10 best South Korean TV series with unexpected romantic stories (11 photos)

South Korean culture has been actively conquering the whole world for many years now. See for yourself. Boy band BTS is probably the most popular active music group in the world. The recent “Parasite” won four Oscars in the most important categories (for best picture, screenplay and director), and it was completely deserved. And “The Squid Game” is clearly the main series of 2021.





But Korean TV series (which we call dramas) became incredibly popular among Western viewers even before “The Squid Game.” For example, in the Top 250 TV series there are as many as 19 representatives of South Korea. Obviously, this is all for a reason.

We have prepared for you a list of 10 romantic dramas that feature completely unpredictable love stories. With their help, you can quickly become familiar with and fall in love with the unique South Korean vision of plots and character interactions.

All dramas presented in the selection are complete stories consisting of 16 episodes (the average duration of each episode is approximately 1 hour). In addition, they are all relatively new - released no earlier than 2016. Get started with one of them today!

1. Scarlet Skies (2021)



The events take place during Joseon times. Two people, a guy and a girl, are connected by fate. Poor Cheon Gi was blind from birth, and Ha Ram, born into a wealthy family, had a bright future ahead of him. But at one point, Ha Ram suddenly loses his sight, and Cheon Gi, on the contrary, regains his sight. The girl turns out to be an excellent artist, and the guy, despite being blind, becomes a scientist. After a while, it is these two heroes who will have to save the Kingdom from great evil.

IMDb: 7.6

2. The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)





There are two parallel worlds - modern Korea and patriarchal Korea, between which a portal opens. A detective from our reality, Jung Tae Eul, teams up with Lee Gon, the emperor of a parallel world, to close the portal. After all, he opened up for a reason; the demons who now threaten both worlds are to blame for everything.

IMDb: 8.1

3. Goblin (2016)



Tokkebi is an immortal demon who was cursed to live forever for killing thousands of warriors. He can only lift the curse by meeting a chosen mortal girl. Only she is able to see his secret and save him from immortality. And now, after 900 years of Tokkebi’s suffering, such a girl finally appears on Earth.

The series is also known as “Immortal. Romantic Spell" and "Demon".

IMDb: 8.6

4. Crash Landing on You (2019)



A young girl, Seri Yun, from a wealthy South Korean family, after an unsuccessful paragliding flight, suddenly finds herself in North Korean territory. A local army officer discovers the offender, but does not arrest her. A man falls in love and goes against his country to save his new friend.

The series is also known as Love Landing.

IMDb: 8.7

5. One Day Destruction Knocked on My Door (2021)



A girl with brain cancer named Dong Kyung, whose life as a whole is not going well at all, curses the whole world and thereby accidentally contacts the god of destruction Sa Ram. They enter into an agreement under which the heroine gets the opportunity to spend the last 100 days of her life as she wants. Sa Ram plans that with her help he can destroy the world, but suddenly falls in love with the girl.

IMDb: 8.0

6. The Story of the Nine-Tailed Fox (2020)



Lee Young is a magical nine-tailed fox who can transform into a human. It is over 1000 years old and maintains order in the human world. TV producer Ji Ah, who makes films about urban myths, comes to him. A confident and strong-willed girl, she learns that she and Lee Young have seen each other before - the fox saved the girl as a child. In addition, Ji Ah turns out to be the reincarnation of the hero’s very first love.

The series is also known as The Tale of the Gumiho.

IMDb: 7.9

7. Business proposal (2022)



The main character Ha Ri goes on a blind date instead of her rich friend. A young man comes to meet her, who is none other than the CEO of the company where she works. Now he, mistaking her for another person, calls the heroine to be his wife. We have to get out somehow!

IMDb: 8.1

8. Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019)



An angel named Dan once again misbehaved in heaven and received an extremely difficult task from senior management. He must find love for the blind earthly ballerina, who has long lost faith in this very love and in people in general. It doesn’t get any easier because Dan himself falls in love with her.

The series is also known as "Dan, the only love."

IMDb: 7.7

9. Parallel worlds (2016)



Young Joo and Kang Chul are representatives of completely different worlds. And, literally: she is a surgeon in the real world, and he is a successful businessman from... a web comic called “W”. It seems that their meeting, and even more so the romantic story, looks unreal, but it all happens.

The series is also known as “W: Between Two Worlds.”

IMDb: 8.1

10. Ha Ru, whom I met by chance (2019)



A girl from a wealthy family named Dan O suddenly learns two disappointing facts about her life in a row. Firstly, she is a comic book heroine, and not even the main one, but a deeply secondary one. Secondly, even this existence of hers must soon end - according to the script, the girl is about to die. Not going to put up with this, Dan Oh suddenly begins to interact with the nameless character and gives him the name Ha Ru. Because of this, the fates of both change.

The series is also known as "Accidentally Found Ha Ru".

IMDb: 7.8