Buzz rankings tell you what people are talking about, not why. Here’s a quick tour of all ten dramas on Good Data Corporation’s latest list, so you can decide what to add to your watchlist.
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The Top 10 Korean Dramas
| Rank | Drama | Platform | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Hands, Two Sonatas | tvN, Netflix | Aug 29 |
| 2 | New Recruit 4: Sabotage | ENA | Aug 24 |
| 3 | Made in Korea 2 | Disney+ | Sept 9 |
| 4 | The Scandal | Netflix | Sept 18 |
| 5 | The Ordinary Jackpot | TVING | Sept 10 |
| 6 | A Love Other Than Yours | KBS2 | Sept 12 |
| 7 | Dive into You | Channel A, Disney+ | Sept 26 |
| 8 | 100 Days of Deception | tvN | Oct 10 |
| 9 | Between Steps | ENA | Oct 5 |
| 10 | Mousetrap | Netflix | Aug 28 |
The Dramas, Explained
1. Four Hands, Two Sonatas. Song Kang plays a hardworking piano prodigy whose top spot is shaken when transfer student Lee Jun Young arrives at an arts high school. The story follows their friendship, rivalry and growth from adolescence into professional pianists. soompisoompi
2. New Recruit 4: Sabotage. This military comedy follows Kim Min-ho’s Park Min-seok, newly promoted and facing fresh dilemmas, with Lee Hyun-kyun joining as a new battalion commander. Lee Jung-hyun plays Kang Chan-seok, a sergeant major nearing discharge. ENA’s slot has since passed to Between Steps, so the run appears to have wrapped. tenasiastarnewskorea
3. Made in Korea 2. Set nine years after season one, it finds Hyun Bin’s Baek Ki-tae as a KCIA deputy director, while Jung Woo-sung’s prosecutor Jang Geon-young returns after planning his comeback. The new season is one continuous six-episode arc, with Jang now driven by revenge.
4. The Scandal. A Joseon-era reimagining of Dangerous Liaisons, it centres on a risky wager between Son Ye-jin’s Lady Cho and Ji Chang-wook’s playboy Cho Won, with Nana’s Hui-yeon caught in the middle. It’s an eight-episode series.
5. The Ordinary Jackpot. Lee Jun Hyuk plays a sales employee who wins a 1.3 billion won lottery prize. It isn’t enough to transform his life overnight, so he returns to work the next day with a different outlook. soompi
6. A Love Other Than Yours. A realistic romance about a couple in their tenth year together, Seo Kang Jun’s Namgoong Ho and Ahn Eun Jin’s Lee Mi Do, who started as childhood friends. Lee Mi Do is a film director whose career has stalled. soompiasianwiki
7. Dive into You. WJSN’s Kim Ji Yeon plays an actress who time-travels with her twin brother and gets a second chance to save her first love, played by Park Seo Ham. An old camcorder takes them back to 2010, and a body swap complicates things. soompisoompi
8. 100 Days of Deception. Set in 1932 Gyeongseong under Japanese occupation, it follows Kim You Jung’s pickpocket-turned-spy, who infiltrates the Government-General and gets entangled with Park Jinyoung’s interpreter. It’s tvN’s 20th-anniversary drama, premiering October 10.
9. Between Steps. Choo Young Woo plays a former swimmer who lost a leg to illness and now studies robotics, while Kim So Hyun’s Im Yoo Jin finds a new path in his lab. It’s the late director Ahn Pan Seok’s final work and premieres today at 10 p.m. KST. soompisoompi
10. Mousetrap. A webtoon-based thriller about a reclusive novelist, played by Ryu Jun Yeol, who loses his identity to a mysterious man called “The Rat” and teams up with a loan shark, played by Sul Kyung Gu, to get it back. soompi
New to the genre? The Korean drama Wikipedia page covers its history. For more picks, see our latest K-drama news, OTT updates and entertainment headlines on Technosports.
FAQs
Which drama is most buzzworthy this week?
Four Hands, Two Sonatas is No. 1 for the fifth straight week.
Which new dramas premiere soon?
Between Steps starts today, and 100 Days of Deception follows October 10.
