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Today, we take a quick break from Start-Up, the K Drama we're recapping and analyzing in Season 13 of K Drama Chat, to reflect on the best K Dramas of 2025. We share our top 5 shows, actors, actresses, scenes, and songs of the year—and we hear from YOU, our amazing listeners! We discuss:

• The listener-favorite and TIME Magazine’s top K Drama of 2025: When Life Gives You Tangerines
• Songs we loved in 2025
• The top shows of our listeners. We hear from:
  • MrsDJQ
  • Irma
  • Christine
  • Malcolm
  • Shine
  • Sue
  • Ernabel
• Our personal top 5 shows and honorable mentions
• A special treat: audio clips from listeners sharing their top shows!
• The actresses who blew us away in 2025
• The standout male performances
• The most memorable scenes from K Dramas we watched
• K Dramas we’re looking forward to in 2026
• Korean films from 2025 we recommend watching
• A reminder to join us next week when we return to Start-Up and discuss Episode 7 and Stephanie Lee, the actress who plays Jeong Sa-ha

References

• 60+ K Dramas from the first half of 2025
• TIME Magazine’s Top 10 K Dramas from 2025
• New KOREAN Drama 2025
• KDramas of 2025 (complete, on-going, and upcoming) (156 shows) - MyDramaList
• Day and Night by Jung Seung Hwan
• I Find You by Do Young
• Woojooin by Seo Young Joo
• I’ll Be Your Idol from KPop Demon Hunters