Season 2 of Netflix Korean drama Squid Game will include new cast members Im Si-wan, Jo Yu-ri, Park Gyu-young and Park Sung-hoon, while Lim Soo-hyang and Ji Hyun-woo could be leads in Beauty and the Devoted.

Con artist K-drama Delightfully Deceitful, starring Chun Woo-hee and Kim Dong-wook, has dropped its original psychological angle for a more run-of-the-mill plot. While less confusing, it is also not as interesting.

From second seasons of The Uncanny Counter, Netflix’s D.P. and Shadow Detective, to Not Others starring Choi Soo-young of Girls’ Generation, here are six new K-drama series to watch in July 2023.

Starring Park Joo-mi, Choi Myung-gil and Kim Min-jun, Korean drama Durian’s Affair is a high-society tale with a Joseon-era twist, but so far its past-present mash-up is not working too well.

So you want to be an influencer? Netflix K-drama Celebrity highlights how, for one woman (played by Park Gyu-young), fame and fortune comes with deadly consequences.

Kim Myung-soo of K-pop band Infinite and Choi Jin-hyuk star in Numbers, a drama series set in a Korean accounting firm in which Kim plays a man out avenge his adoptive father’s death.

Kim Tae-ri stars opposite Oh Jung-se in Disney+’s occult drama about a woman possessed by an evil spirit, which has been slow to start, but now has all the parts in place to be terrifying going forward.

Netflix’s Squid Game was such a huge hit that it propelled several relatively unknown Korean actors to global mega-stardom – will these 4 already-impressive new cast members find the same success?

From The Glory and Bloodhounds to Dr. Romantic 3, we rank our 10 favourite K-dramas of the first half of 2023. See if you agree with our picks and the order we put them in.

Kim Tae-hee and Lim Ji-yeon dig into brooding psychological mystery in Lies Hidden in My Garden, an Amazon Prime K-drama whose opening episodes set up an intriguing premise.

Girls’ Generation’s Im Yoon-ah and Lee Jun-ho of 2PM fame are the leads in Netflix K-drama King the Land. Sadly, that is all the show has going for it – this is tacky, dated and unimaginative fare.

Starring Shin Hye-sun as a reincarnated woman pursuing an old flame, Netflix Korean drama series See You in My 19th Life is full of verve, but also tired clichés – and is far from director Lee Na-yeong’s best work.

The third season of Dr. Romantic, a Korean drama series on Disney+ starring Han Suk-kyu, ends with fan favourites from previous seasons returning to the Doldam Hospital operating theatres.

Korean shows are hugely popular on Netflix, but calls are growing for the government to support locally funded projects and secure the rights for content amid concerns about its effects on the local market.

Shin Hye-sun is about to play Ban Ji-eum in Netflix’s See You in My 19th Life, marking more than 10 years since her debut on screen – here’s how the 33-year-old went from wannabe to mega star

Han So-hee, the breakout star of K-drama The World of The Married who cemented her status by appearing in series such as My Name, has quickly become one of South Korea’s leading actresses.

Queen of Masks, the Korean drama series starring Kim Sun-a as a lawyer and one of a quartet of strong women wronged by men, has threaded its way to a very satisfying conclusion in its final episodes.

Asian tourists have been flocking to the tiny Swiss village of Iseltwald – because it was where a romantic scene in the smash-hit Netflix Korean drama Crash Landing on You was filmed.

Astro boy band member Cha Eun-woo has been confirmed for K-drama Wonderful World, while Son Suk-ku of My Liberation Notes is being courted to headline thriller series Nine Puzzle.

With a story obvious from the start, and that could have been told in a feature film, Korean drama series The Good Bad Mother stretches its narrative thin with some daft subplots – without fully losing its charm.

In Korean drama series Bloodhounds, Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi play Kim Gun-woo and Wong Hoo-jin, amateur boxers who meet in the ring, then team up to fight a loan shark persecuting the former’s mother.

Starring Lee El, Amazon Prime Korean drama Battle for Happiness focuses on social media addiction among a group of mothers who endlessly hunt for likes.

Doctor Cha, Netflix’s hit K-drama about a 40-something doctor’s love and work life, may have rocketed to success in its first weeks, but narrative stagnation after a mid-series climax leaves it ultimately disappointing.

From Squid Game’s Lee Byung-hun to Train to Busan’s Gong Yoo to heartthrob Hyun Bin, the 10 greatest male K-drama actors of all time ranked.

Kim Dong-wook and Chun Woo-hee star in K-drama Delightfully Deceitful, a stylish drama that mixes thrills with indulgent – sometimes unnecessary – psychobabble.

Kim Dong-wook’s time-travelling TV reporter is on the trail of a serial killer in rural South Korea in My Perfect Stranger, and along for the ride is Jin Ki-joo’s publishing house editor, with past issues of her own.

Season three of Disney+ Korean medical drama Dr. Romantic sees top surgeon Master Kim (Han Suk-kyu) saving lives, both inside his new Trauma Centre and outside at various civil emergencies.

Here is a preview of the top K-dramas debuting in June 2023, from Netflix’s Bloodhounds to Lies Hidden in My Garden starring Lim Ji-yeon of The Glory, and See You in My 19th Life with Shin Hye-sun.