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2023: Revenge dramas make vengeance a delicious binge

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Song Hye-kyo in The Glory

Song Hye-kyo in The Glory, one of the most-talked-about K-dramas of 2023.

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SINGAPORE – There is a reason Netflix’s series The Glory, which aired part one in December 2022 and part two in March 2023, managed to be one of the most talked-about and memorable K-dramas of 2023.

The 16-parter, led by A-lister Song Hye-kyo, gave audiences a truly cathartic story of payback and retribution. The Glory follows Moon Dong-eun, a woman viciously bullied in high school who spends the next 18 years of her life crafting an elaborate plan to ruin the life of her tormentors.

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