The Running Mates: Human Rights

The Running Mates: Human Rights is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won and Choi Gwi-hwa. Based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Song Shi-woo, it aired on OCN's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST from September 18 to October 31, 2019.

Synopsis
The series follows a group of investigators who work for South Korea's Human rights commission.

Main

 * Lee Yo-won as Han Yoon-seo
 * Choi Gwi-hwa as Bae Hong-tae

Human rights commission

 * Jang Hyun-sung as Kim Hyun-seok
 * Oh Mi-hee as Ahn Kyeong-sook
 * Kim Joo-young as Bu Ji-hoon
 * Lee Joo-woo as Lee Dal-sook

Others

 * Shim Ji-ho as Oh Tae-moon
 * Jang Hyuk-jin as Jang Dong-seok
 * Kim Roi-ha as Han Gwang-ho
 * Jo Soo-min as Han Yoon-jin
 * Ryu Sung-rok as Jung Il-byung
 * Park Bo-kyung as Jin Jin-nyeo
 * Gu Ja-geon as Koo Ja-keon

Production
The first script reading took place in June 2019.

On October 14, it was announced that the total number of episodes was reduced from 16 to 14.

Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.


 * This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).