K-DRAMA NEWS - FEB. 2025
By Sharon Stern
A new variety of dramas are in store for us this February, including a zombie comedy!
Study Group - 스터디그룹
Viki – Starring: Hwang Min-hyun, Han Ji-eun, Cha Woo-min, Lee Jong-hyun, Shin Soo-hyun, Yoon Sang-jeong, Gong Do-yu
Genre: Action, comedy, coming-of-age, teen
This drama tells the story of Yoon Ga-min (Hwang Min-hyun), a kid who is a good fighter, but who doesn’t have the grades he needs to get into university. With the support of a temporary teacher (Han Ji-eun), he creates a study group to try to help. Ga-min ends up needing those fighting skills to defend his study group’s existence at his school, which has been dubbed Gangster Prep.
Kick Kick Kick Kick – 킥킥킥킥
Viki – Starring: Ji Jin-hee, Lee Kyu-hyung, Baek Ji-won, and Lee Min-jae
Genre: Office comedy/drama (style of a sitcom)
Two former entertainment stars decide to create a new content production company that aims to reach three million subscribers. The series appears pretty rompy and maybe silly and it looks like each episode will feature cameos by many well-known actors.
Newtopia - 뉴토피아
Amazon Prime – Starring: Jisoo (BLACKPINK), Park Jeong-min
Genre: Rom-com
Here we have the story of a couple who recently broke up, trying to reconcile as a zombie apocalypse hits Seoul. Jae Yoon (Park Jeong-min) is in the military, trying to defend the city against the invasion and Young Soo (Jisoo) is trying to fight her way across the city to be with him.
Melo Movie - 멜로무비
Netflix – Starring: Choi Woo-shik, Park Bo-young, Lee Jun-young, Jeon So-nee
Genre: Rom-com
A jaded film critic and an aspiring director cross paths after a complicated, shared past. Simultaneously, a gifted musician and his ex, now a screenwriter, also re-cross paths when the ex asks him to write the music for a film she wrote about their relationship. The series follows their stories as they work through old issues and establish new memories.
The Witch - 마녀
Viki – Starring: Park Jin-young (Jinyoung), Roh Jeong-eui
Genre: Mystery, romance
There is a woman, Mi-jeong (Roh Jeong-eui), who is called “The Witch” because if you get near her, you die. Everyone around her suffers a horrible event in their lives. She is overwhelmed with guilt because of this and tries to hide away from life. A data miner, Dong-jin (Park Jin-young), approaches her out of curiosity as he investigates her case, but begins to feel compassion for her situation. They end up becoming each other’s salvation at the conclusion of a twisted journey. The Witch is based on a webtoon of the same name.
My Dearest Nemesis - 그놈은 흑염룡
Viki – Starring: Moon Ga-young, Choi Hyun-wook, Im Se-mi, Kwak Si-yang
Genre: Rom-com
In high school, a girl and a boy who are gamers, ended up becoming online friends. They decided to meet up, which turned out disastrous because the boy portrayed himself online quite a bit differently than reality. Sixteen years later, the girl, Su Jeong (Moon Ga-young), works as a planner at the Yongseong Department Store. The store hires a new head of strategic planning, who happens to be her old gaming pal, Ban Ju-yeon (Choi Hyun-wook), against whom she still very strongly holds a grudge.
For Eagle Brothers - 독수리 5형제를 부탁해!
Viki – Starring: Uhm Ji-won, Ahn Jae-wook, Choi Dae-chul, Kim Dong-wan, Yoon Park, Lee Soek-gi
Genre: Family rom-com, rom-dram
This drama tells the story of five brothers who run the Eagle Brewery and the sister-in-law that becomes the head of the makgeolli brewery because of the death of her husband, only 10 days after the wedding. The large main cast means there will be a number of stories to tell. Ma Kwang-sook (Uhm Ji-won) inherits the brewery’s long history, but also its debt and four brothers, each with their own tragic tales. Ma Kwang-sook has to figure out how to hold the family together and make the brewery successful again.
