5 Romantic K-Dramas We’re Excited To Stream In May 2025

A balmy April has made way for a balmier May, and maybe there’s some merit in moving those date nights indoors in the comfort of your air-conditioned living room and a romance on screen. If this sounds like a plan to you, then we’ve got just the right list of new romantic K-dramas for you!

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This month’s roster goes back to the basics. Beloved tropes of found family, intriguing secrets, and miscommunication are sprinkled throughout the list, and we cannot wait to start streaming…

New Romantic K-Dramas In May 2025

Spring of Youth

This teen romance drama follows K-pop singer Sa-gye, who is forced to enrol in a university after being ousted from his band. As he navigates his new life on campus, he meets (and falls in love with) his classmate Kim Bom and slowly finds his way back to music.

Streaming from 12 May 2025

Tastefully Yours

There seems to be a growing trend of K-dramas centred around the theme of romance mixed with food, like Brewing Love and The Potato Lab. In this one, we follow Han Beom-woo, the heir to a large food company, and Mo Yeon-joo, a rural chef working at a one-table restaurant in the remote countryside. Their philosophies about food couldn’t be more different, and that adds fuel to their chemistry when their lives unexpectedly become intertwined.

Streaming from 12 May 2025

Second Shot At Love

Girls’ Generation member Choi Soo-young stars in this romance drama about an alcoholic mechanic who decides to mend her ways. Han Geum-joo, a veteran small-town mechanic, proclaims to be a “reasonable drinker”, when she’s actually an alcoholic. When her first love Seo Ui-joon comes back to their town as a public centre head who despises alcohol, she decides to get back on the wagon for good. Can she succeed for love?

Streaming from 12 May 2025

Dear Hongrang

Based on Jang Da-hye’s Tangeum: Swallowing Gold, the drama is a must-watch for lovers of historical romances. Set in the late Joseon dynasty, the drama follows the heir of a powerful merchant family who mysteriously disappears when he was eight. He returns to his family after 12 years, seemingly with no memory of the past and some sinister secrets of his own. His stepsister Jae-yi wants to uncover the secret behind her brother’s disappearance and figure out the true identity of the man who has returned in his place after all those years.

Streaming from 16 May 2025

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Our Unwritten Seoul

This romantic drama follows two identical sisters who lead completely different lives. When they switch identities one day, a whole new world opens up to them. Through their new identities, the twin sisters discover real love and the true meaning of life. But can their web of lies survive their new realities?

Streaming from 24 May 2025