Korean Peninsula (TV series)

Korean Peninsula
Also known as	Hanbando
Genre	Political Action Romance Drama
Written by	Yoon Sun-joo
Directed by	Lee Hyung-min
Starring	Hwang Jung-min Kim Jung-eun
Composer(s)	Sujin Nam Daniel Rojas
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	18
Production
Location(s)	Korea
Running time	Mondays and Tuesdays at 20:50 (KST)
Release
Original network	TV Chosun
Original release	February 6 – April 3, 2012
External links
Website

Korean Peninsula
Hangul	한반도
Hanja	韓半島

Korean Peninsula (Hangul: 한반도; hanja: 韓半島; RR: Hanbando) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-min and Kim Jung-eun.^[1] It aired on newly launched cable channel TV Chosun from February 6 to April 3, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 20:50 for 18 episodes.^[2]

Plot

Seo Myung-joon is a South Korean scientist who falls in love with North Korean scientist Im Jin-jae while developing an alternative energy source together. But when Myung-joon unexpectedly becomes the president of a reunified Korea, political tensions rise as a massive struggle for limited natural resources continues to divide the country.^[3][4]

Cast

• Hwang Jung-min ... Seo Myung-joon^[5]
• Kim Jung-eun ... Im Jin-jae^[6]
• Jo Sung-ha ... Park Do-myung
• Kwak Hee-sung ... Min Dong-ki
• Jo Yi-jin ... Park Hye-jung
• Ji Hoo ... Kang Dong-won^[7]
• Sung Byung-sook ... Jung Hyun-sook
• Kang Soo-min ...Baek Do-jin
• Jung Jae-hun ... Seo Jang-yeob
• Kim Jung-kyeon ... Hong Hak-soo
• Jung Wook ... Shin Chang-seok
• Lee Won-suk ... Kim Jung-sik
• Lee Soon-jae ... Kang Dae-hyun
• Ahn Nam-hee ... Na Yeon-sung
• Choi Il-hwa .... Park Jung-pyo
• Yeon Ye-hee ... Song Seung-joo
• Lee Hae-young ... Han Young-hoon
• Choi Dae-hoon ... Chae Dong-hoon
• Jung Dong-hwan ... Oh Chang-il
• Yoon Joo-sang ... Seok Joo-hwan
• Go In-beom ... Chief of staff
• Jung Dong-gyu ... Kim Won-ho
• Park Geun-soo ... Jung Cheol
• Jung Sung-Mo ... Jo Gook-cheol
• Kim Ji-sook ... Han Kyung-ok
• Kim Ha-kyun ...Kim Deuk-soo
• Kim Su-hyeon ... Lee Young-choon
• Jung Jin ... Jung Yong-gi
• Seo Tae-hwa ... Kim Tae-sung
• Park Chan-hwan ... Lim Cheol-woo
• Heo Jung-gyu ... Dong Jung-geun
• Lee Hee-seok ... Kang Hee-joong
• Hwang Chan-woo ... Kim Yong-soo
• Heo Jae-ho ... Jeon Joong-won
• Yang Hee-yoon ... Lee Sung-ho
• Jang Nam-yeol ... Kim Ho-taek
• Lee Cheol-min ... Jo Kap-seok
• Choi Jae-hwan ... Park Gwang-tae
• Ji Woo-seok ... Cha Seung-jae
• Kim Jae-rok ... Koo Yeon-cheol

Reception

Despite a big budget of ₩10 billion, Korean Peninsula underperformed in the ratings. The action/political thriller premiered with a promising rating of 1.649%, but succeeding episodes dropped to around 0.8%. This led to TV Chosun cutting down the number of episodes from the planned 24 to 18.

International broadcast

In Thailand, the drama aired dubbed into Thai under the title วายร้าย สองคาบสมุทร (wāy r̂āy s̄xng khābs̄muthr; literally: Scoundrel of Two Peninsulas) on the Zaa Network (is currently Mono Plus) beginning early 2014.^[8]

References

1. "Kim Jung-eun poses at a press event for her new TV Chosun drama in Seoul on Thursday.". The Chosun Ilbo. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
2. "Hwang Jung-min series to premiere Feb 6". 10Asia. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
3. Kim, Myung-hyun (6 February 2012). "PREVIEW: CSTV series The Korean Peninsula". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
4. Han, Yeo-wool (7 February 2012). "REVIEW: CSTV series The Korean Peninsula - 1st Episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
5. Lee, Jin-ho (26 January 2012). "Hwang Jung Min Likens Kim Jung Eun to Chocolate". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
6. Lee, Jin-ho (26 January 2012). "Kim Jung Eun on Korean Peninsula". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
7. Lee, In-kyung (8 February 2012). "Does Kang Dong Won Star in Korean Peninsula?". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
8. "Korean Peninsula วายร้ายสองคาบสมุทร". zaanetwork (in Thai). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

External links

• Korean Peninsula official TV Chosun website (Korean)
• Korean Peninsula at HanCinema