Netflix Adds 27 New K-Drama Series Including ‘The Penthouse: War in Life” ‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Rooftop Prince’
Late last year, Netflix signed an output deal with the major Korean broadcaster SBS, promising to deliver new and older content from SBS’s fantastic library. After an extended wait, a large batch of nearly 30 new titles for SBS K-dramas has landed on Netflix US, including Dr. Romantic, Doctor John, The Penthouse: War in Life, and more!
SBS is one of the largest broadcasters in South Korea and is responsible for one of the most popular terrestrial television stations, SBS TV. Millions of Korean citizens watch the station every day. The deal Netflix signed last year was to provide subscribers with new content, which we’ve already seen in 2025 with The Winning Try, Queen Mantis, and Dynamite Kiss, which arrives on November 12, 2025.
Also part of the deal was to include some content from the rich content library. After 11 months, we’re finally seeing that promise delivered with some of the best of the SBS library coming to the Netflix US library on Monday, November 17, 2025. Note that many of these are already streaming on Netflix in international territories.
Here are all the SBS K-dramas that have touched down on Netflix US and we’ll also pick out some highlights:
Full List of New K-Drama Releases on Netflix US
- A Gentleman’s Dignity (Season 1) – TV-14 – Korean – Four highly accomplished men in their 40s navigate life and romance to find love and success in urban Korea in this male answer to “Sex and the City.”
- Beautiful Gong Shim (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – Needing funds to study art abroad, Gong Shim rents out her rooftop room to a pro bono lawyer, who begins shaking up her otherwise dispiriting life.
- Do You Like Brahms? (Limited Series) – TV-PG – Korean – While struggling to find her footing after starting later than her peers, a violin student falls for a successful pianist with a lonely soul.
- Doctor John (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – Unable to feel pain within his own body but skilled at diagnosing others, a pain management doctor stands up for his philosophy on life and death.
- Doctor Stranger (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – After fleeing North Korea, Park Hun becomes a top surgeon in South Korea and vows to reunite with the woman he left behind.
- Doctors (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Korean – A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter her path and become a street-savvy neurosurgeon.
- Dr. Romantic (Seasons 1-2) – TV-14 – Korean – An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
- Hot Stove League (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Korean – During off-season, a professional baseball team ranked dead last in the league hires an unorthodox manager who’s determined to push it to the top.
- Hyde, Jekyll, Me (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – A chaebol executive with a split personality spars with a circus leader determined to save her troupe, which he’s trying to eject from his theme park.
- I Hear Your Voice (Limited Series) – TV-Y – Korean – A public defender searches for justice with the help of a psychic high school boy, whose father’s murder she witnessed many years before.
- It’s Okay, That’s Love (Season 1) – TV-14 – Korean – Successful novelist and radio DJ Jae-yeol and psychiatrist Hae-soo are constantly at odds, but that changes when they start living in the same house.
- My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – After meeting a mysterious yet very beautiful girl, a wannabe action star discovers that she’s, in fact, a gumiho — a legendary fox with nine tails.
- Pinocchio (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother’s footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.
- Reunited Worlds (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – Twelve years after his death, a high school senior makes a shocking return to the lives of his broken family and friends.
- Rooftop Prince (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – A crown prince is transported 300 years into the future, where he assumes a new identity to be near a woman who resembles his late wife.
- Secret Garden (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – A wealthy man and a poor stuntwoman fall in love. But things get complicated when their souls become inexplicably swapped and dark secrets surface.
- Suspicious Partner (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – Life turns on a dime for a thriving prosecutor after meeting his new perky intern, who becomes a prime murder suspect soon after joining his office.
- The Fiery Priest (Season 1) – TV-MA – Korean – When his fellow clergyman dies under shady circumstances, a hot-tempered priest who’s unable to turn a blind eye to injustice hunts for answers.
- The Girl Who Sees Scents (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – With help from a young woman with synesthesia, a cop who lost his sense of pain tracks down the serial killer who brought tragedy to both their lives.
- The Last Empress (Season 1) – TV-MA – Korean – In a modern-day monarchical Korea, a bright musical actress enters an unforgiving world of sinister secrets when she marries the emperor.
- The Master’s Sun (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – A woman who sees ghosts pairs with the materialistic head of a conglomerate to help each other out of jams as their hearts and lives become entangled.
- The Penthouse: War in Life (Seasons 1-3) – TV-MA – Korean – Insatiably ambitious residents of Seoul’s most luxurious apartment throw their morals aside to achieve dizzying heights of wealth and power.
- The Secret Life of My Secretary (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – After a head injury leaves a top executive unable to recognize faces, he falls head over heels for his secretary, mistaking her for a glamorous heiress.
- VIP (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – The staff in charge of catering to the desires of a department store’s top clientele try to keep their not-so-luxurious personal lives afloat.
- Wok of Love (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Korean – Down on his luck and in need of a kitchen, a star chef turns to reforming a shoddy Chinese restaurant staffed by former gangsters.
- Yong Pal (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Korean – Operating under the alias Yong-pal, a surgeon gets enmeshed in a dark conspiracy involving a chaebol heir forcibly put in a medically induced coma.
- You are Beautiful (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean – Posing as her twin brother in a boy band, a young woman wins the heart of her bandmates and fans, all the while searching for her long-lost mother.
What to Watch from New K-Dramas on Netflix
Birth of a Beauty (1 Season)
Episodes: 21
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Joo Sang Wook, Han Ye Seul, Jung Gyu Woon, Wang Ji Hye, Han Sang Jin
Heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee is suffering from broken heart syndrome. But in order to get the love of his life back, he changes the unattractive and overweight Sa Geum Ran into the beautiful Sa Ra. However, Han Tae Hee’s plan backfires on him when he begins to fall in love with her.
Doctor John
Episodes: 16
Genre: Life, Medical, Romance | Runtime: 70 minutes
Cast: Ji Sung, Lee Se Young, Lee Kyu Hyung, Hwang Hee, Jung Min Ah
Anesthesiologist Cha Yo Han is the youngest professor at the medical institution and is known for his incredible ability to diagnose patients within the first 10 seconds of a consultation. He is joined by fellow anesthesiologist Kang Shi Young, a fellow professor with a compassionate and attentive nature. Together, alongside their colleagues, they solve their patients’ ailments.
Dr. Romantic (3 Seasons)
Episodes: 52
Genre: Drama, Medical, Romance | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Han Seok Kyu, Yoo Yeon Seok, Seo Hyun Jin, Choi Jin Ho, Yang Se Jong
At the height of his career, Kim Sa Bu was a famous surgeon at a prestigious hospital, but after suddenly giving it up, he decided to become a neighborhood doctor in a small town. Now referring to himself as “Teacher Kim” or “Dr. Romantic,” he crosses paths with Kang Don Ju and Yoon Seo Jung, two young but passionate doctors with plenty still to learn.
Hot Stove League (1 Season)
Episodes: 16
Genre: Drama, Life, Sports | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Namkoong Min, Park Eun Bin, Cho Byeong Kyu, Oh Jung Se, Son Jong Hak
Dreams, one of the worst baseball teams in the league, gets a new lease of life when they are appointed a championship-winning general manager, Seung Su. He is assisted by Se Young, the youngest member of the management team at Dreams, who is deeply passionate about the team.
My Love from the Star (1 Season)
Episodes: 21
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural | Runtime: 58 Minutes
Cast: Jun Jo Hyun, Kim Soo Hyun, Park Hae Jin, Yoo In Na, Shin Sung Rok
400 years ago, the alien Do Min Jun landed on planet Earth during the Joseon Dynasty. With handsome looks and enhanced physical abilities, he has lived amongst humans for centuries in relative peace. One day, he discovers he only has three months left to live on Earth, where he meets Cheon Sang I, Korea’s biggest Hallyu star.
Pinocchio
Episodes: 20
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Lee Jong Suk, Park Shin Hye, Kim Young Kwang, Lee Yoo Bi, Jin Kyung
Choi In Ha suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome,” which means whenever she lies, she inexplicably breaks out in hiccups. She is joined by Seo Bum Jo, the heir of a wealthy family who has wanted for nothing in life, and Yoon Yoo Rae, who has copious amounts of fangirl knowledge, and Choi Dal Po, who may have a shabby appearance but underneath masks his eloquence and sharp memory.
Suspicious Partner
Episodes: 20
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller | Runtime: 80 Minutes
Cast: Ji Chang Wook, Nam Ji Hyun, Choi Tae Joon, Kwon Na Ra, Dong Ha
Eun Bong Hee is a rookie intern at a law firm where the brilliant Nah Ji Wook works. When the former is falsely accused of murder, Ji Wook puts his career on the line to help her. Together, the pair attempt to catch the real culprit and a series of other murders before it is too late.
The Fiery Priest (2 Seasons)
Episodes: 20
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime | Runtime: 70 Minutes
Cast: Kam Nam Gil, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Ha Nee, Ko Jun, Keum Sae Rok
A priest, a detective, and a prosecutor team up to solve a murder case involving a senior Catholic priest. Kim Tae Il is a Catholic priest prone to making spiteful remarks and being rude to others. Meanwhile, Koo Dae Young is a timid and overly talkative detective. Lastly, Park Kyung Sun is an ace prosecutor who is as smart as she is beautiful.
The Master’s Sun
Episodes: 17
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Gong Hyo Jin, So Ji Sub, Seo In Guk, Kim Yoo Ri
Kingdom is a giant Korean conglomerate that includes a major retail store and hotel, but it is run by Joo Joong Won, the stingy, greedy CEO. He soon meets Tae Gong Shil, who mysteriously began to see ghosts after an accident. When spirits begin to manifest, their lives take a huge turn, driven by the terror and sadness they bring. When they begin investigating a kidnapping from Joong Won’s past, the pair soon begin to fall in love…
The Penthouse: War in Life (3 Seasons)
Episodes: 48
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Runtime: 85 Minutes
Cast: Lee Ji Ah, Kim So Yeon, Eugene, Uhm Ki Joon, Bong Tae Kyu
Hera Palace is a luxury penthouse apartment with 100 floors. It is home to some of Korea’s wealthiest residents, but, most importantly, it is home to Sim Su Ryeon, born into a life of luxury and queen of the penthouse apartment. Meanwhile, Oh Yoon Hee, whose family background was poor, is determined to ascend to the pinnacle of wealth by unseating Sim Su Ryeon as the Queen of the penthouse.
The Secret Life of My Secretary
Episodes: 16
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance | Runtime: 70 Minutes
Cast: Kim Young Kwang, Jin Ji Joo, Kim Jae Kyung, Koo Ja Sung, Jung Ae Ri
Do Min Ik is the Chief of Team 1 at T&T Mobile Media and an incredibly intelligent man, but his perfectionism and heart of stone often lead him to come to blows with his secretary, Jung Gal Hee, who diligently carries out his tasks but does not hold back in speaking her mind.
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