Kim Soon-ok (; born May 25, 1971) is a South Korean television screenwriter. Kim is best known for writing the television dramas Temptation of Wife (2008âÂÂ2009) and its spiritual successor Temptation of an Angel (2009), Jang Bo-ri is Here! (2014), My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (2015âÂÂ16), and ' (2020âÂÂ21), all of which are criticized for their provocative themes but are currently the highest-rated dramas ever aired in their respective time slots.
Following the commercial failure of The Escape of the Seven (2023-24), Kim began to move away from the melodrama genre that earned her the title of "ratings queen." She was belatedly revealed to have written the 2025 late-night musical youth drama Spring of Youth under the pen name Kim Min-cheol, a day after the miniseries ended with an average rating of 0.9% despite airing on a terrestrial television network.
Kim is also credited as creator of two cable dramas: the revenge thriller ' (2023) and the upcoming adaptation of the fantasy web novel Rookie Employee Chairman Kang (2026).