Actress Returns 12 Years Back for Second Chance at Life

■This Life, I'll Take an Oscar Instead of a Husband (Ignar, KakaoPage)

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By Lee Jae-yong, Senior Reporter
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This Life, I'd Rather Have an Oscar Than a Husband. Photo courtesy of KakaoPage - Seoul Economic Daily Culture News from South Korea
This Life, I'd Rather Have an Oscar Than a Husband. Photo courtesy of KakaoPage

Ha Eun-rae is a talented actress whose likability has hit rock bottom due to her noisy family affairs. The moment she receives a script from a renowned director and seizes a chance to revive her career, a man proposes marriage to her on the condition that she retire from acting. Four years after marrying him, Ha Eun-rae has been reduced to starring in a third-rate morning drama. One day, she gets into a traffic accident and wakes up to find herself 12 years in the past. She vows that this time around, she will hold on to both her life as an actress and her precious relationships.

This is the latest work from author Ignar, who made a name with the previous title "Welcome to the Dungeon Hotel," which recorded 26 million views. This time, the author plans to deliver a satisfying story of an actress who, through regression, overcomes the failures of her past life and rises to success.

Original reporting by Lee Jae-yong, Senior Reporter for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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