One thing that gets viewers hooked on a K-drama is seeing relationships develop and progress between couples. If you’re a fan of K-dramas, you’ve likely experienced squealing into your pillows or kicking your feet after witnessing a romantic scene.
Want to relive those moments or find a new show to binge-watch? Here are 5 K-drama couples that have won the audience’s hearts with their exceptional on-screen chemistry:
1. Ri Jeong Hyeok and Yoon Se Ri (Crash Landing on You)
Ri Jeong Hyeok (Hyun Bin) and Yoon Se Ri (Son Ye Jin) are the main characters of the 2019 hit K-drama, Crash Landing on You. Ri Jeong Hyeok is a North Korean army officer, while Yoon Se Ri is an heiress to a conglomerate in South Korea.
Due to a paragliding incident, Se Ri ends up crossing the border to North Korea, where she meets Jeong Hyeok, who helps her stay hidden. Despite the unfavorable circumstances and the clash between their strong personalities, love blooms between Jeong Hyeok and Se Ri. Their drive to protect each other as they fight against the odds is truly touching.
2. Kang Tae Moo and Shin Ha Ri (Business Proposal)
Kang Tae Moo (Ahn Hyo Seop) and Shin Ha Ri (Kim Se Jeong) are the main couple of the rom-com series, Business Proposal.
Kang Tae Moo is a workaholic who’s pressured by his grandfather to go on blind dates. On one of those occasions, Shin Ha Ri pretends to be his date and puts on an act to drive Tae Moo away for her friend. To Ha Ri’s surprise, Tae Moo turns out to be the CEO of the company she’s working at. Using this to his advantage, Tae Moo makes an offer to Ha Ri about getting married so that his grandfather will stop pestering him.
An undeniable attraction between the two unfolds, and they soon realize that true feelings lie behind their pretend relationship.
3. Choi Woong and Kook Yeon Soo (Our Beloved Summer)
Choi Woong (Choi Woo Shik) and Kook Yeon Soo (Kim Da Mi) are the main characters in the coming-of-age series, Our Beloved Summer.
Formerly high school lovers whose relationship turned sour, Choi Woong and Kook Yeon Soo meet again as exes several years later. Due to their high school videos becoming popular, they are forced to appear in a documentary again.
As Woong and Yeon Soo spend more time together, they unpack everything that went wrong in their relationship and realize that they still love each other.
4. Dan and Lee Yeon Seo (Angel’s Last Mission: Love)
Dan (Kim Myung Soo) and Lee Yeon Seo (Shin Hye Sun) are the main characters of the fantasy series, Angel’s Last Mission: Love.
Dan is an angel who’s a troublemaker, while Lee Yeon Seo is a ballerina who doesn’t believe in love. As a consequence for his actions, Dan receives a mission to find true love for Yeon Seo so that he can return to heaven. However, things get complicated when they develop feelings for each other.
Ultimately, it’s interesting to witness Dan and Yeon Seo’s dynamics with their opposing personalities, not to mention the difference in their origins as an angel and a human.
5. Jung Yi Hyun and Yoon Sae Bom (Happiness)
Jung Yi Hyun (Park Hyun Sik) and Yoon Sae Bom (Han Hyo Joo) are the main couple in the thriller series, Happiness.
Jung Yi Hyun and Yoon Sae Bom are high school friends who both became police officers. The righteous pair becomes a force to be reckoned with as they fight through zombies and greedy residents in their apartment building while striving to protect each other.
Although the series isn’t focused on Yi Hyun and Sae Bom’s relationship, their romantic scenes are breathers in the midst of action-packed episodes.
Truly, these K-drama couples have proven that love grows even in the most unexpected ways. Their chemistry in the shows is top-notch, and watching their scenes together would really make one think that they also have a real-life relationship!