K-Dramas To Watch In 2026
New year calls for a new and updated watchlist and here are some fresh K-drama recommendation
A few years ago some of us found it easy to turn off our screens and not care about what was playing. Cut to some years later, we are glued to our screens irresistibly even when we hate being it that state. But Korean dramas just make it impossible to not watch them.
Whether you are new to Kim Seon Ho's fan club, have been ardently watching every K-drama because it is a lot better than or find it a good excuse to hone your command on the language, 2025 had some of the best K-drama releases on streaming platforms no doubt.
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From the fantasy rom-com series about an emotionally detached woman falling for a volatile genie in Genie Make A Wish to Weak Hero Class 2, a coming-of-age action thriller that released in June to When Life Gives You Tangerines, some really good shows kept us occupied before all hell broke loose over Demon Slayers and its music, we had a bunch of memorable shows taking over.
As the year comes near its end, naturally one must know what's in store for K-dramas in 2026 and here's a list of all the K-dramas to watchout for in 2026:
Brave New World
Where: TBA
Brave New World featuring Lim ji-yeon is an upcoming K-drama likely to release on Jiohotstar in India. Based around an actress who is struggling in her career, she is possessed by notorious Joseon-era femme fatale. The series that is set to release on SBS in South Korean in the first half of 2026 mixes romance with fantasy.
Made In Korea Season 2
Where: JioHotstar
Hyun Bin is coming back strong after 6 years in Made in Korea that is set for a release in the second half of the year taking us through the story of what happened to the man driven by ambition for wealth and power, and a prosecutor who gives up everything to stop him- a story unfolding in the whirlwind of a turbulent era.
Can This Love Be Translated?
Where: Netflix
Can This Love Be Translated is an upcoming South Korean television series written by the Hong sisters, directed by Yoo Young-eun, and starring Kim Seon-ho about a celebrity and her interpreter who find themselves getting lost in translation as they travel the world filming a TV show with audience waiting to find out whether love will ever blossom.
Perfect Crown
Where: JioHotstar
Perfect Crown set for a release in March unfolds when the second daughter of a chaebol family enter a contract marriage with the second son of the King.
Portraits of Delusion
Where: JioHotstar
A mystery period drama starring Bae Suzy and Kim Seon-ho is based on the eponymous webtoon series by Hongjacga about a struggling artist Yun I-ho, commissioned in 1935 Gyeongseong to paint the reclusive, rumored-to-be-a-vampire Madam Song Jeong-hwa, uncovering dark secrets and a history of doomed artists while battling his own fascination with her.
No Tail To Tell
Where: Netflix
The series depicts the life of a nine-tailed fox woman who after an unexpected accident with a renowned football player transforms into a human. A Netflix original,No Tail to Tell, tells the story of a peculiar gumiho who unlike the typical ones, avoids becoming human at all costs to enjoy all the fun however destiny has some other plans.
Undercover Miss Hong
Where: Netflix
Set up in the late 1990s, Undercover Miss Hong follows elite securities inspector Hong Geum-bo, who goes undercover as a 20-year-old junior employee at a suspicious.