7 K-Dramas That Prove Life Doesn't End After Being Cheated On
These stories will make you relate to the betrayed protagonists and experience catharsis with them.
Cheating that leads to a bad breakup or divorce is a popular trope in K-dramaland. Regardless of whether you have experienced something like that or not, the arc always makes you sympathize with and root for a betrayed main character.
So K-dramas that show that happiness is possible after a hard breakup always feel like something therapeutic. Even more so when the protagonist manages to get revenge on the bad guy.
Forecasting Love and Weather (2014)
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Where to stream: Netflix
Jin Ha-kyung is a general forecaster for the national weather service. When it turns out that her fiancé is cheating on her, she has to move on with her life. But there is a shocking twist when Ha-kyung's new boyfriend turns out to be the ex of the woman her fiancé cheated on her with.
She Would Never Know (2021)
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Where to stream: Prime Video, Netflix, iQIYI
Yoon Song-ah is a cosmetics brand marketer with big dreams and aspirations, and a secret relationship with her boss, Lee Jae-shin. When a new colleague joins the office and falls in love with Song-ah, she discovers that Jae-shin is leading a double life and is engaged to another woman.
Encounter (2018)
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IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Where to stream: Prime Video
Cha Soo-hyun is the daughter of a politician who has never lived a free life. After the husband she was forced to marry cheats on her, Soo-hyun divorces him, but still can't escape the control of his family. One day she meets a free-spirited man to whom she feels attracted. Will this love help her to break free?
Bora! Deborah (2023)
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Where to stream: Prime Video
Yeon Bo-ra is a famous relationship coach and celebrity author. But her own personal life falls apart when she discovers that her longtime boyfriend is cheating on her. In addition, the beaten protagonist is forced to work on her next book with a pesky publishing planner.
Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019)
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Where to stream: Netflix
Kang Dan-i is a stay-at-home mom whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. Heartbroken and financially strapped, she is forced to accept help from her younger best friend and return to work as a copywriter, which she is surprisingly good at.
My Lovely Sam Soon (2005)
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Where to stream: Prime Video, Kocowa, Roku, Viki
Kim Sam-soon is an awkward pastry chef whose longtime boyfriend dumps her in a very public setting when she confronts him about cheating on her. Due to money problems, she agrees to become the fake girlfriend of a wealthy hotelier, and this suddenly makes her ex want to get her back.
Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)
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IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Where to stream: Viki
Han Yi-joo is an heiress to a wealthy family who uses her talent as a painter to scam clients. On the same day that Yi-joo discovers that her new husband is in love with her sister, she is framed for the forgery and then killed on the family's orders. Fortunately, Yi-joo wakes up one year before that tragic day. She devises a perfect revenge plan against everyone who has done her wrong.