A collection of dramas with strong badass female leads. Whether they are beautiful, smart, ambitious, loyal, resourceful or all of the above, these dramas all have a heroine you can't help but root for!

A man chases a girl until she catches him

In Joseon Dynasty, there was a professional woman called Damo, a female detective. Along with maids and seamstresses, a woman with the status of a lowly citizen who was in charge of chores in the house of a government official was given the professional responsibility of the right to investigate. Women called Damo are said to have done their parts and have various investigative powers, such as investigating cases about women's quarters, collecting information through spying and interrogation, and searching for female suspects. Chae Ok, who worked as a Damo 300 years ago, should be more progressive than anyone else. Let's follow her exciting life!!

Damo

Young Jang Geum is caught up in palace strife, loses her parents, and enters the palace as a court lady of the royal kitchen. Jang Geum, possessing the finest palate, becomes a court lady of the royal kitchen recognized for her abilities in the palace. With her food, she pleases the royal family who has abstained from food and drink or is ill and saves the royal family fallen into crisis. She leaves the palace caught up in incidents that slander her, but Jang Geum overcomes adversity and begins life in the palace again as a nurse. With her special qualities of a challenging spirit and tenacity, Jang Geum masters remarkable medical treatments and begins to earn the king's trust.

Jewel in the Palace

The Jewel Polishing Team

The politics we have learned from books about social studies in school or from more difficult professional books in college should be the same as what we learned. But now, what does politics look like in reality? Are there no more dreams or hopes? Here, there is a mayor. The mayor is with a lot of affection. She always corrects her mistakes and starts anew. Whenever she has a chance, she carries a shopping cart. She says the gas price is too high when using the official car, so she uses a bicycle instead. She has boldly shaken off the tricks of conspiracy and party strategy. We dream that the cynicism and ignorance of the people who look at politics will be replaced with expectations and hopes through the success story of the erratic and pleasant mayor of a small town, City Hall.

City Hall

KBS2

During the Joseon Dynasty when women were not expected to be smart or allowed to be educated, Kim Yoon Hee (Park Min Young) was both. 

After her father passes away and her brother becomes ill, Yoon Hee disguises herself as a boy and takes on her brother’s identity to get odd jobs and help support her struggling family. When she realizes that there is good money to be made, Yoon Hee begins to take the entrance exams in the place of other students who want to get into the prestigious Sungkyunkwan University. 

During one such test, Yoon Hee is discovered to be perpetrating the illegal activity by the morally upright Lee Sun Joon (Park Yoochun), who threatens to turn her in. 

But believing that Yoon Hee is a boy, Sun Joon encourages her to take the test herself (with her brother’s identity). Both pass the exam and get into the university and become roommates. As Yoon Hee is now enjoying the glories of getting a higher education, she befriends the playboy Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) and the rebellious Moon Jae Shin (Yoo Ah In) and starts to develop feelings for Sun Joon – all the while trying to keep her true gender a secret from her new friends and the other male students. 

Can she keep up the charade long enough to get the education she desires and keep her emotions at bay? 

“Sungkyunkwan Scandal” is a 2010 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Won Suk and Hwang In Hyuk. It is based on the bestselling novel The Lives of SungKyunKwan Confucian Scholars by Jung Eon Gweol. The series won numerous drama awards, and Park Min Young and Park Yoochun received numerous Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Couple awards.

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

SBS, KOCOWA

A sense of justice and duty? Having only lived to do what she wants, Hye Ri is spoiled and has no concept about how the world works. Not caring about the suspect\u2019s circumstances and wanted to do everything by the book, Hye Ri nearly causes a disaster by carelessly taking the case documents of a celebrity and nearly losing it, which makes everyone sick of her. Realizing this truth later on, Hye Ri becomes determined to become what a prosecutor should be and falls for Prosecutor Yoon Se Joon when he rescues her from danger and tries to win him over.

Princess Prosecutor

Prince Charming Team

KBS02

Prince Su Yang\u2019s daughter, Se Ryeong, is very adventurous. Being curious about future husband, who is Kim Jong Seo\u2019s son Seung Yu, she pretends to be Princess Gyeong Hye for her lessons. Through this encounter, they both fall in love but as their love goes deeper, both of their families politically become sworn enemies. Se Ryeong hides her identity and risks her life to protect Seung Yu, but he is burning with a desire to avenge for his family and ends up hating Se Ryeong more. With her sacrifice and bravery, will Se Ryeong be able to stop the bloody revenge and will her love with Seung Yu continue on?

The Princess's Man

Ra Im dreamed of becoming a firefighter like her father, but she gave up on that dream after losing her father in a fire. Instead, she got to see Jong Soo, the action director, at a filming site while working part-time there. Since then, she has worked as a stuntwoman, aspiring to be the first female action director. Ju Won is a cranky and hysterical man who owns a department store. He is not keen on dating and thinks a marriage of convenience is the best romance. One day, their souls are switched, causing many unexpected incidents to happen. It's only when their souls are switched that they begin a journey to look for their true selves. While they struggle to take their bodies back, they mature, and their romance blooms.

Secret Garden

SG Team

The frivolous prince of South Korea gets involved with the strongest North Korean special force officer at the World Officer Championship! Lee Jae Ha, the South Korean Prince, loves goofing around and has no interest in state affairs at all. Kim Hang Ah, the first female drill sergeant of the North Korean special force, dreams of finding her Mr. Right and getting married to him. Army officers from 16 countries gather for the World Officer Championship, and South and North Korea enter as one team for the first time. There, Hang Ah and Jae Ha get to share a room, but their start as a team doesn\u2019t seem smooth at all.

The King 2 Hearts

The King's Lovers Team

MBC, KOCOWA

There has been a prophecy throughout the Silla era that the royal blood won't have male descendants once twins are born in the royal family. When the twin daughters, Cheonmyeong and Deokman, are born, King Jinpyeong hides Deokman away from Silla and makes her live in the Taklamakan Desert in China, making it impossible for Mishil to trace her. Deokman starts to wonder about her origin and birth, so she disguises herself as a man and enters Silla. Princess Cheonmyeong believes Deokman is a man, so she has Deokman be a member of Hwarang. At Hwarang, Deokman meets Yusin, who contributes to the unification of the three countries afterward, and cooperates with him to drag Mishil down. Amidst the conflict with Mishil, Deokman's identity as a princess of Silla is revealed. When Deokman escapes to live, she meets Bidam, the son Mishil has abandoned. Deokman joins hands with Yusin and Bidam to topple Mishil. Check out if Deokman succeeds in becoming a clever leader to rebuild Silla.

The Great Queen Seondeok

Queen for Seven Days is a historical drama that draws attention to the Queen who was dethroned from her position after merely just seven days during the Joseon dynasty. While she was on the throne, Lady Shin, or Queen Dan Gyeong, is said to have been forcibly expelled from the palace by her political rivals. She's been known to be the shortest person to have reigned as a Queen in the history of Korea. It's also been known that the King and the Queen spent the rest of their lives longing for each other after she was dethroned and abandoned. Unlike how everyone else used to look at him with fear in their eyes, Lee Yung met a young woman who reached out to him first. For her, he desired to become a good king, but the world was too cruel to him. This fictional drama focuses on the love and struggle of the woman who was unwillingly drawn into the political world.

Queen for Seven Days

The History Tellers

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Dae Woong dreams of becoming an action movie star. He goes to a temple to pursue this dream, where he releases a nine-tailed fox trapped in a painting for 500 years. Even though she has collected the life force of 100 men for youth and eternal life, the nine-tailed fox does not intend to steal Dae Woong\u2019s energy, yet ends up losing her orb to him due to an accident. To reclaim it, she sticks close by, learning that if Dae Woong bears the orb inside for 100 days, she can become a human being. With her life in peril and sweet strife while living together, can the nine-tailed fox actually become human?

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

Team Gumiho

Louis, a young and handsome heir of vast business empire, who lived a luxurious life happens to become a homeless by a car accident that caused him to loose his memories. He meets an angelic country girl who agrees to take care of him until he finds out his real identity. She tries to teach homeless Louis on right amount of spending, but she is astounded by his spending habits, never knowing his real identity before he lost the memory.

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