We have a nice variety of dramas to choose from for June including the new season of the hit drama Squid Game. Let’s see what we have to look forward to in this June 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 June 2025:
My Pick:
The First Night With the Duke is a fantasy romance about a minor character in a novel whose body becomes inhabited by the soul of a college student (Seohyun), and she ends up spending the night with a member of the royal family (Taecyeon).
The First Night With the Duke is scheduled to premiere June 11 on KBS.
PREMIERING IN JUNE:
Our Movie is about a new movie director (Nam Goong Min) who is in a slump that wants to make a movie about terminal illness, and he begins a relationship with a terminally ill aspiring actress (Jeon Yeo Bin) who is consulting on the script.
Our Movie is scheduled to premiere June 13 on SBS.
Squid Game 3 follows the story of people competing against others in a deadly competition to win a huge sum of money. Starring Lee Jung Jae, Lee Byung Hun, and Wi Ha Joon
Squid Game 3 is scheduled to premiere June 27 on Netflix.
Head Over Heels is a fantasy romance about a high school student (Cho Yi Hyun) who lives a double life as a shaman that finds out her first love (Choo Young Woo) could die, so she tries to save him.
Head Over Heels is scheduled to premiere June 23 on tvN.
Mercy for None is a noir drama about a former gang member (So Ji Sub) who seeks the truth and revenge after secrets start surfacing about his brother’s mysterious death.
Mercy for None is scheduled to premiere June 6 on Netflix.
CURRENTLY AIRING IN JUNE:
Good Boy is about a group of gold medalist athletes dealing with injuries, financial problems, and other issues who come together to form a group of special police officers called the Olympic Avengers to fight crime. Starring Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun
Good Boy airs Saturday and Sunday on JTBC.
Oh My Ghost Clients follows a variety of experiences by a labor attorney (Jung Kyung Ho) who solves issues for ghosts.
Oh My Ghost Clients airs Friday and Satruday on MBC.
Spring of Youth is about a top member (Ha Yoo Joon) of a famous Kpop band who is kicked out of the group. He then enrolls in college, falls for a woman (Park Ji Hu), and joins a campus band.
Spring of Youth airs Tuesday on SBS.
Our Unwritten Seoul is about twin sisters (Park Bo Young) with opposite personalities with one who is a perfectionist and the other is a free spirit. The two end up trading lives and grow along the way.
Our Unwritten Seoul airs Saturday and Sunday on tvN.
Second Shot at Love is about a mechanic (Choi Soo Young) turned public servant who becomes known as an alcoholic, so she decides to stop drinking and a doctor (Gong Myung) who dislikes alcohol that transfers to a hospital in a rural town.
Second Shot at Love airs Monday and Tuesday on tvN.
Other Premieres & Ongoing Dramas
(These dramas will be highlighted in the coming months)
I Am a Running Mate
Shark: The Storm
AND SO YOU’RE UP TO DATE,
OTHER DRAMAS THAT WILL BE ENDING IN JUNE:
Tastefully Yours follows the romance between a food corporation heir (Kang Ha Neul) who runs a top restaurant and a chef (Go Min Si) who runs a little one table restaurant.
Tastefully Yours airs Monday and Tuesday on ENA.
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 airs Wednesday and Thursday on KBS.
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 airs Friday and Saturday on SBS.
What dramas are you looking forward to or enjoying in June?
Make sure to get caught up because there are more dramas coming your way in July!