Kim Soon-ok (screenwriter)
Kim Soon-ok | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1971 |
| Education | Ewha Womans University – Korean Language and Literature |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Agent(s) | Jidam Inc. (formerly Yein E&M) (2012 to 2016) SM Life Design Group (2017 to 2019) Chorokbaem Media (2020 to present) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김순옥 |
| RR | Gim Sunok |
| MR | Kim Sunok |
Kim Soon-ok (Korean: 김순옥; born May 25, 1971) is a South Korean television screenwriter. Kim is best known for writing the television dramas Temptation of Wife (2008–2009) and its spiritual successor Temptation of an Angel (2009), Jang Bo-ri is Here! (2014), My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (2015–16), and The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–21), all of which are criticized for their provocative themes but are currently the highest-rated dramas ever aired in their respective time slots.
Following the commercial failure of The Escape of the Seven (2023-24), Kim began to move away from the melodrama genre that earned her the title of "ratings queen." She was belatedly revealed to have written the 2025 late-night musical youth drama Spring of Youth under the pen name Kim Min-cheol, a day after the miniseries ended with an average rating of 0.9% despite airing on a terrestrial television network.
Kim is also credited as creator of two cable dramas: the revenge thriller Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (2023) and the upcoming adaptation of the fantasy web novel Rookie Employee Chairman Kang (2026).