The 11 most anticipated returning K-drama series of 2023, from season 2 of The Glory and Sweet Home to Soundtrack #2

Multi-season Korean dramas are a thing these days, and this year we are looking forward to more of revenge dramas The Glory and Taxi Driver, among others

Also coming are the second seasons of gambling story Big Bet, fantasy dramas Island and Arthdal Chronicles, The Uncanny Counter and military service drama D.P.

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Song Hye-kyo as Moon Dong-eun n a still from season 1 of revenge drama sensation The Glory on Netflix. Moon isn’t done with her high-school oppressors just yet, as season 2 will show. The Glory is one of several K-drama series getting another season - once a rarity - this year. Photo: Netflix

Published: 7:15pm, 28 Jan 2023

It wasn’t that long ago that multi-season Korean dramas were an anomaly. But in recent years they’ve become increasingly common and now, for the first time, there are so many shows returning to the small screen in the year ahead that they deserve their very own list.

Early January has already given us one returning show (the second season of Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist), and although several extremely popular shows such as Squid Game, Hellbound, All of Us Are Dead and Extraordinary Attorney Woo have been confirmed to return, they won’t be doing so until next year at the earliest.

Nevertheless, there are a lot of familiar series to look forward to in 2023. These are the ones we’re most looking forward to.

1. Big Bet 2

(From left) Son Suk-ku, Lee Dong-hwi and Choi Min-sik in a still from Big Bet season 1.

First up will be the second part of Big Bet, which just wrapped up its first season in January. Choi Min-sik plays the wily Korean entrepreneur Cha Moo-sik, who rises up the gambling ladder first at home in Korea and then in the Philippines.

The first set of episodes consecrated a lot of time to building his backstory, and not always in a clean way. But the story eventually became more concrete, and Son Suk-ku’s charismatic detective arrived on the scene, giving us much to look forward to in season two. (Disney+, February 10)

2. Taxi Driver 2

Lee Je-hoon in a still from Taxi Driver season 1.

In Taxi Driver, Lee Je-hoon got behind the wheel of his Rainbow Taxi Company cab last year as Kim Do-gi and tore through Korea as an avenging angel for wronged clients, going up against corporate villains and crime ring bosses.