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K-drama Honour: Lee Na-young fights high-society sex crimes in courtroom thriller

Lee Na-young, Jung Eun-chae and Lee Chung-ah play a trio of lawyers defending victims of sexual violence in the new Korean drama Honour

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Lee Na-young as star lawyer Yoon Ra-young in a still from Honour. Jung Eun-chae and Lee Chung-ah co-star in the new Korean drama now streaming on Viu.
Pierce Conran

Lead cast: Lee Na-young, Jung Eun-chae, Lee Chung-ah

Latest Nielsen rating: 3.3 per cent

Three years after the quiet, contemplative One Day Off, Lee Na-young is back on screens in the high-stakes courtroom drama Honour. She plays the leader of a trio of legal eagles, alongside Jung Eun-chae (Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born) and Lee Chung-ah (Hide), who defend victims of sexual violence.

The series begins with all three characters marching to appointments in court, a board meeting and a news studio, respectively. Their eyes burn with determination while on-screen titles provide statistics (South Korea’s 40,000 annual sexual assaults) and facts (the dangers of secondary victimisation), priming us for the cases to come.

[Trailer] Honour | On Viu 2 Feb!

Lee Na-young plays Yoon Ra-young, the star lawyer of the L&J law firm, which specialises in representing women who experienced sexual abuse. Ra-young is a media star who has gained a following thanks to her unflinching efforts to take down sexual predators. She is also fuelled by her own experience of sexual violence, which continues to haunt her.

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