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Park Min-young and Yook Sung-jae’s Nine to Six premieres November 25

SBS’s office romance stars Park Min-young, Yook Sung-jae, Ko Soo and Joo Hyun-young. Check its Korean premiere time, characters and first workwear images.

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Park Min-young and Yook Sung-jae’s Nine to Six premieres November 25

Nine to Six (나인 투 식스), starring Park Min-young and Yook Sung-jae, is set to premiere on SBS in Korea on Wednesday, November 25 at 21:00. The office romance puts work, love and life balance together as a highly rational career woman meets a warm younger man.

Ko Soo and Joo Hyun-young join the main cast, and script-reading images and early character stills are available. There is still time before broadcast: these materials introduce roles and relationships, rather than proving how the story ends or how the finished series plays.

At a glance

  • Korean premiere: November 25, 2026, Wednesday at 21:00 on SBS; the same instant is 20:00 in Taiwan/Hong Kong and 19:00 in Thailand.
  • Main cast: Park Min-young, BTOB’s Yook Sung-jae, Ko Soo and Joo Hyun-young.
  • Directed by Lee Hyung-min and Oh Song-hee. Other territories’ platforms, subtitles and release times need separate official confirmation.

A rational manager and a warm newcomer

Park plays Kang Yi-ji (강이지), a precise workaholic who is less practised at love. Yook’s Han Seon-u (한선우) studied law and pursued jewellery design before circumstances bring him into a car company’s legal team, where their paths cross.

The interesting question is how each understands doing a job well. Efficiency and care need not exclude one another, but priorities can differ when facing the same problem. Actual compromises remain to be seen; the rational/emotional contrast does not establish who changes whom.

The relationships extend beyond the central pair

Ko Soo plays department head Park Hyeon-tae (박현태), who evaluates employees through ability, bringing management and assessment into the picture. Joo plays Shin Ji-won (신지원), a close friend with whom the heroine can discuss romance outside the office.

Kim Mi-kyung and other cast members add family and workplace relationships. A reading is an initial presentation, not a review of a finished drama. Remembering each role can help viewers later assess whether relationships develop beyond their first impressions.

Nine to Six cast at the script reading
Nine to Six cast at the script reading

Bobs, suits and backpacks introduce a working identity

Park’s first stills use a neat bob and tailoring, while Yook appears in a dark suit with a backpack as a newcomer. Clothing can help read a character: shoulders, jacket length and carried objects create different identities within office dress, without becoming an exact-product shopping list.

Korea’s 21:00 corresponds to 20:00 in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but a time-zone conversion does not promise a local platform’s simultaneous release. Check territory, subtitles and access requirements before saving a viewing appointment; television broadcast and streaming availability are separate.

Yook Sung-jae in a suit and backpack in Nine to Six
Yook Sung-jae in a suit and backpack in Nine to Six

Questions answered

When does it premiere?

November 25, Wednesday, 21:00 on SBS in Korea: the same instant is 20:00 in Taiwan/Hong Kong and 19:00 in Thailand.

Who do Park and Yook play?

Park plays rational worker Kang Yi-ji; Yook plays warm Han Seon-u, who joins a car company’s legal team.

Is simultaneous Taiwan streaming confirmed?

Do not infer it from the Korean time. Confirm the local platform’s schedule, subtitles and access terms separately.

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