New K-dramas to watch in 2026
2026 is coming in hot with a fresh and dangerously good list of K-dramas, ready to steal our sleep and hearts. Swoon-worthy romances and high-stakes thrillers filled with heart-rending OSTs and a visually striking cast – it goes without saying that this year’s lineup will keep us as hooked as ever.
Here’s a curated guide to new K-dramas released by month, plus their trailers and where to stream them online in Malaysia.
Table of Contents
- New K-dramas to watch in 2026
- Where to watch K-dramas online in Malaysia?
- – April –
- 1. Bloodhounds 2
- 2. Perfect Crown
- 3. Yumi Cells 3
- 4. We Are All Trying Here
- 5. The Scarecrow
- 6. Sold Out On You
- 7. Filing For Love
- – March –
- 1. Siren’s Kiss
- 2. Boyfriend on Demand
- 3. Shining
- 4. Phantom Lawyer
- 5. Mad Concrete Dreams
- 6. Climax
- – February –
- – January –
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, Tonton, Sooka, 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 |
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Wide range of international movies and series, including Netflix Originals |
| Disney+ Hotstar |
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Premium: RM79.90 |
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Content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and local shows |
| Viu | RM12.90 | RM119.40 | RM180 | 1 | Asian dramas and variety shows, particularly Korean content |
| Amazon Prime Video | RM25 | – | RM228 | 3 | Amazon Originals, international movies, and series |
| HBO Max | RM24.90 | – | – | 2 | A variety of range of international movies and series, including Asian dramas |
| Tonton |
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– | – |
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Local live TV channels, live stream events, and shows on demand |
| Sooka |
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– |
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Live sports, shows on demand, and movies |
| Viki | USD4.99 (~RM22) | – | – | 1 | Asian dramas, movies, and variety shows |
– April –
1. Bloodhounds 2
3rd April
Image credit: Netflix
We’ve been waiting for this for a while now, and Bloodhounds 2 is finally back this April. After bringing down a brutal loan shark empire, boxer friends Kim Gun Woo and Hong Woo Jin try to return to normal life, but are soon pulled into yet another chaos, and thrust into facing new enemies in an international underground boxing league.
Main cast: Woo Do Hwan as Kim Gun Woo, Lee Sang Yi as Hong Woo Jin
Episodes: 7
Release date: 3rd April 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
Watch the trailer:
2. Perfect Crown
10th April
Image adapted from: MBC
You can bet that the K-drama fans are all collectively SEATED for Perfect Crown. Starring big beloved names such as IU and Byeon Woo Seok as the main leads, the series is set in a modern-day South Korea ruled by a constitutional monarchy, following an ambitious chaebol heiress who craves for status and enters a strtegic contract marriage to a lonely royal Prince Yi An, who despite his title, holds little power.
Main cast: IU as Sung Hee Joo, Byeon Woo Seok as Prince Yi An
Episodes: 12
Release date: 10th April 2026
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar
Watch the trailer:
3. Yumi Cells 3
13th April
Image adapted from: Studio N
Yumi Cells is back for its third season, and we’ll once again be following the romace novelist’s waves of emotions in her mid 30s. Feeling an emotional emptiness as she struggles to find true love, her life takes a new turn when she meets a charming and mysterious figure connected to her work, sparking a fresh and complicated romance.
Main cast: Kim Go Eun as Kim Yumi, Kim Jae Won as Shin Sun Rok
Episodes: 8
Release date: 13th April 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
Watch the trailer:
4. We Are All Trying Here
18th April
Image adapted from: JTBC
The slice-of-life K-drama We Are All Trying Here follows an aspiring director who is struggling with deep insecurity, envy, and a sense of worthlessness, as he tries to hold onto his dreams while navigating a world that seems to constantly overlook him. Alongside him are equally complex individuals, each battling their own jealousy, failures, and hidden wounds.
Main cast: Koo Kyo Hwan as Hwang Dong Man, Go Young Jung as Byeon Eun Ah
Episodes: 12
Release date: 18th April 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
Watch the trailer:
5. The Scarecrow
20th April
Image credit: IMDb
In the midst of a chilling series of serial killings, The Scarecrow follows a former elite detective who is demoted to his hometown and assigned to a brutal murder case. Determined to restore his reputation, he dives into the investigation, and forms an uneasy alliance with a cunning prosecutor, who also happens to be his longtime rival.
Main cast: Park Hae Soo as Kang Tae Ju, Lee Hee Joon as Cha Si Yeong
Episodes: 12
Release date: 20th April 2026
Where to watch: TBD
6. Sold Out On You
22nd April
Image adapted from: SBS TV
The rom-com Sold Out On You tells the story of an entrepreneur and perfectionist farmer and entrepreneur who runs a farm that cultivates rare, high-value ingredients. He meets a top home shopping host, and they forge a connection in their dedication to their careers, which slowly leads to a heartfelt and chaotic romance.
Main cast: Ahn Hyo Seop as Matthew Lee, Chae Won Bin as Dam Ye Jin
Episodes: 12
Release date: 22nd April 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
7. Filing For Love
25th April
Image adapted from: tvN
In the workplace rom-com Filing for Love, Joo In Ah is a sharp and intimidating head of a corporate audit department whose dark past is discovered by Noh Ki-joon, a once top-performing audit ace who has been abruptly demoted to handle the company’s messiest internal scandals.
While the two face constant clashes during work, their rivalry slowly evolves into an unexpected connection.
Main cast: Shin Hye Sun as Joo In Ah, Gong Myung as Noh Ki Joon
Episodes: 12
Release date: 25th April 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
– March –
1. Siren’s Kiss
2nd March
Image adapted from: IMDb via website
Siren’s Kiss follows ace insurance fraud investigator Cha Woo Seok as he begins probing a suspicious scheme linked to a series of mysterious deaths, which all happen to be tied to the captivating Han Seol Ah, a renowned art auctioneer whose former lovers have all died under eerie circumstances. Soon, he becomes dangerously entangled with Seol Ah, blurring the boundaries between suspicion and desire.
Main cast: Park Min Young as Han Seol Ah, Wi Ha Joon as Cha Woo Seok, Kim Jung Hyun as Baek Jun Beom
Episodes: 12
Release date: 2nd March 2026
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Watch the trailer:
2. Boyfriend on Demand
6th March
Image adapted from: Netflix via website
Oh, to be Jisoo of BlackPink, and to star alongside K-drama male leads like Seo In Guk, Lee Soo Hyuk, Seo Kang Joon, Lee Jae Wook, Kim Young Dae, Lee Hyun Wook, Lee Sang Yi, and Ong Seung Woo. Yes, you read that right.
Netflix’s Boyfriend on Demand lets an overworked webtoon producer – and us – escape the exhausting reality, with a subscription-based virtual dating simulation, where she is drawn into a virtual world filled with impossibly perfect partners who awaken her long-dormant feelings for love. We cannot wait.
Main cast: Jisoo as Seo Mirae, Seo In Guk as Park Kyeong Nam
Episodes: 10
Release date: 6th March 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
Watch the trailer:
3. Shining
6th March
Image adapted from: JTBC
The new coming-of-age romance melodrama Still Shining, is about reconnecting with one’s first love. Yeon Tae Seo, a subway driver who lives pragmatically day-by-day and has built the independent life he always wanted, until he unexpectedly crosses paths with his first love from when he was nineteen, Mo Eun Ah, stirring gentle but meaningful changes in his everyday routine. Together, the pair revisit their past and explore whether the bond they once had can illuminate their lives once more.
Main cast: Park Jin Young as Yeon Tae Seo, Kim Min Ju as Mo Eun Ah
Episodes: 10
Release date: 6th March 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
Watch the trailer:
4. Phantom Lawyer
13th March
Image adapted from: Soompi
Something about these Hospital Playlist actors switching occupations to lawyers who can see ghosts. The quirky and heartwarming legal fantasy drama Phantom Lawyer has a meek yet kind-hearted lawyer bizarrely seeing spirits after opening his office in a former shaman’s house. He starts taking on cases for restless souls seeking closure, even becoming temporarily “possessed” by their traits as he uncovers the truth behind their grievances.
Main cast: Yoo Yeon Suk as Shin Yi Rang, Esom as Han Na Hyun
Episodes: 16
Release date: 13th March 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
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5. Mad Concrete Dreams
14th March
Image adapted from:
Mad Concrete Dreams depicts the story of a man who uses every available loan to purchase a building in Seoul, achieving his long-held dream of becoming a property owner, but plunging himself into overwhelming debt. Struggling under severe financial pressure and desperate to prevent foreclosure while providing for his family, he becomes entangled in a criminal scheme that was meant to be a quick fix.
Main cast: Ha Jung Woo as Kim Su Jong, Im Soo Jung as Kim Seon
Episodes: 12
Release date: 14th March 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
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6. Climax
16th March
Image adapted from: Asian Wiki
Climax is a political noir drama that tells of prosecutor Bang Tae Seop’s ruthless rise into a powerful cartel and the fierce battle for survival among those around him. He marries a top actress, and the couple navigates cutthroat power plays together, driven by ambition and greed, and will stop at nothing to reach the pinnacle of success, even if it means betraying each other.
Main cast: Jun Ji Hoon as Bang Tae Seop, Ha Ji Won as Chu Sang Ah
Episodes: 10
Release date: 16th March 2026
Where to watch: Rakuten Viki
Watch the trailer:
– February –
1. Honour
2nd February
Image adapted from: IMDb
Independent women, strong friendship, amazing career – Honour is an upcoming K-drama that we girlies wouldn’t want to miss. Three longtime friends and powerhouse lawyers at a firm defending female crime victims are forced to confront a dark secret from their past when it resurfaces, threatening their careers, relationships, and lives, and testing their loyalty and unbreakable bond as they fight back together.
Main cast: Lee Na Young as Yoon Ra Young, Jung Eun Chae as Kang Sin Jae, Lee Chung Ah as Hwang Hyun Jin
Episodes: 12
Release date: 2nd February 2026
Where to watch: Viu Malaysia
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2. Bloody Flower
4th February
Image adapted from: Asian Wiki
Medical K-dramas are always good, what’s more, a medical thriller drama. In Bloody Flower, a disgraced medical prodigy who is accused of killing hundreds, claims that he alone holds a cure for all diseases. This forces a desperate lawyer and a vengeful prosecutor into a moral battle over justice and sacrifice, with a dilemma of whether a mass murderer can also be humanity’s saviour.
Main cast: Ryeo Un as Lee Woo Gyeom, Sung Dong Il as Park Han Jun, Keum Sae Rok as Cha Yi Yeon
Episodes: 8
Release date: 4th February 2026
Where to watch: Disney + Hotstar
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3. Our Universe
4th February
Image adapted from: Asian Wiki
We love a good forced-to-be-in-close-proximities-even-though-we-hate-each-other type plot in K-dramas, and Our Universe will be giving us all the amazing bickerings, slow burn, whoops-I’m-in-love-with-you moments real soon. Thrown together by tragedy, two mismatched in-laws become reluctant co-parents to their orphaned nephew, and as they learn to raise him together, unexpected love slowly grows. But of course, there’ll be complications from emotions like grief and unspoken feelings.
Main cast: Bae In Hyuk as Son Tae Hyung, Roh Jeong Eui as Woo Hyun Jin
Episodes: 12
Release date: 4th February 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
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4. The Art of Sarah
13th February
Image credit: Netflix
With the ever-so-talented Shin Hye Sun as the lead, we’d be insane to skip out on the upcoming mystery thriller K-drama, The Art of Sarah. When a glamorous luxury executive is found murdered, a detective uncovers a web of fabricated identities, exposing a woman who lived many lives in pursuit of desire and reinvention.
Main cast: Shin Hye Sun as Sarah Kim, Lee Jun Hyuk as Park Mu Gyeong
Episodes: 8
Release date: 13th February 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
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5. In Your Radiant Season
20th February
Image credit: MBC
In Your Radiant Season is a soothing, and possibly both a heartbreaking and healing series, centring around Sunwoo, a once-cheerful animator who becomes deaf and is left without memories after a tragic accident. He meets Ha Ran, a designer who becomes an important figure in his life, as the two form an unexpected, healing connection.
Main cast: Lee Sung Kyung as Song Ha Ran, Chae Jong Hyeop as Sunwoo Chan
Episodes: 12
Release date: 20th February 2026
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar
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6. The Practical Guide to Love
28th February
Image adapted from: HBO Max
The Practical Guide to Love shows that finding romantic love these days isn’t all that hopeless. A love-weary woman navigating blind dates finds herself torn between a steady man offering certainty, and a younger stranger who ignites unexpected passion – a dillema we’d all quite like to have.
Main cast: Han Ji Min as Lee Eui Young, Park Sung Hoon as Song Tae Seop, Lee Ki Taek as Shin Ji Soo
Episodes: 12
Release date: 28th February 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
Watch the trailer:
– January –
1. The Judge Returns
2nd January
Image adapted from: IMDb
After handing down a life sentence to a powerful conglomerate chairman in The Judge Returns, Judge Lee Han Yeong is murdered as a punishment for rebellion. Miraculously granted a second chance, he awakens in the past with every memory intact. But this time around, he has no illusions about the system he serves and is determined to follow only one creed – justice, no matter the enemy.
Main cast: Ji Sung as Lee Han Yeong, Park Hee Soon as Kang Sin Jin, Won Jin Ah as Kim Jin Ah
Episodes: 14
Release date: 2nd January 2026
Where to watch: Rakuten Viki
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2. To My Beloved Thief
3rd January
Image credit: KBS
We could always do with a Joseon romcom, and January has a good one for us. To My Beloved Thief follows a noble-born woman, Hong Eun Jo, who accidentally becomes a legendary thief. Disguising her identity and gender, she becomes the subject of wild rumors across the land. While investigating the true identity of Hong Gil Dong, Prince Yi Yeol, who delights in solving mysteries, falls for Eun Jo at first sight.
Main cast: Nam Ji Hyun as Hong Eun Jo, Moon Sang Min as Prince Yi Yeol
Episodes: 16
Release date: 3rd January 2026
Where to watch: Rakuten Viki
3. Spring Fever
5th January
Image credit: IMDb
Spring Fever is a small-town romance that follows Yun Bom, who escapes to the quiet town of Sinsu as an exchange teacher after going through a painful chapter in the city of Seoul. Guarded and distant at first, she slowly begins to let her walls down after crossing paths with Seon Jae Gyu, a rough-looking troublemaker who is secretly warm, devoted, and deeply thoughtful.
Main cast: Ahn Bo Hyun as Seon Jae Gyu, Lee Joo Been as Yun Bom
Episodes: 12
Release date: 5th January 2026
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
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4. Can This Love Be Translated?
16th January
Image credit: Netflix
Probably one of the most-awaited K-dramas of 2026, Can This Love Be Translated? tells of a talented multilingual translator, Ju Ho Jin, who is hired to work exclusively with famed actress Cha Mu Hee. They clash over their very different views on love initially, but eventually their lively conversations draw them closer, and feelings begin to bloom.
Main cast: Kim Seon Ho as Ju Ho Jin, Go Youn Jung as Cha Mu Hee
Episodes: 12
Release date: 16th January 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
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5. No Tail To Tell
16th January
Image credit: IMDb
Some K-drama mischief is coming our way with No Tail To Tell. Eun Ho is a cheeky mythical gumiho who indulges in the joys of human life, as well as her eternal youth that allows her to live a carefree life. However, a sudden accident involving a globally famous soccer star turns her world upside down, stripping her of her powers and making her human.
Main cast: Kim Hye Yoon as Eun Ho/Kim Ok Soon, Lomon as Kang Si Yeol
Episodes: 12
Release date: 16th January 2026
Where to watch: Netflix Malaysia
6. Undercover Miss Hong
17th January
Image credit: IMDb
Park Shun Hye is back in the K-drama scene with Undercover Miss Hong, as a no-nonsense ace inspector at the Financial Supervisory Service Hong Geum Bo. Caught between two identities, she also finds herself entangled with the firm’s ambitious CEO, Shin Jung Woo.
Main cast: Park Shin Hye as Hong Geum Bo, Go Kyung Po as Shin Jung Woo
Episodes: 16
Release date: 17th January 2026
Where to watch: HBO Max Asia
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7. Positively Yours
17th January
Image credit: IMDb
Yet another fun Korean rom-com on this list, Positively Yours tells of a chaebol heir and a career-focused woman who swore off marriage, but finds her life intertwined after an unexpected one-night stand leading to pregnancy.
Main cast: Choi Jin Hyuk as Kang Doo Joon, Oh Yeon Soo as Jang Hee Won, Hong Jong Hyun as Lee Min Wook
Episodes: 12
Release date: 17th January 2026
Where to watch: Rakuten Viki
K-dramas that you must watch in 2026
And here you have it: your 2026 K-drama watchlist, stocked with swoons, giggles, tears, and episodes that’ll take over your sleep. Worry not about missing out on the streaming dates as we’ve got you covered with this monthly list of K-dramas to watch in 2026.
So, tune in and let these K-dramas do what they do best, that is, completely ruin you and then heal you right after.
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: Netflix, IMDb
This article was updated on 27th January 2026.