News bites: March 13, 2025

Employee posters have been freshly printed (along with a new teaser) for tvN’s The Divorce Insurance, revealing an interesting tidbit about our office comedy hero Lee Dong-wook (A Shop for Killers). Not only is he multi-divorced, we’re now being told that fellow teammate Lee Da-hee (Island) is his ex-ex-ex-wife. Working together with Lee Joo-bin (Tarot) and Lee Kwang-soo (No Way Out – The Roulette), the workplace shifts begin on March 31 this month. [Sports Donga]

Lee Se-young (Motel California) is reviewing offers for her next project and is in talks for the fantasy romance The Remarried Empress. Potentially acting alongside Shin Mina (No Gain No Love), Lee Jong-seok (Big Mouth), and Joo Ji-hoon (The Trauma Code – Heroes on Call), the webnovel-adaptation has PD Jo Su-won (My Happy Ending, Thirty But Seventeen) attached to direct. [JTBC]
Yook Sung-jae (The Golden Spoon) shows off his pretty frock and tail in SBS’s first poster for Haunted Palace, taking a leisurely stroll with Bona (Pyramid Game) before their ghost-hunting adventure begins this April. Production for the supernatural sageuk has PD Yoon Sung-shik (Cleaning Up, Mr. Queen) at the helm with scripts by Yoon Soo-jung (Sassy Go Go, King’s Face). [SBS]

On MBC’s Crushology 101, Noh Jung-eui (The Witch) is adventuring for love in the latest trailer and how is a girl supposed to choose between Lee Chae-min (Hierarchy), Jo Joon-young (All That We Loved), Kim Hyun-jin (My Sweet Mobster), and Hong Min-ki (Study Group)? The campus romance and webtoon adaptation will be blossoming its story on April 4. [MBC]
ENA came out with the second teaser for New Recruit 3, bringing back the story’s army leads Kim Min-ho (Doona) and Nam Tae-woo (Parole Examiner Lee). This time joined by new faces, Kim Dong-joon (The Goryeo-Khitan War), Oh Dae-hwan (Unmasked), and Lee Soo-ji (Queen of Tears), the black comedy’s upcoming third season will be launching on April 7. [News1]
The air remains tense in the new character promos for Disney+’s Hyper Knife, presenting the shadowy Park Eun-bin (Castaway Diva) who becomes entwined with Sol Kyung-gu (The Whirlwind), Yoon Chan-young (High School Return of a Gangster), and Park Byung-eun (The Bequeathed). The medical crime-thriller premieres on March 19 next week, with production led by PD Kim Jung-hyun (Crazy Love, Awaken) and writer Kim Sun-hee (God’s Quiz 5). [10 Asia]

March 13, 2025 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps