7 Best Recent K-Dramas For Beginners (2023 Update)

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Are you new to the wondrous world of K-Dramas and need some help choosing your first watch? Well, you've come to the right place to start this magical journey of extraordinary stories, unforgettable characters, otherworldly OSTs, and more but remember, once you step into this K-Dramaverse, it's going to be impossible to get out! Keep reading for some recent K-Dramas that will be perfect for beginners to start their K-Drama journey with.

If you are an international fan, the ratings of TV dramas in South Korea might not be the best yardstick for you as what's popular in South Korea doesn't always translate to global popularity, and similarly, there are a lot of K-Dramas that did not do that well in their home country but were hugely successful overseas. It is also a challenging task to recommend only a few K-Dramas when there are innumerable amazing ones that have been released over decades across a diverse range of genres.

So, for this article, we will try to recommend some recent K-Dramas in different genres. Staple dramas such as "Boys Over Flowers" (2009), "Secret Garden" (2010), "The Moon That Embraces the Sun" (2012), "You Who Came From the Stars" (2013), "Goblin" (2016), and so on are simply amazing but may be considered old for some. Of course, such legendary K-Dramas cannot be forgotten, but for a first-timer, newer and more recent K-Dramas might be a good place to start.

So, in this list, we will recommend some recent K-Dramas (from 2021 onwards) that are perfect for K-Drama beginners. If you're already a K-Drama connoisseur, you can also recommend other K-Dramas in