Director: Yoon Sung-hyun

Cast: Park Jeong-min, JISOO, Im Sung-jae, Hong Seo-hee, Lim Su-Bin

Newtopia is a 2025 South Korean action-drama series directed by Yoon Sung-hyun, blending zombie-apocalypse survival with a story of two people separated by catastrophe who will cross a city in ruins to find each other again.

What is Newtopia about?

Jae-yoon is mid-enlistment when his relationship with Young-joo collapses over a phone argument — the kind of misunderstanding that feels enormous until the world itself falls apart. Hours later, a zombie outbreak tears through Seoul. A plane smashes into the city center, a national emergency is declared, and Jae-yoon and his squad find themselves stranded on the roof of a high-rise with nowhere to go. Miles away, Young-joo is alone on streets that have become hunting grounds. Rather than waiting for rescue, she chooses to move — toward him, through the chaos. What follows is a parallel survival story: two people navigating total collapse while grappling with whether the love they almost threw away is worth the price of finding it.

Cast & crew

Director Yoon Sung-hyun brings a tight, kinetic sensibility to the series. Park Jeong-min anchors the show as Jae-yoon, lending emotional depth to a soldier caught between duty and desperation. JISOO plays Young-joo with a fierce, unsentimental resolve. The supporting ensemble — Im Sung-jae, Hong Seo-hee, Lim Su-Bin, Kim Jun-han, Kang Young-suk, and Kim Jeong-jin — fills out the world of a Seoul that is simultaneously familiar and unrecognizable.

Context & significance

Korean zombie dramas have earned a devoted following among Persian-speaking viewers worldwide, and Newtopia fits squarely in that tradition of high-production survival storytelling that blends genre spectacle with genuine emotional stakes. For diaspora audiences accustomed to watching Korean content, the show offers 60-minute episodes with a pace rarely found in Western equivalents. The love story at its core — two people separated by disaster, each moving toward the other — resonates across languages and cultures. Newtopia is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, so you can watch the entire series in your own language without missing a beat of the action.

Where & how to watch

Newtopia is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.