New Korean dramas to watch in March 2025
The Korean drama roster for 2024 seemed unbeatable. Queen of Tears, Lovely Runner, and Squid Game 2 are just some K-dramas that had us in a swooning shamble or a vexing mess. Whichever it was, we are left hankering for more.
Thankfully, there is plenty more ahead for us in 2025. We’re looking at a promising lineup of new K-drama releases in March that range from quirky plots and endearing slice-of-life depictions to nail-biting thrillers. Read on to discover them and find out where to stream them online in Malaysia – you’re going to need more boxes of tissues and a comfier couch.
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Where to watch K-dramas online in Malaysia?
With the popularity of K-dramas among us Malaysians, you’ll find different streaming platforms picking up fresh releases from Korea and bringing them to us online. They include Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Viu, Amazon Prime Video, and Viki.
We broke down the pricing for subscriptions to these platforms below, so you can pick one that best fits your watching habits:
| Streaming service | Monthly price | Quarterly price | Annual price | Concurrent streams | Notable content |
| Netflix | Mobile: RM18.90 (480p) Basic: RM29.90 (720p) Standard: RM49.90 (1080p) Premium: RM62.90 (4k) | – | – | Mobile: 1 Basic: 1 Standard: 2 Premium: 4 | Wide range of international movies and series, including Netflix Originals |
| Disney+ Hotstar | Basic: RM24.90 Premium: RM39.90 | Premium: RM79.90 | Basic: RM214.90 Premium: RM289.90 | Basic: 2 Premium: 3 | Content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and local shows |
| Viu | RM17.90 | RM119.40 | RM180 | 1 | Asian dramas and variety shows, particularly Korean content |
| Amazon Prime Video | RM25 | – | RM228 | 3 | Amazon Originals, international movies, and series |
| Viki | USD4.99 (~RM22) | – | – | 1 | Asian dramas, movies, and variety shows |
1. The Potato Lab
1st March
Image credit: What’s on Netflix via website
A fascinating title calls for a fascinating premise, and The Potato Lab certainly pulls that off. The feisty Lee Sun Bin plays Kim Mi Kyung, who is described as a potato-crazy researcher who lives her potato dream passionately as an employee at the Potato Research Institute tucked away in the mountain valley.
Her peaceful potato-filled life gets disrupted with the arrival of a ruthless capitalist, albeit handsome, director named So Baek Ho – played by our boy Kang Tae Oh – as the two seem to disagree on just about everything. That is until they find themselves falling for each other.
Main cast: Lee Sun Bin as Kim Mi Kyung, Kang Tae Oh as So Baek Ho
How many episodes: 12
Release date: 1st March 2025
Where to watch: Netflix
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2. When Life Gives You Tangerines
7th March
Image credit: Netflix via website
When Life Gives You Tangerines is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated K-dramas of 2025, largely because of the beloved big names including IU and Park Bo Gum as the leads – a pairing that simply screams uber cute. And based on the trailers and teasers we have been blessed with, that seems exactly right.
Set in the 1950s in picturesque Jeju, the slice-of-life series centres around the life tale of two – Ae Sun, a spunky and rebellious young girl who has dreams bigger than her small hometown, and Gwan Sik, who is quiet and timid but fiercely devoted when it comes to loving Ae Sun.
Main cast: IU (Lee Ji Eun) as Ae Sun, Park Bo Gum as Gwan Sik
How many episodes: 16
Release date: 7th March 2025
Where to watch: Netflix
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3. The Art of Negotiation
15th March
Image credit: VOCO News via website
We all know that anything with Lee Je Hoon in it will be good, but when it is silver-haired Lee Je Hoon? Even better. While that should be enough reason for you to add The Art of Negotiation to your must-watch K-drama list, it isn’t the only reason to watch it. Lee Je Hoon oozes charisma as Yoon Juno, who is known as Korea’s most brilliant M&A master who is capable of handling major deals among mighty corporations with his negotiating skills.
Main cast: Lee Je Hoon as Yoon Juno, Kim Dae Myung as Oh Sun Yeong, Sung Dong Il as Song Jae Sik, Jang Hyun Sung as Ha Tae Soo
How many episodes: 12
Release date: 15th March 2025
Where to watch: Viu
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4. Hyper Knife
19th March
Image credit: Hotstar via website
Medical K-dramas are known to be overflowing with romance, humour, heart, and a dash of tear-jerking instances. But Hyper Knife is one with a thrilling twist.
The sweet Park Eun Bin takes on a slightly psychopathic role in this drama as Jung Se Ok, who used to be a successful neurosurgeon before being stripped of her license by her former mentor Choi Deok Hee, and is now working as a shadow doctor. Their paths cross, old wounds reopen, and they both get entangled in a twisted game of revenge and ambition.
Main cast: Park Eun Bin as Jung Se Ok, Sul Kyung Gu as Choi Deok Hee
How many episodes: 8
Release date: 19th March 2025
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar
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5. Heo’s Diner
24th March
Image credit: MyDrama List via website
EXO’s Xiumin plays Heo Gyun in Heo’s Diner, a man from the Joseon Dynasty, who dreams of a society where everyone is considered equal and no one is defined by the status system. However, his liberal thoughts eventually lead to his exile, and in a split second to his death, he is transported centuries into the future.
Main cast: Xiumin as Heo Gyun, Exy as Eun Shil, Lee Sae On as Lee Yi Cheom/Lee Hyuk, Lee Soo Min as Mae Chang/Jung Mi Sol
How many episodes: 10
Release date: 24th March 2025
Where to watch: Netflix
6. The Divorce Insurance
31st March
Image credit: AsianWiki via website
The trailer for The Divorce Insurance is an intriguing one that parodies an insurance advertisement, where Lee Dong Wook – or rather, his character Noh Gi Jun – introduces a new insurance plan for divorcees, as the rest of the star-studded cast joins him on the screen towards the end.
Having gone through multiple messy divorces in his life, Noh Gi Jun is set on devising an insurance policy for divorce as an insurance expert, in hopes of cushioning the financial impact of divorcees. Together with his team, they learn about the complexities of love and relationships, as well as the uncertainties of life.
Main cast: Lee Dong Wook as Noh Gi Jun, Lee Joo Bin as Kang Han Deul, Lee Kwang Soo as An Jeon Man, Lee Da Hee as Jeon Na Rae
How many episodes: 12
Release date: 31st March 2025
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
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7. Newtopia
Image credit: Prime Video via website
It’s a yay for us to yet another zombie apocalypse series in the K-drama universe. Newtopia stands out with its comical touch amid a ghastly infestation, a recently broken-up couple conveniently on the opposite ends of Seoul, desperately trying to find their way to each other during the crisis.
Main cast: Park Jeong Min as Lee Jae Yoon, Jisoo as Kang Young Ju
How many episodes: 8
Last episode airing date: 21st March 2025
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
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8. My Dearest Nemesis
Image credit: Viki via website
My Dearest Nemesis is a fun and quirky series that’ll have you thoroughly entertained – even the casting of the main leads screams cute already. Moon Ga Young stars as Baek Soo Jung, the planning team lead of a luxurious department store, who finds her career world upended when the ambitious heir to the company Ben Ju Yeon, becomes her new boss.
Little did she know that Ban Ju Yeon is also her former online gaming partner from her high school years, who confessed his feelings to her – a confession she had rejected.
Main cast: Moon Ga Young as Baek Soo Jung, Choi Hyun Wook as Ban Joo Yeon
How many episodes: 12
Last episode airing date: 25th March 2025
Where to watch: Viki
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9. Undercover High School
Image adapted from: IMDb via website
Another delightful drama that’s sure to trigger our OTP alarms, Undercover High School tells of an NIS agent Jeong Hae Sung who is tasked to play-pretend as a high schooler to track down the whereabouts of highly valuable gold bars that have gone missing. He catches the eyes of his homeroom teacher Oh Soo Ah, who finds similarities between Hae Sung and her childhood sweetheart.
Main cast: Seo Kang Joon as Jeong Hae Sung, Jin Ki Joo as Oh Soo Ah, Kim Shin Rok as Seo Myeong Ju
How many episodes: 12
Last episode airing date: 29th March 2025
Where to watch: Viu
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10. Buried Hearts
Image credit: Soompi via website
When you get tired of the fluffy romances that override the K-drama scene, turn to the emotional entanglements of the intense political drama Buried Hearts, which has all the backstabbing and deception that a good revenge K-drama should have.
Our main man Seo Dong Ju hacks into a 2 trillion won political slush fund as his last resort to save himself. The owner of the slush fund, Yeom Jang Seon, is enraged and sets out to reclaim his loss, which leads to a high-stakes game of revenge, survival, and power.
Main cast: Park Hyung Sik as Seo Dong Ju, Huh Joon Ho as Yeom Jang Seon, Lee Hae Young as Huh Il Do, Hong Hwa Yeon as Yeo Eun Nam
How many episodes: 16
Last episode airing date: 12th April 2025
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar
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K-dramas that you must watch in 2025
There’s no stopping the abundance of K-dramas in 2025 – we already have a good handful of can’t-miss series, and even more are on the way. If there are just way too many for you to keep up with the streaming dates, we’ve got you covered with this list, so hunker down to your picks and get ready for some emotional roller coaster ride.
For more dramas and movies, read:
- Korean survival thriller dramas to watch
- OG K-dramas that blew up in Malaysia to rewatch
- New movies to catch on the big screen in 2025
Cover image adapted from: Hotstar, IMDb, What’s on Netflix & Netflix