2026 Kdrama Masterlist: Check Out Whats Coming In 2026
With 2026 fast approaching, we’re dedicating this page to list all of the upcoming Kdramas set to air then.
Let us go through what K-dramas are coming in 2026!
Notes:
- This list will be regularly updated, so make sure to bookmark it
- some of these dramas names are current working titles and might change before the broadcasting confirms.
List of 2026 Korean dramas- in short
A Shop For Killers Season 2
Cast: Kim Hye Joon, Lee Dong Wook, Jo Han Sun, Geum Hae Na, Lee Tae Young, Kim Min, Hyun Ri, Masaki Okada
Plot: Based on Kang Ji Young’s novel The Murderer’s Shopping Mall, the drama follows the survival story of Jian (Kim Hye Jun), who becomes a target for mysterious killers due to the dangerous inheritance left behind by her uncle Jinman (Lee Dong Wook).
Network: Disney+
Air Date: 2026
Efficient Dating for Singles
Cast: Han Ji Min, Park Sung Hoon, Lee Ki Taek, Jung Hye Sung and Kim So Hye
Plot: The drama is based on a webtoon and tells the story of the pursuit of efficiency in modern dating where love alone is no longer enough.
Network: JTBC
Air Date: 2026
Sold Out Again Today
Cast: Ahn Hyo Seop, Chae Won Bin, Kim Bum
Plot: “Sold Out Again Today” is a dreamy rom-com about Matthew Lee, a farmer who works three jobs, and Dam Ye Jin, a top show host who suffers from severe insomnia.
Network: SBS
Air Date: 2026
Delusion
Cast: Suzy, Kim Seon Ho
Plot: the drama is based on a webtoon of the sam title and is a mystery thriller set in 1935 Gyeongseong. It follows the story of a painter who is commissioned to create a portrait of a mysterious woman who has not been seen in public for over half a century and is surrounded by many rumors. He begins to uncover her mysteries and secrets.
Network: Disney+
Air Date: 2026
21st Century Grand Prince’s Wife
Cast: IU, Byeon Woo Seok, Noh Sang Hyun, and Gong Seung Yeon.
Plot: The story centers on a romance between a wealthy woman frustrated by her “commoner” status and a prince who, despite his royal blood, feels empty due to his lack of possessions and freedom.
Network: unknown
Air Date: 2026
Gold Land
Cast: Park Bo Young, Kim Sung Cheol, Lee Hyun Wook, Kim Hee Won, Moon Jung Hee, Lee Kwang Soo
Plot: the drama follows the story of a security screening officer at an international airport who happens to come to possession of gold bars tied to an illegal smuggling ring. While everyone around her gets consumed by greed, she gets drawn into a dangerous battle with others and her own growing desire to keep it.
Network: Disney+
Air Date: 2026
Miss Undercover Boss
Cast: Park Shin Hye, Go Kyung Pyo Ha Yun Kyung, and Cho Han Gyeol
Plot: its a comedy office drama set in the late 1900s during the IMF crisis. It follows the story of a 35-year-old elite financial supervisory officer who only knows how to work, she uses her younger appearance and goes undercover as a 20-year-old high school graduate employee at a securities firm to investigate suspicious activities.
Network: tvN
Air Date: 2026
How to Be a Landlord in South Korea
Cast: Ha Jung Woo, Im Soo Jung, Kim Jun Han, Krystal, Shim Eun Kyung
Plot: The drama is a thriller about a struggling landlord who becomes entangled in a crime to protect his family and property. He is lured into a staged kidnapping despite being a landlord and the plans spirals out of control and the kidnapping becomes very real.
Network: tvN
Air Date: 2026
Lotto 1st Place Winner Goes to Work Too
Cast: Lee Jun Hyuk, Seo Hyun Woo, And Oh Dae Hwan
Plot: The drama is based on a webtoon and tells the story of an ordinary sales employee who wins the jackpot of around a million dollars. Rather than quitting work, he continues to face life with a new mindset and shows up for work as always seeing the lottery as a safety net.
Network: TVING
Air Date: 2026
Secret Audit
Cast: Shin Hye Sun, Gong Myung, Kim Jae Wook, And Hong Hwa Yeon
Plot: Its a romance comedy about an audit director who hides a secret and the audit department ace who gets demoted to handling internal company misconduct.
Network: tvN
Air Date: 2026
Yumi’s Cells 3
Cast: Kim Go Eun, Kim Jae Won, Jo Hye Jung and more
Plot: “Yumi’s Cells Season 3” is an emotional romance that follows the continued growth of Yumi (played by Kim Go Eun), who returns as a star writer, and her ever-loyal cells who still only care about Yumi and nothing else. With Kim Go Eun reprising her iconic role as Yumi, the casting of rising youth star Kim Jae Won as ‘Soonrok’—a role that has drawn major public attention—has also been confirmed.
Network: TVING
Air Date: 2026
Honor
Cast: Lee Na Young, Jung Eun Chae, Lee Chung Ah
Plot: The drama tells the story of three lawyers who are confronted by a massive scandal from the past. They decide to face is head on. Its based on a Swedish series of the same name.
Network: ENA
Air Date: 2026
Spring Fever
Cast: Ahn Bo Hyun, Lee Joo Bin, Cha Seo Won, Cho Jun Young, And Lee Jae In
Plot: the drama is based on a web novel and follows the romance of Yoon Bom who is enduring an emotional turmoil in Seoul and decides to move to a small town and work as an exchange teacher. Despite being cold and detached initially, she opens her heart after meeting a man.
Network: unknown
Air Date: first half of 2026
The Scarecrow
Cast: Park Hae Soo, Lee Hee Joon, Kwak Sun Young
Plot: The drama follows the story of a detective who investigates a series of serial murders and is forced to partner with a man he hates. Set between the years of 1988 and 2019, the story follows the two men who chase after the truth across 33 years.
Network: unknown
Air Date: first half of 2026
Private Taxi
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Lee Yeon Hee, Joo Jong Hyuk, Mimi, And More
Plot: The drama is based on a webtoon and tells the story of a taxi driver who only takes pre-booked regulars and plays the songs they want to hear along with their stories.
Network:
Air Date: 2026
The Persevering Doctor
Cast: Lee Jae Wook, Shin Ye Eun
Plot: “The Persevering Doctor” is a rom-com about a public health doctor and a nurse who live and work on the infamous island of Pyeondong.
Network: ENA
Air Date: 2026
Our Universe
Cast: Bae In Hyuk And Roh Jeong Eui
Plot: “Our Universe” is a romance drama about two in-laws who start off on bad terms but end up living under the same roof to raise their orphaned 20-month-old nephew Woo Joo, this happens after the passing of their older siblings in a tragic incident.
Network: tvN
Air Date: 2026
To You
Cast: Hwang In Youp, Hyeri
Plot: “To You” is a romantic comedy that tells the story of a genius film director who returns after achieving all of his dreams, and a reporter who has forgotten her own. Both revisit an unfinished film from their past and rewrite their love story.
Network: unknown
Air Date: 2026
In Your Radiant Season
Cast: Chae Jong Hyeop, Lee Sung Kyung
Plot: “In Your Radiant Season” is about Sunwoo Chan, a man who lives each day like an exciting summer vacation, and Song Ha Ran, a woman who has locked herself away as if life were a cold winter.
Network: MBC
Air Date: first half of 2026
Back to Work
Cast: Seo In Guk, Park Ji Hyun, Kang Mina
Plot: Based on the webtoon of the same name, “Back to Work!” follows Ji Yoon (Park Ji Hyun), a seventh-year office worker in a career slump, who reluctantly teams up with her prickly boss Si Woo (Seo In Guk) as the “lesser evil” to avoid the “worst.” Over time, they come to rely on each other and become indispensable partners.
Network: unknown
Air Date: 2026
Positively Yours
Cast: Choi Jin Hyuk, Oh Yeon Seo, Hong Jong Hyun, Dasom
Plot: Based on the hit webtoon of the same name, “Positively Yours” is a romantic comedy that explores the unexpected fallout from a one-night stand between a man and a woman who have both vowed never to marry.
Network: unknown
Air Date: 2026
Stand-in CSAT
Cast: Bae Hyeon Seong, Cha Kang Yoon, Park Yoon Ho, And More
Plot: “Stand-in CSAT” is a crime thriller about a top student at a prestigious private high school who is coerced into taking the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for someone else. The series portrays a high-stakes academic survival game in a world where grades dictate one’s future, exposing betrayal and deception in the relentless quest for top scores.
Network: TVING
Air Date: 2026
Brave New World
Cast: Lim Ji Yeon, Heo Nam Jun, Jang Seung Jo
Plot: “Brave New World” is a romantic comedy that explores the fiery, love-hate dynamic between Shin Seo Ri (Lim Ji Yeon), a cunning woman from the Joseon Dynasty, and Cha Se Gye (Heo Nam Jun), a ruthless contemporary chaebol.
Network: unknown yet
Air Date: 2026
The New Employee Chairman Kang
Cast: Son Hyun Joo, Lee Ju Myoung, Jeon Hye Jin, Jin Goo and Lee Jun Young
Plot: “The New Employee Chairman Kang” tells the story of Kang Yong Ho, the influential chairman of the top conglomerate Choi Sung Group, celebrated as a business prodigy. Following an accident, his soul is mysteriously transferred into the body of a young soccer player, compelling him to begin anew as a rookie employee at the very company he once led.
Network: JTBC
Air Date: 2026
Fifties Professionals
Cast: Shin Ha Kyun, Oh Jung Se, Heo Sung Tae
Plot: “Fifties Professionals” is an action-comedy that follows three seemingly ordinary middle-aged men who hide extraordinary skills and a dangerous past. Once leaders in their fields, a mysterious incident forces them into exile on the remote Yeongseon Island. There, they embark on a bittersweet and humorous journey to uncover the truth behind the events of that day—a 10-year-old mystery that has long remained unsolved.
Network: MBC
Air Date: first half of 2026
Remarried Empress
Cast: Shin Min Ah, Ju Ji Hoon, Lee Se Young and Lee Jong Suk
Plot: The story follows Navier (played by Shin Min Ah), the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, who is handed a divorce notice by Emperor Sovieshu (Ju Ji Hoon) after he falls for the runaway slave Rashta (Lee Se Young). In response, Navier accepts the divorce but requests permission to remarry Prince Heinrey (Lee Jong Suk) of the Western Kingdom, setting off a grand romantic fantasy saga.
Network: Disney+
Air Date: 2026
Human x Gumiho
Cast: Jun Ji Hyun and Ji Chang Wook
Plot: a fantasy romantic comedy that follows a captivating being who lures humans and a man who attracts supernatural creatures, as their fates intertwine at a mysterious crossroads.
Network: JTBC, Amazon Prime
Air Date: 2026
Can This Love Be Translated
Cast: Kim Seon Ho, Go Young Jung, Lee E Dam, and more
Plot: Joo Hojin (Kim Seon Ho) is a highly skilled multilingual interpreter fluent in English, Japanese, and Italian. He takes on the role of an interpreter for star Cha Moohee (Go Youn Jung), who exudes charm and unwavering confidence.
Network: Netflix
Air date: 2026
Cashero
Cast: Lee Junho, Kim Byung Chul, Kim Hye Jun And Kim Hyang Gi
Plot: “CASHERO” is a slice-of-life superhero drama based on the popular webtoon of the same name. It tells the story of Kang Sang-woong, an ordinary civil servant who gains super strength proportional to the amount of money he holds in his hand and uses it to save the world.
Air date: 2026
Network: Netflix
East Palace
Cast: Cho Seung Woo, Nam Joo Hyuk, and Roh Yoon Seo
Plot: The story follows Gu cheon, who has the ability to traverse the world of spirits, and Saeng gang, a court lady with a secret. Together, they are summoned by the king to investigate a curse haunting the East Palace.
Air date: 2026
Network: Netflix
Riding Life
Cast: Jeon Hye Jin, Jo Min Soo, Jung Jin Young, And Jeon Suk Ho
Plot: “Riding Life” is a work that depicts various relationships within a family. Jeon Hye Jin will play the role of Lee Jeong-eun, a character who leads the drama.
Air date: 2025
Network: Disney+
Made in Korea
Cast: Hyun Bin, Jung Woo Sung, Won Ji An and more
Plot: “Made in Korea” is a series set in the tumultuous 1970s, focusing on the story of Baek Gi Tae, a man driven by ambition for wealth and power, and prosecutor Jang Geon Young, who is determined to stop him at all costs. The series portrays their encounter with a massive event that sweeps through the era.
Air date: 2026
Network: Disney+