Director: Kim Ga Ram
A newsroom shake-up throws a hardened political reporter into entertainment coverage in Nice to Not Meet You, a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy series built on friction between two people never meant to get along.
What is Nice to Not Meet You about?
Wi Jeong-sin has spent her career chasing policy stories and holding politicians accountable, so being reassigned to the entertainment desk feels like a demotion dressed up as an opportunity. Her first big assignment puts her face to face with Lim Hyeon-jun, a once-bankable actor whose star has cooled and whose patience for reporters is thin. Their early exchanges are tense, sometimes openly hostile, as neither expects the other to understand their world. But backstage chaos, botched interviews, and a string of unplanned run-ins keep pulling them back together, and the show uses that forced proximity to peel back both characters' guarded exteriors. What starts as mutual irritation slowly reshapes into curiosity, then something warmer, as Jeong-sin learns the industry has more depth than she assumed and Hyeon-jun discovers a journalist who refuses to write the easy story about him.
Cast & crew
Lee Jung-jae anchors the series as Lim Hyeon-jun, bringing the same commanding screen presence that made him one of Korean television's most recognizable leads to a role built on faded stardom and reluctant vulnerability. Lim Ji-yeon plays Wi Jeong-sin with a sharp, skeptical edge that softens gradually rather than all at once. The supporting cast, including Kim Ji-hoon, Seo Ji-hye, and Choi Gwi-hwa, fills out the newsroom and entertainment-industry backdrop that gives the central romance its texture.
Context & significance
Directed by Kim Ga Ram, the series belongs to a long tradition of Korean workplace romantic comedies that use mismatched professional worlds, in this case hard news and celebrity coverage, to generate both conflict and chemistry. Its 2025 release places it among a wave of Korean dramas exporting widely on the strength of well-drawn lead performances rather than genre novelty.
Where & how to watch
Nice to Not Meet You streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow every newsroom jab and slow-burn glance in their own language. Reading this page requires nothing; watching the series calls for a free K-Time account login, part of a viewing experience built specifically for the Iranian diaspora.