As the new year dawns, Netflix is gearing up to deliver another wave of compelling Korean dramas that promise to captivate global audiences. January 2026 looks especially exciting with several high-profile releases set to arrive. Let’s dive into 6 K-dramas on Netflix you need to add to your watchlist this January 2026.
Can This Love Be Translated
Can This Love Be Translated? is an upcoming Netflix K-drama , centered on a sweet-but-complicated romance between Ju Ho-jin (Kim Seon-ho), a multilingual translator, and Cha Mu-hee (Go Youn-jung), a globally famous actress. As they travel the world filming a TV show together, their connection deepens—yet the closer they get, the harder it becomes to “translate” what they truly feel, even when they share the same language. Written by the Hong Sisters (Hong Jung-eun and Hong Mi-ran) and directed by Yoo Young-eun, the series also stars Sota Fukushi as Hiro Kurosawa.
- Release date: January 16, 2026
- How many episodes: 12
- Casts: Kim Seon-ho, Go Youn-jung, Sota Fukushi, Lee E-Dam, Choi Woo-sung
No Tail to Tell
Eun Ho, a nine-tailed gumiho, defies the usual myth: she refuses to become human, chooses to remain exactly as she is, and relishes her unchanging, eternal youth while sampling only the most entertaining parts of the human world. To keep her immortality, she deliberately avoids “good deeds” that might tip her toward humanity, choosing small mischief instead—until an unforeseen incident disrupts her carefully controlled existence. Meanwhile, Kang Si Yeol, a superstar striker playing overseas and famously obsessed with himself, seems to have everything: records, fame, and a life that revolves around his own brilliance—until Eun Ho suddenly enters his world and flips his perfect routine upside down.
- Release date: January 16, 2026
- How many episodes: 12
- Casts: Kim Hye Yoon, Park Soomon, Jang Dong Joo, Lee Si Woo, Kim Tae Jung
Undercover Miss Hong
Set in the late 1990s, Hong Geum-Bo (Park Shin-Hye) is a sharp, no-nonsense supervisor at Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service, devoted to her work above everything else. When irregular money movements surface, she goes undercover—posing a Hong Jang-Mi, a 20-year-old high school graduate—and infiltrates a securities firm at the center of the suspicious activity. There she crosses paths with Sin Jeong-Woo (Ko Kyoung-Pyo), the newly appointed CEO of Hanmin Securities, a ruthless corporate strategist and raider who trusts only cold numbers and will do whatever it takes to win. Things take a personal turn when he realizes Jang-Mi looks exactly like Geum-Bo, the woman he once loved, pulling them into a tense, tangled relationship where past feelings collide with present-day schemes.
- Release date: January 17, 2026
- How many episodes: 16
- Casts: Park Shin-Hye, Ko Kyoung Pyo, Ha Yoon-Kyung, Cho Han-Geol
Clear your queue, claim your watch time, and get ready—because your next K-dramas on Netflix obsession could easily start the moment January 2026 arrives.
