8 of the best new K-dramas to watch in October 2024 including Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

Lee Sang-yi and Han Ji-hyun spice things up in a spin-off show, four women sell adult products door-to-door in A Virtuous Business, and more

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Kim Tae-ri in a still from Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, one of eight new Korean dramas coming to our screens in October 2024. Photo: Disney+

Published: 7:15pm, 29 Sep 2024Updated: 1:36pm, 24 Oct 2024

A particularly long summer has finally come to an end in Korea, but our screens will continue to heat up throughout October thanks to a jam-packed schedule of tantalising new TV dramas.

1. Spice Up Our Love

Lead cast: Lee Sang-yi, Han Ji-hyun

While the Shin Min-a and Kim Young-dae romantic vehicle No Gain No Love is coming to an end this month, October will begin with brief spin-off series Spice Up Our Love, which focuses on the compelling secondary romantic leads portrayed by Lee Sang-yi (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Han Ji-hyun (The Penthouse).

In No Gain No Love, Han plays Nam Ja-yeon, a writer of erotic internet novels, while Lee is a corporate heir. In this event series, the actors will portray characters in one of Nam’s steamy novels. (TVing, October 3)

2. Family by Choice

Lead cast: Hwang In-youp, Jung Chae-yeon, Bae Hyun-sung

In this heartwarming family drama, Kim San-ha (Hwang In-youp, True Beauty), Yun Ju-won (Jung Chae-yeon, The Golden Spoon) and Kang Hae-jun (Bae Hyun-sung, Our Blues) are young people who form a close bond during an unusual adolescence spent together, raised by Ju-won’s father, Jeong-jae, and San-ha’s father, Dae-uk.

The quintet eventually go their separate ways and are reunited a decade later. A lot has happened in the interim – not least that San-ha and Hae-jun now both have romantic feelings for Ju-won. (JTBC, October 9)

3. Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard

Lead cast: Lee Joon-hyuk, Park Sung-woong

Lee Joon-hyuk reprises his role as prosecutor Seo Dong-jae in Stranger spin-off series Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard.