Take Your Pick: 9 New K-dramas Coming Out in July 2025!

If you’re looking for new series to watch, you’ve come to the right place! Today, we’re talking about 9 marvellous new K-dramas coming out in July 2025! Which ones are you looking forward to the most?

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• Release date: July 3rd, 2025
• Network: Wavve (internationally, you can watch it on Viki or Viu)
• Episodes: 10
• Main cast: Lee Eun-saem, Ye-ri, and Lee Jong-hyuk
• Where have I seen these people before? The same cast returns after the success of the first season. Besides their work in Bitch x Rich in 2023, you might have seen Lee Eun-saem in Netflix’s All of Us Are Dead, Ye-ri in Naver’s Blue Birthday, and Lee Jong-hyuk in Our Dating Sim.
• Writer: Kwak Yeong-im (who has written daily dramas and the 2022 mystery novel Welcome to Royal Town)
• Directors: Im Dae-woong (from U+Mobile TV’s Night Has Come) and Park Hyung-won (from webdrama Snap and Spark)

Following the events of the first season, Cheongdam International High School now sees its strict hierarchy in crumbles. Between murders, romances, and ferocious power play, what sort of decisions will Hye-in (Lee Eun-saem) and Je-na (Ye-ri) make?

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• Release date: July 5th, 2025
• Network: tvN (internationally, you can watch it on Disney+ and Viki, depending on the region)
• Episodes: 12
• Main cast: Lee Jong-suk, Mun Ga-young, Kang You-seok, Ryu Hye-young, and Im Sung-jae
• Where have I seen these people before? What a lovely cast! We’re all looking forward to Lee Jong-suk’s return to the small screen. We last saw him in MBC’s hit Big Mouth (but you might also remember him in tvN’s Romance Is a Bonus Book or SBS’s While You Were Sleeping). Mun Ga-young has just finished tvN’s My Dearest Nemesis, while Im Sung-jae has recently starred in Coupang TV’s Newtopia. You might remember Ryu Hye-young in Disney+’s Gangnam B-Side or JTBC’s Law School. Kang You-seok has got to be one of the busiest actors this year: this is his third 2025 drama, after Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines and tvN’s Resident Playbook.
• Writer: Lee Seung-hyun
• Director: Park Seung-woo (from tvN’s Adamas and MBC’s Kairos)

At Johwa Law Firm, you’ll find five different lawyers. An Ju-hyeong (Lee Jong-suk) is a senior associate attorney who is extremely competent but doesn’t believe that practising the law has anything to do with justice. Seemingly aloof, he excels at — and enjoys — his job, handling his cases almost mechanically.

He then meets Kang Hui-ji (Mun Ga-young), a warm-hearted and sociable junior associate who believes that changing the life of one individual can change their entire world. Despite their different personalities, they join fellow lawyers Cho Chang-won (Kang You-seok), Bae Mun-jeong (Ryu Hye-young) and Ha Sang-gi (Im Sung-jae) as they face new challenges together. As their friendship grows, their perspectives on their job and the world around them change, too.

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• Release date: July 11th, 2025
• Network: Wavve (we’re waiting to hear about international distribution)
• Episodes: 6
• Main cast: Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Da-hee, and A-rin
• Where have I seen these people before? You might remember Lee Soo-hyuk in TVING’s Queen Woo or MBC’s Tomorrow. Lee Da-hee has just finished tvN’s The Divorce Insurance, while A-rin was last seen in the tvN series Alchemy of Souls.
• Writer & Director: Ahn Joo-young
• Adapted from Little Bee’s webtoon of the same name

The “S line” is an invisible red line that ties people to their sexual partners. For some reason, high-schooler Hyun Heup (A-rin) can see these lines. She seems to be the only person capable of doing so until a mysterious pair of glasses emerges, granting the wearer the ability to see S lines, too. Greed and jealousy start to consume those who come across these glasses, unearthing secrets and bringing chaos. Investigating the trail of crimes left behind by this phenomenon, Detective Han Ji-uk (Lee Soo-hyuk) comes together with Heup to find the culprit.

S Line premiered at the Canneseries (Cannes International Series Festival) this year, where it received the Best Music award.

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• Release date: July 16th, 2025
• Network: Disney+
• Episodes: 11
• Main cast: Ryu Seung-ryong, Yang Se-jong, Lim Soo-jung, and Im Hyung-joon
• Where have I seen these people before? Movie star Ryu Seung-ryong was last seen in Netflix’s Chicken Nugget and Disney+’s Moving. Meanwhile, Yang Se-jong’s latest projects were Netflix’s Doona! and JTBC’s My Country: The New Age. Lim Soo-jung was last seen on the small screen in 2021, when she starred in tvN’s Melancholia. Im Hyung-joon had a supporting role in the Disney+ series Big Bet.
• Writers: Kang Yoon-seong and Ahn Seung-hwan
• Director: Kang Yoon-seong (from Disney+’s Big Bet series)
• Adapted from Yoon Tae-ho’s webtoon of the same name

Set in the 1970s, Low Life follows Oh Hee-dong (Yang Se-jong), a young man raised by his uncle Oh Gwan-seok (Ryu Seung-ryong). Gwan-seok taught his nephew to survive and make money by whatever means necessary. Hee-dong and Gwan-seok now work together, mostly selling counterfeits. One day, Gwan-seok receives a proposal to salvage a treasure from a sunken ship in the West Sea. The opportunity seems to good to be true, but he sees in it the chance to make a fortune. As uncle and nephew set sail in search of lost treasures, they meet all sorts of people who also believe this is their one-and-only shot at striking gold.

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• Release date: July 18th, 2025
• Network: jTBC (internationally, you can watch it on Disney+)
• Episodes: 14
• Main cast: Lee Dong-wook, Lee Sung-kyung, Ryu Hye-young, and Oh Na-ra
• Where have I seen these people before? Does this cast even need an introduction? If you need a quick reminder, here we go: Lee Dong-wook has recently been in tvN’s The Divorce Insurance, Disney+’s A Shop for Killers, and tvN’s Tale of the Nine-Tailed series. Lee Sung-kyung led the second and third seasons of SBS’s Doctor Romantic and Disney+’s Call It Love. This is Ryu Hye-young’s second series of the month, after tvN’s Law and the City (above) and Oh Na-ra has just finished KBS2’s Villains Everywhere.
• Writers: Kim Woon-kyung (from jTBC’s Yoo Na’s Street) and Kim Hyo-seok (who wrote 2025’s YADANG: The Snitch)
• Directors: Song Hae-seong (this is his first K-drama as he’s always been a film director; he’s known for 2006’s Maundy Thursday) and Park Hong-su (who co-directed JTBC’s Lost)

Park Seok-cheol (Lee Dong-wook) is a kind-hearted man who comes from a long line of gangsters. The show follows him and his first love, the aspiring singer Kang Mi-yeong (Lee Sung-kyung), as he struggles to balance the family business with his own career and love life.

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• Release date: July 21st, 2025
• Network: ENA (internationally, you can watch it on Kocowa)
• Episodes: 8
• Main cast: Yeom Jung-ah, Won Jin-a, Choi Young-joon, and DEX
• Where have I seen these people before? Yeom Jung-ah was last seen in U+Mobile TV’s No Way Out: The Roulette last year, while Won Jin-a hasn’t starred in a K-drama since Coupang TV’s Unicorn in 2022. Choi Young-joon has recently had supporting roles in Netflix’s The Trunk and the Gyeongseong Creature series. This is DEX’s very first complete series — he previously starred in one of the episodes from U+Mobile TV’s anthology series, Tarot.
• Writer: An So-jeong
• Director: Oh Ki-hwan (from Kakao TV’s How to Be Thirty)
• Adapted from Eum Se Yun and Ryu Ga Myung’s webtoon of the same name

Kim Se-hui (Yeom Jung-ah) is the CEO of SH Medical Foundation, a publicly admired figure. Under the facade, she’s a greedy, vile woman who leads an illegal adoption organisation. When she places a child with a couple, she gives them the option of a “free return” if the child doesn’t meet their expectations. Returned children are then killed to avoid leaving incriminating traces of their business. Their seemingly untouchable organisation is threatened when Kim A-hyeon (Won Jin-a), a returned child who miraculously survived, returns as an adult seeking revenge.

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• Release date: July 23rd, 2025
• Network: KBS2 (internationally, you can watch it on Viki)
• Episodes: 12
• Main cast: Arin, Yoon San-ha, Chuu, and Yoo Jung-hoo
• Where have I seen these people before? Arin is also in Wavve’s S Line (above) this month, while Yoon San-ha was last seen in JTBC’s Romance in the House. This is Chuu’s first TV role since Naver TV’s Dating Class in 2019 and Yoo Jung-hoo was part of the supporting cast of KBS2’s Who Is She earlier this year.
• Writer: Lee Hae-na
• Director: Yoo Kwan-mo (from KBS2’s Police University)
• Adapted from Massstar’s webtoon of the same name

University students Park Yoon-jae (Yoon San-ha) and Kim Ji-eun (Arin) seem to be a happy couple until one day, the beautiful and kind Ji-eun wakes up in the body of a man. She then begins to use the name “Kim Ji-hoon” (Yoo Jung-hoo) just to keep up appearances. Yoon-jae is supportive and tries to teach her how to behave like a man while they are figuring out how to return her to her original body.

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• Release date: July 25th, 2025
• Network: Netflix
• Episodes: 10
• Main cast: Kim Nam-gil and Kim Young-kwang
• Where have I seen these people before? I’m sure you remember Kim Nam-gil from SBS’s The Fiery Priest series or, more recently, Netflix’s Karma. This is Kim Young-kwang’s first leading role on TV since 2023, when he starred in ENA/Genie TV’s Evilive and Disney+’s Call It Love.
• Writer & Director: Kwon Oh-seung (from 2021’s Midnight; this is his first K-drama)

Lee Do (Kim Nam-gil) is a dedicated, skilled detective who used to be a military sniper. Meanwhile, Moon Baek (Kim Young-kwang) may appear nonchalant, but he’s a meticulous planner who plays a significant role in the underground arms broker world. As Lee investigates a series of deadly incidents and traces the source of these illegal firearms, he might find himself face-to-face with Moon.

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• Release date: July 25th, 2025
• Network: SBS (internationally, you can watch it on Netflix)
• Episodes: 12
• Main cast: Yoon Kye-sang, Im Se-mi, and Kim Yo-han
• Where have I seen these people before? The great Yoon Kye-sang was last seen in Netflix’s The Frog and ENA’s The Kidnapping Day. The equally great Im Se-mi has recently starred in tvN’s My Dearest Nemesis and Netflix’s The Whirlwind. Meanwhile, this is Kim Yo-han’s first K-drama since KBS2’s School 2021.
• Writer: Im Jin-ah
• Director: Jang Yeong-seok (who co-directed SBS’s Taxi Driver 2)

According to Soompi,

“Try: A Miracle in Us” tells the story of Joo Ga Ram (Yoon Kye Sang), a former rugby star who falls from grace due to a doping scandal. Returning to his alma mater as the new coach of its struggling rugby team, he leads the underdog team—who have consistently ranked at the bottom—on a quest to win the National Sports Festival.

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So, which new K-dramas are you watching in July 2025?