Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng (2026)

When small-town teacher Ms. Maeng is unexpectedly recruited to help develop South Korea’s most important exam, the College Scholastic Ability Test, she expects academic prestige and scholarly debate. Instead, she finds herself sealed inside a spy-level security lockdown, phone confiscated, surrounded by office politics. Can this unlikely underdog turn intense exam pressure into a national success—or will she push everyone’s patience to the limit?