Picture: When the Phone Rings (Top), Squid Game (Left), and Sorry Not Sorry (Bottom)
Three years after becoming a worldwide phenomenon, we’ll see the return of Squid Game at the end of December. We’ll also see the conclusion of the weekly K-drama series When the Phone Rings.
December is currently scheduled to be a quiet month for K-dramas on Netflix. However, one of the additions is the return of Squid Game, which will be a monumental return for Netflix. Could the second season surpass the numbers of season 1? It’s a hard ask, but given the first season’s popularity, anything is possible.
In case you missed them, we’ve also tracked the latest K-drama releases in November 2024 and all the new K-dramas coming in 2025 and beyond.
New K-dramas on Netflix in December 2024
Squid Game (Season 2) N
New Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama, Thriller | Runtime: TBA
Cast: Lee Jung Jae, Lee Byung Hun, Wi Ha Joon, Yim Si Wan, Yong Dong Geun
Netflix Release Date: December 26th, 2024
It’s been three years since Squid Game took the world by storm, and it remains Netflix’s most successful original series. The stakes are higher than ever in season 2 as Seong Gi Hun plots his revenge against those behind the Squid Games and infiltrates as a player, determined to convince those involved to turn their backs on the prize money and end the games once and for all, despite being armed with his knowledge of the games and his good intentions, with so much money on the line, will greed and desperation outweigh survival instincts?
The series will conclude with a third and final season in 2025!
New Weekly K-Dramas Coming to Netflix in November 2024
Sorry Not Sorry (Season 1) N
Episodes: 12 (Weekly)
Genre: Comedy, Romance | Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Jeon So Min, Choi Daniel, Gong Min Jung, Jang Hee Ryung, Kim Mu Jun
Netflix Release Date: December 5th, 2024 | New Episodes: Thursday
Dumped overnight, Ji Song Yi is left burdened by the difficulties of single life, part-time jobs, and paying off her newlywed home loan. She keeps up the ruse of being a happily married woman to save herself from being estranged from the married townswomen.
Check in Hanyang (Season 1) N
Episodes: 16
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance | Runtime: 70 Minutes
Cast: Bae In Hyuk, Kim Ji Eun, Jung Gun Joo, Park Jae Chan, Han Jae Suk
Netflix Release Date: December 21st, 2024 | New Episodes: Saturday and Sunday
The customer is king at Yongcheonru, the grandest guesthouse in Joseon. Four new interns begin to work at the guesthouse, one of which is Lee Eun, a Joseon Prince who is keeping his identity hidden. Hong Deok Soo dreams of becoming the general manager of Yongcheonru but keeps her identity hidden and pretends to be a man. Meanwhile, Chun Jun Hwa, who will inherit the guesthouse, has no interest but is forced to become an intern by his father. Lastly, Go Soo Ra’s goal is to be promoted and hired as a full-time employee.
Returning Weekly K-dramas on Netflix in December 2024
When the Phone Rings (Season 1) N
Episodes: 12
Genre: Drama| Runtime: 60 Minutes
Cast: Yoo Yeon Seok, Chae Soo Bin, Heo Nam Jun, Jang Gyu Ri, Jin Kyung
Netflix Finale Date: December 28th, 2024 | New Episodes: Friday, Saturday
Baek Sa Eon is the youngest presidential spokesman in Korea and has already spent time in his career as a war correspondent, hostage negotiator, and main anchorman. Thanks to his marriage to Hong Hui Ju being one of convenience, the pair have spent the last three years pretending to be happily married, when in reality, they don’t communicate with each other and rarely have meals together. Hui Ju suffers from mutism after an accident in childhood, which led her to work as a sign language interpreter in court and on TV. But on the day Hui Ju is kidnapped, her marriage to Baek Sa Eon changes forever.
What K-dramas are you looking forward to watching on Netflix in December? Let us know in the comments below!
