Highlights
Netflix kicked off 2025 in style. Starring Lee Min-ho as a space tourist, ‘When the Stars Gossip’ premiered on the platform on January 4. Netflix’s first original medical K-drama – ‘The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call’, featuring Ju Ji-hoon – is also noting substantial attention.
Led by ‘Squid Game Season 3’, Netflix Korea is making global headlines as it announces an ambitious 2025 Korean content line-up. Netflix is adamant about maintaining its position as one of the best digital libraries on the planet.
Netflix Korea 2025 lineup: Q1
1. The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call
Release date: January 24
Featuring Ju Ji-hoon as genius surgeon and former combat medic Baek Kang-hyuk, ‘The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call’ is a one-of-a-kind medical K-drama.
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2. Melo Movie
Release date: February 14
Releasing on Valentine’s Day, ‘Melo Movie’ is about the youth looking for both romance and dreams. The characters overcome trauma together and inspire each other.
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3. Single’s Inferno Season 4
Release date: January 14
Single’s Inferno Season 4 is a Korean dating reality series, featuring candid, steamy scenes of singles on a deserted island. They can only escape by pairing up as a couple.
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4. When the Stars Gossip
Release date: January 4
Starring Lee Min-ho and Gong Hyo-jin, ‘When the Stars Gossip’ is about an astronaut and a space tourist meeting in space – only to start falling for each other.
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5. When Life Gives You Tangerines
Release date: March 7
Can love endure across generations? In ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’, a girl and a boy’s fated bond blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs.
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6. Revelations
‘Revelations’ centers on the journey of a pastor – a strong believer in divine revelations – and a detective – haunted by visions – as they focus on a missing persons case.
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7. Bogotá: City of the Lost
Release date: February 4
Starring ‘Song Joong-ki’, ‘Bogotá: City of the Lost’ narrates the journey of a young Korean man through the Colombian black market. He is ready to risk peril for success.
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Netflix Korea 2025 lineup: Q2
1. Resident Playbook
‘Resident Playbook’ is based on the many people at Jongno Yulje Medical Centre. The professors, ob/gyn residents and the friendships they share – it’s all here.
2. Mercy for None
In ‘Mercy for None’, former gangster Nam Gi-joon returns to find the truth behind his younger brother’s mysterious death – embarking on a not-so-easy path.
3. Tastefully Yours
‘Tastefully Yours‘ is a food-themed drama premiering on Netflix soon. Kang Ha-neul and Go Min-si are ready for an intense food clash – something capable of forming a deeper bond.
4. Karma
‘Karma’ is easily one of the highly anticipated releases this year. Six people get trapped in a relentless karmic loop fuelled by reckless choices.
5. Weak Hero Class 2
Can Yeon Shi Eun (Park Ji-hoon) put an end to school bullying once and for all? This student threatens to end the infamous hobby of tyrants at his school.
6. Dear Hongrang
Hongrang – the son of a Josean merchant – goes missing. His stepsister Jae-yi desperately searches for him. Hongrang returns ultimately, but there is a big secret.
7. Squid Game Season 3
Release date: June 27
The trendiest of them all! Squid Game Season 3 is reaching Netflix soon and the anticipation cannot be higher. Gi-hun is required to make some tough choices this time.
8. Lost in Starlight
Netflix Korea’s first original animated film ‘Lost in Starlight’ features a long-distance relationship – one that bridges Earth and Mars. It’s an interesting one.
9. Kian’s Bizarre B&B
Cartoonist Kian84 has opened a one-of-a-kind guesthouse called ‘Kian’s Bizarre B&B’ on the idyllic island of Ulleungdo, designed for youth. You can also find BTS’ Jin here.
10. The Devil’s Plan Season 2
Expect something bolder and bigger! This season of ‘The Devil’s Plan’, 14 elite players are going to engage in an intense strategic and psychological battle.
Netflix Korea 2025 lineup: Q3
1. Aema
Set in 1980s Chungmuro, ‘Aema’ is a fictional comedy detailing the fierce struggles of actresses appearing in a box-office hit ‘Madame Aema”.
2. You and Everything Else
In ‘You and Everything Else’, a couple of friends find their lives intricately linked as they cross each other’s paths through different phases in life.
3. Trigger
Just as the title suggests, in ‘Trigger’, illegal firearms appear and shooting incidents continue to occur in a country that used to be gun-free.
4. Wall to Wall
Starring Kang Ha-neul, ‘Wall to Wall’ is a highlighted anticipated thriller about a man finally realising his dream to buy an apartment, only to see it turn into a nightmare.
5. Love Untangled
Set in 1998 Busan, ‘Love Untangled’ is a youth romance project closely connected to the themes of first love and friendship. It isn’t your regular rom-com.
6. Mantis (WT)
Successful contract killer Mantis (coming from a long break), his opponent and former training buddy Jae-yi, and legendary killer Dokgo are eyeing the number-one spot.
7. The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies
The second story of the documentary ‘In the Name of God’ features the final story of JMS and the vivid voices of survivors from painful events in Korea, as per the logline.
8. Better Late Than Single
‘Better Late Than Single’ is a highly anticipated makeover dating reality series, featuring inexperienced ‘eternal singles’ getting expert coaching to find love.
9. Crime Scene Zero
‘Crime Scene Zero’ is a role-playing mystery reality series. You can find the cast members acting in their selected roles but also trying to unlock the mystery and trace the culprit.
Netflix Korea 2025 lineup: Q4
1. Genie, Make a Wish
Ready for a Kim Woo-bin and Bae Suzy reunion? Definitely. This feel-good romantic comedy is about a genie awakening after a thousand years only to find another master.
2. As You Stood By
Facing a dire situation, the characters in ‘As You Stood By’ resolve to murder and become entangled in a chain of unforeseen circumstances.
3. Can This Love Be Translated?
In this romantic comedy, a multilingual translator and a global celebrity start to fall for each other amid their professional relationship taking unpredictable turns.
4. The Price of Confession
‘The Price of Confession’ is based on a woman suspected of killing her husband. She comes across a mysterious witch and the secrets they harbour start to unfold.
5. Cashero
In ‘Cashero’, an ordinary employee of modest means develops superhuman strength that matches the amount of cash he has on hand.
6. Good News
“Set in the 1970s, a group of people gathered to land a hijacked airplane at all costs devise a suspicious plan,” as per the official announcement on Instagram.
7. The Great Flood
On perhaps the last day on planet Earth, those holding onto the last shred of hope for humanity struggle to survive in a flooded apartment building.
8. Physical: Asia
‘Physical: 100’ is returning bigger and better as ‘Physical: Asia’. Top athletes are getting ready to battle for national pride rather than just personal glory.
9. Culinary Class Wars Season 2
The first season pitted ‘Black Spoon’ underdogs against elite ‘White Spoon’ chefs in dramatic challenges. The second installment promises bolder tastes and unrelenting tension.
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