Korean TV series about palace intrigues

List of the best Korean TV series about palace intrigues according to viewers: Empress Ki, Hyena, Happiness, Birth of a Beauty, Mystic Pop-up Bar, Ga Doo Ri’s Sushi Restaurant, Chief of Staff, Move to Heaven, No, Thank You, It's Okay to Not Be Okay.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 8.5
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea

The story of the woman that would become Empress Ki, and her struggles as she worked her way through war, political conspiracies, and the imperial palace to become Empress of China. This Korean Drama re-imagines the historical figure as a fierce, independent woman who goes to extreme lengths to protect those she loves.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.

Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in the new habitation.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:03

As the heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae Hee enlists Sa Geum Ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation" he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

“Ga Doo Ri’s Sushi Restaurant” is about the sweet yet fierce romance between dating expert Ga Doo Ri, who’s well known for her refreshing dating advice, and her mysterious next-door neighbor Cha Woo Bin.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

Finding life in all that's left behind, a trauma cleaner with Asperger's and his ex-con uncle deliver the untold stories of the departed to loved ones.

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Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Is about the various things that occur when an ordinary daughter-in-law enters her in-laws’ household for the first time. The drama centers around Min Sa Rin. She is an expert at her job, having been an employee at a major corporation for 7 years, but still a rookie at marriage, having only been married for one month. She tries hard to be liked by her in-laws, but encounters unexpected incidents and finds it hard to get along with her new family. Moo Goo Young is her ordinary husband who is not particularly good nor bad. Although he loves his wife, he gets caught up in the confusion between her and his family. Park Gi Dong is Moo Goo Young’s mother and Min Sa Rin’s mother-in-law. She is an extremely realistic mother-in-law.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Romance is sweet and bitter - and life riddled with ups and downs - in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:15

Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new "personality," Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo, the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun's secret crush!

Markimdb: 8
Genrecrime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Thriller about an unsuccessful lawyer who gets involved in a murder case and is somehow fingered as genius swindler Big Mouse.

Markimdb: 8.2

An ignorant but strong-willed man and an upper-class woman who struggles through life, work to fall in love.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrebiography, history
CountrySouth Korea

Queen Seondeok is a 2009 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Yo-won, Go Hyun-jung, Uhm Tae-woong, Park Ye-jin, Kim Nam-gil and Yoo Seung-ho. It chronicles the life of Queen Seondeok of Silla. It aired on MBC from May 25 to December 22, 2009 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 62 episodes. The viewership ratings for the show topped TV charts almost every week during its run, peaking at 44.7 percent. It swept the 2009 MBC Drama Awards; actress Go Hyun-jung's performance and subsequent grand prize win received near-universal acclaim.

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Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

After a difficult breaking up with ex-boyfriend, Han Ye suddenly receives a text from his new woman. When reading a letter, old memories washed over her. In the bar she was comforted by a mysterious guy. What happened next, she least expected in her life

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Due to her 164 I.Q., impressive memory and creative thought process, autistic 27-year-old lawyer Woo Young Woo graduated at the top of her class from a prestigious law school.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountrySouth Korea

A desperate love story between Youngr-o, a youthful female freshman student, and Soo-ho, a prestigious but mysterious university graduate, who one day jumps into her room, at a women's university dormitory, covered in blood from running away of a dangerous situation. Despite the strict surveillance, she helps him on hiding and healing which develops their relationship that goes against the tragic era of 1987 in Seoul.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:30

The stories of ambitious career women working at the top of the best portal sites in the IT industry. Paved with wins and losses, their road to success takes a new turn when love comes along the way.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A serial murder case takes place in the small, peaceful city. The case is the same serial murder case that took place 20 years ago and changed Lee Dong-sik’s life. The two detectives work to catch the killer.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountrySouth Korea

Vincenzo Cassano is an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere who moves back to Korea due to a conflict within his organization. He ends up crossing paths with a sharp-tongued lawyer named Cha-young, and the two join forces in using villainous methods to take down villains who cannot be punished by the law.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountrySouth Korea

In order to pay off their debt, three daring youths jump into the money-lending business while confronting the rich and powerful who prey on the weak.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Cursed since birth and exempt from death, a revenge-driven immortal sets out on a quest to reclaim his soul and end a 600-year-old vendetta.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration26:00

Haute couture meets the high court in this drama based on Lady Jang Hui Bin, or Jang Ok Jung, one of the most celebrated royal concubines of the Joseon Dynasty. Lady Jang establishes herself as a coveted fashion designer who quickly finds herself sought after not only by fashionable noblewomen, but by the king himself. Political drama and the catwalk collide in this tale of fashioning dreams into reality!

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the process.Ji Hyung Joo is a detective in the violent crimes division. He used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal.It's been seven years since the change, and he's a talented individual who always knows how to relax. Though he is happy at first to have the chance to go back in time by one year and "reset" his life, he begins to search for the truth when a series of mysterious events befall on the group of people he goes back in time with. Based on the Japanese novel, "Repeat"

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:03

This drama is set in the constitutional monarchy in an imaginary South Korea. South Korea's Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha is forced to join the World Officers Competition, WOC by his brother. There, he met North Korea's strongest female devil instructor Kim Hang Ah. Both of them are at loggerheads with each other. The two eventually fall in love and are torn in between when they have to choose between love and family; in the context of North-South confrontation. This show is a brilliant interpretation of a black comedy.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

Four men with complicated love lives refuse to admit they're getting older, and attempt to prove that forty is the new thirty!

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:03

A self-made medical student and an aspiring anchorwoman find their friendship -- and their dreams -- tested by a fateful tragedy.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountrySouth Korea

Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:30

Yoo Ji Na is a budding career woman who has absolutely no issues with lying to get what she wants. But when she falls for the innocent and naive Yoon Tae Woon, who is truthful to a fault, their budding romance becomes a liability for Ji Na's cutthroat corporate job. Can these unlikely lovers stay true to themselves and manage to stay together?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

This is a melodrama about a woman who received heart transplant and a man who loved his late wife very much. Lee Bom Yi decided to live her life to the fullest as a token of gratitude for the donor. She then accidentally met Kang Dong Ha, a single father with two children, unaware that he was the husband of her donor. Kang Dong Ha is baffled that Lee Bom Yi shares many similar traits with his late wife.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Gil Soo-Hyun is extremely intelligent. At the age of 10, he attended Harvard University. After graduating there, he decided to work at the FBI and worked there for 10 years. Afterwards, he decided to come back to South Korea. He now works as the leader of the Special Missing Persons Unit. The unit deals with about 1% of special missing cases involving violent crimes. His appearance borders on perfection, but he holds a secret. Detective Oh Dae-Young joins the Special Missing Persons Unit. He has worked as a detective for 20 years and he has an obsession in observing the law. He is known as a master of missing person cases.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:50

High school may be tough, but Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun) has a guardian angel looking over him — literally. Disguised as a naive high schooler, Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron) descends from the heavens to protect Woo Hyun's life, but discovers she's got a thing or two to learn about life as a teenager, including the pains of falling in love. Can this cherubic guardian protect the apple of her eye and also manage to survive high school?

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
CountrySouth Korea
Duration06:33

Despite their harsh educational environment, the cheerleading club has to keep it together for the students' sakes, and their own.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea, China

Romantic comedy depicting the heartfelt and pure love story by a man, a successful CEO with everything in his hands, who falls in love for the first time in his life with a woman, who has been living in completely opposite circumstances from his and is a rising artist in his own company.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea

A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Despite his wealth, Joo Hong Bin (Lee Dong Wook) is a prickly man harboring a broken heart. But when his emotional pain physically manifests itself as a gruesome ability to sprout knives from his body, Hong Bin quickly realizes that he’s got to start wearing his heart on his sleeve — with all of his newfound scars to prove it. Meanwhile, Son Se Dong (Shin Se Kyung) tries to heal Hong Bin's wounds inside and out, but is this supernatural love damaged beyond repair?

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:40

As a punishment for meddling in human affairs, an angel faces the impossible task of finding a soulmate for a cold-hearted ballerina.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration18:54

I Can Hear Your Voice is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Jong-suk, and Yoon Sang-hyun. It aired on SBS from June 5 to August 1, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Originally set for 16 episodes, due to its successful ratings the series was extended by 2 episodes.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

This drama portrays the story of a heiress, Ah Mo Ne who lives a sheltered life like a princess but a catastrophe pushes her to do all she can to protect her hotel. She and the general manager of the hotel, Cha Jae Wan who appears cold on the outside but carries emotional baggage, fall in love. Cha Jae Wan and his mother were abandoned by his father. As an adult, he begins to work at a hotel and becomes an enemy to his father who abandoned him.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:12

Louis is a centuries old vampire who appears to be a teenager. He has fallen in love with Seo-young, a high school student with extraordinary blood. Together, they trek through the land of the vampires to retrieve a long lost flower.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:00

When three brothers were very young, they lost their parents. The three brothers were then separated and lived apart for 20 years without knowing of each other. They then meet again unexpectedly and begin their relationship as brothers. Jang Dong-Soo (Lee Beom-Soo) is the oldest brother. He works as a detective. Jang Dong-Woo (Siwan) is the youngest brother. He was adopted by a rich family when he was a baby and became Yoon Yang-Ha. He is cynical and cold.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreadventure
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:00

Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, this drama series follows the Crown Prince Sohyeon, his warriors Heo Seung-Po and An Min-Seo, and a Park Dal-Hyang who is preparing for his military examination.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, music
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

Dream High is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features miss A's Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, T-ara's Eunjung, IU and 2PM. The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 percent range during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended. Its sequel Dream High Season 2 aired a year later with a different cast.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Set in a fictional country called Daeho, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child, forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

“Please Don’t Meet Him” is about a woman named Seo Ji Sung who wants to fall in love but also avoid the wrong men. In order to create the perfect love life, she creates an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Cho Sang Shin.Seo Ji Sung is a programmer of the AI smart home appliance development team. One day, she accidentally develops an AI program called Cho Sang Shin, which will identify trashy humans, and she uses it to save people who are in difficult relationships.Jung Kook Hee is a firefighter who doesn’t use social media. He is the one and only person that Cho Sang Shin is unable to analyze.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountrySouth Korea

During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.




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