14 Best K-Dramas To Watch on YouTube For Free (2024)

In the mood for some heart-wrenching, binge-worthy K-Dramas, but don’t know where to watch your favorite series for free? We've compiled a list of the best K-dramas to watch on YouTube for free!

Turns out you don’t need to subscribe to online streaming platforms just to reach some of the best K-drama series at your fingertips.

My Secret Romance (2017)

My Secret Romance follows Cha Jin-wook (Sung Hoon) and Lee Yoo-mi (Song Ji-Eun) meeting each other at the resort they both happened to be in at the same time.

While Jin-wook arrives at the resort working as a bellhop under his father’s condition to teach him about responsibility, Yoo-mi is there to attend her mother’s second wedding.

Yoo-mi has never had a boyfriend before and Jin-wook has never taken in a long-term relationship, thus the romance sparks from there!

The K-drama series ran for 13 episodes from April 17 to May 30, 2017.

A Witch’s Romance (2014)

If you’re a big fan of Park Seo-joon, chances are you’ve already seen this K-drama before.

A Witch’s Romance tells the story of 39-year-old Ban Ji Yeon (Uhm Jung-hwa) who, despite being a successful reporter in her industry, has seemingly always failed in the name of searching for love.

Known for her abrasive personality, she’s been called a ‘witch’ one too many times, leading her to believe she’s lost her chance of falling in love.

That is, until she meets Yoon Dong Ha (Park Seo-joon), a 25-year-old all-around good guy with a lonely past, whom she ends up having fiery chemistry with.

The tvN series was a remake of the 2009 Taiwan drama series, Queen of No Marriage, and if you’re looking for some ‘noona romance’, this K-drama might be for you.

Oh My Ghost (2015)

Before Park Bo-young became famous for her iconic role in Strong Woman Do Bong-soon, she starred in another striking K-Drama series titled Oh My Ghost.

Na Bong Sun (Park Bo-young) has always had a timid personality and low self-esteem, and it didn’t help that she could see ghosts since she was a child, thanks to her shaman grandmother.

Because of this, she has had no friends and could never be confident in making decisions to change her life.

Who knew that one day, she’d meet a seductress ghost named Shin Soon-Ae (also played by the same actress) to help her get the man she truly wants — Bong Sun’s famous and arrogant boss, Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung-suk)?

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho (2010)

Of all the various iterations of the legendary Gumiho (nine-tailed fox), My Girlfriend is a Gumiho is still one of the best classic romantic comedy K-Dramas in existence.

Chae Dae Woong (Lee Seung Gi), an aspiring actor, appears to have been stuck with the legendary nine-tailed fox (Shin Min-a) after accidentally letting her escape from her centuries-old prison in her painting.

Little did he know, he had signed a contract to be with the Gumiho for the rest of his waking life.

Flower Boys Next Door (2013)

Starring The Heirs and Pinocchio star Park Shin Hye, Flower Boys Next Door has the audience rooting for the main protagonist, Dok-mi, who has shut her entire life within the four corners of her apartment.

After suffering from severe trauma of bullying in high school, she had sworn off meeting new people, including her next-door neighbors, one of whom happened to be incredibly famous for his video game creations.

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The Fiery Priest (2019)

The Fiery Priest is an SBS K-Drama series that follows the mysterious death of a senior Catholic priest.

It is up to the hot-tempered priest, Kim Hae-Il (Kim Nam-Gil) to solve the murder case alongside prosecutor Park Kyung-Sun (Lee Ha-Nee) who hates his guts.

The K-drama series has a total of 40 1-hour long episodes that were released back in 2019. Although it doesn’t have English subtitles on YouTube, you could stream The Fiery Priest on Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, or KoreaOnDemand.

Love on a Rooftop (2015)

Love on Rooftop is a K-drama series from KBS that tells the story of a woman named Yun Seunghye (Im Semi) who finally gets adopted into the family she’s always dreamed of.

Grateful for getting adopted by the Dongrakdang family, Seunghye made sure to work her back off in becoming the breadwinner for her family as a nurse.

However, once she gets unfairly kicked out of the hospital she worked in, she becomes a barista at a dessert cafe run by Kang Dojin (Park Jin-woo), a doctor turned pâtissier who ends up falling for Seunghye.

Gold Mask (2022)

Gold Mask, another KBS K-Drama series, focuses on three separate women who live different lives led by greed and desire.

Starting off with Yoo Soo-yeon (Cha Ye-Ryun) who falls in love with a man from a chaebol family and ends up marrying him.

However, her life went downhill the moment she started getting mistreatment from her own in-laws, a life pretty similar to Cinderella’s.

The other two women are Cha Hwa-young (Na Young-hee) who strives to keep her upper-class life despite their setbacks, and Go Mi-soon (Lee Hwi-hyang), a private moneylender who owns franchise restaurant chains.

Good Casting (2020)

If you're looking for a feel-good comedy K-Drama, then you're in luck!

SBS Network's Good Casting is available to watch on YouTube for Free. The official synopsis reads:

Good Casting is a comedy drama about an undercover agent selected in the worst-case scenario and a spying mission by Korean superwomen to investigate corruption involving the nation's largest conglomerate's technology leaks.

You're All Surrounded (2014)

SBS is on a roll on this list, considering that even their 2014 K-Drama You're All Surrounded is available to watch for free on YouTube.

This K-drama involves Lee Seung Gi's character, Kim Ji-young, becoming a detective to investigate his mother's death.

While he's the main character of the story, You're All Surrounded also includes his unfolding journey of learning to trust his teammates.

They may be the unlikely quadruple of a team, but their teamwork is what ends up getting paid off by the end of the series, especially in getting Ji-young to open up more to new people and potential friends.

Hi! School: Love On (2014)

Starring INFINITE members Nam Woo-hyun and Lee Sung-yeol, Hi! School: Love On is a teen fantasy romance series from KBS about an angel named Yi Seul-bi (Kim Sae-ron) who turned into a mortal after interfering with a human’s death.

Upon transforming into a human, Seul-bi learns more about human nature regarding love, friendship, and life alongside classmates Shin Woo-hyun and Hwang Sung-yeol.

Who Are You: School 2015 (2015)

Of course, who could forget one of the most classic K-Drama series there is: Who Are You: School 2015?

Ko Eun-byeol and Lee Eun-bi (both played by Kim So-hyun) are identical twins who got separated at the age of 5 once Eun-byeol got adopted into a prestigious family.

Meanwhile, her twin, Eun-bi, lived at the orphanage and grew up getting bullied at her high school in Seoul Gangnam District.

The thing is, only Eun-byeol was aware that they were twins, as Eun-bi was never told of this secret.

In a tragic accident that nearly led to Eun-bi’s death, Eun-byeol strived for revenge under the guise of her twin sister.

My Golden Life (2017)

My Golden Life revolves around a Haesung group that lost their granddaughter, Choi Eun Seok. The girl was found and raised by Seo Tae Soo as one of his twin daughters, Seo Ji Ahn (Shin Hye-sun) and Seo Ji Soo (Seo Eun-soo).

Ji Ahn’s adult life involved her working under the Haesung Group who would do anything for a job.

Surprisingly, on her journey, Ji Ahn had fallen in love with the Haesung Group’s oldest grandson, Choi Do Kyung (Park Si-hoo), who was later revealed to be the brother of Ji Ahn.

Full House (2004)

Yet another classic K-drama is available to binge-watch on YouTube, all 16 episodes of Full House depict the growing love story between Han Ji-eun (Song Hye-kyo) and Lee Yeong-jae (Jung Jihoon).

Ji-eun inherited the 'full house' from her parents, who tragically died in a car accident.

As unlucky as Ji-eun was, her friends stabbed her behind her back by having her run a fool's errand.

What Ji-eun thought was an all-expenses paid trip to Shanghai was actually to trick her into leaving the full house to her friends, who ended up selling her house and taking the money for their selfish gains.

However, little did Ji-eun know that the buyer of the full house was none other than the stranger she met on her Shanghai trip, Yeong-jae.

If you're into enemies to lovers, this K-drama might interest you.

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