12 upcoming Korean dramas releasing in November 2024 starring popular Hallyu stars — Kim Sejeong, Ji Chang Wook, Yoo Yeon Seok & more (2024)

While the K-dramas released in October featured popular picks such as Family by Choice, Hellbound 2 and Spice Up Our Love, the upcoming Korean dramas releasing in November 2024 are an enticing mix of hotly anticipated titles. This includes Kim Sejeong’s Brewing Love, Ji Chang Wook’s Gangnam B-Side, Yoo Yeon Seok’s When the Phone Rings, Gong Yoo's The Trunk and Woo Do Hwan’s Mr. Plankton, to name a few. Scroll down to bookmark the 12 upcoming Korean dramas releasing this month that will wholeheartedly satiate your binge-watching hunger…

1. Brewing Love - November 4

After The Uncanny Counter 2, Kim Sejeong makes her highly-awaited comeback in Brewing Love. The rom-com K-drama showcases the heart-fluttering love story between a super passionate sales queen at a liquor company, a former Special Forces soldier, and a super sensitive CEO of a brewery. While she naturally hides her emotions, he is an expert at catching people’s emotions. Brewing Love also stars Lee Jong Won, Shin Do Hyun, and Baek Sung Chul, and it will stream on Viki.

2. Gangnam B-Side - November 6

For Ji Chang Wook and crime drama genre fans, we recommend Gangnam B-side. The new Disney+ original series follows a demoted detective, a mysterious broker and a hard-working prosecutor who team up to find a missing club ace. The trio enters the dangerous world of vice, drugs and corruption while navigating the shady Gangnam district, which could bring down some of the wealthiest elites in Seoul, South Korea. Gangnam B-side also stars Jo Woo Jin, Ha Yoon Kyung and Bibi, who reunites with Ji Chang Wook after The Worst of Evil. It will stream on Disney+ Hotstar.

3. Face Me - November 6

Spice Up Our Love fans can look forward to Face Me starring Han Ji Hyun alongside Lee Min Ki, Lee Yi Kyung and Jeon Bae Soo. The mystery thriller medical drama explores the unlikely partnership between a renowned but cold-hearted plastic surgeon and a fiery, violent crime detective. The eccentric pair team up to solve crimes by utilising reconstructive surgeries for the victims, eventually becoming absorbed in each other. Face Me will stream on Viki.

4. Mr. Plankton - November 8

Among the upcoming Korean dramas releasing in November 2024, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay fans will be most intrigued by Mr. Plankton as it’s penned by the same writer, Jo Young. The rom-com K-drama is centred around an ex-couple — a man who was accidentally born with the wrong name and the world’s most unlucky and unhappiest woman — who reconnect during the former’s last journey in life. Forced to accompany each other, the peculiar pair is pursued by the latter’s devoted groom, a chaebol heir, and his mother. The unique characters have one commonality: they can’t connect to or blend in with anyone, just like plankton. Mr. Plankton stars Woo Do Hwan and Lee Yoo Mi, marking their first on-screen collaboration in a K-drama, alongside Oh Jung Se and Kim Hae Sook, and will stream on Netflix.

5. The Fiery Priest 2 - November 8

The Fiery Priest is one of the most popular K-dramas of 2019, and five years later, fans are being treated with a second season. The Fiery Priest unfolds as a short-tempered Catholic priest, who was an ex-NIS agent, and a cowardly detective working together to solve a murder case. The comedy crime action series’ second instalment will see the fiery priest’s OG crew tackling a drug cartel as a passionate drug investigation detective joins them. The Fiery Priest 2 marks the return of Kim Nam Gil, Kim Sung Kyun, Honey Lee and Ko Kyu Pil alongside newbies Bibi, Seo Hyun Woo and Sung Joon, and will stream on Disney+ Hotstar.

6. Marry You - November 16

Lee Yi Kyung will have not one but two upcoming Korean dramas releasing in November 2024: Face Me and Marry You. The latter is a rom-com family drama that explores the “matchmaking” love story between a bachelor from a remote island and a level 7 civil servant, who is dispatched to a ‘Marriage Encouragement’ team to get the former married. While his life goal is marriage — with his niece and nephew also conspiring to make his dream come true — she vows to stay single forever. Marry You also stars Jo Soo Min, iKon member Ju-ne and Ji Yi Soo, and will stream on Netflix.

7. Parole Examiner Lee - November 18

For K-pop fans, look no further than Parole Examiner Lee starring Girls' Generation member Yuri alongside Go Soo, Baek Ji Won and Lee Hak Joo. The legal thriller drama witnesses the “anti-hero” tale of an ironclad lawyer who becomes a parole judge to prevent unrepentant criminals from obtaining paroles through money and connections. The lawyer butts heads with a relentless special investigation detective ace, who is committed to achieving justice within the law, over his unconventional ways to implement justice against the bad guys.

8. When the Phone Rings - November 22

Yoo Yeon Seok makes his hotly anticipated K-drama comeback in When the Phone Rings. The romance mystery thriller series is a fascinating tale centred on a “show window” couple — they have been in an arranged marriage for three years with minimal communication — whose lives turn upside down as they receive a threatening phone call from a mysterious kidnapper. While the husband is the seemingly perfect and youngest presidential spokesperson, who is also the son of a prominent political family, his wife is a sign language interpreter who has lost her voice due to depression. When the Phone Rings marks Yoo Yeo Seok's first on-screen collaboration with Chae Soo Bin while also starring Heo Nam Joon and Jang Gyu Ri, and the show will stream on Netflix.

9. Love Your Enemy - November 23

Love Your Enemy is a rom-com melodrama that explores the relationship between enemies and lovers between Dokmok High School’s new chairman and physical education teacher. The quirky pair were born on the same day with the same name but have been enemies for generations. The nemeses have an unexpected reunion 18 years later, this time as a boss and employee, while their family feuds foreshadow a painful separation with fateful twists. Love Your Enemy stars Ju Ji Hoon, Jung Yu Mi, Lee Si Woo and Kim Ye Won.

10. The Trunk - November 29

Before returning as the charismatic salesman inSquid Game 2,Gong Yoomakes his long-awaited K-drama comeback inThe TrunkoppositeSeo Hyun Jin, marking the Hallyu stars' first on-screen collaboration. The romance mystery series chronicles NM, a matchmaking service that sets clients on a contract-based marriage with their desired spouse. NM's deputy head, who chooses to stay single despite her profession, gets into an unexpected contractual marriage with a music producer through her organisation after the latter's first marriage fails. One day, a mysterious trunk is unearthed in the lake, where NM's dirty secrets unravel. The Trunk will stream on Netflix.

11. The Tale of Lady Ok - November 30

The Tale of Lady Ok is a romance saeguk (historical drama) that explores the success of a female slave who becomes Joseon’s legal expert by faking her name, status and even her husband. Amid her intense survival con game, she encounters a veiled storyteller who travels worldwide, reciting novels to people. He falls in love with her at first sight and vows to protect her even after discovering her “two-faced” identity secret. The Tale of Lady Ok will stream on Netflix and stars Lim Ji Yeon, Choo Young Woo, Yeonwoo and Kim Jae Won.

12. Kind-hearted Sunjoo - November (TBA)

Kind-hearted Sunjoo is a comical revenge drama centred on a resourceful interior designer who has dedicated herself to her husband's success. However, she suddenly finds herself divorced after her husband betrays her by having an extramarital affair with a chaebol heiress for his overzealous ambition. The scorned woman is now determined to break free from a bad marriage and start afresh by building a “new” home, but not before seeking satisfying revenge against her deceitful husband. Kind-hearted Sunjoo stars Shim Yi Young, Song Chang Eui, Choi Jung Yoon and Jung Young Seop.