Same energy. Different language. These Korean, Chinese, and Japanese dramas share the exact DNA of The Union — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of story.
Three female NIS agents who've been sidelined for various embarrassing failures are given one last shot at redemption: go undercover at a tech company suspected of leaking national…
If you loved The Union's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Good Casting delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
Kang Nam-soon has had superhuman strength since birth, spending her childhood raised by nomads on the Mongolian steppe. Back in Seoul to find her long-lost family, she meets a narc…
If you loved The Union's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Strong Girl Nam-soon delivers exactly that. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
Yun Ga-hyun is a legendary street fighter who has never once lost a fight — but has failed the national university entrance exam ten times running. Desperate for a fresh start, he …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
A narcotics team sets up a fried chicken joint as cover for a stakeout — but the restaurant accidentally becomes a hit, complicating their mission.
Like The Union, Extreme Job is built around fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
A petite woman with superhuman strength becomes a bodyguard for a gaming company CEO while catching a kidnapper.
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
A chaebol heir who joins the police for fun partners with a by-the-book female detective solving serious crimes.
If you loved The Union's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Flex x Cop delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
A burned NIS spy living in hiding as a reclusive neighbor agrees to babysit a single mom's twin kids — and gets accidentally pulled back into international espionage when her missi…
Like The Union, it leans hard into action comedy. The emotional territory — trust — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
A brilliantly educated but socially invisible low-born scholar and a nobly-born pickpocket who hides her identity as a woman are thrown together in a conspiracy that threatens the …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: partnership. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
Ha-ri is twice divorced — or so she thinks. Her first husband, Derek, was supposedly killed in an accident; her second husband, Ahn Woo-hyun, is an elite NIS agent who married her …
Like The Union, it leans hard into action comedy. The emotional territory — trust — is the same. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
Song Yi-heon, the most feared gangster boss in Korea, is in the middle of a fight when he wakes up inhabiting the body of a bullied high school student. Stuck as a teenager with no…
Like The Union, High School Return of a Gangster is built around fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
If you love The Union, start with Good Casting or Strong Girl Nam-soon — both share the same Action and Comedy DNA. DramaMatch found 10 Asian drama matches total.
The closest Korean equivalent to The Union is Good Casting (2020), which scores a 24% match on DramaMatch. If you loved The Union's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Good Casting delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
Asian dramas similar to The Union are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. DramaMatch shows the exact streaming platform for each recommendation so you can start watching immediately.
The Union fans tend to love K-dramas because Korean drama storytelling delivers the same emotional intensity, strong character arcs, and genre-blending — especially Action and Comedy. K-dramas often tell tighter, season-long stories without filler episodes.
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