Combining two genres popular with fans of Korean series – medical drama and supernatural comedy – and with Rain and Kim Beom in starring roles, Ghost Doctor has a lot of potential.

As Parasite star Song Kang-ho celebrates his 55th birthday, we rank the incomparable South Korean actor’s 12 best performances.

Blackpink’s Jisoo stars in this awful Disney K-drama, which 300,000 viewers petitioned to have cancelled over its handling of history. That’s not the worst of its problems, however.

Netflix horror thriller Sweet Home is back for a second season, while Squid Game stars Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung join veteran actor Choi Min-sik in Casino.

A rising star in South Korean film and television productions, Kim Mi-soo, who appears alongside Jisoo of Blackpink in Snowdrop, died suddenly on January 5, her representatives said.

From Netflix survival-action horror All of Us Are Dead (starring Lee Yoo-mi of Squid Game) to global icon Rain’s return in Ghost Doctor, here are five new Korean dramas to look out for in January.

The Korean drama machine produced some of its most enjoyable and compelling shows this year, from Squid Game to Vincenzo and One Ordinary Day. We rank the 15 best K-dramas of 2021.

Adapted from the well-regarded 2014 film The Sea of Tranquility and starring Bae Doona and Gong Yoo, The Silent Sea starts terribly, is dull and repetitive, and lacks characterisation.

Controversy surrounds Disney+’s first Korean original drama as Snowdrop finds itself accused of historical distortion and at risk of being cancelled as sponsors pull out.

My Love from the Star actor Kim Soo-hyun delivers one of his best performances in One Ordinary Day, an evenly paced Korean court and prison drama adapted from a British legal series.

Netflix has its second series of D.P. and a new drama, Mask Girl; catch Han So-hee and K-pop’s Park Hyung-sik from ZE:A in Soundtrack #1.

Jirisan, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon, should have been a thrilling mountaineering drama. Instead, it was a baffling mix of confusing storylines with unnecessary supernatural elements.

Upbeat Korean horror series follows residents of an apartment block infested with zombies during a quarantine lockdown.

Korean drama series Dr Brain succeeds as a slick and self-contained six episodes of must-watch, visually stunning TV, with the door left open for a second series.

One of the show’s most intriguing thematic motifs is brought full circle in Netflix K-drama Reflection of You, but its finale is hardly justified by the dreary narrative that led up to it.

Happiness remains breezily enjoyable two-thirds the way into its run, with lead Han Hyo-joo in one of her best roles since the 2013 action thriller hit Cold Eyes.

BBC drama series Criminal Justice gets a Korean remake, with Kim Soo-hyun playing a student who is accused of murder after a drink- and drug-fuelled night of sex.

Korean drama is set to end the year on a high as Blackpink’s Jisoo makes her screen debut in Snowdrop on Disney+ and Netflix unveils sci-fi series The Silent Sea.

Star actress Song Hye-kyo plays a fashion designer who tries to resist the advances of a photographer, played by Jang Ki-yong, in a clichéd romance with a farcical storyline.

Korean drama set in a private high school draws the viewer in with its enticing set-up, but relies too much on coincidence and glosses over the contradictions in its storyline.

Ro Woon plays a struggling young jobseeker who falls into a coma and catches a break in Tomorrow. Netflix lines up Kim Ok-bin for romantic comedy Love Battle, and Gong Hyo-jin is headed for space in Ask The Stars.

This drama set in the era of Korea’s Joseon kingdom has it all: food, murder, divorce, corruption, even a superhuman feat, with the lead roles played superbly Ok Taecyeon and Kim Hye-yoon.

It was supposed to be the big-budget, star-studded Korean drama of the year, but mountaineering tale Jirisan is let down by a confusing plot and too little action.

Korean drama series from the director of zombie horror film Train to Busan is one of the best shows of the year, with a unique narrative and massive plot twists.

Han Hyo-joo returns to the small screen after a five-year hiatus in K-drama Happiness. The zombie series set in an apartment block has made a promising start.

Netflix K-drama Reflection of You is a plodding story of love among three tormented artists which falls down because of the lack of chemistry between the characters.

Despite being shelved for two years after a #MeToo scandal, Korean drama Chimera is relatively diverting and should keep crime series fans happy.

Veteran K-drama star Lee Young-ae stars in the comedy-tinged procedural Inspector Koo as the titular former police officer facing off against an unhinged serial killer (Kingdom’s Kim Hye-jun).

This Apple TV+ K-drama stars Parasite’s Lee Sun-kyun as a neuroscientist with autism, who extracts memories from the brainwaves of corpses and starts to have visions.

In an effort to breathe some life into its flagging narrative, mystery K-drama High Class turned into a full-blown soap opera by episode 12 and had abandoned all logic by the finale.