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7 of the best new K-dramas to watch in July 2024, including Netflix’s Sweet Home season 3

  • Song Kang leads season 3 of Netflix’s monster K-drama Sweet Home, Disney+ thriller Red Swan sees K-pop star Rain play a bodyguard

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Song Kang in a still from Sweet Home season 3. Netflix’s monster K-drama returns this July along with new releases such as Disney+ action thriller Red Swan and webtoon adaptation Serendipity’s Embrace. Photo: Kim Jeong Won/Netflix

While July does not appear to be particularly packed with K-drama releases, there will be some big and splashy series to entertain viewers looking to beat the summer heat.

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We preview seven of the best Korean drama series debuting this month.

1. Red Swan

Lead cast: Kim Ha-neul, Rain

Red Swan | Official Trailer | Disney+ Singapore

K-pop star Rain and Kim Ha-neul team up for Disney+ action thriller Red Swan.

Rain plays Do-yoon, a tough-as-nails bodyguard who begins working for Oh Wan-soo (Kim), a former pro golfer who now runs a world-famous charity foundation after marrying into the family that runs the mighty Hwain Group conglomerate.

Do-yoon has an ulterior motive for working for Wan-soo and, as he gets closer to his goal, Wan-soo begins to learn dark secrets about her husband’s family.

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Red Swan is written by Choi Yoon-jung, a veteran in the K-drama world whose last produced series was Only Love in 2014. (Disney+, July 3)
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