

2015–2015 · KBS2 · Ended
The fictional story begins after the execution of real-life North Korean general Jang Sung-taek. One day an order comes down from North Korea, reactivating erstwhile spy Park Hye-rim who has spent decades in South Korea as an ordinary housewife. She is given the mission to turn and bring in her own son, Kim Sun-woo. Cool-headed, quick-witted genius Sun-woo is an information analyst on North Korea working for the NIS. His girlfriend Yoon-jin is a tour guide for Chinese tourists who cannot speak Chinese, and they fell in love when Sun-woo helped her translate. Hye-rim is suddenly forced to choose between her son and country, and risks her life to see the choice through.
Friday at 21:30 (Asia/Seoul)
This series has ended.
Last aired
S01E16 · Episode 16
2015-03-06
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Episode 1
2015-01-09 · 50 min
Episode 2
2015-01-09 · 50 min
Episode 3
2015-01-16 · 50 min
Episode 4
2015-01-16 · 50 min
Episode 5
2015-01-23 · 50 min
Episode 6
2015-01-23 · 50 min
Episode 7
2015-01-30 · 50 min
Episode 8
2015-01-30 · 50 min
Episode 9
2015-02-06 · 50 min
Episode 10
2015-02-06 · 50 min
Episode 11
2015-02-13 · 50 min
Episode 12
2015-02-13 · 50 min
Episode 13
2015-02-27 · 50 min
Episode 14
2015-02-27 · 50 min
Episode 15
2015-03-06 · 50 min
Episode 16
2015-03-06 · 50 min
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