TV

10 Great K-Dramas You've Been Sleeping On to Watch on Viki Right Now

10 Great K-Dramas You've Been Sleeping On to Watch on Viki Right Now
Image credit: tvN

You have many amazing shows to explore as you wait for Hotel Del Luna Season 2.

10. Coffee Prince (2007)

Love can come in many forms, even if you can’t exactly make them out. An heir to a prosperous coffee shop empire is ordered to take some responsibility and take over one of their joints. A tomboyish young woman masquerades as a man to work for him. When feelings between them start blooming, he still doesn’t know the truth.

9. Master's Sun (2013)

Depending on whether you like horrors or fantasy, you’d assume that communicating with ghosts is either terrifying or awesome. But for a simple young woman, it’s just… Exhausting. She can’t sleep due to the ghosts’ pleas, but a solution presents itself in the form of an arrogant greedy businessman whose touch makes them go away.

8. I Can Hear Your Voice (2013)

Who’s the only person not afraid of a telepath? Someone who always speaks their mind out. A student who hears others’ thoughts teams up with a sharp no-BS lawyer to help her fight crime. As they track down a serial killer with a personal vendetta and learn to appreciate each other, their connection develops into something more.

7. Reply 1988 (2015–2016)

If you know anything about South Korea, you know that 1988 was a big year for the country: the Olympics in Seoul was the talk of the town (and the nation). Reply 1988 follows five childhood friends from the same neighborhood who navigate their young adult lives and help each other against the optimistic backdrop of the Olympics.

6. Cinderella and Four Knights (2016)

After her mother’s tragic death, a young girl’s life turns into hell thanks to her new evil stepmother. She’s forced to pick up part-time jobs instead of studying, but one day, a unique opportunity presents itself: an elderly magnate asks her to look after his three young, handsome, rich, and immensely spoiled grandsons in his mansion.

5. Love in the Moonlight (2016)

Remember what we said about love taking the most unpredictable shapes at times? Well, this applies to royals, too. A mischievous crown prince is confused as he finds himself falling for his eunuch. The eunuch, too, is rather confused — because in reality, he is a young woman posing as a man to keep her useful job at the palace.

4. Because This Is My First Life (2017)

Even the most blatant marriage of convenience can grow into something more. A socially awkward IT guy and a now-homeless aspiring writer decide to move in with each other to make their lives easier. They even sign a pact that restricts their cohabitation to platonic or mundane interactions, but things don’t go as planned.

3. 100 Days My Prince (2018)

When people refuse to find those destined for them, fate intervenes directly. A South Korean crown prince suffers from severe memory loss and finds himself in a humble village. There, he falls for perhaps the oldest bachelorette of the Joseon era, a strong-willed young woman who helps him overcome the struggle of his real status.

2. Her Private Life (2019)

To some people, privacy means nothing; but would you fight them off by intruding upon your own privacy even more? A young gallery curator is a secret fan-girl with a name in the industry, and her new boss decides to save her from her popularity problems by pretending they date. At some point, they have to even pretend at work.

1. Extraordinary You (2019)

What would you do if you find out you’re just a supporting character in a novel who has a lame purpose and will soon die? A young girl who found herself in this situation decided to take matters into her own hands: she wants to change the plot, save herself, and become the new main characters, the Writer’s wishes be damned!