15 Best K-Dramas of 2025, From ‘Made in Korea’ to ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’

The best K-dramas of 2025 tackle an array of relevant topics that made us cheer, scream, and cry this year. Get ready to binge. My latest for Teen Vogue.

“As You Stood By” (당신이 죽였다)

“As You Stood By” examines domestic abuse and how people are reluctant to help victims — most often because they are afraid of how their actions could be detrimental to their own lives (which is also a subplot in Our Unwritten Seoul).