If your calendar has a colour-coded block for everything except a social life, Nine to Six is aimed squarely at you. The 12-episode Korean office romance starring Park Min-young is set to premiere on Prime Video on Wednesday, 25 November 2026, according to Prime Video’s release, in Singapore and more than 240 countries and territories, right as year-end watchlists start filling up.
Plenty of people know the feeling. The career is moving, the inbox never empties, and dating keeps getting pushed to next quarter. The show takes that exact tension and builds a love triangle around it, with a warm-hearted intern on one side and a polished executive on the other, all inside the legal department of a company called Chronic Motors.
Meet Kang Yi-ji, Overachiever
Park plays Kang Yi-ji, a senior manager in Chronic Motors’ legal team who has fought her way up in a male-dominated corporate world. Yi-ji gives everything to her job even when the rewards don’t match the effort, and she treats love and marriage as nothing more than fleeting hormonal reactions. The production team told Korean media she’s a “100% logical” workaholic, which sounds like half the people on your LinkedIn feed.
The detail worth noticing is buried in her backstory. Yi-ji once dreamed of studying astronomy but went into law at her mother’s urging, and she has poured herself into that sensible choice ever since. Someone who has already traded a dream for a plan once is going to be suspicious of anything that threatens to wreck the schedule again, and that makes her resistance to romance feel earned rather than like a rom-com cliché.
Prime Video frames the big question plainly: can Yi-ji make room for love without compromising the career she’s worked so hard to build? Relatable, isn’t it?
Why Park Min-young Fits
For newcomers, Park Min-young is one of Korea’s best-known romance leads. Her breakout office rom-com, What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, aired on tvN in 2018 and finished at about 8.7% in nationwide ratings. More recently, Marry My Husband (tvN, 2024) reached international viewers on Prime Video and put her in a career-focused revenge story with a fantasy twist.
Her last two dramas took her further from that comfort zone. Confidence Queen peaked at 1.8% nationwide in 2025, while Siren’s Kiss opened strongly at 5.504% in March 2026 and closed its run at 4.483% in April. Korean entertainment coverage has already dubbed her the “office-romance queen” again, and going back to the genre that made her a household name is the smartest move she could make right now.
The Intern or the Executive?
On one side sits Han Sun-woo, played by Yook Sung-jae, whose earlier work includes The Haunted Palace, The Golden Spoon and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. Sun-woo is a legal intern whose true passion is jewellery design, and he believes kindness and staying true to yourself are never signs of weakness. When Yi-ji ends up in danger, he puts her safety before his own without hesitating.
On the other side is Park Hyun-tae, played by Go Soo of Missing: The Other Side, Colony and Parole Examiner Lee. Hyun-tae is an executive director at Chronic Motors’ Seoul branch who rose through the ranks young, came back from the company’s European headquarters, and has long believed life is simpler without romantic complications. Sound like anyone? He’s essentially Yi-ji with a corner office.
That’s what makes this triangle more interesting than the usual younger-man-versus-rich-man setup. Hyun-tae is the mirror: he respects her competence and understands the demands of her career. Sun-woo is the road not taken, the guy sitting in a legal office while quietly holding on to a creative dream, which is exactly what Yi-ji gave up. Our money is on the intern being the one who forces her to rethink the plan.
The Team Behind the Script
Choi Ji-oh wrote the series, and it’s directed by Lee Hyung-min and Oh Song-hee. Lee’s credits include Strong Girl Bong-soon, Miss Night and Day and I’m Sorry, I Love You, so he knows how to balance big laughs with properly emotional beats. Oh directed The Escape of the Seven, a very different beast that suggests the show won’t shy away from tension.
Early word from the script reading has been warm. According to Korean reports, the production team said Park “perfectly portrayed a realistic character torn between work and love, earning praise from the staff,” and coverage of the session singled out the cast’s chemistry.
Treat that as expectation-setting rather than a review, since nobody outside the production has seen an episode yet. Still, a 12-episode run is a sweet spot for a workplace romance: long enough to let the triangle breathe, short enough to finish over the December school holidays.
Before You Hit Play
If you’re already watching Love in Disguise, which has been streaming on Prime Video since 19 October, Nine to Six slots neatly in as the gentler office-set follow-up. Episodes can be downloaded in the Prime Video app on phones and tablets for offline viewing at no extra cost, which is handy for the MRT commute home.
🗓️ Premiere: Wednesday, 25 November 2026
📺 Where to watch: Prime Video, in Singapore and more than 240 countries and territories, per Prime Video
🎬 Episodes: 12
💰 Price: S$4.99 a month in Singapore, according to Prime Video
📱 Offline viewing: Downloads on mobile and tablet in the Prime Video app at no additional cost
Nine to Six is built for anyone who has ever answered “Are you seeing anyone?” with a work update, and it pairs one of Korea’s most reliable rom-com leads with a love triangle where both men are a reflection of what Yi-ji could become. Add it to your watchlist on Prime Video now so it’s waiting for you on 25 November, and maybe leave the laptop shut for one evening that week!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Prime Video.
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