Best Korean TV Shows for Teens

After the enormous success of Squid Game, it's no wonder Netflix and other streaming services are racing to expand their entertainment choices coming out of South Korea. While we're hopeful that Korean TV series for younger kids will make an appearance soon, the shows currently available to U.S. audiences often feature heavy violence or romance, making them best suited for teens and up. Below you'll find our favorite options available to stream or on demand for your next binge watch. And for more great picks, check out Drama TV for Teens or Mystery TV.

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New World

age 11+

Mysterious game-like Korean reality show a fun journey.

Network: Netflix (2021)
A-List to Playlist: TV Image, South Korean celebrity, Cho Jung-seok, playing guitar
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A-List to Playlist

age 12+

K-drama star works on an album in sunny reality show.

Network: Netflix (2024)
Poster image for the Korean variety show Apartment404. The cast is pictured as if peering through a door's peephole
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Apartment404

age 12+

Korean entertainers in escape-room style game show.

Network: Amazon Prime Video (2024)
Crash Landing on You TV show poster: actors Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin smiling before brown background
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Crash Landing on You

age 13+

Delightful, campy, epic K-drama has some violence, language.

Network: Netflix (2019)
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Forecasting Love & Weather

age 13+

Love is unpredictable and sweet in weather-themed K-drama.

Network: Netflix (2022)
Doctor Slump TV show poster: South Korean actors, Park Hyung-sik and Park Shin-Hye sit in front of a store
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Doctor Slump

age 13+

Charming K-drama has drinking and medical situations.

(2024)
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Snowdrop

age 13+

Bingeable K-Drama is part spy thriller, part romance.

Network: Disney+ (2022)
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Twenty Five Twenty One

age 13+

Fun comic Korean series explores pressures on teens.

Network: Netflix (2022)
Uncle Samsik TV show poster: Dark image of people in fog standing near a building
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Uncle Samsik

age 13+

Gripping political drama looks at villainy in 1960s Korea.

Network: Hulu (2024)
The Atypical Family TV show poster: female character reaches for a male character's face in front of green background
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The Atypical Family

age 14+

Slow burn mystical K-drama has alcohol abuse, binge eating.

Network: Netflix (2024)
Welcome to Samdal-ri TV show poster: Jo Sam Dal and Cho Yong Pil sit outside looking up at sky.
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Welcome to Samdal-ri

age 14+

Fun K-drama has drinking, smoking, romance, humor.

Network: Netflix (2023)
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All of Us Are Dead

age 15+

High school is a real horror in gory Korean zombie show.

Network: Netflix (2022)
Bargain TV show poster: an illustration of the lead actress's unsmiling face and a collapsed building
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Bargain

age 15+

Claustrophobic, thrilling K-drama has bloody violence.

Network: Paramount+ (2023)
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Boys Over Flowers

age 15+

Lighthearted Korean drama features bullying, gossip.

Network: KBS , Netflix (2009)
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Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

age 15+

Dark K-fantasy series is violent and compelling.

Network: Netflix (2021)
Daily Dose of Sunshine TV show poster: Nurse nurse Jung Da-eun stands with other doctors outside hospital.
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Daily Dose of Sunshine

age 15+

Heartfelt dramatic comedy shows kindness, has mature themes.

Network: Netflix (2023)
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Extracurricular

age 15+

Dark, thrilling Korean teen crime drama is violent, mature.

Network: Netflix (2020)
Poster art for Gyeongseong Creature shows the two leads standing back to  back, guns drawn, in a hall lined with cages
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Gyeongseong Creature

age 15+

Intense, violent K-drama blends sci-fi, horror, and history.

Network: Netflix (2023)
The Influencer TV show poster: Jang Keun-suk, RISABAE, Pani Bottle, and more are in different cubes that read “Live” on them.
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The Influencer

age 15+

Fun social media survival show has swears and sexual themes.

Network: Netflix (2024)
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Move to Heaven

age 15+

Poetic, haunting Korean series explores death, morality.

Network: Netflix (2021)