School and Youth K-Dramas

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When Life Gives You Tangerines

2025 · Netflix · 16 episodes

This story looks back on the youthful days of our parents, when life was uncertain but hearts were full.

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Twinkling Watermelon

2023 · tvN · 16 episodes

Twinkling Watermelon tells the story of Eun Gyul, a CODA who is born to deaf parents but has a natural gift for music.

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Weak Hero: Class 1

2022 · Netflix · 16 episodes

An action-driven coming-of-age drama centered on Yun Shi Eun, a top student who consistently ranks in the top 1% of his…

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Reply 1988

2015 · tvN · 20 episodes

In a small Seoul neighborhood in the late 1980s, five families live so close that their doors are never really shut.

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Moving

2023 · Disney+ · 20 episodes

Three high schoolers, Bong-seok, Hui-su and Gang-hoon, each have unusual powers they have to hide, inherited from…

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The Glory

2022 · Netflix · 16 episodes

Moon Dong-eun was tormented so badly by her high school classmates that she had to drop out.

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Twenty-Five Twenty-One

2022 · tvN · 16 episodes

In 1998, in the shadow of a national financial crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do dreams of becoming a champion.

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

2016 · MBC · 16 episodes

A story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung…

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Resident Playbook

2025 · tvN · 12 episodes

At the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, a group of young residents choose the obstetrics and gynecology…

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Youth of May

2021 · KBS2 · 12 episodes

In Gwangju in 1980, medical student Hwang Hee-tae, a golden boy from a comfortable family, meets nursing student Kim…

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Our Unwritten Seoul

2025 · tvN · 12 episodes

Twin sisters Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae share the same face but lead completely different lives.

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Teach You a Lesson

2026 · Netflix · 10 episodes

The series follows the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB), a special organization created to restore order…

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The Penthouse: War in Life

2020 · SBS · 21 episodes

Hera Palace is a hundred-floor luxury apartment tower where the residents are rich, ambitious and hiding plenty.

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All of Us Are Dead

2022 · Netflix · 12 episodes

A science experiment gone wrong turns a high school into the first place a zombie virus spreads.

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High School Return of a Gangster

2024 · wavve · 8 episodes

Deuk Pal is a middle-aged gangster who always wished he had gone to school.

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Law School

2021 · jTBC · 16 episodes

A death at a top law school shakes the students and staff who were all there that night.

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Begins Youth

2024 · Xclusive · 12 episodes

Seven boys in the small town of Songju each carry something heavy, from family troubles and poverty to grief and…

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The King of Pigs

2022 · TVING · 12 episodes

Two men who were friends in school are reunited by a message from someone they have not heard from in twenty years, and…

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Pyramid Game

2024 · TVING · 10 episodes

At a girls' high school, students vote once a month in a ranking that decides everyone's place in the social order.

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Revenge of Others

2022 · Disney+ · 12 episodes

After her twin brother dies in what is called a suicide at school, Chan Mi refuses to believe it and transfers to his…

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Hello, My Twenties!

2016 · jTBC · 12 episodes

Five young women in their twenties live together in a shared house called Belle Epoque.

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Boyhood

2023 · Coupang Play · 10 episodes

In the late 1980s, a small, bullied boy transfers to a rough agricultural high school where fists decide everything.

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Beautiful World

2019 · jTBC · 16 episodes

After their teenage son is left brain-dead following an incident at his new school, his parents and little sister start…

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Save Me

2017 · OCN · 16 episodes

Sang Mi's family moves to a small town after her father's business fails, and a charismatic religious leader offers…

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Reply 1997

2012 · tvN · 16 episodes

In 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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Seasons of Blossom

2022 · wavve · 16 episodes

Five students at Seoyeon High School share a story of first love and friendship.

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Way Back Love

2025 · tvN · 6 episodes

Hui Wan is twenty-four and has lost her will to live.

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Rookie Cops

2022 · Disney+ · 16 episodes

At the Korean National Police University, a diverse group of cadets go through the highs and lows of training to become…

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At a Distance, Spring Is Green

2021 · KBS2 · 12 episodes

Soo Hyun and Yeo Jun are two university students with opposite personalities who become unlikely friends after working…

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Class of Lies

2019 · OCN · 16 episodes

A once-successful lawyer loses everything after a single case goes wrong, and to try to reclaim his reputation, he…

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Angry Mom

2015 · MBC · 16 episodes

Kang Ja was a feared troublemaker in high school before dropping out to become a mother, and now, at thirty-four, her…

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Our Beloved Summer

2021 · SBS · 16 episodes

Years after a high school documentary unexpectedly goes viral, two ex lovers who once couldn’t stand each other are…

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Nevertheless,

2021 · jTBC · 10 episodes

Yoo Na-bi got badly burned by an ex who cheated on her and swore off relationships, until she meets Park Jae-eon, a…

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Duty After School

2023 · TVING · 10 episodes

Unidentified alien objects suddenly appear in the skies worldwide, and rather than evacuate them, the government drafts…

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A Love So Beautiful

2020 · Kakao TV · 24 episodes

Cha Heon is the kind of student everyone notices. He is smart, good looking, and keeps his distance, even though he is…

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Family By Choice

2024 · jTBC · 16 episodes

Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun grow up under one unconventional household, bound together not by blood but by…

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True Beauty

2020 · tvN · 16 episodes

True Beauty is a romantic comedy centered on Lim Ju Gyeong, a high school girl who transforms her life after mastering…

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Cheese in the Trap

2016 · tvN · 16 episodes

Hong Seol is a hardworking college student who's always been wary of Yoo Jung, an upperclassman who's popular and…

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Answer Me 1994

2013 · tvN · 21 episodes

A group of college freshmen from different provinces move into the same Seoul boarding house in 1994, brought together…

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Doctors

2016 · SBS · 20 episodes

Yoo Hye-jeong was a troubled teenager who once nearly threw her future away, until a tough-love teacher turned her life…

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My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

2018 · jTBC · 16 episodes

Kang Mi-rae underwent plastic surgery after years of being bullied over her looks, hoping college would finally be a…

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Great Seducer

2018 · MBC · 32 episodes

Kwon Si-hyun has a reputation for effortlessly seducing and discarding women as part of a running game with his equally…

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Undercover High School

2025 · MBC · 12 episodes

Jung Hae Seong is a top agent from the National Intelligence Service who is on the verge of being demoted.

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Study Group

2025 · TVING · 10 episodes

Yun Ga Min is a determined student at the struggling Yusung Technical High School, dreaming of going to college despite…

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Spring Fever

2026 · tvN · 12 episodes

Yun Bom escapes the emotional exhaustion of her life in Seoul by moving to the quiet village of Sinsu, where she starts…

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Happy Anding

2026 · tvN · 12 episodes

Kang Tae Gu leads Asura, a comedy trio that has spent ten years trying to get noticed.

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Make Me Tremble

2026 · TVING · 10 episodes

Kong Yeon-su grew up in a strict, traditional family, works in marketing, and has lived by one careful rule: she won't…

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Second Plate

2026 · YouTube · 6 episodes

Kang Yu Hyeon once dreamed of becoming a chef, but meeting the far more gifted O Min Gyeom showed him a gap he could…

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Between Steps

2026 · ENA · 12 episodes

Park Min Jae was a promising swimmer until illness cost him his left leg, and he rebuilt his life around robotics at a…

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Four Hands, Two Sonatas

2026 · tvN · 12 episodes

Kang Pi-o has spent his whole life at the top — first in his class, first at the piano, already talked about as a…

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Summertime

2026 · wavve · 10 episodes

Yeo 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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Spirit Fingers

2025 · TVING · 12 episodes

Song U Yeon is a quiet, awkward high school student who blends into the background and lives a life that feels dull and…

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The Winning Try

2025 · SBS · 12 episodes

Ju Ga Ram was once the brightest hope of Korean rugby.

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Melo Movie

2025 · Netflix · 10 episodes

Kim Mu Bi is an aspiring film director who works quietly as an assistant director, determined to follow in her father’s…

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Cherry Blossoms After Winter

2022 · Heavenly · 8 episodes

Hae-bom is a withdrawn student dealing with depression after a personal loss, and Tae-sung is the classmate who keeps…

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Light On Me

2021 · Watcha · 16 episodes

Set within a high school broadcasting club, the show follows several overlapping relationships among its members as…

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Color Rush

2020 · Seezn · 8 episodes

In a world where people see only in black and white until meeting their soulmate, a student who has never seen color…

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Boys over Flowers

2009 · KBS1 · 25 episodes

Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family that runs a small dry-cleaning shop.