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15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Earlier Korean dramas are always surrounded by romance, where a young and innocent girl falls for a rich, spoiled, and cold-hearted guy. The first Korean drama that comes to my mind is Boys Over Flower. Now, things are changing where Korean filmmakers are more focused on developing strong and inspiring female leads rather than weak and innocent girl. I’ll share with you the 15 Korean dramas with strong female leads of 2020.

Crash Landing On You

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Se Ri (Son Ye Jin) played the role of a successful, beautiful, and fearless South Korean businesswoman. She has everything except the love of her family. Being the illegitimate daughter she grew up feeling lonely and outcast within her own family. She also struggles with suicidal thoughts.

Even after all these difficulties she is independent and builds her own business empire and brand. One day he ends up crash-landed in North Korea her will to survive in the most dangerous country inspires a lot.

It’s Okay To Not Be Okay

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Ko Moon Yeong (Seo Ye Ji) is a successful children’s book author, but she is suffering from an antisocial personality disorder. She is extremely selfish, arrogant, rude, and confident but at the same time, she is bold, fearless, sexy, vulnerable, and haunted by her past. From the starting of the drama Moon Yeong’s character draw your attention. This drama also focuses on the mental health of the person.

Hospital Playlist

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Chae Song Hwa (Jeon Mi Do) is a neurosurgeon. She is the most sensible person in the group and the only female in the group. She loves to purchase camping supplies in her free time. I am sure many female viewers get envious of Song Hwa because she has four reliable male friends who care for her. Song Hwa is one of those inspiring female lead who is very successful in her job and still does the things that she wants to do.

Fans are eagerly waiting for season 2 of Hospital Playlist Korean drama after the success of Season 1.

Tale Of The Nine-Tailed

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah) is a smart producer at a broadcasting company. She lost her parents in a tragic car accident. Although her parents die their bodies were not found. Ji Ah believes her parents are still alive. She is desperately finding her parents for more than 20 years. While working on a mission, Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook) and Ji Ah meet. She resembles Yeon’s past lover of Ah Eum.

Hi Bye Mama!

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Cha Yu Ri (Kim Tae Hee) dies in an accident, but she is watching over her family as a ghost for five years. She is funny, caring, sensitive, and looks at what’s best for her people. Through a reincarnation project, Yu Ri got a chance to become human again only if she manages to “get her place back” within 49 days.

Backstreet Rookie

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Jung Saet Byul (Kim Yoo Jung) is a 22-year-old young woman. After her father’s death, she drops her school to support her younger sister. She is very good in a fight and loves flowers. She works as a promotion queen before working as a part-timer at the convenience store. Saet Byul’s character is very inspiring, not only in fighting but also in how a girl is supporting her younger sister in her education and other things.

Lies After Lies

Ji Eun Soo Lies after lies 2020

Ji Eun Soo (Lee Yoo Ri) is the daughter-in-law of a rich family, but suddenly becomes the murder of her husband. She is sent to prison for killing her husband. She is pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl in the prison. She spending 10 years in prison, with the hope that she will meet her daughter after she came back from prison. This drama shows how a mother wants to become her own daughter’s stepmother. She is so desperate to become her own daughter’s stepmother, she just wants to stay close with her daughter at any cost.

The World Of The Married

Jin Sun Woo the world of married 2020

Jin Sun Woo (Kim Hee Ae) is a renowned family medicine doctor and the associate director of the Family Love Hospital. She has everything in her life a perfect family and a successful career. But still, she is betrayed by her husband and other people. One day she discovers that her husband is having an affair.

After the betrayed by her husband she wants to take revenge and ruin the lives of the people who have hurt her. 

Into The Ring

Goo Se Ra Into the ring 2020

Goo Se Ra (Nana) has done many part-time jobs after her graduation. She is also known as the ‘Queen of Civil Complaints’. Se Ra can’t stand for the injustice that’s why she frequently got fired from her jobs. She came from a poor family, and she is very determined to earn a lot of money. Se Ra took a stand for herself as well as for others against injustices.

The King: Eternal Monarch

Jeong Tae Eul the king eternal monarch 2020

Jeong Tae Eul (Kim Go Eun) is a police officer. She is an Inspector in the Violent Crimes Squad and she takes her work very seriously. From her young age, she is very good at fighting because her father is a Tae Kwon Do instructor and he trained her from a young age. After Lee Gon (Lee Min Ho) she discovers that there is a parallel world. Tae Eul is a bold and fearless officer.

Itaewon Class

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Jo Yi Seo (Kim Da Mi) is a heartless and straight-forward woman, at the same time she is a smart and ambitious young woman. One day, she decides to help Sae Ro Yi (Park Seo Joon) is running his own bar and help him in franchising his business. She is a social media influential but her lack of empathy behavior ends up believing that she is a sociopath. Later, her character changes and she starts caring for her coworkers.

Birthcare Center

Hyun Jin Birthcare center 2020

Hyun Jin (Uhm Ji Won) is the youngest executive in her company whereas the oldest mother in the postnatal center. She is a workaholic woman, that’s why she is working until her baby is due. After becoming a mother her life totally changes and now life revolves around her son. Hyun Jin is the only mother in the center who is having very difficulties to look after her own baby. This drama shows the challenges and difficulties mothers face during pregnancy and post-delivery. 

Hyun Ji inspires all the young mothers who are working and who face problems in taking care of their children. Mother is also as important as their child and gives the message that it’s okay to feel uncontrolled, confused.

Search

15 Korean Dramas With Strong Female Leads of 2020

Son Ye Rim (Krystal) is the first lieutenant of the special operations force unit. She is currently an officer at the KCST Command Center. In the special assignment, she joins as a special officer. There she meets her ex-boyfriend Yong Dong Jin. Search Korean drama is full of interesting characters and surprises. The whole series is about the military operation. Krystal’s visuals in the drama are so amazing and she looks stunning in the military uniform.

18 Again

Jung Da Jung 18 again 2020

Jung Da Jung (Kim Ha Neul) plays the role of a bold, strong, and cheerful woman. She is a good mother, wife, friend, and daughter-in-law. In her teenage, she is very popular in her school. She falls in love with the popular basketball player Hong Dae Young. Before they complete high school, she got pregnant with Hong Dae Young’s twins. After that, her life totally changes and she has to delay her dream to become a news anchor. She inspires every woman that any difficulties didn’t come in her way if you are determined to achieve your dream. Finally, she achieves her dream and now she’s a JBC intern.

The Uncanny Counter

Do Ha Na  The uncanny counter 2020

Do Ha Na (Kim Se Jeong) is a member of Counter and works in Eonni’s Noodle shop. She hates when someone touches her because doesn’t want anyone to read her memory. Her family dies and she is the only member who is alive. Being a counter she has the ability to evil spirits that enter the Territory. She can read the memories and can enter into those. You can also watch this Korean drama on Netflix.

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