Twenty years after a gruesome abduction and murder in rural Man-yang, the sudden disappearance of a young woman plunges the close-knit town into suspicion and chaos in the search for her before it is too late. SRīiggest fan: Goblin die-hards who finally have a new fantasy drama to rave about. There’s plenty of memorable recurring cameos, too, but our favourite has to be Minari’s Han Ye-ri as the constantly befuddled hospital patient. The winning combination of Seo’s stoic Myul-mang (Korean for ‘doom’) and Park’s chirpy Tak Dong-kyung makes for good bickering fun, but it’s the side characters – and their intertwining relationships with each other – who become the heart of the show.

Because what happens when destruction itself takes on human form (sorta) and shows up at your doorstep to deliver that promise? On the surface, the premise of Seo In-guk’s long-awaited comeback drama seems witty and amusing, but it’s much more intriguing and heartfelt than you would’ve imagined. When a woman (Park Bo-young) discovers she’s been diagnosed with brain tumour and only has 100 days left to live, she makes one spur of the moment wish: destruction upon life on earth. Words by: Carmen Chin, Gladys Yeo, Lucy Ford, Mariel Abanes, Rhian Daly, Ruby C., Sofiana Ramli and Tanu I. Without further ado, here are our 10 favourite Korean TV series from the past 12 months.

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Two years on and the pandemic is still growing strong, but thankfully, the Korean entertainment industry has found a way around restrictions of varying levels to bring escapism right to our TV screens – or rather, in the age of streaming, smartphones and laptops.

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