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Rising star Go Youn-jung shines as rookie doctor

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May 08, 2025

Set in the fictitious South Korean hospital Jongno Yulje Medical Centre, Resident Playbook is a spin-off of the popular Hospital Playlist series (2020 to 2021).

- Joanne Soh Lifestyle Correspondent

Rising star Go Youn-jung shines as rookie doctor

that revolves around the first-year residents being put through the wringer. Expect lots of drama as the quartet – played by Go Youn-jung, Shin Si-a, Kang You-seok and Han Ye-ji – bumble through their tasks, are constantly scolded by their superiors, and learn to get along with one another.

Here are three reasons you should stream this 12-episode K-drama on Netflix.

A star on the rise Since Go's show-business debut in 2019, the 29-year-old has been making her mark in high-profile shows, the last being 2023's science-fiction drama Moving.

Her Resident Playbook character Oh Yi-young is apathetic and disinterested, and drags herself to work because she needs to pay off her mounting credit card debt.

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