If you aren’t a hopeless romantic at heart already, one binge viewing of these romantic K-dramas will make you a believer. As an industry that peddles a highly aspirational ideal of love, you’ll find that the highest-rated dramas of the country have romance as their leitmotif, often exploring the innocence of falling in love for the first time—and all the growing pains that come with it. If you are looking for tales that capture the achingly beautiful vulnerabilities of first love, these romantic K-dramas streaming on Netflix are guaranteed to tug at your heartstrings:
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?
There are some things you can’t do without being bonded together for life, and being kidnapped by your father’s scorned mistress is one of them. Having pledged to marry each other as kids, fate would conspire to bring Lee YoungJoon and Kim MiSo (Park SeoJoon and Park MinYoung respectively) back into each other’s lives as an insufferable CEO and his patient secretary.
Love In The Moonlight
Young Hong RaOn (Kim YooJung) may have been flirting with fire when she decided to cross-dress but instead, she finds herself flirting with the Crown Prince (Park BoGum) as the two embark on an against-all-odds romance amidst tackling palace politics and dealing with rebel groups.
My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
Having been bullied for her looks all her life, Kang MiRae (Im SooHyang) believes that plastic surgery could be her ticket to a fresh start in college, only to be surprised by the knowledge that resident campus hottie Do KyungSeok (Cha EunWoo) saw her for herself right from the beginning.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim BokJoo
Despite having a crush on a svelte doctor, it is only reuniting with her childhood friend Jung JoonHyung (Nam JooHyuk) that will help the little weightlifting fairy Kim BokJoo (Lee SungKyung) experience the heady rush of first love.
Reply 1988
Set against the backdrop of 1980s Seoul, this coming-of-age drama can easily take you back to your own trials and tribulations of first love, as seen through the lens of Sung DukSeon and neighbourhood genius Choi Taek (Lee HyeRi and Park BoGum respectively).
