K-drama Eve: Seo Ye-ji’s comeback, two years after It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, is standard high-society fare

Seo Ye-ji returns from a scandal-induced hiatus in Eve, a Korean drama series set in high society that sadly won’t rock the boat for its acting, plot or music

She stars as a new face in high society whose sudden appearance is no accident – she’s there for revenge and her plan involves seducing the richest man in Korea

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Seo Ye-ji in a still from Eve. Seo stars as a new face in high society who is out for revenge – her plan involves seducing the richest man in Korea.

Published: 6:45pm, 5 Jun 2022

Two years ago, Seo Ye-ji lit up the screen alongside Kim Soo-hyun in the hit series It’s Okay to Not Be Okay. A year later, her career was briefly stalled when she became the subject of a scandal which forced her to pull out of a project.

Now, she’s finally back on screens in a new high-society drama, which begins with her sultry character orchestrating her very own scandal.

Baroque music, flashy threads and grand entrances are the order of the day in this latest addition to South Korea’s popular run of upper crust satires. As with SKY Castle, The Penthouse and Mine, the focus is largely on the women behind the patriarchal paragons of society.

Prim and vain wives take every opportunity to assert the power afforded them by their social rank, and work even harder behind the scenes to maintain or improve their position.

Kang Yoon-kyum (Park Byung-eun), the chairman of the LY Group, is the richest man in Korea. During a press conference, he takes to the stage to announce record returns, but the headlines take a swift turn when a scandal erupts during his speech – his affair has been revealed.