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

From Song Joong Ki’s My Youth to Kim Go Eun’s You and Everything Else and Go Hyun Jung’s Queen Mantis. Here’s what to binge this fall.

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September is bringing a fresh slate of K-dramas, with a few fan-favourite August releases continuing into next month as well. From Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee’s My Youth to Kim Go Eun and Park Ji Hyun’s slice-of-life comfort, and Lim Yoon A with Lee Chae Min in the historical fantasy Bon Appétit, there’s plenty lined up to binge as 2025 enters its last quarter. Netflix, expanding its K-content slate, is rolling out both new originals and awaited titles, while other OTT platforms are equally packed with strong releases. Here’s a list of 12 upcoming K-dramas dropping in September 2025.

K-dramas releasing in September 2025 

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You and Everything Else

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

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

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

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.

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Miss Incognito

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

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

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

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.

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Shin’s Project

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

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

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

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