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Park Bo-gum and IU in the series 'When Life Gives You Tangerines,' premiering on Netflix in March. Photo courtesy of Netflix

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Netflix bares K-content lineup for 2025

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738648603597When Life Gives You Tangerines_FirstLook-min.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Park Bo-gum and IU in the series &#x27;When Life Gives You Tangerines,&#x27; premiering on Netflix in March. <em>Photos courtesy of Netflix</em></span></span></span>Netflix unveiled Tuesday its lineup of titles from South Korea for 2025, including new seasons of beloved dramas and reality shows.</div><p>In a press release, Netflix said its K-content for 2025 &quot;promises to be the most surprising, unique and entertaining yet, offering plenty for fans to enjoy.&quot;</p><p>The lineup includes the space-set romance series &quot;When The Stars Gossip,&quot; thrilling medical drama &quot;The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call&quot; and the fourth season of the dating show &quot;Single&#x27;s Inferno&quot; — all released last January.</p><p>For February, fans can look forward to &quot;Bogotá: City of the Lost,&quot; a film starring Song Joong-ki as a man who moves to Colombia in search of a better life, only to become entangled in the black market. The feature will drop on Feb. 4.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651038155MeloMovie_101_45_020-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Choi Woo-shik and Park Bo-young in &#x27;Melo Movie&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>On Valentine&#x27;s Day, the streamer will premiere <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/1/19/choi-woo-shik-park-bo-youngs-melo-movie-drops-feb-14-on-netflix-1611"><strong>&quot;Melo Movie,&quot;</strong></a> which follows the romance between a film critic and director, played respectively by Choi Woo-shik and Park Bo-young.</p><p>In March, viewers can look forward to the romance series &quot;The Potato Lab,&quot; starring Lee Sun-bin and Kang Tae-oh, and &quot;When Life Gives You Tangerines,&quot; featuring IU and Park Bo-gum. Additionally, the comic-based film &quot;Revelations,&quot; starring Ryu Jun-yeol and Shin Hyun-been, will premiere on the same month.</p><div><strong>2ND QUARTER</strong></div><p>The third and final season of &quot;Squid Game,&quot; <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/1/30/-squid-game-season-3-to-premiere-june-27-netflix-2345"><strong>premiering on June 27</strong></a>, headlines the lineup of Korean titles for the second quarter. The season follows protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) as he returns to the clandestine competition, determined to put an end to the deadly games.</p><p>April will see the premiere of the &quot;Hospital Playlist&quot; spin-off &quot;Resident Playbook,&quot; with a cast led by Go Youn-jung, and &quot;Heavenly Ever After&quot; featuring Kim Hye-ja, Son Sok-ku and Han Ji-min.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651068135Weak Hero Class 2_FirstLook_1-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Park Ji-hoon in &#x27;Weak Hero Class 2&#x27;</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651084390Tastefully Yours_FirstLook_1-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kang Ha-neul and Go Min-si in &#x27;Tastefully Yours&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>The second season of the Park Ji-hoon-starrer &quot;Weak Hero Class&quot; will also arrive on the platform in the second quarter, along with other shows &quot;Mercy for None&quot; (with So Ji-sub, Gong Myung and Choo Young-woo), &quot;Tastefully Yours&quot; (Kang Ha-neul and Go Min-si), &quot;Karma&quot; (Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a, Lee Hee-jun, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo and Gong Seung-yeon), and &quot;Dear Hongrang&quot; (Lee Jae-wook, Jo Bo-ah and Jung Ga-ram).</p><p>&quot;Twenty-Five Twenty-One&quot; star Kim Tae-ri reunites with &quot;Revenant&quot; co-star Hong Kyung for &quot;Lost in Starlight,&quot; Netflix Korea&#x27;s first original animated film.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651396031Kian_s Bizarre B&amp;B_FirstLook_2-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kian84, BTS member Jin and Ji Ye-eun in &#x27;Kian&#x27;s Bizarre B&amp;B&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>The second quarter also includes &quot;unscripted&quot; shows such as the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/07/23/netflix-game-show-the-devils-plan-renewed-for-2nd-season"><strong>second season of &quot;The Devil&#x27;s Plan&quot;</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/8/28/bts-jin-joins-netflix-reality-show-kian-s-bizarre-b-b-1443"><strong>&quot;Kian’s Bizarre B&amp;B&quot;</strong></a> with Kian84 and BTS member Jin.</p><div><strong>3RD QUARTER</strong></div><p>The third quarter offerings include films such as the mystery thriller &quot;Wall to Wall&quot; with Kang Ha-neul, Yeom Hye-ran and Seo Hyun-woo; youth romance &quot;Love Untangled&quot; with Gong Myung, Shin Eun-soo, Cha Woo-min, Yoon Sang-hyun and Kang Mi-na; and the &quot;Kill Boksoon&quot;-spin off &quot;Mantis&quot; (working title) with Yim Si-wan, Park Gyu-young and Jo Woo-jin.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651253789Mantis_FirstLook_1-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Yim Si-wan in the film with the working title &#x27;Mantis&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>Lee Ha-nee and Bang Hyo-rin lead the comedy series &quot;Aema,&quot; which follows two actresses starring in a box-office hit during the 1980s. Other upcoming series include &quot;You and Everything Else,&quot; which explores the friendship between characters played by Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun, and the action thriller &quot;Trigger,&quot; led by Kim Nam-gil and Kim Young-kwang.</p><p>The third-quarter lineup also includes the documentary &quot;The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea&#x27;s Tragedies,&quot; a follow-up to &quot;In the Name of God&quot; that delves into a Korean cult. Other highlights are the dating show &quot;Better Late Than Single,&quot; which follows adults who have never been in a relationship, and the role-playing mystery reality show &quot;Crime Scene Zero.&quot;</p><div><strong>4TH QUARTER</strong></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651294229BlackWhite_Unit_101-07420-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Paik Jong-won and Anh Sung-jae in &#x27;Culinary Class Wars&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>The fourth quarter will bring back popular reality shows, including the second season of the cooking showdown &quot;Culinary Class Wars&quot; and &quot;Physical: Asia,&quot; a new installment of &quot;Physical: 100&quot; that expands the competition to athletes from across Asia.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/2/4/manny-pacquiao-joins-netflix-s-physical-asia-1332"><strong>READ: Manny Pacquiao joins Netflix&#x27;s &#x27;Physical: Asia&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>&quot;Genie, Make a Wish,&quot; the reunion series of Kim Woo-bin and Suzy, will also drop in the fourth quarter, alongside other dramas &quot;As You Stood By&quot; (starring Jeon So-nee, Lee You-mi, Jang Seung-jo and Lee Mu-saeng), &quot;Can This Love Be Translated?&quot; (Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung), &quot;The Price of Confession&quot; (Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-soo and Jin Sun-kyu), and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/18/lee-junho-to-lead-netflix-s-superhero-series-cashero-1227"><strong>&quot;Cashero&quot;</strong></a> (Lee Jun-ho, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Byung-chul and Kim Hyang-gi).</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651438412Genie, Make a Wish_FirstLook_1-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Suzy and Kim Woo-bin in &#x27;Genie, Make a Wish&#x27;</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651457010Can This Love Be Translated__FirstLook_1-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Go Youn-jung and Kim Seon-ho in &#x27;Can This Love Be Translated?&#x27;</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738651637072KHB03100-min.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kim Byung-chul, Lee Jun-ho and Kim Hyang-gi in &#x27;Cashero&#x27;</span></span></span></div><p>Fourth-quarter film releases include &quot;Good News,&quot; starring Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, and Ryoo Seung-bum, which follows a group of people attempting to land a hijacked airplane in the 1970s; and &quot;The Great Flood,&quot; in which Kim Da-mi and Park Hae-soo play an AI researcher and rescuer in a world devastated by a massive flood.</p>

<p>Netflix unveiled Tuesday its lineup of titles from South Korea for 2025, including new seasons of beloved dramas and reality shows.</p>

Netflix unveiled Tuesday its lineup of titles from South Korea for 2025, including new seasons of beloved dramas and reality shows.

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From 'Squid Game' to 'Culinary Class Wars': Netflix bares K-content lineup for 2025

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Published Feb 04, 2025 02:57 PM PHT

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