Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
'She Was Pretty' gains popularity in China
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By Bahk Eun-ji
Romantic comedy drama “She Was Pretty” is gaining popularity in China after two episodes aired there.
Since the first episode of the Wednesday/Thursday drama was broadcast on MBC on Sept. 17, it has been mentioned 980 million times on Chinese social media Weibo as of Monday, and is the most searched for show on the internet among Japanese/Korean dramas.
“Yong-pal,” starring Jo Won and Kim Tae-hee, is the second most popular.
Actress Hwang Jeong-eum stars with actor Park Seo-joon in the romantic comedy drama. It centers on a woman (played by Hwang) who used to be pretty but has lost her looks and meets her first lover again who has become more handsome and attractive.