In the streaming age, K-dramas aren’t limited to local TV’s afternoon seryes. A slate of Korean series is as accessible in a push of a button through different platforms—one of them being Disney+.
Since its arrival on Philippine shores last year, the Disney-powered streaming site has become a growing go-to for K-content for the Hallyu-obsessed Filipino. For a peek into its upcoming slate that’ll have us potentially hooked, scroll down below for all the K-drama titles you can expect on Disney+ in 2023.
1. Big Bet Season 2
Release: February 15
After making waves last year, the K-drama set and filmed in the Philippines returned for a second season in February, where a Korean casino king gets entangled in a murder case while in the country.
Starring: Choi Min Sik, Son Suk Ku, Lee Dong Hwi, Nico Antonio
2. Family: The Unbreakable Bond
Release: April 17
OG Hallyu favorites Jang Hyuk and Jang Na Ra make their grand comeback in Family: The Unbreakable Bond. In this Mr. and Mrs. Smith-esque tale, a married couple is unbeknown to the real occupations of the other. Yoo Ra believes that her husband Do Hoon is an ordinary office worker, but in reality, he lives a covert life as an undercover agent. However, little does he know that his wife has some secrets of her own.
Starring: Jang Hyuk, Jang Na Ra, Chae Jung An, Kim Nam Hee
3. Dr. Romantic Season 3
Release: April 28
The medical drama returns for a third season on Disney+, led by Han Suk Kyu’s Teacher Kim, a once-famous surgeon who now lives his life in seclusion. Expect familiar cast members in season three’s roster, including Lee Sung Kyung and Ahn Hyo Seop.
Starring: Han Suk Kyu, Ahn Hyo Seop, Lee Sung Kyung, Jin Kyung
4. Race
Release: May 10
Office politics come aplenty in a new drama starring Lee Yun Hee, a determined female lead whose lack of academic background isn’t hindering her from conquering the business scene.
Starring: Lee Yun Hee, Hong Jong Hyun, Moon So Ri, U-Know
5. The Devil
Release: June 23
Kim Tae Ri enters the supernatural world in The Devil, where she plays Ku San Young, a part-timer juggling her livelihood and her studies as a public officer. When she stumbles upon articles left behind by her father, she begins to encounter baffling experiences and deaths linked to five sacred objects.
Starring: Kim Tae Ri, Oh Jung Se, Hong Kyung
6. Shadow Detective Season 2
Release: July 2023
In the follow-up to the 2022 drama, a veteran detective on the brink of retirement receives a new assignment involving the murder of his colleague, where he becomes the suspect himself.
Starring: Lee Sung Min, Jin Goo, Jung Jin Young, Kyung Soo Jin, Lee Hak Joo, Kim Shin Rok
7. Moving
Release: August 2023
Three high school students hide a secret beneath their unassuming fronts: They all inherited superhuman powers from their parents, which they’re trying to desperately hide.
Starring: Ryu Seung Ryong, Han Hyo Joo, Zo In Sung, Lee Jung Ha, Go Youn Jung, Kim Do Hoon
8. Vigilante
Release: November 2023
Nam Joo Hyuk’s last project before his military enlistment is the upcoming Vigilante, a tale that follows an aspiring police officer who lost his mother at the hands of a local gangster. Propelled by revenge, he turns into a punisher with a bloodlust for criminals.
Starring: Nam Joo Hyuk, Yoo Ji Tae, Kim So Jin, Lee Joon Hyuk
9. Han River
Release: 2023
Starring Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Lee Sang Yi and more, a group of officers patrolling Han River comes face-to-face with emergency situations that surround Seoul’s famed spot.
Starring: Kwon Sang Woo, Kim Hee Won, Lee Sang Yi, Bae Da Bin, Shin Hyung Seung
10. The Worst of Evil
Release: 2023
Alongside Im Se Mi, Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Joon take on a new action-thriller, where a police officer couple infiltrates a criminal organization’s drug trade. Behind it is Ha Joon’s Jung Ki Cheol, a charismatic man who happens to be the boss behind the deals.
Starring: Ji Chang Wook, Wi Ha Joon, Im Se Mi
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