Korean dramas do have various genres and interesting themes, one of the interesting themes among many other themes is women empowerment. Women empowerment is a way for women to gain recognition and self-awareness of their potential in facing the realities of a world full of biased gender confrontations.
Korean dramas with the theme of women empowerment themselves will usually tell the inspirational stories of women shops who are tough and can achieve success in their lives, although to achieve this there are many obstacles and challenges they face.
The following are a series of Korean dramas with the theme of women empowerment that you can try to watch this March to celebrate International Women's Day some time ago!
When The Camellia Blooms
The drama that aired on KBS2 in 2019 tells the story of a single mother named Dong Baek, played by Gong Hyo Jin. He lives in the Onsan area and runs a bar-restaurant called Camellia. Apart from being busy taking care of his business, Dong Baek also takes care of his only child, Pil Gu.
Dong Baek's life in the area is not easy because he is often gossiped about by the local community and has to face various societal stigmas, as well as a serial killer who is after his life.
This drama has succeeded in attracting the attention of the Korean people because it raises interesting social themes and issues into the storyline, such as the views or stigma of society towards single mothers who often corner women who become single mothers.
In addition, this drama also discusses the importance of healthy relationships so that women can love themselves.
VIP
The next women empowerment themed drama is VIP, played by Jang Nara and Lee Sang Yoon as well as a number of other well-known actors and actresses. VIP tells the story of a married couple Park Sung Joon and Na Jung Soon who both work as a team serving VIP customers at a shopping center.
However, their relationship as a married couple is threatened with destruction when their husband, Park Sung Joon, turns out to be having an affair. VIP became one of the dramas that managed to drain the audience's emotions with the conflict of infidelity.
Even so, the sub-themes in this drama are realistic which are often faced by women, such as the difficulties experienced by working mothers, the existence of gender discrimination in the workplace, to the stigma that is often faced by victims of sexual harassment.
Search: WWW
The drama that aired on tvN in 2019 featured three tough and charismatic women who are guaranteed to make viewers aspire to be cool like them.
Starring Im Soo Jung, Lee Da Hee, and Jeon Hye Jin, the drama Search: WWW tells the story of three women who work and compete at two well-known web portal companies. The storyline in this drama is very thick with the elements of women empowerment.
Through Search: WWW, viewers are shown that women can achieve success if they don't experience gender discrimination that is common in the workplace and sexism, besides this drama also shows that it's okay for women to have their own different opinions about marriage.
ecause This Is My First Life
Because This is My First Life is a drama that aired in 2017 on tvN and stars a series of well-known actors and actresses such as Lee Min Ki, Jung So Min, ESom, Park Byung Eun, Kim Ga Eun, and Kim Min Seok. With a romantic comedy genre, this drama tells the story of a female writer and a single man who get married to find a place to live.
Not only telling about the love line of the main players, but this drama also shows the reality of women's lives where discrimination can be done unknowingly to other unmarried women.
In addition, in this drama the audience is also shown the difficulty of being a woman who lives in a thick patriarchal culture. Women's empowerment in this drama can be seen in the stories of the three main female characters, one of which is Soo Jin, who dares to reprimand the men at work who make bets about her.
Witch's Court
Witch's Court or Witch at Court is another drama from KBS with the theme of women empowerment. Tells the story of a materialistic female prosecutor named Ma Yi Deum who sometimes uses underhanded methods to win cases, until one day she is transferred to a division that specializes in sexual crimes.
After being in the division and handling sexual harassment cases, Yi Deum begins to change and begins to empathize and become an honest prosecutor. In this drama, viewers can see how cool Ma Yi Deum is as a female prosecutor who is smart and charismatic and is not afraid of men who threaten her.
In addition, the actress who played Ma Yi Deum, namely Jung Ryeo Won, won the Top Excellence Award at the 2017 KBS Drama Awards, and when receiving the award she spoke about sexual violence that should be strongly opposed. That's really cool!
Thirty-Nine
The drama that is currently airing on JTBC, played by popular actresses such as Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi Do, and Kim Ji Hyun, tells the story of the friendship of three girls who met in high school and continued until the three of them were 39 years old.
This drama shows the audience about women empowerment by showing how the three women have the power to regulate their lives, both inside and outside the home.
Not only that, this drama also gives a lot of messages to women to support each other or women support women and not to put other women down.
Kill Heel
The drama that aired on tvN also raised the theme of women empowerment where it tells the story of three women who have a strong desire to be able to achieve success in the home shopping industry.
Starring Kim Ha Neul, Lee Hye Young, and Kim Sung Ryung, the drama Kill Heel shows the theme of women empowerment from the point of view of women's right to have access to resources and opportunities to achieve their goals and interests.
In addition, the three characters in this drama are described as having high confidence to realize their dreams even though they have to compete with each other.
Those are seven Korean dramas with the theme of women empowerment, which can inspire women to become empowered women, not afraid to think and dream, and love themselves. Of the seven dramas above, which one is your favourite?