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a lead morally murky Netflix thriller

1 Apr 2025 - 10:25AMvideocam

Review | When Life Gives You Tangerines: one of the best K-dramas ever made

31 Mar 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Buried Hearts midseason recap: corporate melodrama without the drama

This revenge drama about a swindler who targets a powerful man, then loses his memory, has a few high points but mostly lacks excitement.

27 Mar 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Park Hyung-sik as Seo Dong-ju in a still from Buried Hearts.

The Potato Lab midseason recap: Lee Sun-bin, Kang Tae-oh in generic romcom

The Netflix drama’s fun premise gives way to a run-of-the-mill story with developments that simply feel inconsequential.

26 Mar 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Review | Newtopia, zombie romcom with Blackpink’s Jisoo, misses the mark

The Korean zombie subgenre has rules, and creators break them at their peril. Newtopia is stylish, but its tone is off and it lacks tension.

25 Mar 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

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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

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

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

This touching story of Jeju islanders plays out over decades as urbanisation and modernisation change their worlds.

19 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

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

Starring Seo Kang-joon, Jin Ki-joo and Kim Shin-rok, this K-drama requires full suspension of disbelief – but that doesn’t mean it’s bad.

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

Park Bo-gum (left) as Yang Gwan-sik and IU as Oh Ae-sun in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix

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

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

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

Park Hyung-sik as main character Seo Dong-ju in a still from Disney+ Korean drama series Buried Hearts. Dong is a corporate aide who sees his world fall apart when his private and working lives collide.

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

Gong Hyo-jin as astronaut Eve Kim and Lee Min-ho as obstetrician-gynaecologist Gong Ryong in a still from K-drama series When the Stars Gossip.

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

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

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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

Lee Joon-hyuk and Han Ji-min in a still from Love Scout.

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

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

Kim Hye-soo as reporter So-ryong in a still from Unmasked. While the show’s attempts to portray hard-hitting journalism fall flat, its exploration of office relationships shines.

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

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

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

Han Ji-min (left) as headhunter Kang Ji-yoon and Lee Joon-hyuk as her personal secretary Yu Eun-ho in a still from Netflix K-drama romcom Love Scout.

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

Lim Ji-yeon in a still from The Tale of Lady Ok.

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

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

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