Choi Pan sul

Choi Pan-sul(최판술 (崔判述)) is a minor character in Dae Jang Geum. He is the brother of Choi Seong-geum. Choi is a very wealthy and powerful but corrupt and evil merchant of the upper class yangban. Together with his sister, he monopolizes on the goods used in the Royal Kitchen for a huge profit. Choi has an alliance with Right Prime Minister Oh Gyeom-ho to gain political and economic power, which Choi already has a lot of. When the Choi family's crimes are discovered, Choi dies in episode 48 while he is being taken to a government mine as a government slave. Choi is played in the series by Lee Hee-do (이희도 (李熙道)).