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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Feb 4, 2025 6:13 PM UTC  (Clockwise) Melo Movie, Can This Love Be Translated?, Mantis, Squid Game (Clockwise) Melo Movie, Can This Love Be Translated?, Mantis, Squid GameNetflix (4)  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Feb 4, 2025 6:13 PM UTC Nine years after launching in South Korea, Netflix has proven that Korean content overcame what _Parasite_ director Bong Joon-ho once called the subtitle “barrier.” One just needs to look at the sophomore season of fan-favorite _Squid Game_, released over the winter holidays in 2024: In just weeks, it became the second most watched non-English season of all time, with audiences watching for over 1.24 billion hours, falling behind only to its own first season, which had been viewed for 2.2 billion hours. (For reference, the streaming giant has [about 301 million paid subscribers](https://s22.q4cdn.com/959853165/files/doc%5Ffinancials/2024/q4/FINAL-Q4-24-Shareholder-Letter.pdf).) The popularity of Korean dramas has also risen among Netflix’s competitors like Disney+, Apple TV+, and Hulu. But with its [billion-dollar investment in Korean productions](https://time.com/6289170/netflix-invests-south-korea-content-k-dramas/), Netflix is likely to continue its domination in 2025 with a highly anticipated conclusion to _Squid Game_in the mid-year, alongside a bevy of other titles featuring some of the Hallyu wave’s most bankable stars. Here are the K-dramas to look forward to on Netflix in 2025: ## _Melo Movie_ _Parasite_’s Choi Woo-shik and _Daily Dose of Sunshine_’s Park Bo-young join forces in a Valentines’ Day romance for cineastes. Choi plays Ko Gyeom, a movie buff turned critic, who crosses paths with Park’s Kim Mu-bee, a director who enters the film industry out of a love-hate relationship with her father, after years apart. Helming the production is director Oh Choong-hwan, who has brought shows like _Hotel de Luna_ (2019) and _Start-Up_ (2020). _Melo Movie_ will stream on Netflix on Feb. 14. ## _When Life Gives You Tangerines_ South Korea’s “little sister” IU (_Hotel de Luna_) and Park Bo-gum (_Reply 1988_, _Record of Youth_) team up in this slice-of-life series. IU plays the younger version of Ae-sun, a bold “remarkable rebel,” while Park plays Gwan-sik, nicknamed “unyielding iron”—in a show that chronicles their relationship over the course of four seasons in 1950s Jeju Island, a paradise known for its sprawling [tangerine farms](https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/contentsView.do?vcontsId=193822#:~:text=Tangerines%20of%20Jeju%2C%20made%20sweet,mind%20when%20thinking%20of%20Jeju.). _When Life Gives You Tangerines_ airs on March 7. ## _Weak Hero: Class 2_  A first look at Weak Hero Class 2 Courtesy of Netflix This brutal, action-packed series returns with a second season, focused once again on one of the pressing social woes in South Korea: bullying. Based on the Naver webtoon of the same name by Seopass, _Weak Hero Class_ _2_ picks up where the first season left off in 2022—Yeon Si-eun (Park Ji-hoon, returning from Season 1) has been transferred to a new school after exacting violence on his enemies in the previous one. Among the new faces are Ryeo-un (_Twinkling Watermelon_), Choi Min-yeong (_XO, Kitty_) and Lee Min-jae (_Uprising_). _Weak Hero Class 2_ is set for a second quarter release. ## _Squid Game 3_ The epic finale of globally-celebrated survival series _Squid Game_ will arrive mid-year. The second season ended with ([spoiler alert](https://time.com/7203891/squid-game-season-2-ending/)) Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) in despair following a failed rebellion against the game and its architect, a failed attempt to locate the games, and the death of his friend. A post-credits scene in the second season promises even higher stakes in the follow-up—teasing a second giant doll, Cheol-su, joining the characteristic Young-hee doll in the deadly Red Light, Green Light game. Creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk told [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2025/01/squid-game-lee-jung-jae-hwang-dong-hyuk-tease-season-3-final-1236247418/) that the final season will be a “crazy, crazy, crazy” one. _Squid Game 3_ will be released June 27\. ## _Aema_  A first look at Aema Courtesy of Netflix Chungmuro, an avenue in Seoul, was the historic “cradle” of the South Korean film industry from the 1960s until the 1990s, and this fictional comedy explores the struggles of those trying to make it big at the height of the Hollywood-like neighborhood’s glory. The series goes behind the scenes of the making of the 1982 erotic box-office hit _Madame Aema_. Lee Ha-nee (_The Fiery Priest_, _Phantom_) plays Chungmuro A-lister Jeong Hee-ran, who loses the lead role in the film after a squabble with the creator, and is eventually replaced by aspiring Shin Ju-ae, played by up-and-coming actor Bang Hyo-rin. _Aema_ is set for a third quarter release. ## _Genie, Make a Wish_  Suzy and Kim Woo-bin in Genie, Make a Wish Courtesy of Netflix Kim Eun-sook, the writer behind the 2022 revenge drama [_The Glory_](https://time.com/6261820/the-glory-netflix-true-story/), is no stranger to romance, having penned local hit shows like _Lovers in Paris_ and _Descendants of the Sun_.This year, she is the screenwriter behind a light-hearted fantasy rom-com that brings together Kim Woo-bin (_Black Knight, The Heirs_) and Suzy (_Doona!_) years after their last project, _Uncontrollably Fond_, in 2016\. Kim plays the Genie, while Suzy plays Ka-young, his new master, and the two characters go through the familiar three wishes rule. _Genie, Make a Wish_ is expected to be out in the fourth quarter of 2025. ## _Can This Love Be Translated?_  Go Youn-jung and Kim Seon-ho in Can This Love Be Translated Courtesy of Netflix Actor Kim Seon-ho, whose popularity skyrocketed after a supporting role in 2020 tvN drama _Start-Up_, is back after his last project with Netflix, _Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha_. Kim plays a polyglot who eventually works—and forms a romance—with a global celebrity, played by Go Youn-jung (_Alchemy of Souls Part 2, Moving_). _Can This Love Be Translated?_ is slated for a release in the last quarter of the year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7212723/korean-dramas-2025-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7212723/korean-dramas-2025-netflix/"},"headline":"The Netflix Korean Dramas to Look Out For in 2025","datePublished":"2025-02-04T18:13:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:51:38.859Z","description":"From Squid Game 3 to When Life Gives You Tangerines, here are the K-dramas the streaming giant is offering for 2025.","url":"https://time.com/7212723/korean-dramas-2025-netflix/","keywords":["Television","list","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b975c6f2a2367d/6998b3111500fb5b78aa423b/netflix-korean-drama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chad de Guzman","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b975c6f2a2367d/6998b3111500fb5b78aa423b/netflix-korean-drama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"netflix-korean-drama","caption":"Netflix Korean Drama","creditText":"Netflix (4)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7212723/korean-dramas-2025-netflix/","name":"The Netflix Korean Dramas to Look Out For in 2025"}}]}] ```