May 15, 2025
5 popular Korean dramas 'cancelled' by Netflix in 2025: When Life Gives You Tangerine to Lovely Runner
Kriti SonaliNetflix cancelled several popular K-dramas
In 2025, some popular K-dramas including When Life Gives You Tangerines, When the Stars Gossip, and The Potato Lab, were called off marking them as limited series with no Season 2.
When the Stars Gossip
One of Netflix’s big K-drama bets for 2025, the Lee Min Ho-Gong Hyo Jin show experimented with the genres, delivering a mix of sci-fi and romance.
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The Potato Lab
The show, starring Lee Sun Bin and Kang Tae Oh—fresh out of the military, is a lighthearted rom-com which checks all the classic K-drama boxes.
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When the Phone Rings
Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin’s broke the usual K-drama rules, stepping away from the no-bold-scenes tradition, and it paid off. The show follows Sa Eon and Hee Joo who are in a secret arranged marriage.
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When Life Gives You Tangerine
Despite all the hype, IU and Park Bo Gum’s slice-of-life K-drama had Netflix slapping the "limited series" label on it.
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Love Next Door
Starring Jung Hae In and Jung So Min, this one had all the makings of a classic, minus the clichés. Fans loved the story of two insanely successful people living on opposite sides of the world.
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