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    Top 14 Exciting Thriller Korean Dramas On Kocowa in 2024

    By Ji Sung

    You know that Korean dramas are famous for their romance genre. But what about thrillers? Only a few of the audience members talk about thrillers. Kdramas are also good at suspense, mystery, and plot twists.

    There are a lot of options available to watch suspense dramas, like Netflix, Viki, Prime Video, and many more. In the US, some popular sites include Netflix, Kocowa, Disney+, and Hulu. They have enough dramas available for streaming.

    thriller korean dramas on kocowa

    If you have a subscription to the Kocowa streaming platform and are searching for some mind-blowing thriller dramas, here is a list of the best Korean thriller shows of all time that you can watch on Kocowa.

    Contents show
    1. Taxi Driver
    2. Defendant
    3. Through The Darkness
    4. Nobody Knows
    5. 365: Repeat The Year
    6. Kairos
    7. Doctor Prisoner
    8. The Ghost Detective
    9. Children Of Nobody
    10. The Veil
    11. Less Than Evil
    12. The Penthouse
    13. Partners For Justice
    14. Two Weeks
    Wrapping Up

    1. Taxi Driver

    Hangul: 모범택시

    Year: 2021

    Do Gi is a taxi driver for a company that offers a service called “revenge call” to its customers. It is a secret group that takes care of people whom the law failed to protect. Do Gi and his coworkers will take revenge for customers who ask them to.

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    Rating:

    4 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Lee Je Hoon as Kim Do Gi
    • Esom as Kang Ha Na
    • Kim Eui Sung as Jang Sung Chul
    • Pyo Ye Jin as Ahn Go Eun

    No. Of Episodes: 16 (65 min. each)

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    2. Defendant

    Hangul: 피고인

    Year: 2017

    Park Jung Woo is a lawyer who has lost his memory and finds out that he is already on death row. He has no choice but to race against time to find out what caused his situation and prove that he is not guilty.

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    Rating:

    4 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Ji Sung as Park Jung Woo
    • Uhm Ki Joon as Cha Sun Ho
    • Kwon Yu Ri as Seo Eun Hye
    • Oh Chang Seok as Kang Joon Hyuk

    No. Of Episodes: 18 (70 min. each)

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    3. Through The Darkness

    Hangul: 악의 마음을 읽는 자들

    Year: 2022

    The drama will tell the story of South Korea’s first criminal profiler and how hard it was for him to look inside the minds of serial killers when the word “profiling” did not exist. It is based on a book that came out in 2018 with the same name.

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    Rating:

    4 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Kim Nam Gil as Song Ha Young
    • Kim So Jin as Yoon Tae Goo
    • Jin Seon Kyu as Kook Young Soo
    • Ryeoun as Jung Woo Joo

    No. Of Episodes: 12 (70 min. each)

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    4. Nobody Knows

    Hangul: 아무도 모른다

    Year: 2020

    Cha Young Jin works as a detective. She lost a friend to a serial killer 19 years ago. She is still haunted by remorse and trauma from her friend’s death. After 19 years, the serial killer case resumes. Cha Young Jin pursues the murderer.

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    Rating:

    4 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Kim Seo Hyung as Cha Young Jin
    • Ryu Deok Hwan as Lee Sun Woo
    • Park Hoon as Baek Sang Ho
    • Ahn Ji Ho as Go Eun Ho

    No. Of Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)

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    5. 365: Repeat The Year

    Hangul: 365: 운명을 거스르는 1년

    Year: 2020

    The story of a group of people who are given the opportunity to relive a year of their lives in order to prevent a tragic accident from happening. Along the way, they uncover hidden truths about themselves and those around them, and must confront their past mistakes.

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    Rating:

    4 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Lee Joon Hyuk as Ji Hyung Joo
    • Nam Ji Hyun as Shin Ga Hyun
    • Kim Jee Soo as Lee Shin
    • Lee Sung Wook as Park Sun Ho

    No. Of Episodes: 24 (35 min. each)

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    6. Kairos

    Hangul: 카이로스

    Year: 2020

    The drama revolves around two people – a guy whose daughter has been abducted, and a lady whose mother has gone missing. They call each other and help each other, but they are a month apart in time and can only speak for one minute.

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    Rating:

    4 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Shin Sung Rok as Kim Seo Jin
    • Lee Se Young as Han Ae Ri
    • Ahn Bo Hyun as Seo Do Gyun
    • Nam Gyu Ri as Kang Hyun Chae

    No. Of Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)

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    7. Doctor Prisoner

    Hangul: 닥터 프리즈너

    Year: 2019

    A talented doctor is forced to quit from his position at a hospital after being accused of improper medical care. He then begins working in a prison in order to create enough contacts for his vengeance against the hospital.

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    Rating:

    3 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Namkoong Min as Na Yi Je
    • Kwon Na Ra as Han So Geum
    • Kim Byung Chul as Sun Min Shik
    • Choi Won Young as Lee Jae Joon

    No. Of Episodes: 16 (60 min. each)

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    8. The Ghost Detective

    Lee Da Il is a private investigator, who catches ghosts. He tries to solve the case of his assistant, Yeo Wool’s younger sibling’s death. He runs into a mysterious woman who appears at every crime scene. They work together to solve other mysterious crimes.

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    Cast –

    • Choi Daniel as Lee Da Il
    • Park Eun Bin as Jung Yeo Wool
    • Lee Ji Ah as Seon Woo Hye
    • Kim Won Hae as Han Sang Sup

    No. Of Episodes – 16

    Watch On – Viki, Kocowa

    9. Children Of Nobody

    Woo Kyung is a child counselor who works at a children’s center. Her life seems perfect. However, her perfect life doesn’t last long, when an accident changes her life. The only person she can rely on is Ji Heon, a detective who is strict toward criminals.

    children of nobody kdrama 11

    Cast –

    • Kim Sun Ah as Cha Woo Kyung
    • Lee Yi Kyung as Kang Ji Heon
    • Nam Gyu Ri as Jeon Soo Yeong
    • N (Cha Hak Yeon) as Lee Eun Ho

    No. Of Episodes – 16

    Watch On – Viki, Kocowa

    10. The Veil

    Hangul: 검은 태양

    Year: 2021

    The best agent at the National Intelligence Service, Ji Hyuk, gets caught up in a situation that puts NIS in a very tough spot. As he tries to find the employee who betrayed him and caused him to lose his job, he runs into a much bigger enemy behind the organization.

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    Rating:

    3 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Namgoong Min as Han Ji Hyuk
    • Park Ha Sun as Seo Soo Yeon
    • Kim Ji Eun as Yoo Je Yi
    • Jang Young Nam as Do Jin Suk

    No. Of Episodes: 12 (70 min. each)

    Streaming Options (region-specific):

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    11. Less Than Evil

    The drama centers on the psychological battle between a psychopathic murderer and a hot-headed, justice-driven detective but tormented by the crimes he solves, who is unable to arrest the murderer due to a lack of evidence.

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    Cast –

    • Shin Ha Kyun as Woo Tae Seok
    • Lee Seol as Eun Sun Jae
    • Park Ho San as Jeon Choon Man
    • Kim Gun Woo as Jang Hyung Min

    No. Of Episodes – 16

    Watch On – Viki, Kocowa

    12. The Penthouse

    Hangul: 펜트하우스

    Year: 2020

    The story of the children of rich families who live in Hera Palace and go to Cheong-ah Arts School. Su Ryeon came from a wealthy family. She is now a beautiful upper-class woman. Seo Jin came from a rich family. Yoon Hee was born into a poor home.

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    Rating:

    4 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Lee Ji Ah as Shim Soo Ryun
    • Kim So Yeon as Cheon Seo Jin
    • Eugene as Oh Yon Hee
    • Uhm Ki Joon as Joo Dan Tae

    No. Of Episodes: 21 (70 min. each)

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    13. Partners For Justice

    Hangul: 검법남녀

    Year: 2018

    Baek Beom is an excellent forensic doctor working for 10 years, but does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a bright personality and comes from a wealthy family. They both try to catch a serial killer.

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    Rating:

    3 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Jung Jae Young as Baek Beom
    • Jung Yoo Mi as Eun Sol
    • Lee Yi Kyung as Cha Soo Ho
    • Park Eun Seok as Kang Hyun

    No. Of Episodes: 32 (35 min. each)

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    14. Two Weeks

    Hangul: 투윅스

    Year: 2013

    The story of a man who is wrongly accused of a crime and given only two weeks to prove his innocence and save his daughter’s life. He must find the truth in a corrupt system before it’s too late. The clock is ticking, and danger is around every corner.

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    Rating:

    3 5 star rating

    Main Cast (Characters):

    • Lee Joon Gi as Jang Tae San
    • Kim So Yeon as Park Jae Kyung
    • Ryu Soo Young as Im Seung Woo
    • Park Ha Sun as Seo In Hye

    No. Of Episodes – 16 (68 min. each)

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    Wrapping Up

    So these are some exciting thriller Kdramas on Kocowa that will keep you hooked till the end with their intriguing plots, suspenseful background music, action scenes, and versatile actors.

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    Hi, I'm Ji Sung (not my real name but my favorite actor) and I write about Korean dramas. So if you watch dramas, keep reading my blog :)

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