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Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng

2026-10-28 1 h 40 min Comedy

Ms. Maeng, a small-town teacher, unexpectedly joins the team responsible for creating South Korea’s most important exam: the College Scholastic Ability Test. She thought it would be all about academic prestige and scholarly debate but instead finds herself locked away under spy-level security, her phone confiscated and surrounded by office politics. Can this unlikely underdog turn test stress into test success, or just test everyone's patience?

Directed by Lee Yong-jae

Written by Lee Yong-jae, Soyo Park

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Cast

Lee Sun-binMaeng Bo-ram

Yoo Jae-myungMoon Joo-yeol

Kim Young-minPark Kyung-tae

Choi Si-won

Jun Seok-hoKi Joon-su

Kim Gyeong-min

Lee Jin-hee

Hwang Bo-raNa Eun-mi

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South Korea · 2026-11-04Chiikawa still leads South Korea and has an FDI of 24.4

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