[Top 15] Best Boss And Employee Love Korean Drama [Updated KDrama List - 2018 to 2020]

 Who says love and work don't mix? Day in and day out, couples work side-by-side, sharing ideas, meals, and often, late nights at the office. Bosses and their underlings begin to see each other differently as they work together. And that’s where the office romance happens, in the stolen minutes before, during, and after work. These 15 Korean dramas are all about what happens when office employees get entangled in a little romance. 

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

When a highly skilled secretary quits her job after almost 10 years, what would the boss think? Lee Young-joon’s first assumption is that his secretary Kim Mi-so was in love with him. However, reality is that Young-joon’s narcissism made life difficult around him, especially his secretary. While waiting for her resignation notice to end, will Mi-so change her decision and decide to stay with Young-joon as they slowly fall in love with each other?

Hotel del Luna

Jang Man Wol is the CEO of Hotel del Luna. The hotel is situated in downtown in Seoul and has a very old appearance. She made a big error many years ago and, because of this, she has been stuck at Hotel del Luna. She is beautiful, but she is fickle, suspicious and greedy. Goo Chan-Sung worked as the youngest assistant manager ever at a multinational hotel corporation. He is a sincere perfectionist. He looks level-headed, but he actually has a soft disposition. Due to an unexpected case, he begins to work as a manager at Hotel del Luna. The hotel's clientele consists of ghosts.

Itaewon Class

Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens a pub named "DanBam" in Itaewon and, along with his manager and staff, strive towards success and reaching greater heights.

Her Private Life

Sung Deok-Mi works as a curator at an art gallery. She is a huge fan of idol group member Shi-An and secretly runs a fan website about him. Because of her affection for Shi-An, she has experienced several personal break-ups. Sung Deok-Mi now focuses only her job and doing activities as Shi-An's fan in her private life. One day, Ryan begins work as the new director of the art gallery. Ryan doesn't have much interest in other people, but he happens to learn that Sung Deok-Mi is a fan of Shi-An and runs his fan website. Ryan takes an interest in Sung Deok-Mi.

Touch Your Heart

Top actress Oh Jin-shim, who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years. In order to get a role in a major upcoming television series, she agrees to get experience at a law firm, working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok. Eventually,they fall in love and the following events forms the crux of the story. Jung-rok’s uptight character and Jin-shim’s carefree attribute makes the office romance between them entertaining to watch.

The Secret Life of My Secretary

Do Min Ik is an intelligent, perfectionist man with a heart of stone and the Chief of Team 1 at T&T Mobile Media who always relies on his secretary, the hot-tempered Jung Gal Hee. Although she diligently carries out the tasks her mean boss instructs her to do, she does not hold back in saying what she wishes to say. Will an office romance blossom?

Clean With Passion For Now

Jang Sun Gyeol has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe mysophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol after she enters his company as a new employee. With the help of Gil Oh Sol, Jang Sun-Gyeol faces his mysophobia and also falls in love with Gil O-Sol.

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This drama is about the conflicts, the wins, and losses one experiences when working. It will follow the story of 21st century women, who chose to not be a wife or a mother and successfully work without discrimination or impediments.

Wok of Love

It's a love story hotter than the boiling oil in a sizzling hot wok. Across the street of the 6-star Hotel Giant, there stands a small, shabby Chinese restaurant, Hungry Wok. Doo Chil-sung, the owner of the restaurant and a former gangster from the Big Dipper Gang, took over the restaurant in order to provide a place of work for his former gang members. One day, former star chef Seo Poong, and bankrupt heiress Dan Sae-woo, whose lives were turned upside down overnight, came to visit Chil-sung for his help to get them back on their feet.

Backstreet Rookie

Jung Saet Byul is a 22-year-old, four-dimensional girl with amazing fighting skills, loves her friends, family, and retro-fashion. She has the boys lined up but only  convenience store owner Choi Dae Hyun holds her attention. Three years ago, he became imprinted upon her as an 'unforgettable person' after a cigarette errand. Flash forward to the present; Jung Saet Byul  applies for a part-time position at Choi Dae Hyun's  convenience store, which he also manages. There their love story begins as they heal the wounds of the heart, gain love, and become adults dreaming of the future. 

Radio Romance

Song Geu Rim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains an assistant writer. When she was young, the radio was the only thing in the world that she could share with her blind mother. She was consoled by the sounds of the radio and loved it more than anything, so she became a writer. When her radio program is on the verge of cancellation, she succeeds in casting top actor Ji Su Ho, who can't do anything without a script.

Melting Me Softly

Due to a mysterious conspiracy, a man and a woman, who took part in a 24 hour freezing project, wake up 20 years later, instead of 24 hours later. In order to survive, the man and the woman have to keep their average core body temperature at 31.5°C. Their relationship develop romantically.

Encounter

Cha Soo Hyun is the daughter of a powerful, political family. She recently divorced her wealthy husband from an arranged marriage. Tired of living life guided by others, she decides to travel overseas. She meets Kim Jin Hyuk, a free-spirited young soul on the way. Despite their differences, they are undeniably drawn to each other. Will the two find true love amongst their differences? 

Romance is a Bonus Book

Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He  becomes involved in the life of his childhood friend, Kang Dan Yi who was once a popular copywriter. She is now divorced, a single mother, unemployed and struggling in life though still attempts to find a job, but even with her once good career, she cannot. However, in a desperate attempt to find a job, she lies about her background and begins to work as a temporary worker in the same building under none other than Cha Eun Ho. As they become involved in each other’s life more than often, a love story begins to unfold.

Where Stars Land

Lee Soo-Yeon graduated from prestigious KAIST. He begins work at Incheon International Airport and gives himself a goal of six months to get used to working there. Lee Soo-Yeon is a mysterious man who keeps people at a distance. There, he meets Han Yeo-Reum. She is a new employee in the passenger service team. She wants to be a perfectionist, but her reality is a little different. She makes a lot of mistakes.

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