Netflix has begun production on Long Vacation, a new Korean romance series from Lee Jung-hyo, the director behind the global mega-hit Crash Landing on You, and writer Jung Hyun-jung, one of Korea’s most prolific romance scribes. The streamer shared a few images on Wednesday from the show’s first day of table reads in Seoul (above and below).
The project unites two of Korea’s fastest-rising young stars. Choo Young-woo, who won the Baeksang Award for best new actor last year thanks to recent hits like The Tale of Lady Ok, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Head Over Heels, stars in Long Vacation as Demon 3375, a powerful being who has lived for centuries without understanding love. Versatile actress Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve, What Comes After Love), meanwhile, plays Deul-pan, a capable hotel room attendant whose everyday life is anything but easy. When the two keep crossing paths at a seaside hotel, an unlikely relationship begins to emerge, shaking up everything the demon thought he knew.
Netflix has high hopes for the series, given the pedigree of the talent behind the camera. Lee Jung-hyo has become one of the company’s go-to Korean hitmakers. Following Crash Landing on You — one of the most-watched K-dramas in the platform’s history — he helmed original series Doona! (2023) and the Jeon Do-yeon thriller The Price of Confession (2025). Jung Hyun-jung’s writing credits span more than a decade, including hits like I Need Romance, Romance Is a Bonus Book, Lovestruck in the City and Discovery of Love.
The series adds to what is shaping up to be another formidable year for Korean content on Netflix. The streamer unveiled a 33-title Korean slate in January that featured everything from a new season of Singles Inferno to rom-com Boyfriend on Demand —starring Blackpink’s Jisso — and Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, the revered auteur’s first film in eight years and a likely contender at this fall’s major festivals. Korea continues to play an outsized role as one of Netflix’s most important content engines outside the United States, a reality underscored just last week by the BTS comeback concert broadcast live from Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, which drew 18.4 million viewers and hit No. 1 on Netflix in 24 countries.
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