Of Swords and Parasols

The only ones I've ever seen praised are the heroines of Lovers and Fantasy Couple (though that's a different kind of career.) Every other woman in a modern kdrama who I've seen who's collected, confident, and has a career or goals has been MADE to be bad to make the heroine look good. So yes, they're selfish, but the narrative makes them selfish to make the rest look bad, and the heroine look good. The narratives of most kdramas want to you dislike pretty much every female expect the heroine, her (typically annoying) BFF, and sometimes a mother. Other females are deliberately made to look bad to make them look better. I'd mind a lot less if the same standard was applied to male characters.