Over The Top platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, etc., have taken over the entertainment world, as cable TV is now becoming a thing of the past. Audiences can now choose between not just their local or national entertainment but enjoy international media content. A boon and a bane of the entertainment world, Netflix is convenient and user-friendly.

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Korean drama series, popularly known as K-dramas, have taken the television world by storm in the past decade. Heartwarming love stories, period dramas, crime dramas, and mythological legends have been some of the more well-received themes of these dramas. From The Tale Of The Nine-Tailed to Hotel De Luna, Netflix offers a wide range of K-dramas.

10 Childhood Love Comes True (What's Wrong With Secretary Kim)

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What's Wrong With Secretary Kim is one of the highest-grossing K-dramas of this decade. Starring Seojun Park, this drama follows the main protagonist's personal and professional relationship with his secretary, Misoo Kim. Misoo plans to quit her job and gives her notice when she finally pays off all of her family's debt, wanting to do something for more than just the money.

As she serves out her notice period, she is wooed by her boss, bringing back memories of a traumatic experience the two had shared when they were kids.

9 Love That Withstands The Tests Of Time (Guardian)

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Guardian: The Lonely And Great God stars Gong Yoo and Dongwook Lee in a legendary tale of love and myth. Stuck between life and death, with a mythic sword fixed in his chest, the goblin is in search of his bride, who is the only one who can pull out this sword and allow him his long-awaited salvation.

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When he finds his bride, the two end up falling deeply in love and dreadfully await their fate. Although things don't work out for them in their current lives, they reunite in their next life.

8 A Sociopath's Past Comes Back To Haunt Him (Flower Of Evil)

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Flower Of Evil follows a sociopath living the life of a rich and powerful doctor's only son, Heesung Baek, whose actual son is in a coma with little to no hopes of ever recovering. Married to detective Jiwon Cha, he is a committed husband and a devoted father. However, he goes to great lengths to hide his past life.

As events progress, people from his past invade his perfectly crafted present, threatening to end his life as he knows it. An action-packed thriller, this series is a definite must-watch.

7 A Dentist Starts A Clinic In A Small Town (Home Town Cha-Cha-Cha)

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Home Town Cha-Cha-Cha follows Dr. Hyejin Yoon, who publicly calls out her boss for overcharging and overtreating her patients for a profit and is faced with drastic consequences for the same. She decides to set up a clinic in a small seaside town after being rejected by others due to being a whistleblower.

As Hyejin settles in, she faces the problem of cultural shock and tries her best to adapt to and fit in in this town. Along with satisfying work, she finds love, friendship, and more in the townspeople, as she discovers her true self.

6 First Love Leaves A Lasting Impression (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo)

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo follows the life of Olympic weightlifter Bokjoo Kim as she branches out of her one-track mind that has always been focused on her athletic career. She develops a significant crush on her friend's older brother and tries to woo him.

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Bokjoo's pursuit of love set's the ball rolling for her and her friends' love lives. They reflect on themselves and their lives, discovering their true selves, and coming out stronger than ever before. This drama enjoys a cult following by youngsters all over the world.

5 A Viral Documentary Reunites Separated Lovers (Our Beloved Summer)

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Our Beloved Summer follows high school sweethearts Ung Choi and Yeonsoo Kook, who broke up with a promise to never meet each other ever again. However, as fate had it, a documentary they shot while in school goes viral, forcing the now estranged lovers to come together and face the music.

Instead of focusing on the more practical and fictitious aspects of love and relationships, this series depicts the act of falling in love, the raw emotion, and how it is found in the smallest of gestures.

4 An Orphan Becomes A Mafioso (Vincenzo)

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Adopted by an Italian family at 8 years old, Joohyung Park joins the mafia and rises to power within the Cassano family, only to find himself on the lam after the death of the Don. The Don's successor sets out to kill Joohyung, who now goes by the name of Vincenzo Cassano.

An action-packed drama brimming with strategy, cunning, thrill, and more, Vincenzo gained a vast following very quickly. Critically and commercially acclaimed across all domains, this drama follows Vincenzo to South Korea, where he gains more power.

3 Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold (Itaewon Class)

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Starring Seojun Park, Itaewon Class is a k-drama that follows the son of a disgraced father on a journey to avenge himself and his father. He goes up against a powerful and influential food and restaurant conglomerate, determined to get his way. An eccentric character, he finds love and friendship in the people around him.

As he achieves his goals, he looks back and realizes how far he has come, and lets go of the past. He falls in love again and lives his life to the fullest.

2 An Employee Goes On A Blind Date With Her Boss (Business Proposal)

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Adapted from a webtoon novel of the same name, Business Proposal follows Hari Shin, a food researcher at Go Foods, and the chaotic turn her life takes when she finds herself on a fake blind date with the President of her company, Taemoo Kang, as she tries to help her friend.

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As the story progresses, fans root for Hari as she tries to maintain a web she spun with her lies by maintaining a double life as both employee Hari Shin and Taemoo's girlfriend Geumhui Shin.

1 Consequences Of The IMF Crisis (Twenty-Five Twenty-One)

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Starring Nam Joohyuk, Twenty-Five Twenty-One is set in the aftermath of the IMF crisis of the 1990s, where a determined fencer (Heedo Na) and a young master (Yijin Baek), who went from riches to rags meet by chance and fall in love.

This series has won the hearts of many, with each episode evoking feelings of longing, love, frustration, and more. A tearjerker in every right, this currently ongoing drama series has fans on the edge of their seats, eager to know what happens next.

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