2016
16 eps
KBS2
Melodrama Romance Drama
A flight attendant in an empty marriage and a quiet airline ground supervisor meet repeatedly by chance — their restrained, undeniable connection forcing both to confront the lives…
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, On the Way to the Airport delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2016
20 eps
KBS2
Melodrama Romance Drama
A top actor with a terminal illness reunites with the first love he was separated from years ago by secrets neither of them knew. As they navigate the space between a past that was…
Both are built around class divide that poisons every relationship it touches. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2017
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Melodrama Drama
Two survivors of the same building collapse — a construction worker and a young woman who lost her whole family — find each other years later. Neither has recovered. Neither can mo…
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Just Between Lovers delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same gentle and quiet energy throughout.
2018
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Melodrama Drama
A 35-year-old woman working in a coffee franchise and enduring relentless marriage pressure from her family falls slowly, quietly in love with her best friend's younger brother. So…
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Something in the Rain delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — family pressure — is the same. Same melancholic energy throughout.
2014
20 eps
MBC
Melodrama Romance Drama
Two childhood sweethearts are separated after a tragic accident gives a blind girl her sight — twelve years later, a firefighter returns to find her, not knowing she's become engag…
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Angel Eyes delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2018
32 eps
MBC
Romance Drama Melodrama
Three rich, bored friends make a cruel bet: seduce a serious, rule-abiding woman and break her heart within a month. But the designated seducer — charming, emotionally closed-off, …
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Tempted (The Great Seducer) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about class divide that poisons every relationship it touches. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2019
16 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A librarian in a stifling relationship falls for a pharmacist who is a single father, forcing both to choose their futures.
If you loved Encounter's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, One Spring Night delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2022
12 eps
ENA
Melodrama Drama Romance
A man who has spent his entire life in and out of juvenile detention and prison is sentenced to community service at a hospice. There he joins a team of volunteers who fulfill the …
Same melancholic and quiet energy throughout.
2002
20 eps
KBS2
Romance Melodrama Drama
A woman falls in love with a mysterious young man who appears in her life twenty years after her first love died in a tragic accident — identical in face and manner, ignorant of th…
The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2003
20 eps
SBS
Melodrama Romance Drama
Two childhood sweethearts are separated when their parents remarry and a scheming stepsister grows obsessed with destroying them. After years apart they reunite — but fate keeps pi…
The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.