5 K-Dramas With Badass Female Leads With a Happy Ending

K-dramas are a huge part of the television industry today, and there's no way any of you haven't heard of at least one South Korean show if you haven't watched it. There are lots of series created each month, and all of them lay within different genres.

However, it’s interesting how the focus in K-dramas is step by step turning more on female leads, giving them more complex stories and overall time. So here we have some of the best K-dramas with powerful female leads that got what they deserved at the end.

1. A Business Proposal (2022)

Let's start with this one. In the center of this K-drama is a woman named Shin Ha Ri. She has a long lasting crush on her co-worker, but later she discovers that he has a girlfriend. Tired of everything, she agrees to go on a date with the man who was supposed to meet her friend.

On the date, however, she realizes that the man is her boss, who has apparently promised his family that he will marry the next girl he sees. So when he calls her and pops the question she is quite in shock. But her answer changes both of their lives for the better…

2. Strong Girl Bong-Soon (2017)

Of course, no list of amazing female characters would be complete without this K-drama. The show revolves around a seemingly small and weak woman who is actually a super strong one.

She becomes the bodyguard of the CEO of a gaming company who is secretly developing a crash for her. But our girl has her eyes on someone else... And what's more, she values her gift and her work more than anything else. However, there’s still a catch.

3. Hotel Del Luna (2019)

Hotel Del Luna features Korean singer-songwriter and actor, IU, who is transformed into the hotel manager named Jang Man-Wol. The woman is not the one to mess with, because she has a very problematic past and her fate now is to serve the needs of the hotel.

However, it seems that she manages to find a way to live in her new reality, and the fact that she scares other people and doesn't let anyone get away with the wrong things they do doesn't even bother her.

“This was one of the things I really enjoyed about Hotel Del Luna! Man Wol was the strong one, she had the physical power, and Chan Sung was the warm, caring one. In fantasy dramas it's almost always the ML who is the cold and distant powerful one with a dark past, and the FL who is the caring, kind, 'weak' one that wants to help the ML, but not this time!!” Redditor foxxi_paradoxxi said.

4. When the Camellia Blooms (2019)

In the center of this K-drama is a woman named Dong Baek. She is a single mother who takes good care of her son. However, society judges her decision to live without a husband and often talks behind her back. She also runs a bar where a lot of men come to, so there's another reason to talk trash about her.

Still, she is very proud of her life and holds her head high. One day her life changes when she becomes the target of a serial killer... And at the same time her ex-boyfriend appears in the picture. But the love story unfolds when we realize that policeman Hwang Yong Shik is deeply in love with her.

5. Her Private Life (2019)

This K-drama revolves around a female lead who leads a double life. On the outside, she is a strong career woman who is an art gallery curator. She never misses work and always does it perfectly. But there's a catch...

She is also a very devoted fangirl and half of her life actually revolves around a certain K-pop idol. So when a man finds out, her life is about to fall apart, but she finds a way to make it all work out.