New K-dramas to watch in June 2021: Hospital Playlist 2, Blue Spring from a Distance, The Penthouse season 3, and more

Fresh from his turns in Sweet Home, Navillera and Love Alarm 2, Song Kang returns in Nevertheless as a student averse to romance who finds himself in love

Blue Spring from a Distance is another youth romance, there’s more villainy in The Penthouse Season 3, and one of 2020’s top shows, Hospital Playlist, returns

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Kang Min-ah (left) and Park Ji-hoon in a still from Blue Spring from a Distance, one of several Korean drama series debuting in June 2021.

Published: 7:15pm, 29 May 2021Updated: 12:51pm, 30 May 2021

June is looking to be a sequel-heavy month, with three popular dramas set to return for another season. Beyond those, romance is in the air for another trio of shows, including yet another new series featuring rising star Song Kang.

The Penthouse Season 3

Primetime melodrama The Penthouse became a ratings behemoth as soon as it hit the airwaves late last year, and a single season was hardly enough to contain the scandalous lives of the inhabitants of Hera Palace.

Season two gave us new highs earlier this year as Joo Dan-tae (Um Ki-joon) finally received his comeuppance and many other villains found themselves behind bars, at least temporarily.

Following a shocking death during the finale, we now have a new villain on the horizon for what may be the final season of the show. But always expect the unexpected when it comes to The Penthouse. (Launches June 4, SBS)

Blue Spring from a Distance

KBS2’s youth romance follows the time-honoured tradition of a wealthy and aloof young man gradually falling for a scrappy young woman.

Park Ji-hoon will play the handsome university student Yeo-joon, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but lacked affection from his family growing up. At the same university is the diligent student So-bin, played by Kang Min-ah, who has been living with her father following her parents’ divorce.

A potential love triangle emerges thanks to Soo-hyun, played by Bae In-hyuk, a cynical top student who works hard to support this family. (June 14, KBS2)

Monthly Magazine Home

Real estate once again comes under scrutiny in the K-drama Monthly Magazine Home. Jung So-min plays Na Young-won, the sedulous editor of the Monthly House magazine, who is still forced to rent despite her 10 years of hard work. She cares for her rental home as if she owned it.