As we welcome the new year, we also get ready to welcome new Korean dramas that will win our hearts once more. Focusing on different stories that will make our hearts flutter and our minds wander, these stories will prove to be captivating and arresting and with amazing cast members, there’s no doubt they will be nothing but captivating.
Korean dramas have entertained us time and time again, and this year will be no different. So let’s check out the upcoming releases so that we can gear up and have a damn good time.
Captivating the King
Release: Jan 21, 2024 – Mar 10, 2024 (Sat, Sun)
Starring: Jo Jung-suk, Shin Sae=kyeong, Lee Shin-young, Park Ye-young, Jo Sung-ha
Korean Title: 세작, 매혹된 자들
Kang Hee-soo and Lee In meet each other during a downtime in his life, but unknown to each other, they both fall for each other. In a twist of fate, the latter becomes the King while the former eventually meets him, this time after becoming a spy to kill him.
Apartment 404
Release Date: Feb 15, 2024
Starring: Yoo Jae-suk, Cha Tae-hyun, Lee Jung-ha, Kim Jennie, Oh Na-ra, Yang Se-chan
Korean Title: 아파트404
In this variety show, six residents try to uncover the mysteries of various apartment complexes in South Korea.
Wedding Impossible
Release: Feb 26, 2024
Starring: Jeon Jong-seo, Moon Sang-min, Kim Do-wan, Bae Yoon-kyung
Korean Title: 웨딩 임파서블
A failed actress and a gay chaebol heir get into a fake marriage of convenience. However, his ambitious younger brother refuses to let their marriage materialise.
Queen of Tears
Release Date: Mar, 2024 (Sat, Sun)
Starring: Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won, Park Sung-hoon, Kwak Dong-yeon, Na Young-hee
Korean Title: 눈물의 여왕
Married couple Baek Hyun-woo and Hong Hae-in, both associated with Queen’s Group, get over shocking hurdles in their lives and stay together despite them.
Player Season 2: War of Gambler
Release: Mar, 2024
Starring: Song Seung-heon, Oh Yeon-seo, Lee Si-eon, Jang Gyu-ri, Tae Won-seok
Korean Title: 플레이어 시즌2
In this action-drama, hackers, thieves, fighters, and drivers band together to steal money from the rich who have hoarded dirty money illegally.
Thank You
Release Date: July, 2024
Starring: Shin Ha-kyun, Jin Goo, Jo Aram
Korean Title: 감사합니다
In this investigative drama, we follow an audit team headed by a cool-headed leader and his warm-hearted subordinates as they go through different situations while at work.
Because I Want No Loss
Release: 2024
Starring: Shin Min-ah, Lee Sang-yi, Kim Young-dae
Korean Title: 손해 보기 싫어서
Son Ha-young gets into a fake marriage with Kim Ji-wook when she realises that she might lose out on a job opportunity. However, that comes with its own set of problems!
Loverly Runner
Release: 2024
Starring: Byeon Woo-seok, Kim Hye-yoon, Lee Seung-hyub, Song Geon-hee
Korean Title: 선재 업고 튀어
After hearing the tragic news of her favourite idol’s untimely demise, Im Sol suddenly goes back 15 years in the past and meets the 19-year-old Ryu Seon-jae once again, where she struggles to stop the future from happening once again.
Graduation
Release: 2024
Starring: Jung Ryeo-won, Wi Ha-joon, So Ju-yeon
Korean Title: 졸업
After resigning from her job at a big company, Lee Joon-ho returns to the academy where he previously studied. There, he meets his first love Seo Hye-jin, a professor at the same academy, which stirs up trouble and love.
A Life of a Resident That Will Be Wise Someday
Release: 2024
Starring: Go Youn-jung, Shin Shi-ah, Kang Yoo-seok, Jung Joon-won, Han Ye-ji
Korean Title: 언젠가는 슬기로울 전공의 생활
A spin-off of the hit show Hospital Playlist, this series will depict the relatable lives of hospital personnel and will showcase their day-to-day lives.
Won Kyung
Release: 2024
Starring: Cha Joo-young, Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Sung-min, Lee Yi-dam
Korean Title: 원경
Queen Won Kyung and her life with King Taejong at their new empire doesn’t turn out to be as she expected after the King takes on multiple concubines. The King, thus, decides to move with his family to keep them in check.
Jeong Nyeon
Release: 2024
Starring: Kim Tae-ri, Shin Ye-eun, Jung Eun-chae, Ra Mi-ran
Korean Title: 언젠가는 슬기로울 전공의 생활
Set in 1956, Mokpo, the series follows Jeong Nyeon’s journey of becoming a singer and realising her dreams of joining a women’s traditional theatre company.
When the Stars Gossip
Release: 2024 (Fri, Sat)
Starring: Gong Hyo-jin, Lee Min-ho, Han Ji-eun, Oh Jung-se, Kim Joo-heon
Korean Title: 별들에게 물어봐
In this romantic comedy, an astronaut and a tourist to the space station fall in love with each other at the space station.
Mom’s Friend’s Son
Release: 2024
Starring: Choi Seung-hyo, Baek Seok-ryu
Korean Title: 엄마 친구 아들
In this romantic comedy, Bae Seok-ryu, after going through a traumatic incident at work and resigning, takes the help of her “mother’s friend’s son”, Choi Seung-hyo, her childhood friend, to reboot her life after getting knocked down by circumstances. Of course, romance blossoms between the two.
Which of these shows are you most interested to watch? Let us know in the comments below!
