Korean Peninsula (TV series)

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.