If you’re one of those who are still working from home due to the pandemic, K-dramas that show office settings may nostalgically strike a chord with you. Perhaps you couldn’t imagine that a day would come when you’d miss face-to-face team meetings, overtime, or even lunch and coffee breaks with your colleagues.

There are many office or workplace K-dramas. Maybe you’ve seen Misaeng: Incomplete Life or She Was Pretty before, but try watching them again, and they’ll surely have a different effect on you this time.

This 2022, there are two office K-dramas we’re looking forward to: Forecasting Love and Weather (starring Song Kang and Park Min-young, premiering on February 12) and A Business Proposal (starring Ahn Hyo-seop and Kim Se-jeong, premiering on February 21).

Park Min-Young in 'Forecasting Love and Weather' and Kim Se-Jeong in 'A Business Proposal' Photos from JTBC and SBS

Forecasting Love and Weather features the people working in Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), with Park Min-young as Jin Ha-kyung (the general forecaster of KMA’s 2nd Division) and Song Kang as Lee Shi-woo (the one in charge of special reporting at KMA’s 2nd Division).

A Business Proposal centers on a boss-employee romance, wherein Kim Se-jeong’s Shin Ha-ri, an ordinary office worker, ends up going on a blind date with the CEO (Ahn Hyo-seop’s Kang Tae-mu) of the company she works for while she’s disguised as her friend.

Another one to be released in time for Valentine’s Day is a webtoon-based rom-com film titled Love and Leashes. It stars Seohyun and Lee Jun-young, who portray the roles of colleagues that start a three-month S&M relationship agreement.

The office setting indeed proves to be a rich source of compelling plots and an oddly romantic, exciting place where love stories bloom.

In the gallery below, we listed down the Korean actresses who played the roles of office girls in K-dramas from 2018 to 2021:

Park Min-Young as Kim Mi-So in “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim” - Occupation: Secretary of Yumyung Group’s vice-chairman (Park Seo-joon’s Lee Young-joon)tvN

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Yoo In-Na as Oh Jin-Shim in “Touch Your Heart” - Occupation: Top actress-turned-secretary of an elite lawyer (Lee Dong-wook’s Kwon Jung-rok)tvN

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Im Soo-Jung as Bae Ta-Mi in “Search: WWW” - Occupation: Director of top web portal company Unicorn’s search departmenttvN

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Park Min-Young as Sung Deok-Mi in “Her Private Life” - Occupation: Chief curator at Cheum Museum of ArttvN

tvN

Jin Ki-Joo as Jung Gal-Hee in “The Secret Life of My Secretary” - Occupation: Secretary of T&T Mobile Media 1’s director (Kim Young-kwang’s Do Min-ik)SBS via Viki

SBS via Hancinema

Lee Na-Young as Kang Dan-I in “Romance Is A Bonus Book” - Occupation: Former advertising copywriter-turned-temporary task support team member at a publishing companytvN

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Song Ji-Hyo as Noh Ae-Jung in “Was It Love?” - Occupation: Film producerJTBC

JTBC

Hwang Jung-Eum as Seo Hyun-Ju in “Men Are Men” - Occupation: Leader of a webtoon planning teamKBS

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Choi Soo-Young as Seo Dan-Ah in “Run On” - Occupation: CEO of a sports agencyJTBC

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Bae Suzy as Seo Dal-Mi in “Start-Up” - Occupation: CEO of a start-up tech companytvN

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Jung So-Min as Na Young-Won in “Monthly Magazine Home” - Occupation: Editor at lifestyle magazine “Monthly House”JTBC

JTBC

Won Jin-Ah as Yoon Song-Ah in “She Would Never Know” - Occupation: Senior marketer at KLAR cosmetics companyJTBC

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Song Hye-Kyo as Ha Yeong-eun in “Now, We Are Breaking Up” - Occupation: Design team leader of fashion company “The One”SBS

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Kim Da-Mi as Kook Yeon-Soo in “Our Beloved Summer” - Occupation: Public relations specialistSBS

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Kim Go-Eun as Yumi in “Yumi’s Cells” - Occupation: Accountant at Daehan Noodle company, who sidelines as a writertvN / TVING

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Lead photos from JTBC, SBS, and tvN

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