With the rising popularity of K-Pop and K-Drama across the world, here’s a beginner’s list of Korean dramas for those of you who want to venture into the world of K-Drama and K-Pop. This list contains classic K-Dramas that are available on Netflix that you can start binge-watching.
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Crash Landing on You (2019)
Starring Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin, this drama is about an unusual love story between a South Korean heiress to the Queen’s Group Yoon Se-ri and a North Korean military Captain Ri Jeong-hyuk. Yoon Se-ri lands in the demilitarized zone of the North Korean territory due to a paragliding accident. The drama traces her journey in North Korea and her attempts to return home without being noticed by the North Korean authorities.
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Another military-themed K-Drama starring Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-Kyo, Ji Goo and Kim Ji-won in the lead roles. Special force officer Yoo Shi-jin (Joong-ki), and doctor Kang Mo-Yeon (Song Hye-ko) fall in love after a chance meeting at the hospital. The couple drifts apart due to Shi-jin’s secret work life. But fate has other plans for them when the two meet in a war-torn foreign country.
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Guardian: The Lonely and the Great God (2016)
Popularly known as Goblin, this show is about Kim Shin, a Goblin (Gong Yoo) who is searching for his bride for nearly 1000 years to break his immortal curse. He then meets the grim reaper, Wang Yeo (Lee Dong-Wook) and a school student, Ji Eun-Tak (Lee Go-Eun) who might be the bride he was searching for. The show also has Yoo In-Ah as Sunny, an unsuccessful restaurant owner who hires Eun-Tak for a part-time job.
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Vincenzo (2021)
One of the most talked-about dramas this year, Vincenzo stars Song Joong-Ki as Korean-Italian mafia lawyer Vincenzo Cassano, Jeon Yeo-Been as lawyer Hong Cha-Young and Ok Taec-Yeon as Jung Jun-Woo in the lead roles. The story revolves around Vincenzo’s return to South Korea to fetch a treasure of gold hidden by a Chinese businessman. In South Korea, he gets involved with the residents of Geumga Plaza where the gold is hidden and Babel Group.