It has been a while since Korean dramas have created a buzz in the entertainment industry online. However, Korean series have been on the watch list of almost every fan of online streaming, whether their refreshing storyline or cute characters. Taking with the introduction, now it’s let’s have a look at the list of 25 funny Korean dramas for you all.
Originating from South Korea, K dramas have an array of genres that caters to the needs of a multitude of audience.
Be it horror, love, medical, action, or historical, you name it, and you will find suitable dramas for yourself. One such category is comedy. Who doesn’t like having a good laugh after a hectic day or when you are bored watching too much serious stuff?
That’s when the funny K drama will come to your rescue, as they will surely tickle your funny bone. So, if you are a big fan of such type, the list below will act as the cherry on your cake, and your weekend’s plan will be sorted. So, could you give it a read till the very end?
25. Fight for My Way
Stars: Park Seo-Joon, Kim Ji-won, Song Ha-Yoon, Ahn Jae-hong, Choi Woo-Shik
Ko Dong Man, a high school Taekwondo champion currently pursuing a career in the UFC, and Choi Ae Ra, a cheerful young lady who aspires to become a well-known announcer, have been best friends since they were young. They now have to face the shift in their feelings for one another and work through obstacles to realize their dreams.
24. O Ma-i Bi-neo-seu
Stars: So Ji-seob, Shin Min-a, Sung Hoon, Henry Lau
After meeting a well-known personal trainer who is obsessed with living a healthy lifestyle after suffering a severe injury as a child, a lawyer in her thirties who is ending a long relationship decides to get back in shape and improve her health.
23. Handsome Guy and Jung-Eum
Stars: Hwang Jeong-eum, Min Namkoong, Choi Tae-Joon, Yun-a Oh
Stars: Hwang Jeong-eum, Min Namkoong, Choi Tae-Joon, Yun-a Oh
In this drama, a handsome and charming man who is an expert in romantic theories but uninterested in actual love meets a former athlete who, after giving up her passion due to harsh reality, decides to become a relationship therapist to make up for it.
The drama shows how they learn from one another to balance idealized notions of love and practical experience.
22. High Kick!
Stars: Huyen Chi, Tran Vu, Ngo Minh Triet, Hanh Phuc
Lee Min-ho (Kim Hye-Seong), who enjoys spending time on scale models and web blogs, and Lee Yoon-ho (Jung Il-Woo), a motorcycle maniac who frequently picks fights at school and is known for his high kick, are brothers who were born a year apart but are in the same class.
These two portray comically opposed Korean adolescent characters. Naturally, there is also the rest of the family. Their mother, Park Hae Mi (Park Hae-Mi), is an Asian medicine doctor perpetually overconfident; their grandfather, Lee Soon Jae (Lee Sun-Jae), loves money more than anything; and their grandmother, Nah Mun Hee.
Their father, Jun-ha Lee (Jeong Jun-Ha), a full-time stock investor since being laid off from work, is nevertheless optimistic and reckless.
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21. Chief Kim
Stars: Min Namkoong, Sang-mi Nam, Jun-Ho Lee, Kim Seon-Ho
Until he unintentionally secures employment with one of the most renowned companies in Korea, Chief Kim is an eccentric, flamboyant accountant genius working in the underworld and trying to save up enough money to travel abroad.
He intends to commit his biggest heist by robbing the business while grappling with moral dilemmas as he becomes more attached to his job and coworkers.
Namkoong Min, Nam Sang-mi, Lee Jun-ho, and Jung Hye-sung are the stars of the South Korean television drama Good Manager (Korean: Hanja: RR: Kimgwajang; lit. Chief Kim). It had 20 episodes and aired on KBS2 every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) from January 25 to March 30, 2017.
20. Mr. Queen
Stars: Shin Hye-sun, Na In-woo, Kim Jung-hyun, Bae Jong-ok, Seol In-ah, Kim Tae-woo
The K drama revolves around a chef named Jang Bong-hwan who was working in the Blue House until one day when he finds himself transformed into the body of Queen Cheorin back in the Joseon period. King Cheoljong is the King for a namesake as the real power resides with Queen Sunwon, the late King Sunjo.
The present King has a charming and easy-going personality, but Queen Cheorin soon finds out that the King also has a dark side to his character!
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19. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Stars: Gong Yoo, Lee Dong-Wook, Kim Go-Eun, Yoo In-na, Yook Sung-Jae
Kim Shin is the military general who gets betrayed by the jealous King he served for and, as punishment, receives the death sentence. Then, by God, he gets cursed to become immortal until a human bride marries him and sets him free.
He becomes a partner with a grim reaper who guides people’s souls into the afterlife named Wang Yeo. Thus, in a series of following incidents, will the immortal be able to find his human bride? Watch it for yourself and find out!
18. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Stars: Lee Sung-kyung, Lee Jae-yoon, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kyung Soo-jin
The story follows the journey of a young, strong woman aspiring to be a weightlifter named Kim Bok Joo. But unfortunately, she develops a crush on her friend’s elder brother, Jung Jae-Yi. Her friend, Joon Hyung, helps her out by teasing her, but she eventually discovers that he has fallen for her.
The K drama shows how they can find love while chasing one’s dreams and learning at every step of life.
17. Prison playbook
Stars: Park Hae-soo, Jung Kyung-ho
The drama sees the life of individuals in prison, their families, and officers working in the facilities. The premise focuses on Kim Je-hyuk, a famous baseball player, but after saving his sister from sexual abuse, he gets convicted of assault.
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16. Welcome to Waikiki
Stars: Kim Jung-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung, Son Seung-won
The story of this hilarious K drama sees three men, Dong Goo, Doo Shik, and Joon Ki, open up a guest house named Waikiki, where many foreign individuals come and stay. Dong wants to be a film director, and Doo is a writer, while Joon is an actor who performs to earn money.
All three have the aim to earn money to finance their upcoming movie. They are helped to run the guest house by Seo Jin, Dong’s younger sister managing the Waikiki; Yoon Ah, a single mother who, along with her baby, made an unexpected entry into the guest house. And Soo Ah, Dong’s former girlfriend.
15. Kill Me Heal Me
Stars: Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Oh Min-suk, Kim Yoo-ri
The drama sees the sole heir to a wealthy family company. Cha Do Hyun suffers dissociative identity disorder from a childhood trauma that makes seven uncontrollable personalities come out of him. To get rid of his condition, he hires a first-year medical resident who would kill each of his characters one by one secretly.
14. Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
Stars: Park Bo-young, Park Hyung-sik, Ji Soo
Strong girl Bong-soon or Do Bong-soon is an extraordinary girl born with enormous strength that only passed on in her family to women. She dreams of designing a video that sets her as the central character, which is all delicate and elegant, to impress her crush In Guk-doo.
Owing to her strength, she gets hired as the bodyguard of Ahn Min-hyuk, the CEO of a gaming company named Ainsoft. After that, a series of incidents leads to the two getting closer and creating comical situations one after the other.
13. The Legend of the Blue Sea
Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Min-ho
This love story focuses on a mermaid named Shim Chung, who falls in love with a con man named Heo Joon Jae. The occasional comical scenes keep us entertained now and then.
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12. The Master’s Sun
Stars: So Ji-sub, Gong Hyo-jin
Kocowa Joo Joong-won is the CEO of Kingdom with a cold heart and one day, he meets Tae Gong-shil, who happens to see ghosts after encountering an accident.
But they realize that whenever Gong-shil happens to touch Joo Joong-won, the ghosts around her go away. She pleads to Joo Joong-won to allow her to stay with him. In return, she would help him regain his lost fortune in a kidnapping incident.
11. The Fiery Priest
Stars: Kim Nam-gil, Lee Hanee, Kim Sung-kyun, Go Jun, Keum Sae-rok
Kocowa: This hilarious journey sees a former NIS agent and now-turned-priest trying to find and bring out the culprits behind the killing of an elderly priest. But unfortunately, the corrupt city officials and the dangerous goons make this journey not smooth!
10. The Sound of Your Heart
Stars: Lee Kwang-soo, Jung So-min, Kim Dae-myung, Kim Byeong-ok, Kim Mi-kyung
The drama sees the hilarious adventures of Jo Suk along with his girlfriend-turned-wife Ae-Bong, older brother Jo Joon, their pet, and parents.
9. True Beauty
Stars: Moon Ga-young, Hwang In-youp, Cha Eun-woo, Park Yoo-Na
This famous K drama in 2023 follows the plot of a young high school girl being bullied for her not-so-attractive appearance. She then decides to ultimately get a makeover where she becomes gorgeous and rises to fame after getting her hands on the art of makeup through online tutorials.
8. What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?
Stars: Park Seo-joon, Park Min-young
Vice-chairman Lee Young-Joon is taken aback when his capable secretary for nine years, Kim Mi-so, resigns from her position. To make her stay at any cost by his side, he talks to one of his pals, who happens to be on the board of directors in the company.
But as Lee Young-Joon plans many things while Kim Mi-so is in search of the man who caused her a traumatic past as a child, both fall for each other and begin to heal one another from the trauma they faced as children.
7. Be Melodramatic
Stars: Chun Woo-hee, Han Ji-eun, Jeon Yeo-been, Ahn Jae-hong, Gong Myung
The journey is about three friends in their 30s who, while balancing their love and professional life, try to keep up with the entertainment industry and their dreams.
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6. Oh My Ghost
Stars: Park Bo-young, Lim Ju-hwan, Jo Jung-suk, Kim Seul-gi
The drama showcases the life of an assistant chef named Na Bong-Sun, who is timid with low self-esteem. She does not have many friends and has seen ghosts since childhood because of her shaman grandmother.
But one day, she gets owned by the ghost of Shin Soon-Ae, a seductress, which makes his crush, Kang Sun-Woo, the star chef, suddenly notice her. What will brew between them and how things will turn when the truth is revealed will only be known if you watch it!
5. Rooftop Prince
Stars: Park Yuchun, Jeong Yu-mi, Han Ji-min, Jung Suk-won, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Tae-Ri, Choi Woo-Shik, Lee Moon-Sik
When Yi Gak, Crown Prince, is transported from the Chosun Dynasty to present-day Seoul, he finds a complete lookalike of his dead wife, Hong Se Na.
Thus, he realizes that he resembles the CEO of a company where Hong works. Therefore, in this modern era, will Gak be able to solve the mystery of his wife’s death?
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4. Modern Farmer
Stars: Lee Hong-gi, Park Min-woo, Kwak Dong-yeon, Lee Si-eon, Lee Ha-nui
The story sees the members of a band named Excellent Souls deciding to quit their career in Seoul and move to the countryside to look after the farm given to Lee Min-ki by his grandmother upon her death. The series is a romantic comedy that is bound to entertain you.
3. Shopaholic Loui
Stars: Seo In-guk, Yoon Sang-hyun, Nam Ji-hyun, Im Se-mi
Also known as Shopping King Louie, this comedy shows a wealthy heir spending money to buy anything he finds beautiful. After losing his memory one day, he meets Bok-Shil, an energetic woman stumped by his spending habits.
But as she teaches him how to spend just on the things required for living or on something that makes others happy, she realizes that the basic needs of everyone can be different, and that is what makes one shopping habits. In the process, they begin to care for each other and eventually fall for one another.
2. Marriage, not dating
Stars: Yeon Woo-jin, Jeong Jinwoon, Han Groo, Heo Jung-min, Han Sunhwa, Yoon So-hee
Marriage, Not Dating is a rom-com that follows a surgeon, Gong Gi-Tae, who is uninterested in getting married, and Jang-mi, who desperately wants to get married. When Gong Gi-tae gets tired of his parents’ constant pressure for marriage, he brings home Jang-mi as his girlfriend with the aim that his parents will disapprove of her.
Well, only time will tell whether Jang-mi will have any luck with marriage and Gong Gi-Tae will get free from the pressure of marriage.
1. My Only Love Song
Stars: Lee Jong-hyun, Gong Seung-yeon
My Only Long Song is among the famous K drama starring Soo-Jung, who believes in the power of money, going back to the 6th century Goguryeo, during which King Pyeongwon ruled. She crosses paths with a man like her named On-dal, who loves money and would do anything to get it.
But he also owns a soft spot for those in need and gives them with all his heart. We hope you enjoyed the suggestions offered from our end and that you will consider watching them, as they are sure to make you laugh pretty hard!
This Netlix’s K drama will bring a light and happy vibe to your life that is often required occasionally. So, without any further ado, start binge-watching them to get relaxed and smiling!!
