K-dramas releasing in September 2025: From My Youth to Queen Mantis, 12 new shows to binge on Netflix, Prime Video, and more

You and Everything Else

• Genre: Slice-of-life melodrama
  Cast: Kim Go Eun, Park Ji Hyun, Kim Gun Mu
  Platform: Netflix
• Release date: September 12

Plot: The drama follows two best friends who reconnect after a long time. The slice-of-life drama explores their lives at different ages, the complexities and love-hate friendship. “From teen years to adulthood, two friends linked by warmth and tension grow apart, until one is asked to accompany the other through her final days.”

My Youth

• Genre: Romance, slice-of-life melodrama
• Cast: Song Joong Ki, Chun Woo Hee
• Platform: JTBC, Viki
• Release date: September 5

Plot: The romantic drama marks Song Joong Ki’s comeback to the drama scene and follows the life of a former child star who is now a novelist and florist. He reunites with his first love, an entertainment manager. The duo’s lives, entangled after a heartbreaking past, form the central theme of this story about second chances.

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Queen Mantis

• Genre: Mystery, thriller (remake of French series The Mantis)
  Cast: Go Hyun-jung, Jang Dong-yoon, Jung Hae-shin, Jo Sa
• Platform: Netflix
• Release date: September 5

Plot: The mystery thriller is a Korean remake of the popular French series The Mantis. The drama follows a female serial killer who was sentenced to 20 years in prison. But after a new killer emerges in the town, following the same killing style as hers, her estranged son, who is a cop, urges her to help in the case. The drama focuses on the psychological and emotional tension between them and the entire case.

Let’s Go to the Moon

• Genre: Slice-of-life rom-com
• Cast: Eun-bin, Ram-yan, Jo A-haram
• Platform: Viki, MBC
• Release date: September 19, 2025

Plot: The romantic comedy follows three women who work at a confectionery company and are struggling to make ends meet. They are dealing with burnout, exhaustion and daily hustles, until they discover cryptocurrency. The story is their journey about chasing a dream beyond corporate ambitions.

Miss Incognito

• Genre: Crime, romance, thriller
  Cast: Jun Yabin, Jin Yang, Zo Yanmu
• Platform: TBA
• Release date: September 29

Plot: A crime, romance, and thriller series. The story revolves around a bodyguard with a dark past, who fakes her identity. She enters a contractual marriage with a chaebol heir, who has a few days to live. Her mission is to survive for three months under her new identity, while protecting her husband’s inheritance from greedy eyes.

Confidence Queen

• Genre: Crime comedy
• Cast: Park Min Young, Park Sung Woong, Joo Jong Hyuk
• Based on: Japanese series The Confidence Man JP
• Release date: September

Plot: This one is a crime comedy where three con artists team up to scam corrupt villains. The story is set against the backdrop of the real estate and financial sectors.

Tempest

• Genre: Political thriller, action, romance
  Cast: Jun Jihyun and Gang Dongwon, along with John Cho, Lee Misook, Park Haejoon, Kim Haesook, and Yoo Jaemyung
• Platform: Hulu, Disney+
• Release date: September 10

Plot: The series is a political thriller, action and romance series. The story is about a diplomat and an international special agent with a mysterious background. The two cross paths and embark on a dangerous mission.

A hundred memories

• Genre: Slice-of-life, nostalgia
• Cast: Kim Dae Mi, Shin Yun Seung, Ho Nam Jun
• Platform: JTBC
• Release date: September 13

Plot: Set in the 1980’s the slice of life drama follows the group of bus attendants chasing their dreams, love and friendship. The drama is a period piece.

Shin’s Project

• Genre: Mystery, comedy
  Cast: Han Suk Kyu, Bae Hyun Sung, and Lee Re
• platform: tvN
• Release date: September 15

Plot: The mystery comedy series follows the life of a former negotiator who now runs a fried chicken shop. He uses his negotiation skills to secretly help people and, in the process, develops a friendship with a judge in the neighbourhood.

Walking on thin ice

• Genre: Crime, slice-of-life thriller
  Cast: Jun Hee, Kim Young Kwang, Han Ji Eul
• Platform: KBS2
• Release date: September 20

Plot: According to IMDb, “It depicts the story of an ordinary housewife, Kang Eun Su, who turns to crime by selling drugs worth hundreds of billions of won that she accidentally finds while struggling to pay for her terminally ill husband’s medical expenses.”

Intimate Ripley

• Genre: Daily melodrama (100 episodes)
  Cast: Seo Ji Hye, Sol Jung Hwan
• Platform: KBS 2TV’s
• Release date: September 22

Plot: The story centres on family, revenge and manipulation and revolves around two strong and fierce rivals in a war of lies and alliances.

 First Lady

• Genre: Political melodrama
• Cast: Eugene, Ji Han-woo, Im Han young
• Plot:  A First Lady caught in ambition, betrayal, and conspiracy faces scandals and devastating secrets as her marriage unravels amidst high-stakes politics.