Director: Yoo Je Won
Jung Hae-in and Jeong So-min headline this 2024 Korean series about two childhood friends whose paths cross again after years apart, forcing old wounds to resurface just as new beginnings arrive uninvited.
What is Love Next Door about?
Set in a quiet Seoul neighborhood, the story follows a woman whose carefully built life abroad collapses, sending her back to the house she grew up in. There she finds herself living next door to the one person she spent years trying to avoid: a childhood friend whose presence still complicates everything she thought she had left behind. As the two adults navigate careers, family expectations, and the plain awkwardness of proximity, the series traces how an old bond can turn into something neither of them planned for, one ordinary interaction at a time.
Cast & crew
Jung Hae-in anchors the series opposite Jeong So-min, with Kim Ji-eun, Yun Ji-on, Park Ji-young, Jo Han-chul and Jang Young-nam rounding out a supporting cast that gives the neighborhood around them its own texture and its own set of long memories.
Context & significance
Directed by Yoo Je Won, the series belongs to a wave of contemporary Korean romantic dramas that trade grand gestures for the slower rhythms of adult life — shared meals, family friction, and the discomfort of running into someone who once knew everything about you. Its 2024 release places it alongside a strong year for Korean drama-comedy exports, and an IMDb rating near 7.6 reflects steady word-of-mouth built on its central pairing rather than plot twists. Episodes lean on long dialogue scenes and everyday settings — offices, family kitchens, a shared stairwell — rather than dramatic set pieces, which is part of why viewers keep coming back week to week.
Where & how to watch
Love Next Door streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, alongside the original Korean audio. Watching any episode requires a free K-Time account login; the film page itself stays open to read without signing in. K-Time's interface, search, and subtitle support are built around a Farsi-first experience for Persian-speaking viewers.