7 Short New K-Dramas of 2023 on Netflix to Binge in One Weekend

Netflix has always been a platform that allows its customers to watch movies and shows at one's own pace, without the constraints of studio and broadcast schedules. However, this approach has led to the unrestrained binge-watching that has become one of the main features of Netflix.

But when it comes to series, especially South Korean ones, no matter how much we want to binge all the available content in one sitting, it turns out to be too much — most K-dramas contain 16 or more episodes. But luckily, the streaming service is producing dozens of original shows that can have far fewer episodes.

Can't wait to binge-watch new Korean shows in one weekend? Here's a list of the great short K-dramas Netflix released in 2023.

7. Love to Hate You (10 episodes)

Release date: February 10

This romcom, released in early 2023, follows two unlikely people who manage to form an equally unlikely relationship: a lawyer who can't stand being subservient to men and an actor who doesn't trust women.

6. Queenmaker (11 episodes)

Release date: April 14

Queenmaker is a political drama that follows the collaboration of two women: a human rights lawyer running for mayor of Seoul and a former fixer for a large conglomerate who becomes her campaign manager.

5. Black Knight (6 episodes)

Release date: May 12

This dystopian drama follows an elite driver who delivers oxygen and breathing masks in a post-apocalyptic Korea destroyed (along with the rest of the world) by a comet.

4. Bloodhounds (8 episodes)

Release date: June 9

Bloodhounds is about two boxing buddies who go into the underground money lending business to pay off their debts.

3. Zombieverse (8 episodes)

Release date: August 8

Zombieverse is not a full-fledged K-drama, being a partially unscripted reality show. Yet, it delivers no shortage of, well… drama! It's a tense, silly and hilarious show that follows a group of celebrities trying to survive in a zombie-infested Seoul.

2. Mask Girl (7 episodes)

Release date: August 18

Mask Girl follows a woman with complexes about her appearance who works as a masked streamer by night. Except that the Internet is inhabited by sinister people who can reveal a person's identity.

1. Song of the Bandits (9 episodes)

Release date: September 22

Song of the Bandits is a South Korean Western about Koreans fleeing the Japanese occupation in the 1920s in the lawless region bordering North China.