10 Korean Dramas You Need to Be Watching in April 2025 – Kdrama Kisses
Another month is upon us, and with it comes new kdramas! Let’s see what we have to look forward to in this April 2025 edition of “Korean Dramas You Need to Be Watching.”
This monthly series is meant to keep you updated on what’s happening in that amazing world of Korean dramas so that you don’t miss out on anything! Here are the kdramas you should keep an eye out for in April 2025:
My Pick:
1. The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace is a fantasy historical about a spirit with a grudge against the king, a shaman (Bona) who goes against it, and a royal inspector (Yook Sung Jae) who gets possessed by an evil spirit.
The Haunted Palace is scheduled to premiere April 18 on SBS.
PREMIERING IN APRIL:
2. Way Back Love
Way Back Love is fantasy romance about a socially isolated woman (Kim Min Ha) who doesn’t have the will to live anymore. With one week left to live, she meets her teenage first love six years after his death, and he is now a grim reaper (Gong Myung). The two find the meaning of life and love together.
Way Back Love has is scheduled to premiere April 3 on TVING.
3. Resident Playbook
Resident Playbook will follow the lives and careers of hospital workers including a couple of first year Obstetrics and Gynecology residents (Go Youn Jung and Shin Si Ah)
Resident Playbook is scheduled to premiere April 12 on tvN.
4. Heavenly Ever After
Heavenly Ever After is about a happily married old woman (Kim Hye Ja) who passes away and wishes to be her real age in heaven, but when she arrives, she reunites with the 30 something version of her husband (Son Seok Koo).
Heavenly Ever After is scheduled to premiere April 19 on JTBC.
5. Crushology 101
Crushology 101 follows the romance of a college student (Roh Jeong Eui) who had a bad first experience with love which left her with low self-esteem, but then she meets multiple men (Lee Chae Min and Cho Jun Young) with different charms.
Crushology 101 is scheduled to premiere April 4 on MBC.
6. Pump Up the Healthy Love
Pump Up the Healthy Love follows the relationship between a fitness-obsessed man (Lee Jun Young) who runs a 24/7 fitness center and an assistant manager at a travel agency (Jung Eun Ji) who loves food and romance.
Pump Up the Healthy Love is scheduled to premiere April 30 on KBS.
CURRENTLY AIRING IN APRIL:
7. The Potato Lab
The Potato Lab is a romantic comedy set at a rural potato research lab where a researcher (Lee Sun Bin) who loves potatoes gets involved with a charming outsider (Kang Tae Oh) who is only concerned about profits.
The Potato Lab airs Saturday and Sunday on tvN.
8. The Art of Negotiation
The Art of Negotiation is a legal drama about the merger and acquisition of companies with the focus on a legendary negotiator (Lee Je Hoon) and his team.
The Art of Negotiation airs Saturday and Sunday on JTBC.
9. Divorce Insurance
Divorce Insurance is about an elite insurance agent (Lee Dong Wook) that works on plans related to divorce who has been divorced multiple times.
Divorce Insurance airs Monday and Tuesday on tvN.
10. Buried Hearts
Buried Hearts is about a Public Affairs Team leader at Daesan Group (Park Hyung Sik) who hides his ambition to rise to the top and a rich and powerful professor (Heo Joon Ho) who controls society from behind the scenes.
Buried Hearts airs Friday and Saturday on SBS.
Other Premieres & Ongoing Dramas
(These dramas will be highlighted in the coming months)
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AND SO YOU’RE UP TO DATE,
OTHER DRAMAS THAT WILL BE ENDING IN APRIL:
Hyper Knife
Hyper Knife is a medical thriller about a genius doctor (Park Eun Bin) who hits rock bottom after being kicked out of the operating room by her neurosurgeon teacher (Sol Kyung Gu) and now works in illegal operating rooms. She then is reunited with her teacher.
Hyper Knife airs Wednesday on Disney+.
What dramas are you looking forward to or enjoying in April?
Make sure to get caught up because there are more dramas coming your way in May!
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