6 K-Dramas You Should Watch in January 2026
It’s a brand new year! Exciting times ahead as we welcome new dramas and say goodbye to some. Upcoming and ending series both give us something to look forward to this first month of the year. Whether you’re the type who always need to watch the most recent release or you just don’t have the patience to wait every week for new episode and love binge-watching, this list of K-dramas will be perfect for you.
A short list yet with enough choices of K-series according to your watching habit, your current genre obsession or just simply fulfilling your K-drama fan duties.
Here are the three dramas premiering and three shows coming to end in January 2026, that you can always add to your watchlist.
1. Can This Love Be Translated?
The overflowing visuals of Go Youn Jung and Kim Seon Ho lead the one of the most-awaited K-dramas not only in this month but in 2026 as well—Can This Love Be Translated?
A romcom series that also unveils multiple classic styles that us, fans, are surely craving for: idol and staff relationship, strong-willed female lead, smart and confident-looking male lead, any many more that are up for the drama to surprise us as it premieres on January 16.
If you are up for a co-workers-turned-into-lovers type of story and love to get glimpses of the thrilling on and off screen life of a celebrity, this 12-episode series on Netflix should be your bookmarks now.
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2. No Tail No Tell
2026 is welcoming us with a well-so-loved genre of fox and human love story. No Tail No Tell is surely worth looking forward to for fantasy series lovers. What happens when an extremely talented soccer player and a skeptical nine-tailed fox cross their paths; and when magic and human emotions find their way in the a chaotic yet exciting loop? Better watch Kim Hye Hoon and Lomon’s pairing, starting this January 16.
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3. Undercover Miss Hong
What a start of the year when you have the Park Shin Hye drama to watch! And what a treat that she will be leading Undercover Miss Hong with Go Kyung Pyo. These two well-loved main leads are about to bring us back in the 90’s in a thrilling 16-episode K-series.
Discover not only the stories and dirt in the crimes but as well as laughter and sweet moments as they explore the world of deception while finding romance along the way. Don’t miss Undercover Miss Hong‘s premiere on January 17.
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4. Pro Bono
Love legal dramas? Then start watching Pro Bono now as you discover the beauty and the ugly; and the good and the bad in the society where justice is both a privilege and a right.
Lead by two charming actors: Jung Kyung Ho and So Yoo Jeon, all 12 episodes are now fully released to enjoy in one-seating or saviour it in your own phase.
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5. Surely Tomorrow
A Park Seo Joon drama is simply something one can’t miss. Surely Tomorrow is a 12-episode melodrama that just recently concluded and might be perfect for those who are looking for slice-of-life and rather slow type of drama as it gives multi-timeline memories of the characters that made up who and what they are in their respective lives.
When you are ready to enter into the world of scandals, questionable decisions and many-layered of adulthood, then it’s time to put Surely Tomorrow to your watchlist.
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6. Taxi Driver 3
No long words needed. By simply having Taxi Driver 3 is already enough to convince one to start watching this thriller drama. Filled with actions and already in its third season, we are so ready to be with the Rainbow Taxi’s never-ending discoveries in the crime and justice universe.
Do no make any second guesses, start binge-watching Taxi Driver now.
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Start the year right with this list of K-dramas and let us know which one you would recommend the most.
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