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Run On (런온) (TV series)
Run On (런 온) is a 2020–2021 JTBC romantic drama, 16 episodes, directed by Lee Jae Hoon, written by Park Si Hyun, starring Im Siwan, Shin Se Kyung, Sooyoung, and Kang Tae Oh, streamed worldwide on Netflix.
School 2017 (학교 2017)
School 2017 (학교 2017, Hakgyo 2017) is a 16-episode KBS2 South Korean youth drama, the seventh School series entry, aired July 17 to September 5, 2017, starring Kim Se-jeong, Kim Jung-hyun, and Jang Dong-yoon, satirizing grade-based ranking via the Student X mystery.
Secret Garden (시크릿 가든) (South Korean TV series)
Secret Garden (시크릿 가든) is a 2010-2011 SBS Korean romance fantasy drama, 20 episodes, written by Kim Eun-sook, directed by Shin Woo-cheol, starring Hyun Bin and Ha Ji-won as a CEO and stuntwoman who swap souls; peak rating 37.9%.
Secret Love (비밀) (South Korean TV series)
Secret Love (비밀), also translated Secret, is a 16-episode 2013 South Korean television melodrama on KBS2, starring Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-eum, Bae Soo-bin, and Lee Da-hee.
Semantic Error (시맨틱 에러)
Semantic Error (시맨틱 에러) is a Korean BL campus romance by Jeo Soo-ri, adapted into a webtoon, anime, 2022 Watcha drama starring Park Seo-ham and Park Jae-chan, and a 2022 film.
She Was Pretty (그녀는 예뻤다)
She Was Pretty (그녀는 예뻤다) is a 2015 MBC Korean romantic comedy drama, 16 episodes, starring Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Go Joon-hee, and Choi Si-won, about a formerly pretty woman whose friend impersonates her before her returned first love; it peaked near 20% ratings and was remade in China, Vietnam, Japan, Türkiye, and Mexico.
She Would Never Know
She Would Never Know (선배, 그 립스틱 바르지 마요), also translated Senior, Don't Put On That Lipstick, is a 2021 JTBC office-romance drama, 16 episodes, adapted from Elise's 2017 web novel, starring Won Jin-ah and Rowoon as cosmetics marketers.
Shopping King Louie (쇼핑왕 루이)
Shopping King Louie (쇼핑왕 루이), also Shopaholic Louis, is a 2016 MBC 16-episode romantic comedy miniseries starring Seo In-guk and Nam Ji-hyun, about an amnesiac shopping-company heir living with a country girl in Seoul; it rose from 5.6% to double-digit Nielsen ratings and won three 2016 MBC Drama Awards.
Snowdrop (설강화) (South Korean TV series)
Snowdrop (설강화: snowdrop) is a 2021–2022 JTBC/Disney+ Korean drama, 16 episodes, directed by Jo Hyun-tak, starring Jung Hae-in and Blackpink's Jisoo, set in 1987 Seoul amid a dormitory hostage crisis and major historical-distortion controversy.
So I Married the Anti-fan (그래서 나는 안티팬과 결혼했다)
So I Married the Anti-fan (그래서 나는 안티팬과 결혼했다) is a 2010 Korean romance novel by Kim Eun-jung about top star Hoo Joon and reporter-turned-anti-fan Lee Geun-young, adapted into a 2018 webtoon, a 2016 Chinese film with Chanyeol, and a 2021 Naver TV web drama starring Choi Tae Joon and Sooyoung.
Social Savvy Class 101 (0교시는 인싸타임)
Social Savvy Class 101 (0교시는 인싸타임) is an 8-episode 2024 South Korean teen romantic-comedy web drama on Cinema Heaven, directed by Bae Ha-neul, starring Kim Woo-seok and Kang Na-eon as students entangled by an anonymous secrets app.
Something in the Rain (밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나)
Something in the Rain (밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food) is a 2018 JTBC 16-episode romance melodrama directed by Ahn Pan-seok, starring Son Ye-jin and Jung Hae-in, aired March 30 to May 19, 2018, peaking at 7.281% AGB ratings, streamed via Netflix and later iQiyi in China.
Soundtrack #1 (사운드트랙 #1)
Soundtrack #1 (사운드트랙 #1), also called Why did You Come to My House, is a 2022 four-episode Disney+ Korean romance drama directed by Kim Hee-won, starring Park Hyung-sik and Han So-hee as 20-year friends turned lovers, with OST-driven storytelling and a 2023 sequel, Soundtrack #2.
Soundtrack 2
Soundtrack #2 (사운드트랙 #2) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean romance miniseries, second in the Soundtrack anthology, starring Keum Sae-rok and Noh Sang-hyun as ex-lovers reunited through piano lessons; six episodes aired December 6–20, 2023.
Spring of Youth (사계의 봄) (TV series)
Spring of Youth (사계의 봄, Sagyeui Bom; Spring of the Four Seasons) is a 2025 SBS Korean youth music romance drama, 10 episodes, May 6 to July 2, 2025, starring Ha Yoo-joon, Park Ji-hu, and N.Flying's Lee Seung-hyub, about an ousted K-pop band star forming a college band, noted for its record-low ratings.
Stairway to Heaven (천국의 계단) (South Korean TV series)
Stairway to Heaven (천국의 계단) is a 2003-2004 SBS Korean melodrama, 20 episodes, starring Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Ji-woo, Shin Hyun-joon, and Kim Tae-hee; step-sibling tragic love, 40% ratings, Hallyu hit in Asia and Latin America.
Still 17 (서른이지만 열일곱입니다)
Still 17 (서른이지만 열일곱입니다, Thirty But Seventeen) is a 2018 South Korean romantic comedy drama directed by Jo Soo-won and Kim Young-hwan, starring Shin Hye Sun and Yang Se Jong, about a violinist who wakes from a 13-year coma at 30 with a 17-year-old mind.
Still Shining (여전히 빛나는)
Still Shining (샤이닝) is a 2026 JTBC ten-episode Korean melodrama, streamed on Netflix, starring Park Jin-young and Kim Min-ju as reunited first loves; directed by Kim Yoon-jin, it drew low ratings and a drunk-driving-scene controversy.
Surely Tomorrow
Surely Tomorrow (경도를 기다리며, Waiting for Gyeong-Do) is a 2025–2026 JTBC Korean romance melodrama, 12 episodes, starring Park Seo-joon and Won Ji-an as reunited first loves, streamed globally on Prime Video.
Sweet Stranger and Me
Sweet Stranger and Me (우리집에 사는 남자, Man Living at My House) is a 2016 KBS2 Korean romantic comedy drama, 16 episodes, adapted from Yoo Hyun-Sook's Daum webtoon, starring Soo-Ae and Kim Young-Kwang.
Tantara (TV series)
Tantara (Korean: 천천히 강렬하게, literally Slowly and Intensely) is a 22-episode South Korean period drama set in the 1960s to 1980s entertainment industry, released on Netflix in 2026, starring Song Hye-kyo and Gong Yoo.
Tastefully Yours (당신의 맛)
Tastefully Yours (당신의 맛) is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy-drama series, featuring Kang Ha-neul as Han Beom-woo and Go Min-si as Mo Yeon-joo in Jeonju.
Temperature of Love (사랑의 온도)
Temperature of Love (사랑의 온도) is a 2017 SBS Monday-Tuesday melodrama, 40 episodes, written by Ha Myung-hee, starring Seo Hyun-jin as a rookie drama writer and Yang Se-jong as a chef; ratings peaked above 10 percent then fell to 5-7 percent.
Tempted (위대한 유혹자) (TV series)
Tempted (위대한 유혹자, The Great Seducer) is a 2018 MBC Korean drama, 32 episodes, adapted from Les Liaisons dangereuses, starring Woo Do-hwan, Joy, Moon Ga-young, and Kim Min-jae; it recorded MBC's lowest drama ratings, averaging 2.2%.
That Winter, the Wind Blows (그 겨울, 바람이 분다)
That Winter, the Wind Blows (그 겨울, 바람이 분다) is a 2013 SBS 16-episode Korean melodrama, a remake of the 2002 Japanese drama Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu, directed by Kim Kyu-tae, written by Noh Hee-kyung, starring Zo In-sung and Song Hye-kyo.
The Fabulous (더 패뷸러스)
The Fabulous (더 패뷸러스) is a 2022 South Korean Netflix romantic comedy-drama, 8 episodes, starring Chae Soo-bin and SHINee's Choi Min-ho as exes in Seoul's fashion industry; delayed from November 4 to December 23, 2022 after the Itaewon crowd crush.
The First Man (첫 번째 남자) (TV series)
The First Man (첫 번째 남자) is MBC's 2025–2026 daily revenge drama, 140 episodes, starring Ham Eun-jung in a twin dual role and Oh Hyun-kyung as villain Chae Hwa-young; peak Nielsen rating 6.1%.
The Good Bad Mother (좋은 나쁜 어머니)
The Good Bad Mother (나쁜 엄마, literal title Bad Mother) is a 2023 JTBC Korean drama, 14 episodes, starring Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, and Ahn Eun-jin, about a pig-farm mother and her prosecutor son rebuilding their bond after his injury; streamed on Netflix.
The Heirs
The Heirs (상속자들, The Inheritors) is a 2013 SBS Korean teen romance drama written by Kim Eun-sook, starring Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, and Kim Woo-bin in a chaebol heir class drama at Jeguk High School.
The King 2 Hearts (더킹 투하츠)
The King 2 Hearts (더킹 투하츠) is a 2012 MBC Korean drama, 20 episodes, directed by Lee Jae-gyu and written by Hong Jin-ah, starring Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi, set in an alternate-history constitutional-monarchy South Korea.