Happy New Year to all of you, beautiful people! And because Dramaland also starts the year strong, here are the new dramas that are coming out in January. Among them, you will find romance, action, historical, all the genres that will satisfy each and every fan. So, what are you watching in 2025?
January 3
Love Scout
Cast: Han Ji Min & Lee Joon Hyuk
Plot: Kang Ji Yoon (Han Ji Min) is the successful CEO of a headhunting company. She invests all her time in her work. Outside her job, she doesn’t know how to do anything. Her secretary Yoo Eun Ho (Lee Joon Hyuk) takes care of everything for her. Unlike Ji Yoon, he’s friendly and considerate. He’s also a single father.
Episodes: 12
Channel: SBS, Viki, Netflix
January 4
When the Stars Gossip
Cast: Lee Min Ho, Gong Hyo Jin, Oh Jung Se & Han Ji Eun
Plot: Gong Ryong (Lee Min Ho) is an obstretician and future son-in-law of a chaebol company. On a secret mission, he travels to a space station as a tourist. There, he meets elite space scientist and commander Eve Kim (Gong Hyo Jin). Scientist Kang Kang Soo (Oh Jung Se), the son of a wealthy family, is also stationed there.
Episodes: 16
Channel: tvN, Netflix
January 6
Wongyeong: The Queen who Crowns
Cast: Cha Joo Young & Lee Hyun Wook
Plot: During the Goryeo period, Queen Wongyeong (Cha Joo Young), known as Lady Min, is married to Yi Bang Won (Lee Hyun Wook). His father King Taejo, the founder of the Joseon dynasty, decides however to choose his second son Yi Bang Gwa as his successor. Wongyeong schemes to put her husband on the throne.
Episodes: 12
Channel: tvN, TVING
January 10
Motel California
Cast: Lee Se Young & Na In Woo
Plot: Ji Kang Hee (Lee Se Young) comes from a mixed-raced background and has suffered from it in her childhood, while living in a small village where her father ran the Motel California. Her first love is Chun Yeon Soo (Na In Woo) who also liked Kang Hee. After 12 years apart, Kang Hee returns to her hometown and they meet again.
Episodes: 12
Channel: MBC
January 15
Unsmasked
Cast: Kim Hye Soo & Jung Sung Il
Plot: Oh So Ryong (Kim Hye Soo) is the chief of the investigative program Trigger that aims at solving cases the police and prosecution can’t. This leads them to exposing dark crimes and unmasking villains. PD Han Do (Jung Sung Il) joins the team.
Episodes: 12
Channel: Disney+, Hulu
January 23
Study Group
Cast: Hwang Min Hyun & Han Ji Eun
Plot: Yoon Ga Min (Hwang Min Hyun) is a student at a notorious vocational school with many troubled students. Though he looks smart with a neat appearance, his grades are at the bottom. To improve his grades, Ga Min forms a study group. In exchange for helping him study, he protects other students with his fighting skills.
Episodes: 10
Channel: TVING, Prime Video
January 24
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
Cast: Ju Ji Hoon & Choo Yeong Woo
Plot: Baek Gang Hyeok (Ju Ji Hoon) is a genius trauma surgeon with a strong personality. He’s in charge of the trauma center at a university hospital. Though he and his team save lives, the hospital plunges deeper in the red financially. To help him, he scouted doctor Yang Jae Won (Choo Yeong Woo) who becomes his first pupil.
Episodes: 8
Channel: Netflix
Bonus: January 14
Single’s Inferno: Season 4
MC: Lee Da Hee, Dex, Hanhae, Kyuhyun & Hong Jin Kyung
Plot: Love and hell are coming back in this new season of the hit Netflix show Single’s Inferno.
Episodes: TBC
Channel: Netflix
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