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Song Hye-kyo’s revenge drama ‘The Glory’ becomes No. 1 show on Netflix PH

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<p>Song Hye Kyo&#x27;s revenge drama <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true">The Glory</i> has become the number one show on Netflix Philippines.</p><p><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true">The Glory</i> is currently the most watched series on the streaming platform in the Philippines after it premiered on December 30.</p><p>It also landed in the number three spot on Netflix&#x27;s weekly viewership chart for non-English television series as of January 4. Netflix reported that the show was watched for 25.4 million hours globally three days after it was released.</p><p>Hye-kyo&#x27;s show also made it to the top 10 in 19 countries on Netflix.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CmidCXayjgo/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=511&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A217312.7000000002%2C%22ls%22%3A155715.30000000028%2C%22le%22%3A155760.1000000001%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="843" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true">The Glory</i> tells the story of a former victim of school violence named Moon Dong-eun (Hye-kyo) who seeks revenge on her bullies after taking up a job as a homeroom teacher at the school of the bully&#x27;s child.</p><p>&quot;When I read the script, it was a genre and character that I had really been wanting to try,&quot; she said in an interview in December as reported by Naver and translated by Soompi.</p><p>Hye-kyo remarked that her character Moon Dong-Eun is &quot;a woman with a broken soul who has a lot of hurt and wounds from childhood school violence. She’s a character who isn’t protected by anyone, including her school, her parents, or the police.&quot;</p><p>The actress added, &quot;She chooses death but then wonders, &#x27;Why do only I have to die?&#x27; From that moment on, she plans desperate revenge out of the thought that those who tormented her must be punished too.”</p><p>The story is written by Kim Eun-sook, the same writer behind Hye-kyo&#x27;s hit former series <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true">Descendants of the Sun.</i><em></em></p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl41WYYyFZy/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=511&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A155861.6000000001%2C%22ls%22%3A155715.30000000028%2C%22le%22%3A155760.1000000001%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="716" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><em></em>In the same interview in December, Eun-sook shared how she came up with the story.</p><p>&quot;I’m a parent with a daughter going into 11th grade the day after tomorrow. School violence is a topic that hits close to home for me,&quot; she said.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/11/23/fresh-scoops/song-hye-kyo-celebrates-birthday-pens-message-203939/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Song Hye-kyo celebrates birthday, pens message for fans</u></strong></a></div><p>One day, she was shocked when her daughter asked her: &quot;Would you be more hurt if I beat someone to death, or was beaten to death?&quot;</p><p>&quot;In a short time, I had a lot of ideas so I turned on my computer. That’s how [the drama] began,&quot; she relayed.</p><p>The Part 1 of The Glory is now streaming on Netflix while the Part 2 will be released in March.<strong></strong><br/></p>

<p><b>Song Hye-kyo's 'The Glory' landed the top spot on Netflix Philippines.</b></p>