The Art of Negotiation EP 10 grabs new Best-Ever ratings as Kdrama heads into series finale

With only two more episodes to release, the superb Korean drama The Art of Negotiation, Episode 10 aired on Sunday night in South Korea to its best-ever ratings.

Those ratings saw a big jump from its already excellently-rated previous episode, both from nationwide viewers and those in the Seoul region of the country.

According to Nielsen Korea, The Art of Negotiation, Episode 10 grabbed 8.80 percent of the audience share — nicely up from its best ever Saturday ratings of 6.93 percent.

But, viewers in Seoul tuned into the Korean business-themed drama in even higher numbers.

In that region, Episode 10 grabbed an even higher 9.54 percent — which is up from Episode 9’s viewership of 7.06 percent, and only a fraction away from its first-ever double digit rating in that region.

Fingers crossed it will get there next week!

The Art of Negotiation on Most Buzzworthy Drama list

As if the ever increasing ratings for the K-drama weren’t excellent enough, the latest Most Buzzworthy Drama list is out via Good Data Corporation, and The Art of Negotiation is nicely sitting at #4.

Unsurprisingly, star Lee Je Hoon is also at #7 on their Most Buzzworthy Actors‘ list although, frankly, I think he should have been higher, and several other actors from the drama should have also been in the Top 10. (Looking at you Sung Dong Il and Kim Dae Myyeung).

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The final two episodes of The Art of Negotiation are due to air next Saturday and Sunday — April 12th and 13th, 2025 — both on JTBC in South Korea, and on Viki internationally.

Yep, I will be sad, as this one has been one of the most riveting Korean dramas of the year so far, won’t you?

And, yes, on Viki, the Korean drama is still earning a very high 9.7 out of 10 rating from the almost 1,000 people that have rated it so far.

Now, check out the trailer for Episode 11 below as things start to ramp up even more for its series finale. And yes, the English subtitles are “AI-d”, but they are largely understandable.

Update: The Art of Negotiation has also just hit #2 on the April Drama Brand Reputation Rankings chart. Yay!