You may not have experienced watching Korean dramas but if you happen to be stuck on lockdown or quarantine like a lot of people in the world. Well now is the chance to join the bandwagon and finally understand why people are so addicted to them.
Whether you are a K-drama newbie or whether you have been watching them for quite some time now, there are still series that are worth watching.
We can give you a list of the top Korean dramas that most people are streaming right now.
Here is the top 5 list:
1. Crash Landing On You
"Crash Landing on You"is a series that is much like the story of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. With the main characters coming from both opposite backgrounds. The drama revolves around the South Korean wealthy and elite heiress who was paragliding and because the wind was too strong she had an accident and ends up crash landing in North Korea. There she met and fell in love with the North Korean captain of the elite forces who aid her and keeps her away from harm while trying to figure out how to get her home. The lovers have to endure all the crazy plot twists and, well, of course, the obvious impossibilities that make Korean dramas so much fun to watch.
2. Kingdom Season 2
Since the first season of Kingdom premiered January last year, this drama is considered as one of the more surprising hits of its genre. The very first original Korean drama to be produced by Netflix is "Kingdom" having a high production cost amounting to over US$1 million (S$1.4 million) per episode. This series is based on the webcomic series The Kingdom of Gods. The story of "Kingdom" takes place in the Joseon Dynasty in which the kingdom is being taken over by a mysterious plague that brings people back from the dead and transforms them into zombies. Fans and viewers of this series were incredibly ecstatic knowing that Netflix decided to continue the series, which released the second season just this month.
3. Hotel Del Luna
"Hotel Del Luna" centers the story on the man who just graduated from the Ivy League Harvard Business School with an MBA degree. Then he was hired at a hotel chain and is considered as the youngest assistant manager to be given his position. However, he is unaware that what seems like promising employment turns out to be incredibly strange since the hotel offers their services to the paranormal realm, which means their customers are ghosts, spirits and the like.
4. Love Alarm
"Love Alarm" basically centers its story on three main characters that are coming of age during the release of the "love app". Whoever downloads the "love app" on their phones will be able to discover if someone from a 10-m radius has romantic feelings towards them. However, while the love app's purpose is supposed to help people find love, it also has a negative side to it since it also causes some problems. The show was reported to have been renewed for a second season and the fans and viewers are ecstatic but anxious while they wait for news on the actual release date.
5. Dr Romantic 2
"Dr Romantic's" devoted followers are more than excited to discover that their favorite K-drama is back for a second season. The story of this drama is about a highly acclaimed surgeon who made a decision to leave his prestigious position at a top hospital in Seoul because of a tragic event and moved to work at a much smaller hospital in another province. Many fans and viewers loved the first season of this medical drama but season two could not have come at a better time.