Goodbye K-drama love stories, hello sci-fi

Circle, the K-drama series, revolves around a college student investigating odd cases prompted by the arrival of aliens on Earth.

Genre dramas featuring increasingly supernatural elements, long seen as lacking mainstream appeal, are flooding Korean television recently.

Time slip has now become a staple device in both mystery thrillers – last year’s hit Signal revolved around walkie-talkies that connected its users to the future – and even in romantic comedies such as Tomorrow With You, where the male lead was a time traveler.