After the enormous success of shows like “Squid Game” with international audiences, streaming services have regularly developed their K-Dramas libraries. The common term for scripted television produced in South Korea, whatever the genre, the K-Dramas continue to win viewers around the world. And although platforms like Apple TV + and Netflix certainly have a large selection of K-Dramas to watch, there is a service where fans can legally broadcast Korean programs for free. In fact, the American streaming platform Rakuten Viki has always offered a large foreign program in its library, including an impressive range of K-Dramas to check.
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To be clear, Rakuten Viki offers a paid subscription option for those interested in an advertising visualization experience, with a wider library and higher video quality for selected programming. But the free user model offers an impressive K-Dramas library to choose, for those looking to watch Korean shows without having to take another premium subscription. The programs marked with free episodes available can be broadcast as long as users have a basic Viki account. Other titles offer only a small selection of episodes without viki premium pass or are completely inaccessible unless users are paid for the paying subscription.
Here is a selection of some of the K-Dramas that you can currently broadcast only by Rakuten Viki in the United States.
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K-DRAMES currently available on RAKUTEN VIKI
An easy way to access the K-Dramas which are completely free on Rakuten Viki is to select the “Watch Free” option from the category drop-down menu. This includes classic romantic k-dramas like “Descendants of the Sun” and “The Legend of the Blue Sea”, with the two shows needing paid subscriptions via other services. Viki also has an increasing number of original K-Dramas which are available to broadcast for free on the platform, including “Lovers of the Red Sky” and “Queen: Love and War”. Keep in mind that Viki also has a library of free shows to look at continental China, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand that the curious public should certainly check.
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By far, one of the best K-Dramas currently available exclusively on Rakuten Viki in the United States is “Guardian: The Great and Lonely God”. Also known as “Goblin”, the show combines fantastic romance and comedy to an effective extent and is a must for Star Gong Yoo fans. However, free users can only watch the first two episodes of the series without getting rid of a premium subscription. The free Rakuten Viki subscription offers a wide selection of free samples, in addition to free full programs, with many Dramas K to justify a paid subscription level.
With a large K-Dramas library available on Rakuten VikiIncluding a number of streaming exclusions in North America, Viki is a must for fans of Korean shows.
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