Korean Drama - Karma

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Karma is a 2025 South Korean crime thriller series written and directed by Lee Il Hyung. The series is based on the webtoon of the same name by Choi Hee Seon.

The series aired om Netflix April 4, 2025 and contains 6 episodes.

Main Cast:

Park Hae Soo as Kim Beom Jun

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Shin Mina as Lee Ju Yeon

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Lee Hee Joon as Park Jae Yeong

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Kim Sung Kyun as Jang Gil Ryong

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Lee Kwang Soo as Han Sang Hun

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Gong Seung Yeon as Lee Yu Jeong

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Special Appearances:

Kim Nam Gil as Yoon Jeong Min

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Park Ho San as Hwang Cheol Mok

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The series is about people who are entangled in an unexpected ill-fated relationship and destroy each other while pursuing their own desires.

The lives of 6 people become entangled in ill-fated relationships.

A man witnesses a mysterious accident and makes an irreversible deal.

Lee Ju Yeon, who works as a doctor, lives with trauma that occurred in her childhood. She runs into the person who is responsible for her trauma.

A man wanted to make a large amount of money to change his life. He resorted to borrowing from loan sharks to invest in Crypto currency, but his investment collapses.

Jang Gil Ryong unfairly lost his job and is then asked to do something involving a large sum of money.

Han Sang Hun runs a successful private clinic in Gangnam. He has a girlfriend, Lee Yu Jeong, who is dangerously charming.

There were 2 main selling points for me that made me decide to check out this drama. The first being Shin Mina and the 2nd being that it's a short drama with only 6 episodes. I really enjoyed it, the show flowed really well and keeps you on edge.

I loved how it revealed how each of them were connected and how they all get their piece of karma.

Normally I would go into detail on the cast and their characters, but I don't want to reveal any spoilers as I loved how everything was revealed. Even in the final moments it blew my mind with how it all came full circle.

The cast really did an amazing job bringing each of their characters to life, I honestly don't think I could say that any of them stood out more than the others, they were all so good.

I definitely recommend this drama, it's a really good crime thriller, that takes your on a spine-tingling ride for justice and Karma.

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Drama's Watched in 2025

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I definitely watched more drama's in 2025 than I did the previous year, but I did notice that they were mostly Korean. I watched a total of 9 drama's and looking back most of them were on the darker side of entertainment.

So here are the drama's I watched in 2025.

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First we have Love Next Door.

Love Next Door is a 2024 South Korean romantic comedy drama, written by Shin Ha Eun and directed by Yoo Je Won.

The series aired on tvN from August 17, to October 6, 2024, with the series also available to stream on Netflix.

The series has 16 episodes.

The series stars Jung Hae In, Jung So Min, Kim Ji Eun and Yoon Ji On.

I loved this drama and definitely recommend it, I've loved all the drama's I've watched starring Jung So Min, she's definitely one of my favourite actresses. This is a drama that touches on sensitive subjects and has you falling for the whole cast. It really had me feeling all the emotions possible.

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Next we have The Frog.

The Frog is a 2024 South Korean mystery crime thriller series written by Son Ho Young and directed by Mo Wan Il.

The series was released on Netflix on August 23, 2024 and has 8 episodes.

The series stars Kim Yoon Seok, Yoon Kye Sang, Go Min Si and Lee Jung Eun.

I was sold on this as I wanted to see Go Min Si play a darker role and I loved it. The whole cast did an amazing job, the show kept me on the edge of my seat, but it did find the different timelines a little confusing at times.

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Next we have Weak Hero Class 1.

Weak Hero Class 1 is the first season of the South Korean coming-of-age action thriller drama Weak Hero.

The series was written by Yoo Soo Min and Kim Jin Seok, and directed by Yoo Soo Min and Park Dan Hee.

It's based on the webtoon Weak Hero by Seopass and Kim Jin Seok.

The drama was released November 18, 2022 and contains 8 episodes.

The series stars Park Ji Hoon, Choi Hyun Wook and Hong Kyung.

I actually confused this drama with Duty After School when I decided to give it a watch and I'm glad I did. I was hooked from the very first episode, I was lucky that when I watched it, I only had a few weeks to wait for the release of the 2nd season. While violent, I definitely recommend watching this one as it really keeps you wanting to carry on and wanting more. The cast did an amazing job bring it to life.

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Next we have Karma.

Karma is a 2025 South Korean crime thriller series written and directed by Lee Il Hyung.

It's based on the Kakao Webtoon Karma by Choi Hee Seon.

The series was released on Netflix on April 4, 2025 and contains 6 episodes.

The series stars Park Hae Soo, Shin Min A, Lee Hee Joon, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Kwang Soo and Gong Seung Yeon.

This drama is really good, I loved that the more you got into the episodes, the more you saw how the characters were all connected. I really loved the little plot twist at the end, it really rounded it up perfectly with connecting everyone. I think the cast did a fantastic job and it really touched on some dark subjects.

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Next we have Weak Hero Class 2.

Weak Hero Class 2 is the 2nd season of the South Korean coming-of-age action thriller drama

Weak Hero.

The 2nd season was written and directed by Yoo Soo Min.

Like Weak Hero Class 1, it's based on the webtoon Weak Hero by Seopass and Kim Jin Seok.

Season 2 was released on Netflix April 25, 2025, and like season 1 has 8 episodes.

The series stars Park Ji Hoon, Ryeoun, Choi Min Young, Lee Min Jae, Yoo Su Bin, Bae Na Ra and Lee Jun Young.

Like with Weak Hero Class 1, I was hooked from the first episode, yet again the cast were amazing and the series kept me on the edge of my seat again. I think Weak Hero Class 2 added more violence to the series, but it was interesting to see how the new characters handled some situations we saw in the first season.

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Next we have Juvenile Justice.

Juvenile Justice is a 2022 South Korean legal drama written Kim Min Seok and directed by Hong Jong Chan.

It was released on Netflix on February 25, 2022 and contains 10 episodes.

The series stars Kim Hye Soo, Kim Mu Yeol, Lee Sung Min and Lee Jung Eun.

I loved this drama, the cast, the plot, all of it was on another level. If I remember correctly the crimes in the series were based on true crimes, which definitely makes this drama a whole lot darker than I originally thought.

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Next we have Trigger.

Trigger is a 2025 South Korean action thriller drama written and directed by Kwon Oh Seung.

It was released on Netflix on July 25, 2025 and contains 10 episodes.

The series stars Kim Nam Gil an Kim Young Kwang.

This drama really blew me away, I was hooked from the first episode. It's definitely a drama I recommend. The cast were spot on, even when there were people I'd not watched before.

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Next we have Alice in Borderland 3.

Alice in Borderland is a Japanese science fiction suspense thriller drama series based on the manga of the same name by Haro Aso.

The series is written by Yasuko Kuramitsu and Shinsuke Sato, with Shinsuke Sato also directing.

Season 3 was released on Netflix September 25, 2025 and contains 6 episodes.

The series stars Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya.

Season 3 is a mixture of a new story as well as adding elements from the spin-off manga Retry. While many weren't a fan of season 3, I really enjoyed it and I enjoyed meeting new characters. I was definitely rooting for the new faces along with our main leads.

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Lastly we have Glass Heart.

Glass Heart is a 2025 Japanese drama based on the novel Glass Heart by Mio Wakagi.

The series was written by Mari Okada and Tomoko Akutsu, and directed by Kohtaro Goto and Kensaku Kakimoto.

The series was released on Netflix on July 31st, with 10 episodes.

The series stars Takeru Satoh, Yu Miyazaki, Keita Machida and Jun Shison.

I was in love with this drama from start to finish, I loved the cast, the plot and especially the music. I couldn't stop watching it and really binged watched the series in a couple of days.

So there we have it, they were the 9 drama's I watched in 2025. I'm curious to see if I can beat the number of drama's watched in 2025, which I have already completed my first 2 drama's for 2026.

What drama's did you watch in 2025?

Let me know in the comments below.

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