TOP 5 K-Dramas to Binge Watch During Quarantine

Covid-19 has brought us unpredictable yet long hiatus from work and school. It may sound like a good rest at first but you start getting bored without anything particular to do as you spend more and more time at home. So we are bringing you the TOP 5 Korean Dramas that are worth of binge watching during quarantine. Let's jump to the list! 

1. Start- Up

Suzy Bae and Nam Joo-Hyuk will make you want to tune into Start-Up, a good mix of comedy and romance. Not only this drama is giving you cringes with the cute chemistry between the 2 leads but also a good inspiration and motivation as the drama centers around young people who have desire to start their own businesses and fight for it in the world of start-up companies. Seo Dal-Mi (played by Suzy Bae) is a young woman who dreams of starting her start-up company. She was separated from her mother and sister when she was young and she started receiving letters from Han Ji-pyeong (Kim Seon-Ho) which make her happy and they soon become best pen-pals. However, he did not use his name and used the name of Nam Do-san instead. Dalmi wishes to see him in person one day. In real life, Nam Do-san (played by Nam Joo-Hyuk) is whole another person who is a founder of Samsan Tech, a company which is not really going well in the business world. Dal-mi and Do-san meet in person and Dal-mi still does not know that he is not the one behine the letters they and decide to be business partners.  When Dal-mi finds out that Ji-pyeong was the one who she exchanged letters with, who will she choose?

2. Record of Youth

The drama follows the lives of three young people in the contemporary film and fashion industry. They strive to achieve their dreams and finds love on the way. Park Bo-gum ("Reply 1988") and Park So-dam ("Parasite") are the two leads and we can't get enough of their warm chemistry. Watch this heartfelt drama about success, youth and love. 

 

3. Flower of Evil

A detective named Cha Ji-won (Moon Chae-Won) and a metal craftsman Baek Hee-sung (Lee Joon-Gi) have been married happily with a daughter for 14 years. Cha Ji-Won couldn't ask for a better husband as Hee-Sung is so devoted to his family and is such a loving man to his wife and daughter. As Cha Ji-Won is working on an unsolved serial murder case dating back fifteen years, she slowly finds a dark secret behind her husband which he ends up being Do Hyun-Soo, the son of the serial killer and that he has fled his hometown and has been living as Baek Hee-Sung for the past fourteen years.  People believe that Hee-Sung helped his father with the murders. Still in much despair from that fact that her husband lied to her and hid his real identification for the past decade, she decides to dig more into the case to find out whether her husband is responsible for the murders or not. 

4. Hospital Playlist

You will for sure like this drama if you are fan of the Reply Series. Hospital Playlist tells the everyday life stories of 5 doctors at Yulje Medical Center who have been friends since they enrolled in medical school. Their humor and laughter together will for sure give you a good time watching. 

 

5. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

The story centers around a caretaker Moon Gang Tae and a children's book writer Ko Moon Young. Gang Tae is a quiet man who lived his life on the run while taking care of his older brother Sang Tae who suffers from autism and constant nightmares due to past trauma of their mother's tragic death. Ms.Ko is known to be an extreme anti-social person with a difficult personality. They cross paths together and learn that they have more in common than they think. They grow to heal each other's pain. Not only the drama has lots of moments that make you ugly cry and laugh but also the chemistry between the two is awesome. Also, we cannot miss out on Ms.Ko's extreme yet luxurious fashion style on this one.