With the new year right around the corner, check out the ten most anticipated K-Dramas that will be released in January 2024.
1. Marry My Husband — January 1
Marry My Husband is a webtoon adaption about an unhappy wife who discovers she has cancer right before witnessing her husband’s affair with her close friend. They get into a brawl that ends in her death. But she wakes up ten years in the past and decides to change her future by not marrying her husband and falling in love with someone new.
2. Love Song for Illusion — January 2
Love Song for Illusion is a webtoon adaptation about Crown Prince Sajo Hyun, who has two personalities, one of which causes him pain whenever he touches someone. During an assassination attempt to take his life, he ends up with a concubine instead.
3. Gyeongseong Creature Part 2 — January 5
After finally releasing part one of the highly anticipated show, it will quickly return with its second half.
Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul’s grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
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4. Knight Flower — January 12
In Knight Flower, a widow of a noble family lives a double life. Though she never leaves the house during the day, she comes out at night as a vigilante to help people.
5. A Shop for Killers — January 17
A Shop for Killers is a book adaptation about a woman who became an orphan after her father killed her mother and himself. She was then raised by her uncle, who ran a mysterious shopping mall. After his death, she learns the truth about her uncle’s shop.
6. The Bequeathed — January 19
In The Bequeathed, a woman becomes the victim of strange incidents since inheriting her family’s gravesite and isn’t the only one. A police detective begins to connect other happenings from the village to the family gravesite and starts an investigation.
After the death of an unknown uncle, a woman inherits a burial ground and finds herself in the center of a string of murders and dark secrets.
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7. Captivating The King — January 26
After becoming a hostage in Captivating The King, a prince meets a female baduk (also known as go) player with whom he becomes fascinated. Though she fell in love with him, everything changed. While he became the king, she became a spy and sought him out for revenge.
8. Flex X Cop — January 26
In Flex X Cop, a man from a wealthy family decides to become a detective in a violent crimes unit and use his connections to arrest criminals.
9. Doctor Slump — January 27
Starring Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik, Doctor Slump follows two medical students who used to be rivals. After achieving success in their respective fields, unfortunate events bring them to the lowest point in their lives. That’s when the two reunite and begin a romance as they comfort each other.
10. Queen of Divorce — January 31
After experiencing betrayal from her husband, a woman becomes the head of a divorce settlement office to punish bad partners and help those in need.
