Ten recommended Korean dramas that have been popular recently in 2023 plot synopsis .

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-19

1. Flashing watermelon

Type:Fantasy, time-traveling, plot;

Flashing Watermelon is a fantasy youth drama that tells the story of Eun-Gyeon (Yeo-Woon), a gifted coda boy born to deaf parents.

One day, he enters a musical instrument shop and is forced to descend to a strange place, and his time goes back to 1995, when he plays in a band with his childhood father (Choi Hyun Wook) and forms a band with the young people he met there after a series of fantasy stories.

2. Super Ability Clan

Type:action, love, suspense, fantasy;

The drama tells the story of a family with innate superpowers that spans generations and generations to fight against huge enemies, a high school student who hides the unknown secrets of others, and the coming-of-age story of his parents.

"Super Ability" won the first place in South Korea's comprehensive content ranking in the fourth week of August, and won the first place in the Korean TV-OTT drama topic list for two consecutive weeks.

3. Sweet Home 2

Type:Drama, thriller, horror;

Sweet Home Season 2 (2), directed by Lee Ying-bok, starring Song Jiang, Lee Jin-wook and others, adapted from the comic of the same name, is a Korean monster zombie-themed thriller TV series that will be launched on Netflix on December 1, 2023.

Sweet Home Season 2 will continue the story of the first season, telling the story of the people who survived the battle with monsters in the first season and left their apartments to come to the outside world to fight against monsters outside, and also need to fight against the mutated desires in their hearts.

4. The psychiatric ward will also usher in the early morning

Type:Plot;

The Psychiatric Ward Will Also Welcome to the Morning" is a TV series directed by Lee Jae-gyu, written by Lee Nam-gyu, and starring Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, and Jang Dong-yun. It premiered in South Korea on November 3, 2023.

The Psychiatric Ward Will Usher in the Morning" tells the story of **, who came to work in the psychiatric department for the first time, and the people with mental illness in the ward, as well as those who wanted to help the mentally ill.

5. Have an appointment with the devil

Type:Plot, love, fantasy;

"A Date with the Devil" is directed by Kim Jang-han and Kwon Da-soon, with Kim Yu-jeong, Song Jiang, and Lee Sang.

2. A Korean fantasy romance TV series starring Kim Hae-sook and Kim Tae-hoon.

The play tells the story of the chaebol heiress Du Zhixi (played by Kim Yuzhen), who is surrounded by enemies, and Zheng Jiuyuan (played by Song Jiang), a demon who lost his ability overnight, and starts a romance story of heterogeneous cohabitation that redeems each other.

6, Dark Glory Season 2

Type:Plot, suspense;

Dark Glory Season 2 is a TV series starring Song Hye Kyo, Lee Ji Hui and others, written by Kim Eun-sook, and directed by Ahn Gil-ho, which will be broadcast in South Korea on March 10, 2023.

The play tells the story of a woman who was brutally bullied and dropped out of high school, and after many years, she takes complete and tragic revenge on her perpetrators and bystanders.

7. National death penalty voting

Type:Drama, thriller;

The National Death Penalty Vote is based on the manga of the same name. It premiered on South Korean TV SBS on August 10, 2023, and will be followed by an episode every Thursday night. The drama tells the story of an anonymous person wearing a "dog mask" who goes to a referendum trial against those who have escaped the punishment of the law, and in the course of the trial, he has a friction with other characters such as the police.

The second episode of "National Death Penalty Vote", which aired on August 17, 2023, has a rating of 39% ranked first in Thursday TV series. The instant highest rating rose to 55%。

8. Illegal justice

Type:Plot, action, thriller, crime;

The drama is adapted from the webtoon of the same name, which tells the story of Kim Ji-yong, a vigilante who walks between law and crime, and punishes those criminals who have escaped the law by countering violence with violence.

On November 8, 2023, the show will be broadcast in South Korea.

9, strong woman Jiang Nanshun

Type:Comedy, action, love;

The play is a sequel to "Strong Woman Du Fengshun", which tells the story of Jiang Nanshun, a relative of Du Fengshun, and his mother and grandmother, three strong women, who investigate the truth of Jiangnan's new drug crimes.

On August 31, 2023, "Strong Woman Do Bongsoon" released the first trailer and announced that it would premiere on the evening of October 7, 2023.

10, my goddess roommate Doona

Type:Comedy, love;

My Goddess Roommate Doona is a coming-of-age romance film adapted from the popular Korean webtoon "The Reason to Fall in Love with My Sister", which tells the story of an ordinary freshman and a former Korean pop idol who meet in a student dormitory.

On October 20, 2023, the show will be launched on Netflix.

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