Netflix revealed that eleven Korean titles have been added to its 34 existing Korean titles in its 2023 lineup, sharing that over 60% of its global viewers in 2022 watched Korean content, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The lineup of new Koran content includes romance stories such as Behind Your Touch (working title), Crash Course in Romance, King The Land, Destined With You, and See You In My 19th Life, as well as a non-romantic drama The Good Bad Mother, a reality series Siren: Survive The Island, a coming-of-age story Nineteen to Twenty, a zombie survival challenge Zombieverse, a mind-game series The Devil’s Plan, and a true-crime documentary In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal that will explore the self-proclaimed messiahs in Korean history, via The Hollywood Reporter.
Netflix will also be bringing back Korean hits such as Sweet Home, D.P., and The Glory, which became Netflix’s most viewed non-English series during the first week of January 2022, gathering 82.48 million viewing hours, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Netflix’s Vice President of content in Korea, Don Kang, tells The Hollywood Reporter: “Over the last year, Korean series and films have regularly featured in our Global Top 10 list in more than 90 countries, and three of Netflix’s most-watched shows ever are from Korea. This year, we’re pushing the envelope even further with the stories we tell and how we tell them.”
Netflix’s Korean films for 2023 includes Yellow Door: Looking For Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (working title), and Kill Boksoon, which stars Jeon Do-yeon (The Housemaid, Secret Sunshine) as a single mother and a professional killer, and will premiere in February at the Berlin International Film Festival, via The Hollywood Reporter. Kang tells The Hollywood Reporter: “We are very excited over the variety of the titles that we’re sharing with our members. There’s truly a series, a film or an unscripted show for everyone, and we look forward to our Korean shows connecting to fans both overseas and at home.”