4 K-dramas to watch if you liked The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun

The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun is an ongoing mystery and romance drama. It features a star-studded cast, including Jang Shin-young, Seo Ha-joon, Yoon Ah-jung, and Oh Chang-seok. It is penned by screenwriter Seol Kyung-eun. The first episode aired on June 9, 2025, and the show will consist of 120 episodes in total.

Revolving around the life of a single mother, The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun's Baek Seol-hui has a bright and optimistic outlook toward society. She runs a small restaurant and lives a happy life with her daughter.

However, her life takes a drastic turn when her daughter gets accused as a perpetrator in a crime when she is the victim. She decides to protect her daughter from the imminent danger, and embarks on a dangerous journey to safeguard her.

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Moving, When the Camelia Blooms, The Good Bad Mother, and other dramas to watch if you liked The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun

1) Moving

Featuring Moving cast (Image via Disney+ Hotstar website)

Where to watch: Apple TV, Disney+ Hotstar, and Hulu

Cast: Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Chae Tae-hyun, Ryu Seung-beom and Kim Sung-kyun

The fantasy and romance drama Moving is adapted from the webtoon of the same name, authored by Kang Full. It revolves around the lives of typical high school students, who possess supernatural powers that they inherited from their parents. Meanwhile, their parents are occupied protecting them from the authorities who want to exploit their power.

The series Moving incorporates the themes of single mothers, family conflicts, poverty, success, strong female lead, parenthood, and more. The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun have similar concepts as mentioned above.

2) When the Camelia Blooms

Featuring When The Camelia Blooms (Image via Netflix Website)

Where to watch: Netflix

Cast: Gong Hyo-jin, Kang Ha-neul, Kim Ji-suk

The romance and thriller drama When the Camelia Blooms follows the story of a single mother Dong Baek living in the small remote town of Ongsan. She owns a bar-restaurant named Camelia and looks after her only son, Pil Gu.

Due to her bar restaurant, she is the center of gossip in the neighborhood. However, she continues to provide for her son and herself. Meanwhile, the police officer, Hwang Yong, falls in love with her sincerity and kind personality.

Both The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun and When the Camelia Blooms have the concept of single mothers trying their best to sustain the lives of their children and protect them from the harshness of society.

3) The Good Bad Mother

Featuring The Good Bad Mother (Image via Netflix)

Where to watch: Netflix and TVING

Cast: Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, Ahn Eun-jin, Yoo In-soo

The Good Bad Mother follows the story of a single mother who is a pig farmer by profession. She raised her son Kang Ho without any help. However, Kang Ho remembers her as a strict mother and after becoming a prosecutor remains cold towards her. After an unfortunate accident, he loses his memory and returns to his hometown.

Similar to The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun, The Good Bad Mother consists of themes of parenthood, single mothers, family conflicts, conspiracy, and more.

4) Not Others

Featured Not Others (Image via Rakuten Viki)

Where to watch: Rakuten Viki, TVING, and Hulu

Cast: Jeon Hye-jin, Choi Soo-young, Ahn Jae-wook, Park Sung-hoon

Not Others is adapted from the webtoon of the same name, authored by Jeong Young-ryong.

It revolves around the story of a high school student whose life changes after she becomes pregnant. She decides to raise her daughter Jin-hee. Subsequently, her daughter becomes a Police officer at the Namchon Police substation, and she works as a physical therapist. However, as time changes, they argue more than talk.

Not Others follows the story of a single mother who leaves her dreams and aspirations to look after her only daughter, a theme explored in The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun.

The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun is available to stream on Kocowa.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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Edited by Arunava Dutta