Song Yoon-ash is equally at home in gentle and motherly roles as she is in controversial ones, and she's got the awards to prove it.

The 20-episode tvN/Netflix historical fantasy romance k-drama "Alchemy of Souls" Part 1 (2022) stars Le Jae-wook and Jung So-min.

As we wait at least three more agonizing months for "Alchemy of Souls" Part Two, here are some other dramas to help tide us over.

2021 opens with less swoon and more angst. We list our favorite k-dramas whose final episodes were aired during the first half of 2021.