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Exclusive: Streaming platform Rakuten Viki, which specializes in Asian content, has unveiled a new Korean drama, My Girlfriend is The Man!.

Viki will co-produce the series with Korea’s Studio N, marking the streamer’s first co-production partnership with the studio.

Based on a popular webcomic of the same name with more than 379 million global views, My Girlfriend is The Man! will debut exclusively on Viki later this year.

My Girlfriend is The Man! will star K-pop artists Arin (from Oh My Girl), Yoon San-Ha (from Astro) and Chuu (formerly a part of Loona), as well as actor Yoo Jung Hoo (Who Is She).

In the drama, Arin stars as Kim Ji-eun, a young woman and university student who one day wakes up as a man (played by Yoo). Kim explains the situation to her boyfriend, Park Yun-jae (played by Yoon), and they decide to stay together until she returns to her original appearance.

Picture: Ju Ji Hoon in Kingdom – Netflix

It has been nearly five years since the second season of Kingdom premiered on Netflix, and there is still no indication of when we might get a third season. The cast, including the lead actor Ju Ji Hoon, has been busy with other projects, and the head writer is also busy, which means we won’t see a third season in 2025 or even 2026. However, recent comments from Ju Ji Hoon have raised hopes for a potential revival of Kingdom soon.

Debuting on Netflix in January 2019, zombie horror Kingdom was an incredible addition. Praised extensively for its story, costume design, make-up, cinematography, acting, and more, fans were just as ravenous as the undead for more Kingdom. The second season laid the groundwork for even more Kingdom, and over a year later, in July 2021, its sidequel, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, was released. However, since...

Kinda Pregnant. Amy Schumer as Lainy in Kinda Pregnant. Cr. Spencer Pazer/Netflix © 2024. The Netflix Top 10 charts are buzzing with new hits and returning favorites this week, proving that viewers are craving a diverse range of entertainment. From laugh-out-loud comedies to gripping thrillers, there’s something for everyone. Leading the charge in films is Kinda Pregnant, starring Amy Schumer. This comedy about a fake pregnancy clearly resonated with audiences, debuting at No. 1 with a staggering 25.1 million views. Its global appeal is undeniable, landing it in the Top 10 in a remarkable 92 countries. But Kinda Pregnant isn’t the only film making waves. Back in Action, featuring the dynamic duo of Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, continues to draw viewers, securing the No. 2 spot with 9.2 million views. On the television front, The Night Agent reigns supreme once again. Season 2 grabbed the top spot in TV with 7.3 million views, while the first season,...

Medical shows are a dime a dozen on TV, but Netflix's latest K-drama is already drawing in an audience. The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, directed by Lee Do-yoon and written by Choi Tae-kang, was originally adapted from the animated web series Trauma Center: Golden Hour, and focuses on a hospital that, at least initially, functionally has no trauma department. When devilishly handsome trauma surgeon Baek Kang-hyuk (Ju Ji-hoon) arrives at the hospital, he is horrified to find out that doctors from all departments take turns being on-call for emergency surgeries. The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call's depiction of the petty office politics that come up in hospital settings is very reminiscent of Grey’s Anatomy, as is the way it switches between moments of levity and harrowing emergencies with ease, perfectly balancing gut-wrenching depictions of medical procedures with funny, quirky characters.

“The Recruit” returned to the Netflix Top 10 in second place, with Season 2 achieving 5.9 million views in its first four days on Netflix. On the English-language TV chart, it came behind only “The Night Agent” Season 2, which hit 15.2 million views in its second week on top. Both series’ previous seasons also saw significant viewership during the week of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, with “The Night Agent” Season 1 landing at No. 4 with 5 million views and “The Recruit” Season 1 taking No. 8 with 3.1 million views.

For the third week in a row, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz’s “Back in Action” was the most-watched title overall, leading the English-language movies chart with 18.4 million views. Behind it was the 2006 Michael Douglas film “The Sentinel.” Notable on the non-English charts was “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call,” which rose to No. 1 with 11.9 film after debuting at No. 3 the week before, becoming the first series to dethrone “Squid Game...

Netflix confirmed new Korean titles Physical: Asia, documentary The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies and You and Everything Else as part of the country’s originals slate for 2025.

These titles join previously-announced projects like Revelations, Lost in Starlight, Mantis, Good News and Melo Movie, among many others.

Physical: Asia builds on the streamer’s hit unscripted series Physical: 100, now featuring athletes from across Asia forming country teams to compete for national glory.

You and Everything Else will launch in Q3 and the streamer said that the work will “explore the relationship between two friends who love, hate, and envy each other.”

Among the Korean tentpole projects previously announced by Netflix, Revelations will mark a film collaboration between Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho and Roma filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The film follows a pastor and a detective, each driven by their own beliefs while dealing with a missing-person case.

Netflix has revealed its 2025 slate of Korean films and television series, with the streamer cranking up the production of K-content to feed insatiable global demand.

In the scripted sphere, Netflix will debut a whopping 21 series in 2025. Of course, the crown jewel is the third and final season of Squid Game, that launches on June 27. Other highlights include the lavish period drama Dear Hongrang; the pulsating medical drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call; the Hospital Playlist spinoff Resident Playbook; the 80s set comedy Aema; and the action thriller Trigger.

Netflix Korea has quickly established itself as a leader in unscripted television and 2025 will see eight shows either debut or return to the streamer. Culinary Class Wars returns for its second season after breaking out and finding a worldwide audience, also Physical: 100 returns and expands into an international competition series with Physical: Asia. There are also new seasons of Single’s Inferno,...

In the landscape of South Korean television, where medical dramas often balance between melodrama and intense realism, The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call stands out as a dynamic story blending high-octane action and emotional depth.

Streaming on Netflix, this series explores the intense world of trauma medicine through Dr. Baek Kang-hyuk, played with compelling skill by Ju Ji-hoon. As a combat medic turned trauma specialist, Dr. Baek represents the complex hero—a professional asserting his confidence against bureaucratic challenges and systemic issues.

The series begins with an intense sequence that establishes the character and narrative, as Dr. Baek works in a war zone, a dramatic introduction presenting him as a professional shaped by conflict. The show challenges traditional expectations—Dr. Baek exists as a determined professional, racing against time to preserve lives in a system that seems resistant to its core mission.

His arrival at Hankuk University Hospital reveals he...

Season 2 of ‘The Night Agent’ became the most-watched Netflix series during the week of Jan. 20-26, racking up 13.9 million views in its first four days.

While its debut was strong, it didn’t match the launch of Season 1 in 2023, which had 168.7 million hours watched in just four days, equating to about 20.6 million views. The success of Season 2 also brought more viewers back to Season 1, which earned 4.9 million views and landed in fourth place on the charts that week.

‘Back in Action’ stayed at No. 1 on the English-language film list for the second week, with 46.8 million views. ‘Ad Vitam’ topped the non-English language films list for the third week, earning 8.4 million views. ‘The Recruit’ Season 1 secured No. 10 on the English TV list with 1.7 million views as viewers awaited Season 2.’ Carry-On’ remained at No. 9 on the English films list with 2.7 million views. ‘Knight and Day’ appeared at No. 10 on the English films list,...

The medical field offers such a gratifying, demanding, thankless, and noble vocation that you can’t help but get immediately hooked into a medical drama from the get-go. Even though viewers who are somewhat familiar with the genre already know that the stories are going to follow more or less a similar narrative pattern— focusing on an unorthodox lead who is miraculously skilled to take on increasingly challenging situations—medical dramas continue to be interesting and inspiring by upholding the core ideals of empathy and compassion. Netflix’s latest South Korean medical drama series, The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call, which follows a team of emergency medical responders led by an enigmatic, dedicated doctor who is willing to risk everything to prioritize saving lives, blends heart and humor to present an engaging narrative. The intrigue of the series focuses on a very universal problem of prioritizing monetary affairs over healthcare...

Netflix is currently surfing the wave of K-Drama content, having achieved global success with “Squid Game.” Interestingly, “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” (Original title: Jung-jeung-eui-sang-sen-teo) is a medical drama about a trauma center, released concurrently with “The Pitt” (2025), another show created in the US about a trauma center in Pittsburgh. It signals the resurgence of the medical drama genre, which never really died out but was given a much larger canvas and far greater sheen.

The difference is that the K-Drama, created by Choi-Kae Tang and directed by Lee Do-Yoon, is homaging the web novel and its webtoon adaptation and thus carries a very heightened nature. But since it doesn’t skimp on the stakes of the cases in the trauma surgery, as well as the gory nature of the operations, the show works.

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Episode 1 ‘Enter Doctor Maniac’ Recap:

The opening sequence of the show,...

He’s a snappy dresser and rides a motorcycle through war zones on his way to save lives. But he’s no action star — he’s a surgeon. When he returns to his hometown in Seoul after years of combat medicine, this hotshot doctor realizes the city’s in desperate need of improved trauma response care. Now he’s on a mission to establish a top-tier trauma center. From director Lee Do-yun (Confession) and writer Choi Tae-gang, the South Korean medical drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call stars Ju Ji-hoon, Choo Young-woo, and Ha Young.

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After too many avoidable deaths across the nation, South Korea’s Minister of Health and Welfare, Kang Myeong-hui (Kim Sun-young) demands that the country’s trauma response care be revitalized. But her pleas since being sworn in have gone unanswered. The head...

The Korean industry is no stranger to a good medical drama. We’ve been seeing good medical dramas out of Korea for ages. Whether they’re serious, melodramatic, or comedic, they mostly work. The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call is an 8-episode Netflix original that follows the story of Dr. Baek Kang-Hyuk, a genius surgeon who’s just moved back to Seoul from abroad to work at the prestigious Hanguk National University Hospital. We see how Baek navigates the trauma center along with a few key figures who he recruits into his team early on. Kids that he takes under his wing to train into becoming excellent emergency workers. The show doesn’t have some complicated overarching tale, and each episode follows a new case, though the way everybody in the hospital feels about Baek is the main conflict of the show. Baek’s a genius doctor who doesn’t...

The Trauma Code’s ending makes it feel like the whole show was set up just to introduce us to a helicopter. Of course, I’m only joking, but for a show about emergency rooms, the focus is quite a lot on this one helicopter that our lead protagonist, Baek Kang-Hyuk, is after. Now neither is the helicopter a metaphor for something profound nor is it just a helicopter; I suppose it’s an emotion. The show tells the story of Baek Kang-Hyuk, a genius trauma doctor. Kang-Hyuk finds himself at Hnuh, or the Hanguk National University Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in the country, after the health minister asks the hospital to appoint him. Kang-Hyuk himself doesn’t come from a known university and does things on his own terms—a doctor without manners. This leads to nearly all of the hospital scheming against him, while the 3 doctors...

Medical shows are already a staple of both network and streaming television, but when you pair that with the K-drama fanbase, the potential of a hit series is enormous. Today, Netflix unveiled a trailer for The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call, a new series that follows doctors inside a sector of a hospital that handles emergencies. The series is an adaptation of a webtoon and is set to debut on the platform this January 24, making it one of the year's early must-watch titles.

Life-and-death emergencies demand swift action, and one team is ready to rise to the challenge. Netflix Korea is set to debut its first original medical series, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, on January 24. A newly released teaser gives viewers a taste of the action, drama, and humor the show promises to deliver.

At the center of the story is Ju Ji-hoon as Dr. Baek Kang-hyuk, a brilliant surgeon who honed his skills in war zones. With a sharp sense of humor and a passion for transforming trauma care in Korea, Baek aims to create a state-of-the-art trauma center that puts saving lives above all else.

The series takes audiences through high-stakes situations, from battlefields to mountain rescues, combining intense action with moments of wit and humanity.

Joining Ju Ji-hoon are Choo Young-woo (The Tale of Lady Ok), who plays fellow team member Yang Jae-won, and Ha-young (Doona!) as the seasoned nurse Cheon Jang-mi.

The Netflix January 2025 originals, movies and TV series have been revealed and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also announced the list of movies and TV series leaving next month.

The Netflix January 2025 schedule includes such titles as Alpha Males Season 3, American Primeval, Back in Action, Cunk on Life, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, Love Is Blind: Germany and Mo Season 2.

The Night Agent Season 2

Also coming are The Night Agent Season 2, The Recruit Season 2, Selling the City, The Upshaws Part 6, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, WWE Raw, Xo, Kitty Season 2 and more.

The January schedule includes the comedy specials Ari Shaffir: America’s Sweetheart, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy and Liza Treyger: Night Owl.

Netflix January 2025 Schedule

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Lovers Anonymous (Tr) — Netflix Series

Cem, scarred by a childhood that crushed his trust in love, runs the “Love Hospital,” until Hazal, who believes in the power of love,...