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.
Jin Se-yeon to play heroine
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By Bahk Eun-ji
Actress Jin Se-yeon will star in a new historical drama, “The Flower in Prison,” which will begin airing next March, two years after she finished the 2014 SBS drama “Doctor Stranger.”
Actor Go Soo is under consideration as the male lead opposite Jin, BH Entertainment said Tuesday.
The new drama, to air on MBC on weekends at 10 p.m., is about lawyers in the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910). Jin will take the role of Ongnyeo (Lee Su-won) who helps the falsely accused.
Lee Byung-hoon, a popular producer known for “Hur Jun” (1999) and “Sangdo” (2001), will direct the drama.