Kdramas of 2020
By~C
This article has entire list of kdramas of 2020 including completed, ongoing and upcoming.
First list includes completed kdramas
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For Ongoing kdramas click Here
Completed Kdramas 2020
1.Forest
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
29th January 2020 to 19th march 2020
Synopsis:
Kang Sun Hyuk (Park Hae Jin) seems to have it all: financial success, good looks, and brains, but he's haunted by an experience that leaves him unable to remember his past.
Though successful in the corporate world, he abandons it all behind to become a rescue worker in the rural countryside. Jung Young Jae (Jo Bo Ah) is a promising young surgeon at her hospital, but her cheerful demeanor hides a childhood trauma, which leaves her unable to focus fully on her future. The pair are both drawn to a mystical forest.
Review:
Check this link- Slice of life kdramas set in the countryside
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2.Born again
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
20th April 2020 to 9th June 2020
Synopsis:
A detective, his lover, and an obsessed serial killer from the 1980s are reincarnated as a prosecutor, an archaeologist, and a medical student in the present day
Review/Explanation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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3.How to buy a friend/Friendship Contract / Friend Contract
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
6th April to 14th April
Synopsis:
Because of a poem he writes, an ordinary high school student makes a "contractual friendship" with the school's legendary tough guy.
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4.Fatal promise/dangerous promise
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
30th March 2020 to 28th August 2020
Synopsis:
Kang Tae In breaks a promise that he made to Cha Eun Dong when the latter's family was in danger. However, things change when the two come face-to-face after seven years
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5.Meow the secret boy/welcome
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
25th March 2020 to 30th April 2020
Synopsis:
Sol Ah is an outgoing graphics designer, who aspires to be a webcomic artist. One day, she brings home a cat, who unbeknownst to her has the ability to transform into a human male.
Review/explanation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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6.Fix you/Soul Repairer / Soul Mechanic
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
6th May 2020 to 25th June 2020
Synopsis:
An unorthodox psychiatrist, passionate about his work, seeks to heal his patients of their emotional wounds and find happiness.
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7.Memorials/The Ballot / Into the Ring
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
1st July 2020 to 30th August 2020
Synopsis:
A poor girl who can't get a decent job decides to run for public office just for the money, but ends up joining forces with a demoted official to go after corrupt politicians.
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8. 365:Repeat the year/365: A Year Against Destiny / 365: One Year Against Destiny / 365: A Year of Defying Fate
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
23rd March 2020 to 28th April 2020
Synopsis:
A story of ten people who get the chance to go back to one year ago and change their destiny, But they are involved in mysterious events and face a destiny they never expected. Ji Hyung Joo (Lee Joon Hyuk) used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal. Shin Ga Hyun (Nam Ji Hyun) is a webtoon writer called "Hidden Killer". She experiences a sudden incident. Ga Hyun along with Hyung Joo and eight others get the chance to "reset" their lives.
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9.Dinner mate/Would You Like to Have Dinner Together? / Shall We Have Dinner Together?
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
25th May 2020 to 14th July 2020
Synopsis:
A man and woman waiting at a restaurant are mistaken for a couple and decide to have dinner together
Review/Explanation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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10.Find me in your memory/Memoirs of the Man
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
18th March 2020 to 13th May 2020
Synopsis:
A melodrama romance between a TV anchorman with hyperthymesia, the ability to remember nearly every detail of his life, and a top actress, who has forgotten much of her past.
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10.Old school intern/Kkondae Intern
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
20th May 2020 to 1st July 2020
Synopsis:
Fresh out of school, Ka Yul Chan lands a job where his innovative ideas are squashed by a rigid, 'old school' type of manager. Completely frustrated, he quits and goes on to success at another company, eventually becoming the chief of the sales and marketing. One day, he gets a new senior-aged intern, who is none other than his stodgy old boss.
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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11.Chip-In/United Effort to Accomplish One Thing
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
22nd July to 13th August
Synopsis:
A painter gets diagnosed terminally ill. On his 58th birthday, he plans to share his last will and testament. His great legacy and immense fortune slowly draw out his family's inner greed, causing a fierce mental battle amongst them. There are too many people around him who are only after his legacy; including his ex-wife, Ji Sul Young, who has taken care of him, Kim Ji Hye, a former mistress and mother to his daughter, and Dokko Chul, a son from a different father. They face different outcomes by the different choices they make as their greed overwhelms them. What are the limits of human greed
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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12.Nobody Knows
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
2nd March 2020 to 21st April 2020
Synopsis:
Veteran Detective Cha Young Jin is still tormented by the unsolved murder of a close friend by an apparent serial killer 19 years ago. When the killings begin again, she is determined to catch the culprit.
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13.Good casting
Network:
MBC
Running Time:
27th April 2020 to 16th June 2020
Synopsis:
After a botched mission, a legendary NIS black ops agent is reassigned to go undercover on a case involving intellectual property theft at Korea's largest conglomerate.
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14.Hyena
Network:
SBS/ Netflix
Running Time:
21st February 2020 to 11th April 2020
Synopsis:
To survive in a highly competitive environment, two rival attorneys with only high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambition
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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15.The King: Eternal Monarch
Network:
SBS/ Netflix
Running Time:
17th April 2020 to 12th June 2020
Synopsis:
In a parallel universe where a constitutional monarchy rules the nation, a palace plot leads to the assassination of the king by his half-brother. The coup is thwarted by the sudden appearance of a unknown person, who saves the life of the young heir to the throne, but drops a policewoman's ID tag on the scene. The treasonous prince then escapes to another world, using a piece of a stolen mystical artifact. Years later, still obsessed with finding the identity of his mysterious savior, the young king discovers the portal to the other world, crosses over, and finds the person he seeks there.
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16.Backstreet rookiee/Convenience Store Saet Byul / Convenience Store Morning Star / Convenience Store Venus
Network:
SBS
Running Time:
19th June 2020 to 8th August 2020
Synopsis
A former troublemaker applies for a job at a convenience store owned by the same man who ran errands for her a few years ago.
Review/Explanation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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17.Memorist
Network:
tvN
Running Time:
11th March 2020 to 30th April 2020
Synopsis:
Detective Dong Baek has the supernatural ability to read people's memories, when he touches them. Armed with this power, he tackles a mysterious serial murder case
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18.Oh my Baby
Network:
tvN
Running Time:
13th March 2020 to 2nd July 2020
Synopsis:
Jang Ha Ri is a 39-year-old single career woman, who works for a parenting magazine called "The Baby". Having given up on the prospect of love and marriage 10 years ago to pursue her career, she still wants to have a baby of her own. She has three very different men around her who might make a suitable father for her child. She must choose.
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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19.A piece of your mind
Network:
SBS
Running Time:
23rd March 2020 to 28th April 2020
Synopsis:
A coolheaded computer programmer and an optimistic sound engineer cross paths and fall in love.
Review: by @ksoulpop
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This drama focusses on the lives of two individuals who fights their inner battles of heartbreak while keeping an optimistic approch to life in a way that every thing will be fine one day.
However , this melodrama despite of its slow premise offers some great landscape visuals as well as side characters who equally emerges in developing a great storyline.
All the characters ultimately finds peace in their lives overcoming their part of guilt for each other and end on a happy note.
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20.My Unfamiliar Family/We Are Family
Network:
TvN
Running Time:
1st June 2020 to 21st July 2020
Synopsis:
As people get older, they have less time to spend with their families and separately live their own lives.
They begin to meet someone who they share their time, feelings, and even their secrets.
Under these circumstances, the family becomes like strangers and people in relationships become like family.
Review/Explanation: click on the link
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21. When my love blooms/The Most Beautiful Moment in Life / Blossom
Network:
tvN
Running Time:
25th April 2020 to 4th June 2020
Synopsis:
Han Jae Hyun and Yoon Ji Soo were each other's first loves in university. In their 40s, they meet again. Jae Hyun has become a successful businessman, while Ji Soo is a struggling single mother.
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22.Its okay to not be okay/Psycho But It's Okay
Network:
tvN/Netflix
Running Time:
20th June 2020 to 9th August 2020
Synopsis:
A caregiver at a psychiatric ward who does not believe in love and a children's book author with an antisocial personality disorder heal each other's emotional wounds.
Review: by @ksoulpop
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This 2020 drama emerges as an epitome of an ideal Kdrama which offers something new in its premise .
How often , we see a Kdrama addressing a topic of Mental Illness right. A road of healing opens up for all the characters potrayed in the drama who once suffered from their own fears of loosing someone .
The narration of each episode in the terms of childrens story fits as a perfect sprinkle of fantasy in the genre of melodrama and healing .
We urge you to watch this drama for its quirky as well as mysterious aspects which will leave you thinking about it for quite a time .
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23.Team Bulldog: Off duty investigation
Network:
OCN
Running Time:
23rd March 2020 to 28th June 2020
Synopsis:
A dogged police detective, an enthusiastic PD of a TV investigative show, a former criminal profiler, a legendary fighter, and a former ace pathologist team-up to solve cold cases.
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24.Train
Network:
OCN
Running Time:
11th July 2020 to 16th August 2020
Synopsis:
A police detective crosses to a parallel universe to catch the murderer who killed his beloved.
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25.I'll go to you when the weather is nice/I'll Find You on a Beautiful Day / If the Weather Is Good, I'll Find You / I'll Visit You When the Weather Is Nice / When the Weather Is Fine
Network:
JTBC
Running Time:
24th February 2020 to 21st April 2020
Synopsis:
Mok Hae Won is a warm-hearted cellist living in Seoul. After a number of emotionally bad experiences, she tires of hectic city life and returns to Bookhyun, the small rural village of her youth. There she meets Im Eun Sup, an old high school classmate, who now owns a small bookstore, writes a blog, and lives a simple life.
Review:
Check out review of When the weather is fine in Slice of life kdramas
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26.Mystic Pop-up Bar/Two Tops Pocha / Twin Bar
Network:
JTBC/Netflix
Running Time:
20th May 2020 to 25th June 2020
Synopsis:
Mystic Pop-up Bar revolves around a mysterious outdoor bar that can travel around three different worlds.
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27.Was it love?/Did We Love? / We, Were in Love
Network:
JTBC/Netflix
Running Time:
8th July 2020 to 2nd September 2020
Synopsis:
Noh Ae Jung is a working single mother who has not dated in 14 years, but has four romantic prospects. Oh Dae Oh is her "charming bad boy" ex-boyfriend, who is a best-seller author. Ryoo Jin is an A-list actor, who seems perfect in every way, but is somehow "pitiful." Oh Yun Woo is a pure-hearted PE teacher, who "makes women's hearts' flutter," despite his youth. Koo Pa Do is an ex-gangster turned-CEO with hints of a warm heart behind his scary persona.
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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28.Itaewon Class
Network:
JTBC/Netflix
Running Time:
31st January 2020 to 31st March 2020
Synopsis:
Park Sae Roi gets expelled from school for punching a school bully, the son of the CEO of his father's employer. As a result, his father gets fired from his job. When the same bully causes an accident that kills his father, Sae Roi beats him severely and is sent to prison. Once released, Sae Roi follows in his father's footsteps by opening a bar-restaurant in Itaewon. Together with his manager and other staff, he hopes to ruin his rival and achieve even greater success.
Review/Explanation: Check out link
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29.The world of the married/The Married Life / Couple's World/The Married Life / Couple's World
Network:
JTBC/Netflix
Running Time:
27th March 2020 to 16th May 2020
Synopsis:
Ji Sun Woo is a family medicine doctor. Her husband, Lee Tae Oh, is an aspiring movie director. Though they seem to have an ideal family life, betrayal leads to a whirlwind of revenge.
Review/Explanation: Check out link
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30.Graceful Friends/Elegant Friends
Network:
JTBC
Running Time:
10th July 2020 to 5th September 2020
Synopsis:
The normal and peaceful lives of a group of 40-something couples is suddenly disturbed, when a murder rocks their town.
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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31.Girls world/Odd Girl Out / The World of My 17
Network:
Web drama
Running Time:
22nd April 2020 to 29th May 2020
Synopsis:
The everyday lives of four 17-year-old high school girls are filled with struggles, disappointments, and precious memories as they grow together.
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32.Extracurricular/Human class
Network:
Netflix
Running Time:
29th April
Synopsis:
In a gripping story of youth at risk, a group of high school students start committing crimes to earn money and then must face the serious consequences of their actions
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33.Hospital Playlist/Wise Doctor Life / A Wise Doctor's Life / Smart Doctor Living
Network:
tvN/Netflix
Running Time:
12th March 2020 to 28th May
Synopsis:
Five doctors who were all friends in medical school now work together at the same hospital.
2nd season is confirmed
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34.Hi! Bye Mama
Network:
tvN/Netflix
Running Time:
22nd February 2020 to 19th April 2020
Synopsis:
A woman who died five years ago, leaving behind a husband and child, returns for 49 days.
Review/explantation:
Done by @_kdramaanime_ on the post
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35.Where your eyes linger
Network:
Viki
Running Time:
22nd May 2020 12th June 2020
Synopsis:
This drama is about Han Tae Joo, the 18-year-old chaebol heir to the TB Group, and his unofficial bodyguard, Kang Gook. They are childhood friends but as they grow older, they start to feel something more. When a female student Hye Mi transfers to their school, she activates the romantic tension between the two long-term friends by going on a date with Gang Gook, irritating Han Tae Joo and opening suppressed feelings.
Review/ Explanation:
This is an extremely short kdrama of only 6 episodes available on viki. Its one of the first Korean bls.
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36.Men are Men/That Guy Is the Guy / To All The Guys Who Loved Me
Network:
KBS
Running Time:
6th July 2020 to September 2020
Synopsis:
Hyun Joo is a leader of webcomic planing team and she harbors the jaded view that all men are same and has decided to remain single but soon two charming men come into her life.
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37. The Flower of evil
Network:
tvN
Running Time:
29th July 2020 to 23rd September 2020
Synopsis:
Cha Ji Won is a police detective. Her husband, Baek Hee Sung, seems like a loving husband and father, but one day she discovers that things are not as they seem. He has apparently been living under another man's identity and hiding a sinister past.
Review/Explanation:
Entire kdrama explained with timeline
Read on Flower of Evil Explained
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38. The School Nurse Files
Netflix
Running Time:
25th September
Synopsis:
An Eun-Young (Jung Yu-Mi) is a new nurse teacher at school. She has a special ability to see jelly like monsters that are made from residue of human desire and she can also eradicate these jellies. She uses a toy knife and a BB gun to take out the jellies. She senses that a mysterious event takes place at her school
Hong In-Pyo (Nam Joo-Hyuk) is a Chinese language teacher at the same school. Hong In-Pyo has a special energy. In order to protect the students, An Eun-Young and Hong In-Pyo work together to eradicate the
jellies.
Review/Explained:
Check out the explanation from the link
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