Two New K-Dramas Land On Netflix's Global Charts As Korean Content Continues To Dominate Streamer

By Hannah Gearan

Published May 1, 2025

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Even outside of Squid Game, 2025 has been a major year for Netflix's Korean content. Earlier this year, the platform announced the development of 29 Korean-language titles, spanning both film and television. Some came from major directors such as Train to Busan's Yeon Sang-ho, who put out the film Revelations in March of this year. Now, K-drama is showing its success again as two new titles make it onto the streaming charts.

Heavenly Ever After and The Haunted Palace The Netflix Top 10

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Heavenly Ever After and The Haunted Palace have been added to the streaming charts this week. Heavenly Ever After is a romantic comedy series about a woman who enters Heaven after ing away at the age of 80 and reunites with her husband, who appears as a 30-year-old version of himself. The show features Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-ku, Yuuki Luna, and Han Ji-min in the lead roles. The Haunted Palace is a fantasy romance series that released its first episodes at the end of April.

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Per Netflix, The Haunted Palace and Heavenly Ever After have now entered the streaming charts. Both series made it into the global top 10 for non-English language series for the week that spanned April 21 to April 27. The Haunted Palace took the no. 9 slot, getting 1.4 million views. Heavenly Ever After was higher up on the list, getting to no. 5 with 2.9 million views. Both shows were in the top 10 in South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia, among other countries.

What This Means For Netflix K-Drama

The K-Drama Reign Continues

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While these two titles are the only new ones to make the list, Netflix's global top 10 for non-English-language shows is filled with K-dramas. Other K-dramas making the top 10 this week included Weak Hero: Class 2, Resident Playbook, When Life Gives You Tangerines, and Weak Hero: Class 1. As such, this meant that over half of this week's top 10 for non-English-language shows were K-dramas, showing just how much Korean content is influencing Netflix.

Source: Netflix