Upcoming Korean Dramas May 2019
The KDrama line-up has exploded for May 2019. With so many new and current Korean Dramas airing, when will we have time to sleep?? Oh, well. Who needs sleep anyway? Bring on the KDramas!
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May 4 – Different Dreams
May 6 – The Secret Life Of My Secretary
May 6 – Abyss
May 8 – Save Me 2
May 11 – Voice 3
May 15 – Absolute Boyfriend
May 22 – Dan, Only Love
May 22 – Spring Night
May 27 – The Wind Blows
Upcoming KDramas in May 2019:
Different Dreams
May 4
Time: Sat on MBC
Cast: Lee Yo-Won, Yoo Ji-Tae, Lim Ju-Hwan, & Nam Gyu-Ri
Number of Episodes: 40 (35 minutes each)
Where to Watch: Viki.com
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Historical Action) The year is 1919 and the Japanese government rules over Korea with overwhelming power. Many citizens bow their heads and quietly live their lives, but a few are bold enough to stand against their oppressors as a spy network. Although raised in a Japanese home, Korean female surgeon Lee Young-Jin(Lee Yo-Won) makes the daring choice to risk everything for the country she loves and become a spy.
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The Secret Life Of My Secretary
May 6
Time: Mon/Tue on SBS
Cast: Kim Young-Kwang, Jin Ki-Joo, Kim Jae-Kyung, & Koo Ja-Sung
Number of Episodes: 32 (35 minutes each)
Where to Watch: Viki.com
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Romantic Comedy) Gal Hee and her boss had always lived with clear lines drawn between them. She was his simple secretary and he was her capable boss. But when he unexpectedly develops face-blindness the lines between them begin to blur too.
Suddenly he mistakes her for Veronica Park, a beautiful film icon he has fallen in love with — a mistake Gal Hee is in no hurry to correct. But what will happen when the real Veronica Park discovers this secretary’s messy secret life?
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Abyss
May 6
Time: Mon/Tue on tvN
Cast: Park Bo-Young, Ahn Hyo-Seop, Kwon Soo-Hyun, & Lee Si-Un
Number of Episodes: 16
Where to Watch: Netflix
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Fantasy) Legend tells of the mysterious Abyss bead, a magical trinket which gives its holder a new life after death. Great in power, the bead carries with it one condition: it will change the appearance of the person it saves. If they lived with kindness they will look like an angelic idol, but if they lived selfishly…well…
Ko So Yeon was a successful and gorgeous prosecutor until the day she was brutally murdered. But what should have been her tragic end became a new beginning when she is given the Abyss bead and returned to life. But while her life may be saved, So Yeon is horrified to find her alluring beauty is gone. Meanwhile, her savior, Cha Min was once an ugly but kind-hearted chaebol and has also been reborn…as a beauty. Now the only two people in the world who know each other are alive, Cha Min and Ko So Yeon must work together to solve their murders.
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Save Me 2
May 8
Time: Wed/Thur on OCN
Cast: Um Tae-Goo, Cheon Ho-Jin, Esom, & Kim Young-Min
Number of Episodes: 14
Where to Watch: TBD
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Thriller) Choi Kyung-Seok came to the small town of Wolchoori as a light to save them. His words spoke of hope and his actions gave them strength, so they gave him their trust. They laughed as they built him a temple and followed his teachings. He was the predator grooming his prey, and they smiled as he prepared them.
Now, something is very wrong with the town of Wolchoori. But no one seems to see it, that is until the day Kim Min-Cheol returns home.
Trailer:
Voice 3
May 11
Time: Sat/Sun on OCN
Cast: Lee Ha-Na, Lee Jin-Wook, Kwon Yool, & Son Eun-Seo
Number of Episodes: TBA
Where to Watch: TBD
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Thriller) In South Korea when someone calls for help they dial 112, and if they are very very lucky, the woman who answers will be Kang Kwon-Joo. Gifted with incredible hearing, Kwon Joo can hear what no one else can. Together with her partner Do Kang-Woo, she uses her hearing to help victims during the “golden hour” after they call while they can still be saved.
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Absolute Boyfriend
May 15
Time: Wed/Thur on SBS
Cast: Yeo Jin-Goo, Bang Min-Ah, Hong Jong-Hyun, Hong Seo-Young
Number of Episodes: 40 (35 minutes each)
Where to Watch: Viki.com
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Sci-Fi Romance) In the ultimate impulse buy Eom Da-Da ordered an android boyfriend
But when her “fake” robot boyfriend begins to develop very human emotions, Da Da may be in for more than she ordered.
Dan, Only Love
May 22
Alternate Name: Angel’s Last Mission: Love
Time: Wed/Thur on KBS2
Cast: L(INFINITE), Shin Hye-Sun, Lee Dong-Gun, & Kim Bo-Mi
Number of Episodes: 32 (35 minutes each)
Where to Watch: Viki.com
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Fantasy) For an angel, it should have been a simple assignment: help one love-worn ballerina fall in love. But nothing is ever simple for Dan, an optimistic, trouble-making angel. Instead, he had to go and fall in love with her.
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Spring Night
May 22
Alternate Name: One Spring Night
Time: Wed/Thur on MBC
Cast: Han Ji-Min, Jung Hae-In, Kim Joon-Han, & Lim Seong-Eon
Number of Episodes: 32 (35 minutes each)
Where to Watch: Netflix
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Romance) Life had been simple for Lee Jung-In. She worked at the library, dated a wealthy and successful man, and desired only happiness from every day.
But on a fateful Spring Night, while the cool night air still nipped at her shoulders and cherry blossoms shivered on the wind, she encountered a single father who made her forget everything and discover love.
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The Wind Blows
May 27
Time: Mon/Tue on JTBC
Cast: Kam Woo-Sung, Kim Ha-Neul, Kim Sung-Cheol, & Kim Ga-Eun
Number of Episodes: 16
Where to Watch: Viki.com
Brief Synopsis:
(Genre: Melo Romance) Six years ago Do-Hoon received the tragic diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. He had known it was incurable and the progression would be devastating to watch, so he made what he thought was the kindest decision. He would divorce his loving wife rather than make her suffer. (Can we say, noble idiocy?)
Now after so many years, Do Hoon and his ex-wife, Soo-Jin, meet again and slowly begin to reconnect. But is it too little too late?
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Which Korean Dramas will you be watching in May 2019? Please let us know in the comments below!
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Drama Unni is a Korean Entertainment Journalist and blogger based out of the US. She enjoys late night kdrama binges with her two dogs. Email: unni@dramacurrent.com
