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BEST KOREAN DRAMAS of 2023

When hostile aliens launch a worldwide invasion, the South Korean military has no choice but to recruit all third-year high school students to join the forces. After arriving at Seongjin High School, platoon leader Lee Chun Ho (Shin Hyun Soo) guides students through rigorious training for combat. Meanwhile, class teacher, Park Eun Yeong (Im Se Mi) is determined to keep her students safe as they fight this war against aliens to save their world from the brink of extinction. Based on the webtoon written by Ha Il Kwon, this 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Sung Yong Il.

Duty After School

Despite his wild popularity, Han Joon Oh (Kim Young Dae) is a star plagued by an overwhelming inferiority complex. Constantly fighting his insecurities, Joon Oh struggles to maintain the facade he puts up for his fans, until he’s involved in a near fatal accident and wakes up to find he’s been possessed by the spirit of Do Ha, an ancient nobleman. Do Ha is hellbent on exacting revenge on his wife who is reincarnated as Kang Yeong Hwa (Pyo Ye Jin), the brave firefighter who rescued Joon Oh from the accident and now works as his bodyguard. Can Joon Oh find a way to rid himself of this vengeful spirit or will his past insecurities keep him trapped by Do Ha forever? Based on the webtoon by Hye Yoom, this 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Pyo Min Soo and Park Chan Yool.

Moon in the Day

🕓The awaited love❤️Team

Chaos ensues when Lembrary (Kim Min Kyu), the high priest of an otherworldly realm, is transported into modern-day South Korea. Swapping souls with Woo Yeon Woo, the lead of the failing K-pop group, Wild Animal, Lembrary is hopelessly out of his depth until Yeon Woo’s biggest fan, Kim Dal (Go Bo Gyeol) steps in to help. As Wild Animal’s new manager, Kim Dal not only helps Yeon Woo but changes the fate of the entire group. But Lembrary isn’t the only one who has traveled from the spirit realm. When a powerful force of chaos threatens to destroy everything, can Lembrary and Kim Dal save the day?

The Heavenly Idol

The Heavenly Team

KBS, KOCOWA

Detective Geum Myung Se (Cha Tae Hyun) is faced with a growing number of cases involving perpetrators with different mental disorders. In a drunken rant, he tells his journalist friend that renowned neuroscientist Shin Ha Ru (Jung Yong Hwa) has stolen a criminal’s brain, indirectly causing Ha Ru’s dismissal from his lab. Newly unemployed, Ha Ru becomes a police consultant to lend the department his skills – but his true goal is to get revenge by searching for a way to get Myung Se fired. Myung Se and Ha Ru, alongside forensic hypnosis investigator Seol So Jung (Kwak Sun Young) and Myung Se’s ex-wife Kim Mo Ran (Ye Ji Won), form a motley team to investigate strange cases of the brain. Will Myung Se and Ha Ru drag each other's careers down even further, or will their partnership lift them both up?

Brain Works

🐭Pinky & Brain Team🧠

Scholars Kang San (Ryeoun), Kim Shi Yeol (Kang Hoon), and Jeong Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo) have all come to the capital to take the civil service entrance exam – in the hope of one day becoming top-ranking public officials. But together with the innkeeper Yoon Dan Oh (Shin Ye Eun), they stumble upon clues about a bizarre disappearance that took place over a decade ago. Do they have what it takes to solve the puzzling mystery – and possibly find love on the way? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Kim Jung Min.

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

Wealthy Moon Joo Ran (Kim Tae Hee) lives a tranquil life as a housewife married to a doctor. Their peaceful existence is shattered when Joo Ran notices a strange smell in their backyard. This prompts her to investigate her husband and eventually meet Choo Sang Eun (Lim Ji Yeon). Unlike Joo Ran, Sang Eun grew up in poverty and struggles financially. Living in a shabby apartment with her abusive husband, Sang Eun’s life is a nightmare. Her misery intensifies until she receives a phone call informing her that her husband is dead. As Joo Ran and Sang Eun’s lives intersect, they uncover shocking truths that bind their fates together. This drama series was based on a novel by Kim Jin Yeong.

Lies Hidden in My Garden

🌿 The Earth Knows 🍁 Team

Oh Young Sim (Song Ha Yoon) and Wang Kyeong Tae (Donghae) were childhood best friends until Kyung Tae’s family moved to the U.S. 20 years later, Young Sim, now a TV producer, needs to cast a handsome bachelor for a new romance series or risk losing her career. She chooses startup CEO Mark Wang, only to discover he's her long-lost friend Kyung Tae. Will Kyeong Tae finally confess his childhood crush, or have the years apart changed his feelings? Based on the hit animated series and comic “Fourteen-year-old Youngsim,” this 2023 South Korean series was directed by Kim Kyung Eun and Oh Hwan Min.

Oh! Youngsim

❤️ Bittersweet Love 🖤

Once an idol with dreams of making it big, Lee Jun (Yang Jun Mo) now finds himself forced to take an entirely different path in life. With little experience, Jun has limited options when it comes to employment. Taking a position as an intern at a cosmetics firm, Jun is shocked to find that his new boss is none other than his old acquaintance, Choi Jun (Ki Hyun Woo). A notorious flirt who loves nothing more than tormenting his interns, Choi Jun makes Lee Jun’s life miserable but even so, something undeniable begins sparking between the two. Could an office romance be in the cards for this former idol and his spiteful boss? This 2023 South Korean BL romance series was directed by Kim Eun Hye.

Jun & Jun

💛 Love in Jun² 💙

Mok Sol Hui (Kim So Hyun) can “hear” other people’s lies, no matter how hard they try to hide the truth. Her “superpower” has left her jaded and she considers everyone she meets to be morally bankrupt. That changes fast when she meets her new neighbor: the successful music producer and murder case suspect Kim Do Ha (Hwang Min Hyun). Sol Hee learns that her superpowers do not work on this mystery man... and unexpectedly starts to fall for him. Will she ever learn the deepest secrets of his heart? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Noh Young Sub and Nam Sung Woo.

My Lovely Liar

The Mythomaniacs

Since losing her husband, Jeong Soon Deok (Cho Yi Hyun) has lived an eventful life, moonlighting as a matchmaker for eligible bachelors and would-be brides. Soon Deok’s path crosses with that of Shim Jeong Woo (Rowoon), a talented scholar whose princess bride died moments after their marriage. Together, this duo must pool their wits to find husbands for a group of important noblewomen. But will playing Cupid for others also put them back on the path to love? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Hwang Seung Gi and Kim Soo Jin.

The Matchmakers

The Fabulous Matchmakers

In the toxic world of social media, three affluent mothers – Song Jeong A (Jin Seo Yeon), Kim Na Young (Cha Ye Ryun), and Oh Yoo Jin (Park Hyo Joo) – obsessively curate perfect online personas while secretly plotting to destroy each other's happiness. When one of these mothers dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances, the remaining two find their carefully constructed lives unraveling. Jang Mi Ho (Lee El), a working-class mother who has always seen through their facade, becomes determined to expose the truth behind their picture-perfect social media posts. As tensions escalate and secrets threaten to surface, Mi Ho challenges the powerful women's carefully maintained illusions. Based on the novel by Joo Young Ha, "Battle for Happiness" is a gripping 2023 South Korean mystery crime drama directed by Kim Yoon Cheol.

Battle for Happiness

Toxic Moms Team

Han Hae Na (Park Gyu Young) might seem like an average high school teacher, but she secretly suffers from an incredibly unusual curse: if she kisses a man, she’s doomed to turn into a dog! The only way to break the curse is to have the same man kiss her again while she’s in canine form. While she hopes her crush Lee Bo Gyeom (Lee Hyun Woo) might be the one to break the curse, it’s the dog-fearing Jin Seo Won (Cha Eun Woo) whom she ends up kissing in a drunken mistake. Now, she’s on a quest to win him over and steal a smooch before she ends up spending the rest of her life as a pooch! Kim Dae Woong directed this 2023 South Korean romantic drama series.

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