Also known as Hanbando Directed by Lee Hyung-min | Written by Yoon Sun-joo Composer(s) Sujin Nam
Daniel Rojas | |
Genre Political
Action
Romance
Drama Starring Hwang Jung-min
Kim Jung-eun | ||
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. 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.
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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.
Cast
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.