November 2026 is shaping up to be one of the busiest K-drama months of the year. The lineup has it all: a lavish fantasy romance, a sweeping historical epic, two big season-two returns, and a cross-border crime thriller. Stars like Shin Min-a, Lee Jong-suk, Jang Na-ra, Son Suk-ku, and Park Min-young are leading the way.
Whether you’re in the mood for royal intrigue, a feel-good rom-com, a courtroom showdown, or a tense crime story, these 10 new K-dramas have something for everyone.
Here are the new Korean dramas premiering in November 2026 that you won’t want to miss:
At a glance
- Nov 3 The Remarried Empress · Disney+
- Nov 9 One-of-a-Kind Romance · TVING
- Nov 11 What a Boss Wants · MBN
- Nov 11 Happy Anding · tvN
- Nov 14 Sword & Silence · KBS2
- Nov 16 Crash 2 · ENA
- Nov 20 The Blue Road · Netflix
- Nov 20 Good Partner 2 · SBS
- Nov 23 The Substitute · TVING
- Nov 25 Nine to Six · SBS
The Remarried Empress (Shin Min-a, Ju Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk, Lee Se-young)
- Premiere Date: November 3, 2026
- Network: Disney+ (Disney+ and Hulu in the U.S.)
- Schedule: Episodes 1–4 on November 3, then two episodes every Wednesday through November 25
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance
- Cast: Shin Min-a, Ju Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk, Lee Se-young
Easily the biggest K-drama event of the month, ‘The Remarried Empress’ brings Alphatart’s hit web novel to the screen with one of the most stacked casts of the year. Disney+ even dropped the first four episodes a day early as a thank-you to fans, and the series became the most-viewed local original premiere ever on Disney+ and Hulu worldwide.
Navier (Shin Min-a) is the flawless empress of the Eastern Empire. Her world falls apart when Emperor Sovieshu (Ju Ji-hoon) brings Rashta (Lee Se-young), a runaway slave, into the palace as his mistress and asks for a divorce.
Navier doesn’t go quietly. She agrees to the divorce on one condition: permission to remarry Prince Heinrey (Lee Jong-suk) of the Western Kingdom. Expect palace politics, gorgeous costumes, and plenty of royal drama.
One-of-a-Kind Romance (Joy, Kim Hyun-jin, Shin Hyun-soo, Kang Na-eon)
- Premiere Date: November 9, 2026
- Network: TVING (Viki internationally)
- Schedule: Mondays, 18:00 KST
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Cast: Joy, Kim Hyun-jin, Shin Hyun-soo, Kang Na-eon
Red Velvet’s Joy leads this lighthearted rom-com about two people who slowly turn into each other’s biggest fans.
Gong Yu-il (Joy) is a job seeker whose only dream is a stable, ordinary life. Instead, she lands an unexpected gig as the manager of Tak Mu-i (Kim Hyun-jin), a top star who is quietly carrying emotional scars from a past stalking incident.
As the job pulls her deeper into his world, the line between work and fandom starts to blur, making this an easy pick for anyone who loves a sweet, low-stress romance.
What a Boss Wants (Sung Hoon, Oh Se-young, Lee Jung-shin)
- Premiere Date: November 11, 2026
- Network: MBN (Viki internationally)
- Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 22:20 KST
- Genre: Romance, Comedy
- Cast: Sung Hoon, Oh Se-young, Lee Jung-shin
If you love an office rom-com with a chaebol twist, ‘What a Boss Wants’ belongs on your list.
Kwon Do-hyuk (Sung Hoon) is a chaebol boss who trusts data and logic even more than the AI he built. His perfectly ordered life hits a glitch when he becomes fixated on finding the owner of a mysterious voice he heard on an album.
That voice belongs to Lee Eun-chae (Oh Se-young), an office worker by day who moonlights as the lead vocalist of an indie band. CNBLUE’s Lee Jung-shin rounds out the main cast.
Happy Anding (Kang Hoon, Cho Hyun-chul, Kim Jung-jin, Lee Yi-dam)
- Premiere Date: November 11, 2026
- Network: tvN
- Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 22:50 KST
- Genre: Comedy, Coming-of-Age
- Cast: Kang Hoon, Cho Hyun-chul, Kim Jung-jin, Lee Yi-dam, Moon Hee, Yoon Ga-yi
‘Happy Anding’ is a bittersweet comedy about chasing a dream long after everyone else has given up on it. The 12-episode series is based on the 2021 Japanese drama ‘Konto ga Hajimaru.’
Kang Tae-gu (Kang Hoon), Kim Nam-il (Cho Hyun-chul), and Han Jun-seo (Kim Jung-jin) have spent ten years as Asura, a comedy trio that never quite made it. When a mysterious woman (Lee Yi-dam) walks into their lives, all three are forced to rethink what comes next.
Blending laughs with real growing pains, it’s the kind of show that sneaks up on you emotionally.
Sword & Silence (Lee Hyun-wook, Jang Hyuk, Kim Kang-woo, Park Sung-woong)
- Premiere Date: November 14, 2026
- Network: KBS2
- Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays, 21:20 KST
- Genre: Historical, War, Political
- Cast: Lee Hyun-wook, Jang Hyuk, Kim Kang-woo, Park Sung-woong, Jung Woong-in, Cho Seong-ha
History buffs, this one’s for you. ‘Sword & Silence’ is KBS’s new 28-episode epic about how the small kingdom of Silla outlasted Goguryeo, Baekje, and China’s Tang dynasty to unify the Three Kingdoms in the seventh century.
Lee Hyun-wook plays Kim Beop-min, the young prince who would become King Munmu, while Jang Hyuk takes on Goguryeo’s formidable military leader Yeon Gaesomun. Kim Kang-woo plays Kim Chun-chu, and Park Sung-woong plays the legendary general Kim Yu-sin.
With large-scale battle scenes and political maneuvering between rival kingdoms, it’s a weekend watch built for anyone who misses classic Korean sageuk.
Crash 2 (Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-chul)
- Premiere Date: November 16, 2026
- Network: ENA, Genie TV (Viki internationally)
- Schedule: Mondays & Tuesdays, 22:00 KST
- Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy
- Cast: Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-chul, Moon Hee
The Traffic Crime Investigation (TCI) team is back on the road. The first season of ‘Crash’ made history in 2024 as the first K-drama built entirely around traffic crime investigations, and season two, subtitled ‘Fury Road,’ picks up the chase.
Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, and Lee Ho-chul return as the quirky squad that relentlessly hunts down criminals on Korea’s roads, and this time the cases are bigger and the crooks are bolder.
If you liked the mix of humor and adrenaline in season one, this is an easy add.
The Blue Road (Son Suk-ku, Eita Nagayama)
- Premiere Date: November 20, 2026
- Network: Netflix
- Schedule: All episodes at once, 17:00 KST
- Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Cast: Son Suk-ku, Eita Nagayama, Kim Shin-rok, Choi Sung-eun, Jung Jae-young
Son Suk-ku teams up with Japanese star Eita Nagayama in this cross-border crime thriller from director Han Jun-hee.
Set in 2002, the series follows Kim Seok (Son Suk-ku), a detective with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Inose (Eita Nagayama) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The two couldn’t be more different in personality or style, but a string of serial murders spanning Korea and Japan forces them to work together.
Since every episode drops at once on Netflix, it’s the perfect weekend binge for thriller fans.
Good Partner 2 (Jang Na-ra, Kim Hye-yoon)
- Premiere Date: November 20, 2026
- Network: SBS (Viki internationally)
- Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays, 21:50 KST
- Genre: Legal, Drama
- Cast: Jang Na-ra, Kim Hye-yoon, Park Hae-jin, P.O
Star divorce lawyer Cha Eun-kyung (Jang Na-ra) is back, and this time she’s running her own divorce law firm.
Season two pairs her with a new partner, Kang Hye-sung (Kim Hye-yoon), an experienced lawyer who takes divorce cases just as seriously as she does. Park Hae-jin and Block B’s P.O also join the cast as the duo takes on a fresh slate of messy, cathartic cases.
If you loved the satisfying courtroom wins of season one, this should be at the top of your Friday night plans.
The Substitute (Bae Hyeon-seong, Cha Kang-yoon, Park Yoon-ho)
- Premiere Date: November 23, 2026
- Network: TVING (Viki internationally)
- Schedule: Mondays, 20:00 KST
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Cast: Bae Hyeon-seong, Cha Kang-yoon, Park Yoon-ho, Uhm Ji-won, Park Hyuk-kwon, Baek Ji-won
The Korean title, ‘Daeri Suneung,’ means ‘proxy college entrance exam,’ and that tells you exactly what kind of trouble this TVING original is about.
Three young men, Nam Jae-yeop (Bae Hyeon-seong), Kang Geon-tae (Cha Kang-yoon), and Joo Hee-dong (Park Yoon-ho), are each pushed by their own desires and desperation toward an irreversible crime on the day of Korea’s high-stakes college entrance exam.
With Uhm Ji-won and Park Hyuk-kwon in the supporting cast, it’s a tense, youth-driven thriller worth watching.
Nine to Six (Park Min-young, Yook Sung-jae, Go Soo)
- Premiere Date: November 25, 2026
- Network: SBS
- Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 21:00 KST
- Genre: Romance, Office, Comedy
- Cast: Park Min-young, Yook Sung-jae, Go Soo
Park Min-young returns to her rom-com comfort zone with ‘Nine to Six,’ a workplace romance with a love triangle at its center.
She plays a logical, career-first manager on her company’s legal team who has spent years treating dating as a distraction. That changes when she meets a warm, thoughtful newcomer played by BTOB’s Yook Sung-jae, while Go Soo plays a capable new director who also takes notice of her.
Expect office banter, sharp workwear, and the question every rom-com fan loves: which one will she choose?
Which new K-drama are you starting first this month?
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