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