14 of the best new K-dramas to watch in August 2024, including Disney+’s The Tyrant

Pachinko is back with Lee Min-ho et al, Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in pair up in Love Next Door, and there’s a lot more Korean drama in August

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Kim Seon-ho in a still from The Tyrant on Disney+, one of 14 Korean drama series dropping in August. They include season two of Pachinko, romantic comedy Love Next Door starring Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in, and Jeon Jong-soo in period drama Queen Woo. Photo: Disney+

Published: 7:15pm, 30 Jul 2024Updated: 3:45pm, 3 Aug 2024

Those looking to beat the August heat by staying indoors will have plenty to choose from during a particularly stacked month of K-drama releases.

We preview 14 of the best Korean drama series debuting in the course of the month.

1. Bad Memory Eraser

Lead cast: Kim Jae-joong, Jin Se-yeon

[2차 티저] MBN 금토 미니시리즈 ＜나쁜 기억 지우개＞ l 직진남 환자와 철벽녀 의사의 첫사랑 착각 관찰 로맨스 MBN 240802 방송

In this romantic drama, Kim Jae-joong (Manhole) plays Lee Goon, a tennis prospect who has been sidelined by an injury. He uses a “memory eraser” to boost his self-esteem.

His first love, Kyeong Joo-yeon (Jin Se-yeon, Born Again), works as a psychiatrist at the brain research centre that has developed the memory eraser. (MBN, August 2)

2. Love Andante

Lead cast: Kwon Hyun-bin, Song Ji-woo

[메인 예고] 권현빈X송지우 혐관 로맨스 시작? 달콤살벌한 남남북녀의 로맨틱 코미디 [사랑의 안단테]

In a “peace village” erected between the two Koreas, talented South Korean pianist Im Joo-hyung (Kwon Hyun-bin, Pandora: Beneath the Paradise) is forced to shack up with Ha Na-kyung (Song Ji-woo, Doctor Slump), the daughter of a North Korean military officer, in this cross-cultural romantic comedy. (Lifetime, August 7)