Best South Korean soap series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch soap shows from South Korea, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Oh My Ghostess

    Oh My Ghostess 2015

    Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new "personality," Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo, the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun's secret crush!

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  • Poster for The Miracle

    The Miracle 2016

    How could twin sisters be such polar opposites? Kwon Shi Ah is the beautiful sister, gorgeous in every way and a member of the popular girl group known as Miracle Girls. Since she was in preschool, Shia has worked as a model and then a teen actress before becoming an idol. Her fraternal twin sister, Shi Yeon, is almost double the body size of Shi Ah and has always been ridiculed and bullied in school for her large frame. Because of this, Shi Yeon has become a recluse, who prefers staying home and producing an Internet broadcast within the safety of her room. The only time Shi Yeon ventures out is to visit a mysterious tarot card reader who gives Shi Yeon a magical tarot card every day. But the twin sisters’ lives are turned upside down when they wake up one day and realize that their souls have switched bodies! What will an idol musician and Shi Yeon’s high school crush think of the women they thought they knew?

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  • Poster for The Man's Voice

    The Man's Voice 2021

    Baek Tae Hwa is the cat’s owner and an airline co-pilot. He has a good background and handsome looks that would make anyone fall for him. Due to his naturally sweet personality, Baek Tae Hwa has often made women cry without meaning to. The pet hotel he uses suddenly closes before his flight one day, so Baek Tae Hwa ends up entrusting his pet with a woman. Go Mi Rim has an ordinary background and is optimistic by nature. She works part-time at a convenience store while looking for a full-time job. Go Mi Rim agrees to take care of the cat owned by her one-sided love interest, but she starts to hear the cat’s voice after being hit by lightning, setting up the plot for an interesting romance to unfold.

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  • Poster for Replay

    Replay 2021

    A group of high schoolers forms a band as they near the end of their schooldays, but romance soon threatens their harmony. Lead singer Yoo Ha Young, whose viral YouTube cover song made her famous, wants to be known for original material. However, both her close friend and guitarist, Lee Ji Hoon, and the older keyboard player Gong Chan Young develop feelings for her. Meanwhile, bassist Lim Seo Eun and the band’s drummer Shim Tae Young also find themselves drawn to each other.

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  • Poster for Mysterious Personal Shopper

    Mysterious Personal Shopper 2018

    Hong Se Yeon works as a personal shopper. She is outgoing and a positive person, but she is betrayed by people whom she loved. She begins to take revenge on those who betrayed her. Meanwhile, Eun Kyung Hye is the only child of a CEO. Her life looks perfect, but she has a fear that she will get abandoned. Because of her fear, she has an impulse control disorder and gets compulsive.

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  • Poster for Sunny Again Tomorrow

    Sunny Again Tomorrow 2018

    After being fired from her job at a TV home shopping channel, Ha-Nee decides to start her own fashion company and soon becomes involved with Han-Kyul, a merchandiser for the shopping channel.

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  • Poster for Brilliant Heritage

    Brilliant Heritage 2020

    A stepmother takes revenge on four spoiled brothers. The father feels betrayed by his sons who are always after his money. This twisted family shows conflict and the true meaning of being a family. The story revolves around Buruna Noodles and the owner of the restaurant. Each son and their wives have different dreams, but they all want one thing.

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  • Poster for A Man in a Veil

    A Man in a Veil 2020

    A man has the intelligence of a 7-year-old due to an accident. Han Yoo Jung is a woman with a bright and positive personality. She aspired to become an announcer, but her poor family background made her give up on her dream. She now works hard to support her family. She also lives in atonement for her fraternal twin sister's wrongdoings.

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  • Poster for An Angel's Choice

    An Angel's Choice 2012

    Choi Eun-seol is a young, married and cheerful woman who works as a researcher at a cosmetics company. Her husband betrays her but with the help of family, she learns to rediscover love and her happiness.

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  • Poster for The Promise

    The Promise 2016

    Na-Yeon is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-Joon, who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-Joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-Jin, who is a granddaughter of Baekdoo Company president. Do-Hee is Na-Yeon’s twin sister. She is arrogant and tough. Do-Hee works as a reporter at a weekly magazine. After Na-Yeon’s death, Do-Hee decides to take revenge. She takes on the identity of her sister Na-Yeon. Do-Hee then meets Hwi-Kyung, who is successor of Baekdoo Company.

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  • Poster for Replay: The Moment When It Starts Again

    Replay: The Moment When It Starts Again 2021

    “Replay” will be a relatable romance story about the dreams and love of 18-year-olds during the time when they are most clumsy, insecure, and innocent. Like the title, the drama will be told by replaying the past in present time.

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  • Poster for My Wonderful Life

    My Wonderful Life 2020

    This drama deals with the adversity overcoming of a new life as a young mother who has lived a hard life becomes a daughter of a chaebol. It is a story that happens when a young mother, who has lived in defiance with all her bad luck, becomes a chaebol daughter in the morning. It seems to be a drama that looks back on life and family.

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  • Poster for Timing

    Timing 2020

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  • Poster for Feelings

    Feelings 1994

    Three brothers Bin, Hyun and Joon become drawn to the very pretty and sweet Yuri, a family friend. Yuri arrives from France to live with them for the summer while attending classes at their university, causing each brother to be attracted to her in a different way.

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  • Poster for Blessing of the Sea

    Blessing of the Sea 2019

    Sim Chung-Yi has an absolute sense of sight which allows her to identify thousands of colors. She also has a bright personality. Sim Chung-Yi meets Ma Poong-Do who is a pianist. He is highly skilled on the piano, but he receives criticism that he has lack of sensibility. Sim Chung-Yi and Ma Poong-Do develop romantically. Sim Chung-Yi also tries to find a secret of her father.

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  • Poster for Real:Time:Love

    Real:Time:Love 2019

    After ten years of being best friends, it has been six months that they have become an honest and confident couple. But because of a mistake, they started a secret relationship? A web sitcom about the real love of nineteen-year-old students.

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  • Poster for Fatal Promise

    Fatal Promise 2020

    A fierce revenge melodrama about a girl who is pushed to the edge of a cliff while fighting the unjust and a man who breaks his promise with her and starts a family of his own, reuniting 7 years later.

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  • Poster for Phoenix

    Phoenix 2020

    Ji Eun is the daughter of a wealthy chaebol family. She is bright, humorous, beautiful, and smart. Ji Eun meets Se Hoon, who runs a small furniture workshop. Unlike Ji Eun, Se Hoon comes from a poor family background. He was once the top student at a prestigious university, but he had to drop out due to his sick mother. Nevertheless, Ji Eun falls deeply in love with Se Hoon. She confesses her feelings to him. Se Hoon is also in love with Ji Eun, but he turns her down due to the extreme differences in their backgrounds. Eventually, Se Hoon is unable to bury his feelings any longer and they decide to marry.

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  • Poster for I'm Sorry Kang Nam-Goo

    I'm Sorry Kang Nam-Goo 2016

    Jung Mo-A (Kim Min-Seo) marries Park Do-Hoon (Lee In). They both grew up at the same orphanage. Park Do-Hoon learns that he is the son from a wealthy family. He dumps Jung Mo-A and marries Cha Young-Hwa (Lee Na-Kyung). Her father is a powerful politician.

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  • Poster for Wang's Family

    Wang's Family 2013

    Wang Subak, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, had married into a wealthy family. But after her husband Ko Minjung goes bankrupt, she and her family have to move back into her parents' home. Second daughter Hobak is also having financial difficulties with her jobless husband Heo Sedal, while third daughter Gwangbak suddenly decides to quit her stable job as a teacher to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. Navigating the pressures of their circumstances will test every member of the family as they struggle to find happiness and love.

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  • Poster for No Matter What

    No Matter What 2020

    A family drama around a flower shop filled with beautiful flowers 365 days in a year, that depicts the story of children who experienced parental divorce and remarriage, and grew up fighting in a world of prejudice and fiercely overcoming difficulties from work and love.

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  • Poster for Bad Love

    Bad Love 2019

    The story of a woman who struggles amidst a big whirlwind of fate, and her unconditional motherly love.

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  • Poster for 사랑이 꽃피는 나무

    사랑이 꽃피는 나무 1987

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  • Poster for Your Neighbor's Wife

    Your Neighbor's Wife 2013

    Imagine a charming person moves in next door and starts flirting with you! A married couple was once very much in love. However, after spending a long time together, they have become indifferent toward one another and are desperately in need of something new. Song Ha is a competent working woman with two children, married to Sun Kyu, a narrow-minded idealist. One day, a couple moves in next door. One is Kyung Joo, a dedicated housewife who is all about housekeeping and supporting her family, and the other is her husband Sang Shik, a patriarchal man. Song Ha and Sun Kyu, who were frustrated with each other, are attracted to their new neighbors, who are totally different from their spouses. What will these couples get up to with their whirlwind of emotions? They have nowhere to run or hide! From romance to sexy comedy, mystery, and even thrilling situations!

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  • Poster for Mom Has an Affair

    Mom Has an Affair 2020

    Desperate times call for desperate measures and for one mom, that means bagging a rich man to make her kids happy. Pil Jeong is a single, divorced mom of two who swore that she’ll never get married again. Her children, on the other hand, have other plans in store. They beg her to find and marry a rich man as a means of securing their family’s future and a hilarious family expansion project ensues.

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  • Poster for 바보같은 사랑

    바보같은 사랑 2000

    A story of two people who feel love while sympathizing and understanding each other

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  • Poster for Through the Waves

    Through the Waves 2018

    Due to the Korean war, Oh Bok-Sil’s family becomes separated lose everything. Not to be defeated, they live with strength as they suffer great hardships.

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  • Poster for My Mother Is a Daughter-in-law

    My Mother Is a Daughter-in-law 2015

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  • Poster for Teacher Oh Soon Nam

    Teacher Oh Soon Nam 2017

    This TV show revolves around Oh Soon Nam, a teacher at a traditional Korean school called Jeokhyeonjae where she nurtures students’ aspirations like a friend. Soon Nam is also married to the sole descendant of a head family clan that comes with heavy responsibilities. Then tragedy strikes her. Soon Nam embarks on an investigation to punish the people behind these injustices, and finds that she must choose between revenge and values she has lived by all her life. Always thinking of loved ones, she transforms into a person that people admire for her strength and perseverance in the face of adversity.

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  • Poster for A Bird That Doesn't Sing

    A Bird That Doesn't Sing 2015

    A 10 billion won insurance murder case causes Oh Ha Naui to lose everything. She sets out to take revenge upon Chun Mi Ja who caused her misfortune.

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  • Poster for 서울뚝배기

    서울뚝배기 1990

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