01 A coming-of-age romance set against the backdrop of the 1998 financial crisis.
10 Best Korean Romance Dramas
By Vlad Zakh · August 26, 2026
Something in the Rain and Her Private Life show the genre’s quieter, more grounded side, while W: Two Worlds and Extraordinary You go fully into fantasy without losing the romance. Twenty-Five Twenty-One is one of the most rewatched of recent years, a coming-of-age romance set during the 1998 financial crisis. Start-Up weaves a love triangle through a business plot, and Because This Is My First Life lets a marriage of convenience become real. Fight for My Way, Encounter and What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim round out the list.
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02 A startup drama with a genuine love triangle woven through the business plot.
03 Childhood friends chase separate dreams while their feelings for each other complicate things.
04 A marriage of convenience slowly becomes something real.
05 A long-serving assistant tries to quit, and her boss realises he can't let her go.
06 A gallery curator secretly runs a fan account, and her boss finds out.
07 A side character in a webtoon realises she's living inside the story.
08 A woman falls into the webtoon her father draws and into its lead character.
09 A former president and a young man form an unlikely, socially complicated bond.
10 A slow-burn romance between a woman and her best friend's younger brother.
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