InspectorMegre

me too. If you search the web for "enpowered FL in kdramas" The Glory comes up as "mastermind revenge" but imo a revenge does not qualify as "enpowerment" it is FAKE enpowerment, it qualifies as a skilled mean coldblooded destroyer LOL so I would not list it here

It is great to see a list like that, and it can become many smaller lists with separate focus. I think the list needs to be updated and expanded. I have seen this list before. Imo it needs to be updated, as new dramas keep coming out. Also, the original list does not show enough kdramas. I am not sure if you are set on just high profile women as role models - there is enpowernment to be seen in female roles that are lower key

These are new dramas that I would add to the list, and the role models range from moms going back to work to high profile financial officials and CEOs:

- TO THE MOON! 2025 kdrama about 3 women office workers who invest in crypto and achieve financial independence. One is mature, one is in 30s, and one a frilly 20s... https://mydramalist.com/779230-let-s-go-to-the-moon

- UNDERCOVER MISS HONG very highly popular, 2025 kdrama has 4 women (and a kid :)) who live in a dorm for a while, bond well, and bust out the crimeA famous financial officer working undercover (in 30s), a very successful con-artist disguised as a secretary, a naive chaebol heiress (in her 20s), and a single and poor mom who loses her job and tries to commit suicide - and comes back https://mydramalist.com/786716-miss-undercover-boss

- DON'T CALL ME MA'AM! 2025 kdrama is about 3 women in their 30s -40s who are old time friends and achieve success. Stay-at-home-mom goes back to work and then opens her own successful online business. https://mydramalist.com/781436-because-there-is-no-next-life

- SALON DE HOLMES 2025 kdrama is about a group of housewives in an apartment complex who successfully solve various crime cases.
https://mydramalist.com/751051-salon-de-holmes

- LOVE SCOUT 2025 kdrama is about a successful female CEO, owner of a medium sized business of a high and sensitive profile. The drama shows her struggles in reaching th top and staying there
https://mydramalist.com/756733-greetings

-TEMPEST 2025 kdrama about FL, a high level governmnt person who stops terrorist attacks, goes for the S Korea presidency and wins https://mydramalist.com/750097-polaris

- These are dramas I found by searching, so I hope it is good. SEARCH: WWWW (women in high positions in high-tech) https://mydramalist.com/32007-www MY NAME (gangster woman underover in police to find out and revenge those who killed her father - hm an not sure about that... ), AGENCY (first female CEO), HELLBOUND (attorney working against an alien invasion), LITTLE WOMEN (3 nobodies who fight the largest conglomerate). EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO (autistic attorney FL)

- MOTHER 2018 kdrama shows a single professional woman who risks her career and life, and fights child abuse and dodges sex-trafficking/organ donation crime to save a "stranger" child from being abused to death
https://mydramalist.com/21308-mother

- Rookie Historian 2019 highly popular Joseon period historical drama that talks about a woman who managed to live a professional life at the Court and influence the politics. There are few othistorical dramas about empowered women so it is worth adding at least one to the list. https://mydramalist.com/33249-rookie-historian-goo-hae-ryun
Also, kdrama Knight's flower is about a female Robin Hood . https://mydramalist.com/743683-flowers-that-bloom-at-night
Recently there was To My Beloved Thief, where FL is an eunio (slave child conceived between slave mother and house master) and she becomes a doctor that works in the Court's clinic, etc. and eventually brings her darling prince to the throne and becomes King's side chick :) still keeping her independence and living free and single as a doctor. https://mydramalist.com/779214-my-secret-romance
There is also HAUNTED PALACE about a very successful female shaman who saves the kingdom and tames an unruly Imugi https://mydramalist.com/769825-return-to-the-palace

SO THERE ARE LOTS OF KDRAMAS to pick from and I am surprised there is a small percentage of kdramas on the original list.
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I am not a cdrama fan but I would think that communism recently produced some strong role models... there must be at least some martial arts or CEO dramas ...? no?

I don't remember details of Red Lantern anymore, I watched it zillion years ago, but I DO remember being horrified about the subjugation of women and dirty fights between enslaved women to climb up by being closer to their slave-master husband. How can THAT drama be on this enpowerment list?? I did not see it as a "female enpowerment" movie at all. To me it is equivalent to the Turkish series Suleiman The Magnificent and the story of Roxana. It is super slimey dark and awful HAREM story, just like the Red Lantern.
TO ME, HAREM WOMEN ARE **NOT** ROLE MODELS FOR ENPOWERMENT bc the only thing they can do is manipulate the harem owner - often by sexual charms - and dirty scheme to destroy other women in the harem. It is always creepy and disgusting. So no thanks to Red Lantern...

The Glory is not about enpowerment, it is about revenge. Sure it is mastermind revenge so the Web lists it as enpowernment. But.... what kind of power is revenge???? So I am not sure it belongs on this list. i would say it does NOT. S Korea has many more dramas that showcase woman in a better light, I listed some on the top of this post.

So in summary, I hope the list provided gets updated and expanded. Thank you.

Mad Concrete Dreams turned into an AMAZING thriller in ep 4. It is a total masterpiece. The rug was pulled under the audience and EVERYTHING TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT THAN IT SEEMED. Ppl should watch this amazing unique drama, and it should have much higher ratings.

I nicknamed this drama MAD DOMINO EFFECTS :) bc the domino effect keeps happening like an avalanche
my gosh the script is masterful, so tight and suspenseful

The name of this drama is Mad Domino Effects lmao
By definition of this drama, every problem gets blown up :) and more and more and more people are drawn in to kill and destroy out of their personal interest...
and everyone shows their true colors. The policewoman showed what she is ready to do to revenge her dead love

The RichDaughter showed that she is the same as her mother, will buy murder for money to suit her wants

I dont think ANYTHING will get solved lol for a whole as this hurricane blows from category 1 to category 15 :)

and I am not sure how it will all quiet down.. !!!! They might be able to escape ??? like in that Swedish movie The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - that is a HILARIOUS movie of th similar vibe like this one, and yeah the thieves got away with it - but this drama is different bc the leads DID commit crime.. That Swedish movie is about leads finding a suitcase full of money and running away with it without harming anyone

Most likely, Bucket will blurt it :) or someone will overhear... or FINALLY they will trace the IP address of the person who posted the video... I am surprised they did not find out yet... They WILL :)

And after all their good actions just before this, when I thought they gave up doing nasty - they came back with this stupidity...

YES CABBAGE YOUR LIFE IS GREAT! lmao so funny

I put this into a list and will probably update it later https://mydramalist.com/profile/InsoectorMegre/fee

The really FUN and WARM "happy" family dramas without any thriller elements are
- Twinkling Watermellon,
- Making Family c-k drama,
- 2016 kmovie Familyhood
- Undercover miss Hong recent kdrama might be good
- Familiar Wife is hilarious - adn true and educational LOL
- Spring Fever is great too - it is technically a rom com but it is really a very warm and loving family drama
- Positively Yours, the same reason, and also
- Sorry but not Sorry
- Cabbage It just started and it is great!
- Love Tracks are great too and some are about families
- Thai movie That Crazy thing Called Love https://mydramalist.com/9855-crazy-little-thing-called-love

- First Man - a current daily - has some of it but I am not sure if it is enough FUN... The acting and plot are all pretty good... And it has some dangerous crime... nothing too scary though, luckily!!!!!! some daily dramas can get really gross!!!!
Daily dramas ARE family dramas too but for some reason, dailies seem to cater to lower impulses and are often based on bloody "all consuming' revenge - I am watching First Man and am horrified by the comments from the audience requesting that kind of revenge bc First Man is very lovey dovey LOL you might like it.
-Hitman agent Jun talks about a family of ex special forces - it has some fights but is fun and warm rumboctious comedy
- Return of high school gangster is also comedic warm "family" drama
- Mermaid 2014 movie from StephenChow from Hong Kong is also a ... family of sorts :) movie

The older family dramas that you might like are
- Once Again
- Five Enough, but they are not as FUN as this one ; also
- My Father is Strange,
- All About my Mother are good too but not as light as this one

If you really like FUN and kinda sorta "family situations" then you might like even
- Potato Lab,
- My Dearest Nemesis.
- Yumi's Cells season 1 (season 2 is aggsh toxic) etc. the animations are hilarious and educational. The drama itself is not too light bc it is rom com about 2 mismatched immature ppl who somehow managed to date for 1 yr before falling apart. But the CELLS are fun to watch

On my profile I have a list of favorites, so check it out.. Also my Plan to Watch llist has some good recoms I got from other ppl

check out korean time. It is listed on the MDL schedule. It shows on Sat and Sun evening korean time, but it takes several hours at least to get eng sub

yeah it is surprising that the KIDS are upholding the war... That one plus FL...
and I dislike that his mom is a pushover and just lets him force her to behave as an enemy

It will happen for sure :) sooner or later :) and it HAS to happen bc then they can really make up for real. Right now it is still fake e.g. stepmom is still saying no marriage into the other family :)

Yedra, we gotta rate this a lot higher, this is one awesome drama!!!!

she isnt anymore LOL she never was :)

Yup I was right!!!! watch the end of ep 6

I like your way of thinking. I was making a rather fast comment.
To be honest, I dont think that mom COULD have been saved bc she was just too evil.
And our damsel in distress daughter is now showing her true colors, she is JUST LIKE her mom, buys anything for money. That was bound to happen sooner or later.

So basically everyone who died so far showed their true colors. The cafe owner was too greedy.. The RichMom was too greedy... They deserved their death. They were playing with fire...

Rich Daughter is now going to transform into her real self, and that real self is evil just like her mother.

It is good everyone is showing who they are - and it is bad it is happening in this way but there was apparently no other way for all this muck to come up the surface and be healed.

wow i dont even know what to say to this... tangled triller.... !!!! ....a whole bunch of amateurs just ... wow... exploding things KABOOM!!!! things are just flying off!!!!! crazy insane

This is an amazing kdrama for sure! should be at least 9 stars

all of the above :)

you havent seen the peek yet - this keeps on peeking lol

police fling will explode at some point :) dont worry nothing here is random :) havent we learned that so far :)