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Son Ye-jin in Thirty-Nine: her first K-drama since Crash Landing on You – and going public with Hyun Bin – co-stars Jeon Mi-do from Netflix’s Hospital Playlist

K-drama star Son Ye-jin is taking a new role as a wealthy dermatologist in JTBC’s Thirty-Nine. Photo: @yejincow/Instagram
K-drama star Son Ye-jin is taking a new role as a wealthy dermatologist in JTBC’s Thirty-Nine. Photo: @yejincow/Instagram
K-drama news

  • Yoo Young-a, the screenwriter behind hit TV show Encounter starring Song Hye-kyo and Park Bo-gum, returns for the new JTBC romance drama
  • Son will play a wealthy dermatologist in Gangnam – not unlike her chaebol heiress role in Crash Landing where she met boyfriend Hyun Bin – alongside Jeon Mi-do

If you’ve been eagerly anticipating K-drama queen Son Ye-jin’s on-screen comeback, then breath a sigh of relief – the wait is finally over.

The Korean star of hit TV shows and films like Something in the Rain, Personal Taste and, of course, Crash Landing on You, Son recently revealed that she plans to join the upcoming drama Thirty-Nine. The 12-episode romance drama series will revolve around three friends about to turn 40. Shooting is expected to start in August, according to Woman Chosun.

So what do we know about the series – and Son’s role in it – so far?

Son Ye-jin will play a dermatologist

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K-drama star Son Ye-jin. Photo: @SontokkiesPH/Twitter
K-drama star Son Ye-jin. Photo: @SontokkiesPH/Twitter
Son might be best known as Yoon Se-ri, a chaebol heiress in Crash Landing on You – the career- and life-defining role led to her IRL romance with co-star Hyun Bin, too.

But Son has acted in many other roles, including a florist in Summer Scent, a prosecutor in Don’t Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus, and a manager at a coffee shop chain in Something in the Rain.

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin in Crash Landing on You. Photo: Handout
Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin in Crash Landing on You. Photo: Handout

Now, Son makes her first foray into medicine in Thirty-Nine, playing the wealthy head dermatologist at a posh clinic to the rich and famous in Gangnam.

It’s her first drama with JTBC after three years

A screen still from K-drama Something in the Rain. Photo: Handout
A screen still from K-drama Something in the Rain. Photo: Handout