Disney+ begins Production of Korean Version of "The Americans"

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Lee Byung-hun, Han Jimin Begin Production on Disney+ K-Drama "The Koreans", Reimagining of FX’s "The Americans"
by Naman Ramachandran
March 24, 2026


Disney+ has begun production on “The Koreans”, a reimagining of the acclaimed FX series “The Americans”, with Lee Byung-hun and Han Jimin set to star as North Korean spies living undercover in South Korea.

“The Koreans” will release exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the U.S.



Set against the wave of democratization and cultural modernization that swept through South Korea in the early 1990s, the series centers on a middle-class family concealing a treasonous secret. Though appearing to be ordinary citizens to their friends, neighbors and even their own children, both parents are in fact elite North Korean operatives working to destabilize the South from within.

The series will track the pair as they are pulled between allegiance to their homeland, their sense of self and their bonds as a family, while a relentless Korean counterintelligence agent edges closer to exposing them.

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