11 New K-Dramas Releasing in April 2025 That You Shouldn’t Miss

April 2025 will not be forgotten in the world of K-drama fans as it will be one rich epic in terms of genres and themes to meet everyone’s taste. At the top of the ranking was Way Back Love, the beautiful fantasy love story of Gong Myung and Kim Min-Ha, where the girl meets her first boyfriend, who died many years ago and is now reincarnated into a grim reaper fighting for her final few moments on earth.

Thriller fans would get hooked on Karma, a suspenseful unfolding much like destinies converging with Park Hae-Soo, Shin Min-Ah, and Lee Hee-Joon in a saga of moral dilemmas and unforeseen consequences. Medical drama viewers would surely enjoy Resident Playbook, the much-awaited spinoff of Home Hospital Playlist-the lives of obstetrics and gynecology residents, played by Go Yoon-Jung, Shin Si-Ah, and Han Ye-Ji.

The Haunted Palace introduces a Joseon-era drama about possession and destiny, where ghosts and period tension meet, starring Yook Sung-Jae and Bona. Heavenly Ever After could be something else, putting some fantasy and melodrama as it embarks on the unusual postafterlife reenactment of Kim Hye-Ja and Son Seok-Koo. With all these diverse, exciting prospects, April 2025 should be remembered for K-drama in terms of their narratives and acting triumphs.

List of K-Dramas Releasing in April 2025

Here is the list of South Korean dramas released in April 2025.

Way Back Love – April 3

• Original title: 내가 죽기 일주일 전
• Directed by: Choi Ha Na
• Written by: Song Hyun Ju, Jang In Jeong
• Starring: Gong Myung, Kim Min Ha
• Genre: Romance, Fantasy
• Release date: April 3, 2025
• Original Network: TVING

Jung Hui Wan is a 24-year-old woman who doesn’t have the will to live. She lives her life as a recluse. One day, her childhood friend and first love, Kim Ram U, appears in front of her. He died 6 years ago and is now a grim reaper.

When Ram U was alive, they were best friends and also had feelings for each other. Due to their own reasons, they did not tell the other person how they felt. An accident then caused Ram U’s death. Now, Ram U tells Heui Wan that she has only 1 week before she dies. He continues to tell her that if she wants to die peacefully, she needs to call his name 3 times.

Hui Wan, who lives a lonely life, doesn’t want to separate from him again and does not call his name. Ram U gets her to make a bucket list of things to do before she dies, and they carry out her list together.

Business as Usual – April 3

• Original title: 을의 연애
• Starring: Seong Seung Ha, Chae Jong Hyeok
• Genre: Romance, Drama
• Release date: April 3, 2025
• Original Network: TBA

Kim Min Jun, a 30-year-old office worker, is stuck in the repetitive cycle of his 9-to-5 job and can’t shake the feeling that something is missing from his life. As he grows older, he feels increasing pressure to accomplish more, but everything feels stagnant.

Things take an unexpected turn when his ex-boyfriend Jin Hwan, whom he hasn’t seen in 8 years, suddenly reappears at his office as a new colleague. Jin Hwan is still as attractive and confident as ever, while Min Jun feels like he hasn’t progressed since their breakup.

Determined not to let the past affect his professional life, Min Jun tries to stay focused on work. However, Jin Hwan seems to have other intentions…

Crushology 101 – April 4

• Original title: 바니와 오빠들
• Directed by: Kim Ji-hoon
• Written by: Sung So-eun, Lee Sul
• Starring: Roh Jeong-eui, Lee Chae-min, Jo Joon-young
• Genre: Coming-of-age, Romance drama
• Release date: April 4, 2025
• Original Network: MBC TV

Ban Hui Jin is better known as Bunny. She is a top student in the sculpture department at Yein University and has a good personality. As a freshman, she stated that she didn’t notice a guy’s appearance, only their personality. She dated a man who was not so good-looking, but good-natured. Their relationship didn’t go well, as it turned out his personality was ugly. Bunny was embarrassed by their relationship and she was branded a fool for love.

She now admits she likes a good-looking man, but she carries low self-esteem due to her first experience with love. Her troubles begin as men with various charms appear in front of her, including Hwang Jae Yul and Cha Ji Won. Hwang Jae Yul is a representative of the visual design department and he is respected and loved by his peers. He has a strong and warm personality. He wants to become an art director. Cha Ji Won seems like a perfect guy. He is the grandson of a chaebol family, handsome, smart, and has a good personality. He is the type of boyfriend of every female student dreams of.

Karma – April 4

• Original title: 악연
• Directed by: Lee Il-hyung
• Written by: Lee Il-hyung
• Starring: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, Gong Seung-yeon
• Genre: Crime thriller
• Release date: April 4, 2025
• Original Network: Netflix

The story involves a man who makes an irreversible deal after witnessing a mysterious accident, a doctor who has a lifelong trauma from the incident she experienced as a child and meets someone she didn’t want to see again, a debt-ridden man who invested in cryptocurrency by borrowing money from private lenders in hopes of striking gold but ended up in debt with negative returns, and a man who loses his job unfairly and falls into the trap of bad luck when he receives a request for a large sum of money. Each of them becomes deeply intertwined, seemingly by an ill-fated relationship.

Catch Your Luck – April 7

• Original title: 대운을 지켜라
• Directed by: Park Man-yeong
• Written by: Son Ji Hye
• Starring: Son Chang-min, Han Moo-cheol, Sun-woo Jae-duk, Kim Dae-sik, Park Sang-myun, Choi Gyoo-tae, Lee Ah-hyun, Lee Mi-ja, Oh Young-sil
• Genre: Drama
• Release date: April 7, 2025
• Original Network: KBS1

Han Mu Cheol, aka ‘K-Scrooge’, the owner of Daewoon Building, believes that money is everything in the world. Mu Cheol, who is more obsessed with making money than with his family, is rich enough to own several buildings, but he is a miser who trembles at the thought of 100 won, and his speciality is spewing venom at people.

One day, when he is desperate to have even a little more, misfortune begins to strike. Kim Dae Sik was Mu Cheol’s high school classmate and rival but is currently Mu Cheol’s tenant. Dae Sik, who runs a chicken restaurant on the first floor of the Daewoon Building with his wife, is a K-father who is devoted to his family and is united with love and trust despite having nothing.

However, when his evil landlord and friend, Mu Cheol, raises the deposit, he faces the risk of bankruptcy. Choi Gyu Tae is a friend of Mu Cheol and Dae Sik and the president of Ildeung Real Estate. Gyu Tae is a clever sage and good at flattery. He is grateful to Mu Cheol for entrusting him with all the buildings, but he also has a lot to gain. After his wife passed away, he raised his son Min Yong alone, but he suddenly faces a big obstacle when he needs money for his son’s heart surgery.

New Recruit 3 – April 7

• Original title: 신병 시즌3
• Directed by: Min Jin Gi
• Written by: Kim Ji Suk, Lee Jung Hyun
• Starring: Kim Ji Suk, Lee Jung Hyun
• Genre: Military, Comedy, Drama
• Release date: April 7, 2025
• Original Network: Genie TV / ENA

New Recruit Season 3 will continue to narrate the story of the recruit who enlisted in an army where all kinds of people gather. He has to face good, bad, and weird personalities and get along with them. The story is based on the web animation of the same name by Jang Bbi Jju.

Resident Playbook – April 12

• Original title: 언젠가는 슬기로울 전공의생활
• Directed by: Lee Min-soo
• Created by: Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung
• Written by: Kim Song-hee
• Starring: Go Youn-jung, Shin Si-ah, Han Ye-ji, Kang You-seok, Jung Joon-won
• Genre: Medical drama
• Release date: April 12, 2025
• Original Network: tvN

Set at the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, the series follows the hospital lives and turbulent friendships of young obstetrics and gynaecology residents who proudly enter the unpopular department in an era of low birth rates.

The Haunted Palace – April 18

• Original title: 귀궁
• Directed by: Yoon Sung Shik
• Written by: Yoon Soo Jung
• Starring: Yook Sung-jae, Kim Ji-yeon, Kim Ji-hoon
• Genre: Historical, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
• Release date: April 18, 2025
• Original Network: SBS TV

Yun Gap is a government officer who works in the palace. He has a good reputation and has a handsome appearance. One day, Yun Gap’s body becomes possessed by an Imoogi creature. Soon afterwards, people start talking about him as if he has lost his mind. The Imugi who possessed Yun Gap is related to Yeo Ri, whose first love was Yun Gap.

Yeo Ri is the only granddaughter of a famous shaman. She has a divine gift but refuses to accept her fate as a medium of spirit. Instead, she works as a glass craftswoman. The Imugi needs Yeo Ri’s body to ascend to Heaven, but Yeo Ri won’t allow it. After Yun Gap becomes possessed, Yeo Ri enters the palace filled with powerful female ghosts and evil spirits.

Meanwhile, King Yi Seong is a reformist monarch who dreams of a strong Joseon nation. Weird and terrible incidents continue to take place within the palace. These are related to the powerful female ghosts who hold a grudge against the royal family. To get rid of the ghosts, Yun Gap, Yeo Ri, and King Yi Seong search for the secret of the female ghosts.

First Love – April 18

• Original title: 퍼스트 러브
• Written by: Kim Yoo-jeong, Ji Kang
• Starring: Eun Chan, Jeong Ji Soo, Cha Jun Ho, Jane, Hwang Ji A, Bong Jae Hyun
• Genre: Romance
• Release date: April 18, 2025
• Original Network: U+ Mobile TV

Music drama series that focuses on six different love stories about the innocence of teen love. Every love story is unique and powerful, packed with scenes that will give you butterflies. Feel the nervousness and the excitement as these young boys and girls fall into each other.

Heavenly Ever After – April 19

• Original title: 천국보다 아름다운
• Director: Kim Seok Yoon
• Screenwriter: Lee Nam Gyu
• Starring: Kim Hye Ja, Son Suk Ku, Han Ji Min, Lee Jung Eun, Cheon Ho Jin, Ryu Deok Hwan
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Life, Fantasy
• Release date: April 19, 2025
• Original Network: JTBC

It tells the story of an old woman, Hae Suk, who lived a happy life with her husband until she died. Her husband loved her so much and always admired her beauty, saying, “You were pretty in your twenties thirties, and now you are the most beautiful at eighty!”

When Hae Suk was about to die, she remembered her husband’s words and said, “I just want to go to heaven at my real age.” Surprisingly, when she arrived in heaven, she met her husband in his 30s version.

Pump Up the Healthy Love – April 30

• Original title: 24시 헬스클럽
• Director: Park Joon Soo, Choi Yeon Soo
• Screenwriter: Kim Ji Soo
• Starring: Lee Jun Young, Jung Eun Ji
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Release date: April 30, 2025
• Original Network: KBS2

A heart-pounding muscle-building drama about Do Hyeon Jung, the manager of a gym who has become a ‘health freak,’ who corrects the lives of his members.

Do Hyeon Jung is the manager of a 24-hour gym. He is a health-crazed man whose life is organized around health. He fights a fierce game of survival between being a self-employed businessman and a trainer in an unfriendly world.

Lee Mi Ran is a travel agency planning and development manager. A character that cannot be left out of two keywords: love of food and burning love between a man and a woman.

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