Childhood Friends to Lovers K-Dramas
If you love childhood friends to lovers stories, these 12 Korean dramas are a good place to start, from weightlifting fairy kim bok joo, strong girl bong soon and the good bad mother. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
2016 · MBC · 16 episodesA story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung…
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Strong Girl Bong Soon
2017 · 16 episodesDo Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is kind, honest, and gentle by nature.
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The Good Bad Mother
2023 · jTBC · 14 episodesYoung Soon is a pig farmer who raised her son alone through sheer stubbornness, and her strictness has left him cold…
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Welcome to Waikiki
2018 · jTBC · 20 episodesThree friends who have never had much luck, an aspiring film director, an eccentric actor and a lazy writer, open a…
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Fight for My Way
2017 · KBS2 · 16 episodesDong Man once dreamed of becoming a fighter, and his childhood friend Ae Ra of becoming a TV anchor, but life has led…
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Connection
2024 · SBS · 14 episodesA narcotics detective in a small city is secretly forced to take a mysterious drug, and as his health slips he must…
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Reply 1997
2012 · tvN · 16 episodesIn 1997, Shi Won is a high school fan of a famous boy band, and she and her five friends in Busan share everything.
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Motel California
2025 · MBC · 12 episodesJi Gang Hui grew up at Motel California, where her father ran the business in their small village.
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Welcome to Samdal-ri
2023 · jTBC · 16 episodesAfter losing his mother at a young age due to an incorrect weather report, Cho Yong Pil decides to become a weather…
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Summertime
2026 · wavve · 10 episodesYeo Eun Ho and Cha Do Hyeon have been inseparable for nineteen years — close enough that Eun Ho thinks he knows every…
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Positively Yours (2026)
2026 · Channel A · 12 episodesThe drama is a reverse romantic comedy that begins with a one-night encounter between a man and a woman who have both…
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Love Next Door
2024 · 16 episodesChoi Seung Hyo, Korea’s rising star architect and founder of Atelier In, seems to have it all—talent, charm, and a…
Questions about Childhood Friends to Lovers K-Dramas
What are the best Childhood Friends to Lovers K-Dramas?
Our top picks are Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Strong Girl Bong Soon, The Good Bad Mother, followed by Welcome to Waikiki. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.
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