From August 10–16, six K-dramas light up screens, led by new revenge daily A Trap Called Desire, where a framed woman hunts the truth. Fresh episodes of Dream to You, A Shop for Killers S2, Flex X Cop S2, A Bona Fide Killer and ghostly romance Spooky in Love offer everything from married assassins to haunted hotel CEOs and chaebol cops.
As many as 6 K-drama releases anchor the line-up this week, led by A Trap Called Desire on August 10 2026. Alongside it, five ongoing K-dramas release new episodes between August 10 and 16 2026: A Bona Fide Killer, Dream to You, A Shop for Killers season 2, Flex X Cop season 2 and Spooky in Love. Whether you are in the mood for a woman clearing her name or a married assassin dodging her own husband, there is a K-drama release for it this week. Check out the full Korean drama line-up below, including where each show streams and what makes this particular week worth your time.
Here are the 6 latest K-drama releases of the week from August 10 to 16 2026 including A Trap Called Desire, Flex X Cop Season 2, A Shop for Killers, Spooky in Love and Dream to You. The casts include top flight actors like Jang Seo-hee, Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Eun-bin and Lee Dong-wook.
A Trap Called Desire is the only premiere this week, and it is a daily K-drama, with new episodes airing Monday through Friday. Jang Seo-hee stars as Joo Mi-ran, a PR director at a scholarship foundation who appears warm and devoted but has secretly spent years taking what is not hers. When Go Eun-seol (Jeon Hye-won) is falsely accused of murder and loses everything, Mi-ran is revealed to be behind the trap. Eun-seol's search for the truth brings her back into contact with her first love, Cha Seok-jin (Seol Jung-hwan), reopening a decade-old chapter in their lives. This Korean drama takes over KBS2's 7:50 pm weekday slot and is expected to run for 100 episodes.
Ahn Bo-hyun returns as Jin Yi-soo, a third-generation heir to the Hansu Group who joined the police on a whim in season one and, somewhat to his own surprise, turned out to like the work. Flex X Cop Season 2 picks up after he is completed formal police academy training and rejoins the Violent Crimes Unit, this time paired with a far less indulgent superior played by Jung Eun-chae, who is not interested in letting his family's money smooth over procedure. Episodes three and four keep the K-drama's signature mix intact: Yi-soo solving cases with wealth, charm and connections as much as actual police work, while the crimes themselves get bigger and messier. Season one's teammates Kang Sang-joon and Kim Shin-bi are back, joined by new additions Yoo Seung-ho and Kim Hye-eun.
Based on the 2011 film Spellbound, this one pairs Park Eun-bin as Cheon Yeo-ri, a hotel CEO who has spent her life hiding the fact that she can see and is haunted by ghosts, with Yang Se-jong as Ma Gang-uk, a prosecutor who investigates unsolved murders and is, inconveniently for their partnership, terrified of the supernatural. Episodes nine and ten arrive after the two faked an engagement to get Yeo-ri out of an arranged marriage, a plan that has predictably stopped feeling fake to either of them. In Spooky in Love, expect a ghost-of-the-week murder case running alongside a romance that's now fully out in the open, plus continued fallout from Yeo-ri's family, who are not thrilled about the engagement.
In A Shop for Killers Season 2, Lee Dong-wook returns as Jeong Jin-man, the reclusive arms dealer who ran Murthehelp, a black-market weapons marketplace disguised as an ordinary online shop, and who appeared to die at the end of season one while protecting his niece. He didn't. Episode seven picks up with Jin-man very much alive and back in the shop, now facing down a rebuilt version of Babylon, the mercenary organisation that hunted his niece Ji-an (Kim Hye-jun) through the first season. Babylon has recruited overseas reinforcements for this fight, including two new characters played by Japanese actors Hyunri and Masaki Okada, and episodes seven and eight, which also serve as the season finale, bring that confrontation to a head.
In Dream to You, Hwang In-youp plays Woo Su-bin and Lee Hye-ri plays Joo Yi-jae, two people who fell for each other in high school while working on a film project together, before he moved overseas and the relationship ended without a real goodbye. Fifteen years later, their lives have effectively swapped: he's now an acclaimed director accepting festival awards, she's a struggling reporter selling old footage to make rent. Episodes 9 and 10 in this K-drama dig into what is left of the promise they made to each other as teenagers, now complicated by the fact that Yi-jae never fully forgave him for disappearing.
Gong Hyo-jin plays Yoo Bo-na in A Bona Fide Killer. She is a working mother who is, unknown to her family, a sniper for a covert organisation that eliminates criminals the justice system cannot touch. The show opens as she returns to fieldwork after a three-year break to raise her daughter, and immediately runs into a problem: her husband, journalist Kwon Tae-seong (Jung Joon-won), is investigating the very case she's working, and his best friend happens to be the detective closest to catching her. Episodes five and six lean further into that tension, as Bo-na tries to complete a mission without blowing up her marriage or her cover. This K-drama series is adapted from a Kakao webtoon with more than 180 million cumulative views and is written by Kim Eun-hee, the writer behind Kingdom and Signal.
| K-Drama | Platform(s) | Release Date | This Week’s Episodes | Genre/Hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Trap Called Desire | KBS2, Wavve, Kocowa | August 10 | New daily episodes | Revenge drama |
| Dream to You | ENA, Viki | August 10–11 | Episodes 9–10 | Romance |
| A Shop for Killers Season 2 | Disney+, Hulu | August 12 | Episodes 7–8 | Action thriller |
| Flex X Cop Season 2 | SBS, Disney+, Hulu | August 14–15 | Episodes 3–4 | Crime drama |
| A Bona Fide Killer | MBC, Viki, Kocowa+ | August 14–15 | Episodes 5–6 | Action thriller |
| Spooky in Love | tvN, Netflix | August 15–16 | Episodes 9–10 | Supernatural romance |
Which new K-drama premieres this week?
A Trap Called Desire is the only new K-drama premiere this week, debuting on August 10.
What are the latest K-drama releases this week?
This week's releases include A Trap Called Desire, Dream to You, A Shop for Killers Season 2, Flex X Cop Season 2, A Bona Fide Killer and Spooky in Love.
When does Flex X Cop Season 2 release new episodes?
Episodes 3 and 4 of Flex X Cop Season 2 arrive on August 14 and 15.
When are the new episodes of Spooky in Love out?
Episodes 9 and 10 of Spooky in Love release on August 15 and 16.
Where can I watch A Shop for Killers Season 2?
A Shop for Killers Season 2 is available on Disney+ and Hulu.