‘The Potato Lab’ K-drama is a 2025 South Korean sci-fi comedy-drama that follows a team of scientists working in an underground lab experimenting on potatoes. What starts as an innocent agricultural project builds into a chaotic blend of groundbreaking discoveries, comedic mishaps, and ethical dilemmas. As the team struggles to balance scientific ambition with real-world consequences, they uncover a hidden conspiracy threatening their research.
Kim Mi Kyung (Lee Sun Bin)
Kim Mi Kyung is a sharp-witted, no-nonsense lead agricultural researcher who has been keeping the Potato Research Institute lab from falling apart for over a decade. Her life is about to hit a rough road after Wonhan company takes over their lab. With the new changes, Mi Kyung is forced to work under her former company, alongside her ex, and a newly demanding laboratory director.
So Baek Ho (Kang Tae Oh)
So Baek Ho is a brilliant but socially awkward innovation director at Wonhan. Baek Ho sets out to evaluate the effectiveness and worthiness of Potato Research Institute driven by his obsession with innovation. This capitalist, who also has enemies at Wonhan HQ, easily lands him in bizarre situations at Potato Research Institute.
Park Min Jae (Lee Hak Joo)
Park Min Jae is the executive director of Wonhan Retail’s strategic planning division. He is Mi-kyung’s ex-boyfriend and a rival scientist who secretly monitors the lab’s experiments hoping for its downfall. His unrequited feelings quickly become the source of conflict and misfortune
My Thoughts
Based on this ‘The Potato Lab’ K-drama synopsis, the series offers a fresh and humorous take on scientific discovery, blending comedy with thought-provoking ethical dilemmas. The narrative explores the fine line between innovation and responsibility, all while delivering lighthearted and engaging moments.
—-Karen Mwenda
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