10 of the best new K-dramas to watch in October 2023: Bae Suzy in Netflix romance Doona!, Rowoon in The Matchmakers, Park Eun-bin in Castaway Diva, and more

K-pop group Astro’s Cha Eun-woo stars with Park Gyu-young in romance A Good Day to be a Dog. On Netflix, Squid Game’s Lee Yoo-mi is Strong Girl Nam-soon

Park Eun-bin of Extraordinary Attorney Woo gets marooned in Castaway Diva, while Namkoong Min and Ahn Eun-jin return for period drama My Dearest Part 2

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Bae Suzy as idol group singer Lee Doona in a still from Netflix series Doona!, one of the Post’s 10 top picks of K-dramas to watch in October 2023. Photo: Kim Seung-wan/Netflix

Published: 7:15pm, 29 Sep 2023Updated: 1:43am, 30 Oct 2023

Following Chuseok – South Korea’s mid-autumn festival – Korean drama schedules in October will be packed with a variety of new shows, including fantasy dramas, thrillers and several period romances.

We preview 10 of the best series debuting during the month.

1. The Perfect Deal

Lead cast: Yoo Seung-ho, Kim Dong-hwi, Yoo Su-bin, Lee Joo-young

Yoo Seung-ho (Moonshine) and Kim Dong-hwi (Missing: The Other Side) play two desperate youths, one a formerly promising football player, the other a medical student dealing with a personal crisis.

Together they decide to kidnap their former classmate, the son of rich parents, played by Yoo Su-bin (D.P.). Lee Joo-young (Itaewon Class) also features in the cast.

The Perfect Deal is the drama debut of indie director Lee Jung-gon (Not Out). (wavve, October 6)

2. Strong Girl Nam-soon

Lead cast: Lee Yoo-mi, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hae-sook