K-DRAMA NEWS - Feb 2026
By Sharon Stern
Some romance and lots of revenge, thriller and crime going on in dramaland this month. There’s a drama that just started in Korea and I am waiting, waiting to see a streaming service pick it up - it looks really good! There are two dramas starting at the end of the month that haven’t announced a US streaming service yet, but I’m pretty certain that they will, so we will cover those after they are announced.
Love.exe (also called the 4th Love Revolution) – 제4차 사랑혁명
Roku Channel – Starring: Kim Yo-han, Hwang Bo-reum-byeol
Genre: Rom-com
This drama came out in November, but wasn’t streaming in the US until now. It is now available for free (with ads) on the Roku Channel.
Kang Min-hak (Kim Yo-han) is a model and influencer who boasts over a million followers and is also a university student in modeling. Ju Yeon-san (Hwang Bo-reum-byeol) is a computer engineering student who can solve programming problems, but can’t interact with people very effectively. She thinks every issue has a logical resolution. They, of course, meet, because the university wants both departments to work together. Ju Hyeon-san makes a clueless mistake that is posted online and she becomes the laughing stock of the university and beyond. King Min-hak steps in to try to save her.
KBS Drama Special: Love Track – 드라마 스페셜
Kocowa – Starring: Lee Dong-hwi, Ong Seong-wu, Han Ji-hyun, Kim Ah-young, Gong Min-jeong, Kim Yoon-hye, Kim Sun-young, Lee Joon, Bae Yoon-kyung, Kim Hyang-gi, Kang Han-na
Genre: Romance of many kinds
Every year, KBS puts out a series of single-episode dramas called KBS Drama Special. Some of them have been gripping, excellent pieces and they usually feature top actors. The 2025 series is called Love Track. Ten separate stories about love, including a customer and a chef, a zookeeper on the brink of divorce who is running from a wolf, two students who fall in love from very opposite worlds, a novelist and a musician with long-lost feelings. Not every piece is always exceptional, but if you have never seen KBS Drama Specials, they are very worth seeing and I’m sure the 2025 selection is no exception.
By the way, Kocowa offers KBS Drama Specials from years back to 2020.
The First Man – 첫 번째 남자
Kocowa – Starring: Hahm Eun-jung, Oh Hyun-kyung, Yoon Sun-woo, Park Geon-il, Kim Min-seol
Genre: Romance, revenge, crime
Two twin sisters, both played by Hahm Eun-jung, are born and one is taken from her birth mother and put in the house of a chaebol, where she is claimed as the daughter-in-law’s, played by Oh Hyun-kyung, own. The daughter-in-law gives instructions for the other twin to be killed, but the real mother, played by Jung So-young, escapes with the second twin.
The twins grow up in very different circumstances, living different lives – one as a spoiled heiress and the other as laborer, hoping to open a restaurant. When the twin living with her mother discovers the truth, she takes on the sister’s identity to enact revenge. Meanwhile, the other twin takes on a different person’s identity so that she can live the life that she wants. Both sisters become mixed up with brothers. Yoon Sun-woo plays a lawyer and Park Geon-il, who portrays his brother and is the head chef at the restaurant of the hotel owned by the chaebol family.
Our Universe – 우주를 줄게
Viki – Starring: Nam Ji-hyun, Moon Sang-min, Hong Min-gi, Han So-eun
Genre: Historical, rom-com, fantasy
Hong Eun-jo (Nam Ji-hyun) was born to a noble father and a slave mother. She steals from corrupt official’s food stockpiles and distributes the food to the poor. She dresses as a man, has rumors swirling around her and the entire Joseon army chasing after her. Prince Yi Yeol (Moon Sang-min) is a dignified prince who loves a good detective riddle. Prince Yi is part of the pursuit team to find the grain thief. As the pursuit gets close, the two body swap (of course) and have to look at the world through each other’s eyes.
Bloody Flower – 블러디 플라워
Disney+, Kocowa - Starring: Ryeoun, Sung Dong-il, Keum Saerok
Genre: Crime, thriller
Serial killer Lee Woo-gyeom (Ryeon) claims that his murders have been necessary to save other people’s lives in the name of human body testing. He is a medical school dropout who claims he can cure all human diseases, including those that have no current cure, such as some cancers. Testimony from patients treated by him are readily available. He promises to reveal how he can cure diseases, as long as he is not prosecuted for the testing he has already done.
Park Han-joon (Sung Dong-il) is a defense attorney trying to protect Lee Woo-gyeom because he has a daughter with a brain tumor and desperately wants her to be cured. The prosecuting attorney, Chae Yeon (Keum Saerok) wants him to be put to death for the murders he has already committed. Is Lee Woo-gyeom a killer or a savior?
The Art of Sarah – 레이디 두아
Netflix – Starring: Shin Hae-sun, Lee Jun-hyuk, Kim Jae-won, Jung Da-bin, Shin Hyun-seung
Genre: Mystery, psychological thriller
Premieres Feb 13 | Sarah Kim (Shin Hae-sun) has created a false identity, giving her wealth and status as the Asian head of a high-end brand. A body, thought to be hers, is found in a sewer under a wealthy district of Seoul. Detective Park Mu-gyeong is given the case to investigate and starts to find that Sarah has no paper trail and as he digs further, inconsistencies in her story arise. He finds out that she has lived under a number of different identities. As her fabricated world starts to collapse, questions about her true identity remain.
In Your Radiant Season– 찬란한 너의 계절에
Disney+ – Starring: Chae Jong-hyeop, Lee Sung-kyung
Genre: Rom-dram
Premieres Feb 20 | Sunwoo Chan (Chae Jong-hyeop) is an animator working at an American animation studio, who lost his hearing and past memories in an accident. Song Ha-ran (Lee Sung-kyung) is the oldest of three siblings and a well-established designer with a good reputation in the industry and who works at a high-end fashion house. She gets along well with people, but keeps to herself. Though both have cheery demeanors, both have scars from their past that they are burying. The two end up helping each other work through those scars.
