Happy International Women's Day!

Check out our women's appreciation binge-list featuring all our favorite female leads -- strong, sweet, lovable, BOSS, funny -- from Viki's top dramas, curated just for you!

Viki Celebrates Women

Former special forces member turned liquor salesperson Chae Yong Ju (Kim Se Jeong) is her company's top seller, known for her energetic personality and incredible strength, although she tends to put her own feelings aside to help others. However, when her company branch is at risk of closing down, Yong Ju is willing to do whatever it takes to keep it open. She decides to recruit Yun Min Ju (Lee Jong Won), an up-and-coming brewmaster who makes incredible beer, but the task is harder than it looks: Min Ju lives a quiet, rural life, keeping to himself to avoid becoming overstimulated by others' emotions. Can these two opposites find a way to work together – and will learning how to let each other in lead them to love? This 2024 Korean drama was directed by Park Seon Ho.

Brewing Love

🍺 Craft Love 🍻 Team

Hunan TV

Xie Xiaofei (Huang Zi Tao), the reluctant heir to a global business empire, finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Tong Wei (Yang Mi), a professional hired to represent his family's company during negotiations. Despite their initial friction, romantic feelings begin to develop between them. When Xie's family discovers their budding relationship, they strictly forbid the couple from dating. Undeterred by family opposition, the pair must navigate complex personal and professional challenges. A sequel to 2016's "The Interpreter," this drama explores love's ability to overcome familial and corporate barriers. "Negotiator" is a 2018 Viki Original Chinese drama directed by Liu Yizhi.

Negotiator

Kang Ji Yun (Han Ji Min) is the confident and accomplished CEO of a leading headhunting firm. Despite working in a fiercely competitive industry, Ji Yun thrives and dedicates herself fully to her work. However, she's completely lost with even the simplest daily task outside of work. This is where her secretary Yu Eun Ho (Lee Jun Hyuk) shines: he's an extremely capable worker, and raising his six-year-old child alone helped him further develop life skills that transfer seamlessly to organizing Ji Yun's life. But as the line between their professional and personal relationship begins to blur, something else seems to spark between them!

Love Scout

🎯Heart Headhunters💘

TrueID

While helping her friend out at a technology showcase, aspiring business owner Pafun (Belle Kemisara Paladesh) runs into her estranged sister Alice (Goy Arachaporn Pokinpakorn), now a successful young entrepreneur. Alice invites Pafun to her birthday party, and Pafun says she'll bring her boyfriend Korn. However, Pafun's never met Korn before, and to make matters worse, he isn't even real – he was concocted by Pafun's grandmother and venture capitalist Jiraphat (Great Sapol Assawamunkong) to comfort her during her parents' divorce fifteen years ago, based off of a newspaper article about a young genius. To cover up his ruse, Jiraphat manages to find the real Korn (Up Poompat Iam-samang), the founder and CEO of a struggling AI startup, and persuades him to pose as Pafun's penpal. When Pafun, Alice, Korn, and Jiraphat all end up working at the same tech incubator, will they manage to achieve their career dreams, or will their pasts prove to be too much to overcome? This 2024 Thai drama was directed by Itt Cheewatan Pusitsuksa, adapted from the 2020 Korean drama of the same name.

Start-Up

In a grand court contest, the unassuming Li Wei (Tian Xi Wei) is unexpectedly chosen to marry Yin Zheng (Bai Jing Ting), the least favored of six royal heirs. Initially thrust into a marriage of political convenience, their union seems doomed, but they form a genuine connection as they navigate their new roles and learn about each other. With Yin Zheng relegated to menial tasks and Li Wei longing for a quiet life outside the royal family, their growing bond might just be the key to transforming their lives and helping the realm’s ordinary citizens. Will their unexpected romance defy the odds and spark meaningful change? This 2022 Chinese drama series was directed by Zhao Qichen, adapted from the novel “Time Travel to the Daily Life of the Qing Dynasty” by Duo Mu Mu Duo.

New Life Begins

✨ The Marvellous ✨ Team 

Tencent TV

In the tumultuous era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, three Dugu sisters—Dugu Banruo (Ady An), Dugu Mantuo (Li Yi Xiao), and Dugu Jialou (Hu Bing Qing)—are bound by a prophecy: "He who has Dugu, has the world". Daughters of a court official, they grow up with beauty, intelligence, and a vow to remain loyal. As time passes, their paths diverge dramatically. Banruo becomes an ambitious woman determined to become empress at any cost, Mantuo seeks wealth and power to escape her lowly birth, and Jialou remains a gentle, peace-loving scholar. Caught in a web of political intrigue and power struggles, the sisters find themselves at the center of historical upheaval that will forever change their lives and the fate of their world. This is a 2018 historical fiction drama directed by Hou Shu Pei and Lan Zhi Wei.

The Legend of Dugu

JTBC

Born from a long line of women gifted with monumental strength, Do Bong Soon (Park Bo Young) is far from ordinary. Only able to use her power for good, Bong Soon agrees to work as a bodyguard for Ahn Min Hyeok (Park Hyung Sik), the recently endangered chaebol heir and CEO of gaming company Ainsoft. With dreams of developing a video game of her own, Bong Soon hopes that by working with Min Hyeok, she’ll find a way to turn her dreams into reality. Meanwhile, her childhood friend, Detective Gook Doo (Ji Soo), is on the hunt for a kidnapper whose path soon crosses with Bong Soon. Using her gifts for the greatest good, will Bong Soon find her life full of everything she’s dreamed of and more? This is a 2017 South Korean romantic comedy series directed by Lee Hyung Min.

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Small but Mighty Team

Legendary K-pop idol producer Kang Soo Hyun's (Go Hyun Jung) life and career are in shambles after a false accusation gets her ousted from Pandora Entertainment, a company she helped build. As the breadwinner of her family, she's desperate to find a way back into work to support her family, as her husband (Yoon Sang Hyun) gave up his career as a music producer to care for their son who lost his hearing in his childhood after a car accident. She decides to recruit music prodigy and former idol hopeful Yoo Jin Woo (Ryeo Un), who was also recently dropped by Pandora after failing to make debut lineups despite ten years of training, determined to finally make him into a star. Can Soo Hyun and Jin Woo find a way to help each other out and move past their hurt?

Namib

🎼Dreams&Second Chances✨

Cha Eun Gyeong (Jang Na Ra), a star lawyer with 17 years of experience, is renowned for her no-nonsense approach and dedication to her firm’s success. However, her personal life begins to unravel, adding new layers of complexity to her professional challenges. Amidst this turmoil, she encounters Han Yu Ri (Nam Ji Hyun), a rookie lawyer with a strong sense of justice and a fresh perspective. Unlike Eun Gyeong, Yu Ri prioritizes her clients’ needs and is determined to fight against injustice, leading to frequent clashes with the veteran lawyer. Despite their differences, the two women gradually learn to draw strength and inspiration from each other, transforming their initial friction into a powerful partnership. Kim Ga Ra directed this 2024 South Korean law office series.&nbsp;

Good Partner

✨ The Marvellous ✨ team

Hunan Satellite

Qiao Fei (Yang Mi), a determined French postgraduate student, aspires to become a professional interpreter. Her mentor, Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan), a genius French interpreter and son of a foreign minister, initially challenges her but gradually develops a connection. Their budding romance faces complications when Qiao Fei's ex-boyfriend Gao Jia Ming (Gao Wei Guang) is revealed to be Jia Yang's adopted brother, and Jia Yang's family prefers Wen Xiao Hua (Zhou Qi Qi) as a more suitable match. Supported by his friend Wang Xu Dong (Zhang Yun Long), Jia Yang must decide whether to follow his heart or conform to family expectations. This is a 2016 Chinese drama series based on the novel "Les Interprètes" by Miao Juan, directed by Wang Ying.

The Interpreter

The Lost in Translation Team

While Wu Xiu Ya's (Li Geng Xi) life seems perfect on the outside, she can't help but feel frustrated and stifled, constantly putting her own opinions and desires aside to make her family, coworkers, and boyfriend happy. When her high school friend Shi Ye (Wei Da Xun) invites her to his stand-up comedy show, something sparks to life within her – inspired by being in a space where people can freely express themselves, she impulsively grabs the mic from Shi Ye and vents about her problems. To her surprise, the audience seems to love it, and Xiu Ya can't get enough. Will this new interest help Xiu Ya find her own voice?

Later, I Laughed

😜 Laugh It Off 🎤

Youku

When the human queen gives birth to twins Qing Kui (He Xuan Lin) and Ye Tan (Landy Li), they become admired princesses. Qing Kui is destined to marry heavenly prince Xuan Shang Jun (Chen Xing Xu), while Ye Tan is to wed demon prince Chao Feng (Luke Chen). On the way to their weddings, their palanquins are mixed up, leading to mismatched marriages. Though mismatched, romance begins to blossom between the couples. With trouble brewing in the four realms, can their love survive? Adapted from the novel by Yi Du Jun Hua, this 2023 Chinese fantasy romance drama was directed by Chu Yui Bun.

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