The 10 best K-dramas of 2022 … so far, from Our Blues and Link: Eat, Love, Kill to Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area

The best Korean drama series of 2022 so far feature true crime, horror, romance, fencing and ‘immaculate’ conception

From Kim Nam-gil’s criminal profiler in Through the Darkness to Kim Hye-soo’s Netflix debut in Juvenile Justice, Korean talent has shone through

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Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo in a still from Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, one of the best K-dramas of 2022. Photo: Netflix.

Published: 6:15pm, 27 Jun 2022

We’re only halfway through it, but 2022 has already gifted us an embarrassment of K-drama riches.

Superlative slice-of-life dramas, sweeping historical epics and mirthful romcoms are just some of the stand-outs that have shared Korean TV and streaming schedules.

We rank the best Korean drama series of the first half of 2022, from good to great.

10. Woori the Virgin

In this bubbly remake of the US series Jane the Virgin, which both pokes fun at and embraces soap opera conventions, Lim Soo-hyang plays a 30-year-old virgin who prepares for her very own immaculate conception when she is mistakenly artificially inseminated.

Though not as transgressive as it appeared to be early on, the show provided a lively mix of heady melodrama and fast-paced comedy. Read our early preview | midseason recap | final review

9. Link: Eat, Love, Kill

Link: Eat, Love, Kill has only just started, but with such an iridescent and charming opening, this darkly humorous fantasy-romcom-thriller-drama mash-up deserves a spot on our list.