Blackpink’s Jisoo, Gong Yoo and Song Hye-kyo are starring for Netflix Korea Slate
Netflix has unveiled an extensive Korean content slate for 2026, headlined by Blackpink’s Jisoo, Gong Yoo and Song Hye-kyo, as the streamer celebrates its tenth anniversary in Asia Pacific.
The lineup includes series, films and unscripted titles organized around five emotional experiences: romance, depth and longing, edge-of-the-seat suspense, comedy and genre-defying wonder.
Jisoo stars in the romantic comedy series Boyfriend on Demand, playing Seo Mi-rae, an exhausted webtoon producer who subscribes to a virtual dating simulation service. Seo In-guk co-stars as her colleague and rival producer. The series is directed by Kim Jung-sik, known for ‘Work Later, Drink Now’ and ‘No Gain No Love’.
Gong Yoo and Song Hye-kyo reunite for “Tantara,” a period drama set in the Korean entertainment industry in the 1960s and 1980s. The series is about those who risked everything for success and is written by Noh Hee-gyoung (“Our Blues”, “Dear My Friends”) and directed by Lee Yoon-jung (“Coffee Prince”, “Cheese in the Trap”).
Acclaimed filmmaker Lee Chang-dong (“Burning”) returns to directing after eight years with “Possible Love” (working title), marking his first Netflix collaboration. The film follows two married couples who live different lives and whose worlds collide, starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong.
The romance category continues with “Can This Love Be Translated?” which premiered on January 16 starring Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung, alongside “No Tail to Tell” starring Kim Hye-yoon and Lomon.
Other romantic series include ‘Our Sticky Love’ starring Jung Hae-in and Ha Young, ‘Take Charge of My Heart’ starring Kim Young-kwang and Chae Soo-bin, and ‘Sold Out On You’ starring Ahn Hyo-seop and Chae Won-bin.
Reality dating franchise “Single’s Inferno” returns for its fifth season, becoming the first Korean reality show to reach this milestone. “Better Late Than Single” will also return for season 2.
The thriller list includes “The Art of Sarah” starring Shin Hye-sun and Lee Jun-hyuk, directed by Kim Jin-min (“Extracurricular”, “My Name”). Notes from the Last Row stars Choi Min-sik as a literature professor obsessed with a child prodigy, while Mousetrap stars Ryu Jun-yeol and Sul Kyung-gu in a suspense thriller based on Kakao Entertainment’s webtoon ‘Field Mouse’.
Son Ye-jin, Ji Chang-wook and Nana direct ‘The Scandal’, based on the 2003 film ‘Untold Scandal’, which depicts the forbidden love of the Joseon Dynasty. The East Palace stars Nam Joo-hyuk, Roh Yoon-seo and Cho Seung-woo in a supernatural thriller about palace mysteries.
The action returns with season 2 of ‘Bloodhounds’, which reunites Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi with new cast member Jung Ji-hoon. Han Jun-hee, creator of ‘DP’ and ‘Weak Hero’, directs ‘Road’ (working title), a transgressive murder thriller starring Son Suk-ku and Eita Nagayama.
The comedy series features ‘Husbands in Action’, an action comedy in which a woman’s ex-husband and current husband team up to save her, starring Jin Sun-kyu and Gong Myoung. ‘Mission: Cross 2’ brings back Hwang Jung-min and Yum Jung-ah, while ‘Undercover Miss Hong’ stars Park Shin-hye in an office comedy set in the 1990s.
Unscripted offerings include Season 3 of “Culinary Class Wars,” which returns with a team-based format after the show topped the Netflix Global Top 10 Non-English rankings. “The Devil’s Plan” returns for season 3, while “Agents of Mystery” returns for season 2 with new team member Gabee joining Lee Yong-jin, John Park, Lee Hyeri, Kim Do-hoon and Karina.
Producer Nah Yung-suk delivers two new reality series: ‘Ready or Not: Texas’, which follows Lee Seo-jin on an impromptu trip across the US, and ‘Take a Hike!’, which follows non-experienced hikers through the snowy mountains of Korea. Yu Jae-seok leads “Jae-seok’s B&B Rules!” alongside Lee Kwang-soo, Byeon Woo-seok and Ji Ye-eun, as “Kian’s Bizarre B&B” returns for season 2.
Genre-bending titles include “The Wonderfools,” a 1999 comedy action-adventure starring Park Eun-bin and Cha Eun-woo about townspeople who gain superpowers. ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ is Netflix’s first Korean horror series for young adults, while ‘Dead-End Job’ is a mystery horror fantasy from Kim Da-min and executive producer Han Jun-hee, starring Lee Jae-wook, Ko Min-si, Kim Min-ha and Lee Hee-jun.
“Teach You a Lesson” stars Kim Moo-yul and Lee Sung-min in a series about a fictional government task force that restores the authority of teachers. “We’re All Trying Here” features Koo Kyo-hwan, Go Youn-jung and Oh Jung-se.
Film releases include ‘Pavane’, the latest work from director Lee Jong-pil starring Ko A-sung, Byun Yo-han and Moon Sang-min.
Don Kang, VP of content for Korea at Netflix, said: “Content created in Korean, a language spoken by only 50 million of the world’s 8 billion people, has become the world’s most-watched content only after English content. Over the past five years, more than 210 Korean titles have ranked in the global top 10.”
The announcement coincides with Netflix’s tenth anniversary in Asia Pacific. Minyoung Kim, VP of content for APAC (excluding India), highlighted the streamer’s regional investments over the past decade, from anime expansion in Japan to groundbreaking series in Southeast Asia and Australia.
“Each of these slates reflects what Netflix stands for in this region: our commitment to celebrating and collaborating with Asia Pacific’s vibrant creative community and its incredible storytelling voices,” said Kim. “And as each country continues to expand its diversity of stories and take bigger, bolder creative risks, APAC will continue to grow its place on the global entertainment stage.”
