Actress Jeon Hye-jin returns to TV series after one year since the death of her husband Lee Sun-Kyun

Actress Jung Hye Jin will resume her career in drama after the bereavement of her husband, the late actor Lee Sung Kyun.

　On the 20th (today), Genie TV's new original drama "Riding Life" released a character poster featuring three generations of mothers and daughters, including Jung Hye Jin, actress Cho Min Soo, and Kim Sarang.

　The drama is scheduled to be released on March 3rd.

　After the news of the drama's release, Jeon Hye Jin has been flooded with supportive comments from her many fans.

　Riding Life tells the story of Jung Eun (played by Jung Hye Jin), a passionate working mother who is preparing for her daughter's 7-year-old entrance exam. Her mother, Jia (played by Cho Min-soo), takes on her granddaughter's riding school at her daughter Jung-eun's request.Jeon Hye-jin will play the role of a passionate working mother who continues to take care of her child after returning home. The role of Jung-eun's daughter, So-yun, will be played by child actress Kim Sarang.

　The production team said, "The synergy created by Jung Hye Jin, Cho Min Soo, and Kim Sarang, also known as 'actors you can trust,' will exceed your expectations. The drama realistically depicts the reality of private education for young children, which has not been seen in previous dramas, and contains the story of three generations of mothers and daughters with 200% empathy for reality.”

　The "7-year-old entrance exam" is a neologism that refers to an entrance test to enter children into a famous English cram school. The word reflects the recent war-like situation of private education for young children, and has attracted viewers' attention along with the phrase "Mommy will be right there, just wait for me," which is used in the poster.

　Meanwhile, Jeon Hye-jin's husband, Lee Sung-kyun, has been under police interrogation since October 2023, when he was booked on suspicion of violating laws related to narcotics control. The National Institute of Forensic Science gave her a "negative" result in an in-depth evaluation. Lee Sung Kyun was investigated three times by the police for this charge. After the third summons, he requested a lie detector investigation, but was found dead the next day.

　The police stated that they did not agree with the suggestion that the investigation was unreasonable and that such results were the result of a wrong investigation. The deceased's death also resulted in the termination of his drug charge case with "no right to prosecution.