A palace built to hide its dead is the setting of "The East Palace," a 2026 South Korean action-adventure and fantasy series directed by Choi Jung-kyu, where a royal order pulls two unlikely investigators into rooms nobody else is allowed to see.
What is The East Palace about?
By the king's own command, a man who moves through the spirit world and a court lady who can hear the dead are brought inside the East Palace together. Neither belongs there by rank or tradition; both are needed precisely because of what they can perceive that no ordinary courtier can. Once inside, the pair start working through a palace layered with secrets that the living residents either cannot see or refuse to name. The series leans on Korean court drama's formal, hierarchical world and threads a supernatural investigation through it, letting political intrigue and spirit-world mystery push each episode forward together rather than treating them as separate tracks. Each 50-minute episode gives the two leads room to test how much they can trust what they sense against what the palace's living occupants are willing to admit.
About the cast
Nam Joo-hyuk and Roh Yoon-seo lead the series as the two figures pulled into the East Palace, with Cho Seung-woo and Jang Young-nam in supporting roles that anchor the story's court politics. The cast draws on established South Korean television and film talent suited to a story that moves between formal palace scenes and supernatural unease.
Context & significance
"The East Palace" comes from director Choi Jung-kyu and sits within the current wave of South Korean genre television that blends period court settings with fantasy and action elements. Running 50 minutes per episode, the series follows the pacing familiar to Korean drama audiences, with each installment structured to advance both the spirit-world mystery and the palace's political undercurrents.
Watching The East Palace on Ktime
"The East Palace" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so viewers can follow the series in the language that suits them. The show's page can be browsed freely without an account; watching the episodes requires only a free K-Time login, part of a Farsi-focused streaming experience built for Iranian viewers abroad.