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5 Best Historical Kdramas

October 6, 2025 | 781 Visits

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Embark on an epic journey through five of the most compelling historical K-dramas. These popular series blend intense political drama and sweeping romance with fresh fantasy elements like time-travel. Prepare to be captivated by the fate of kings, queens, spies, and lovers whose struggles echo across the Joseon Dynasty with these historical kdramas.
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1. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

The series follows Yeon Ji Yeong, a South Korean French cuisine chef at the peak of her modern career, who unexpectedly time-slips back to the Joseon Dynasty during a solar eclipse. She finds herself in the royal court, where she is eventually appointed as a palace chef. She must cook for King Yi Heon, a young monarch known as a ruthless tyrant with an impeccable, demanding palate. Ji Yeong uses her innovative modern French techniques, blended with traditional Joseon ingredients, to survive palace politics and gradually earns the King’s trust. The drama is a fusion of culinary arts, palace intrigue, and a developing romance between the modern chef and the misunderstood king.
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2. The Queen Who Crowns

This drama chronicles the fiery life journey of Queen Wongyeong, an intelligent and ambitious daughter of a prestigious noble family. She marries Yi Bang Won (later King Taejong, the third ruler of Joseon) and works fiercely as a “King Maker,” helping him navigate the complex political landscape and seize the throne from his half-brother. However, after Yi Bang Won ascends to power and becomes King, he begins to take multiple concubines and betrays the family and love he shared with Wongyeong. The series depicts the delicate balance of power, the escalating tension, and the ego clashes between the royal couple as they struggle to manage the state and their own fraught relationship.
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3. Mr. Queen

Jang Bong Hwan, a modern-day male head chef at the Blue House (the Korean presidential residence), finds himself in trouble and nearly drowns in a swimming pool. When he wakes up, his soul has been transplanted into the body of Queen Cheorin  in the Joseon Dynasty, just a day before her wedding to the reigning monarch, King Cheoljong. Trapped as the Queen, the chef must navigate the treacherous, corrupt world of 19th-century palace politics, which are ruled by the powerful Andong Kim clan. While trying to find a way back to his own time and body, he discovers that King Cheoljong is not the gentle puppet he appears to be, but a king secretly plotting against his political opponents, leading to a reluctant and chaotic romance.
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4. Captivating the King

The story is a fictional historical drama set in the Joseon era. It centers on the cruel love story between King Yi In, a miserable monarch who is plagued by a sense of emptiness and is constantly in danger from political power struggles, and Kang Hee Soo, a beautiful and enigmatic baduk (Go board game) player. Hee Soo initially disguises herself as a man to become a spy, intending to approach the King to extract information and seek revenge for a past event. However, as she spends time with King Yi In, she unexpectedly finds herself genuinely falling in love with him, forcing her to confront the true motives behind her mission.
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5. My Dearest

Set against the tragic backdrop of the Qing Invasion of Joseon in the 17th century, the series follows the intertwined fate of two main characters. Lee Jang Hyun is a mysterious nobleman who chooses not to marry or commit to anything, harboring a dark and complex past. He unexpectedly meets Yoo Gil Chae, a high-spirited, independent noblewoman who dreams of a romantic love she’s only read about. As the war breaks out and the country plunges into chaos and suffering, Jang Hyun and Gil Chae’s relationship deepens through shared hardships, tragedy, and long separations. The series depicts their epic, years-long struggle to survive the war’s consequences and find their way back to each other amidst a nation in turmoil.

 

—-Karen Mwenda

 

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