Myung Wol the Spy stuff
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Also have been reading more on plot and, OK, this makes more sense. Apparently, MW's mission is to marry the Hallyu star and make him defect to North Korea. I thought it was kidnapping and was wondering why she wasn't just whipping out chloroform.
This said, even if you fall for a girl totally, and she looks like Han Ye Seul, and knows every position in the kama sutra, AND you are kinda dim, like the hero, you'd still have to have a complete psychotic break to defect to North Korea, so good-luck, heroine!
Han Myung Wol (Han Ye Seul): Hallyu Crackdown Officer
• She is a beautiful spy, slimmed down from her combats and training. When she has something she wants to know, her heart beats, and her blood boils. Her weakness is that her curiosity and actions go before her thoughts. She meets Hallyu star Kang Woo while on a secret guard mission in Singapore and enters Korea wishing to regain her fame. What she gets, however, is a ridiculous mission to marry top star Kang Woo...
Kang Woo (Eric Mun): Hallyu star
• One of the most prominent figures of the worldwide 'Hallyu star boom'. He grew up as an orphan, and gained his position through strict training and his times as a newbie. As he has gone through difficult times in order to be the person he is now, he is always thorough in everything. At first the mysterious Myung Wol was a simple curiosity but soon his emotions start to wander into the unknown...
Choi Ryu (Lee Jin Wook): Spy, previous Special Agent Major
• He is Myeongwol's direct boss and knows about her pains and her dreams, but is strict toward her. He comes to Korea with a different mission, but even though he is strict he wishes to always protect Myeongwol. He is a perfect expert at work but his values waver in matters related to Myeongwol. That Myeongwol keeps meeting Kang Woo begins to bother him...
Joo In Ah (Jang Hee Jin): Actress and heiress to a hundred million wons hotel business
• She is President's Joo's granddaughter and the heiress of a rich family. She grew up in an affluent environment which shaped her present ego. Everything in the world went as she pleased, but her love won't go the same way. She is as famous as the Hallyu star Kang Woo, but she is bothered by the cold way Kang Woo treats her. She still thought she was the only one who could understand Kang Woo but who is this mysterious Myung Wol figure...
Han Hee Bok (Jo Hyung Ki): Resident spy / Late 50s
• "I'm going to go crazy. It's been quiet for 20 years but what is this?" A resident spy who has become more used to the Korean ways. He has lived in Korea for a long time and so his life in Korea has become his daily routine. He owns a detective agency but the sudden appearance of Myung Wol is making him busy. He tries to help Myung Wol with the unexpected and ridiculous mission but in his opinion, this mission is close to impossible...
Ri Soon Ok(Yoo Ji In): Resident spy / Late 50s
• "Keep your head hot and your body cool. If your body goes before you, this mission will fail". A North Korean agent who is able in short swords, daggers, combat, bombing, camouflage... or used to be. She used to have exceptional ability in using her beauty. North Korea stopped sending her missions at some point and now, she is hiding as a coffee shop madam in the outskirts.
Lee Dae Kang (Lee Kyun): Detective agency staff / Early 20s
• "I'll get everything done fast, but only roughly". He helps Hee Bok in the detective agency but he always leaves out crucial pieces of information or makes a mistake, so most of his clients are in an uproar. He has no idea about Hee Bok's real identity.
Kyung Jae In (Park Hyun Sook): Head of entertainment agency / Late 40s
• "Stars? They aren't born; they're made". The president of 'Star Entertainment, she is also known as 'the Midas's Hand of showbiz'. Star Entertainment used to be a small corner shop, but she is the one who built it up to what it is now. It was her who first found and trained 'Kang Woo', the walking enterprise.
Bang Geuk Bong (Shin Seung Hwan): Kang Woo's road manager / Mid-20s
• "Hyung and I are like brothers". It has been 5 years since he has started working with Kang Woo through thick and thin. He can never say anything directly to Kang Woo's face and when Kang Woo's in a bad mood he even tries hard not to breathe too loudly, but deep inside he respects Kang Woo.
Yoo Da Hae (Lee Da Hee): National Intelligence Service (NIS) staff / Age 24
• "Kang Woo! Freeze. You've been picked up by my radar". She has an outgoing personality, and wants to show off her abilities. She works hard to find her own career under parents who force her to marry, but many suspicious events happen. She actively attaches herself to work, but her situation becomes worse as time passes.
Yoo Jung Shik (Lee Byung Joon): NIS agent / Early 50s
• "Da Hae, you're the daughter that was born from my heart". Da Hae says she is proud that I am an NIS agent, but I want her to find her own happiness in an average and normal life. I don't know why the conflicts we never had even in her teens are starting now.
Kwak Ji Tae (Lee Ji Hoon): NIS office agent, cute bragger / Mid-30s
• "That guy has something fishy. Even if he doesn't, he has to". I've been pushed back to an unimportant post, so now my main missions consist of taking care of the NIS cafeteria tickets, but you'll be surprised at the information I have. Shh! Don't try to learn any more. You'll get hurt.
Jang Han Soo (Cha Seung Joon): NIS office agent, sensitive fat boy / Mid-30s
• "I am so sensitive every cell in my body breaths individually". I failed in an important mission with senior Ji Tae and both of us were pushed back to unimportant posts. Everyone thinks I'm dim, but I am so sensitive every cell in my body is alive. I can even tell we're soon going to be unhappy by this wisp of wind...
President Joo (Lee Duk Hwa): President of Galaxy Hotel (In Ah's grandfather) / Late 60s
• "A breakfast meeting with the Chairman of Congress? Tell him to wait! Can't you see my princess is eating??". A man who lives with his own strong wills. Although he is strict and exact in his work, he has great interest in and affection for his granddaughter. He collects special artifacts and is pressured by the presence of Kang Woo due to their past, but as his granddaughter starts to show interest in Kang Woo and suffers from it, he feels tangled himself. President Joo knows about Kang Woo's past, so he becomes more taken aback as his granddaughter starts to obsess over him more and more...
Joo Kyung Joo (Kim Ga Young): President's Joo granddaughter and heiress Joo In Ah's younger sister
Kim Young Tak (Kim Ha Kyoon): North Korean high-class general / Early 50s
• His only daughter he went through great pains to get is now crazy over a Hallyu star, so now his job is at stake. He tries to hide his mistake by ordering the removal of Myung Wol, and he is the one who gives her the mission to marry the Hallyu star Kang Woo.
Kim Eun Joo (Jung Da Hye): Kim Young Tak's daughter / Teens
• Kim Young Tak's only daughter. She’s a big fan of Kang Woo, a spoiled child who was treated as a cute little girl all her life.
Kim Sung Oh as (cameo)
Source: KBS's official Spy Myung Wol site
Translation: orisic @ Shinhwa.biz
Click to viewAlso have been reading more on plot and, OK, this makes more sense. Apparently, MW's mission is to marry the Hallyu star and make him defect to North Korea. I thought it was kidnapping and was wondering why she wasn't just whipping out chloroform.
This said, even if you fall for a girl totally, and she looks like Han Ye Seul, and knows every position in the kama sutra, AND you are kinda dim, like the hero, you'd still have to have a complete psychotic break to defect to North Korea, so good-luck, heroine!
Han Myung Wol (Han Ye Seul): Hallyu Crackdown Officer
• She is a beautiful spy, slimmed down from her combats and training. When she has something she wants to know, her heart beats, and her blood boils. Her weakness is that her curiosity and actions go before her thoughts. She meets Hallyu star Kang Woo while on a secret guard mission in Singapore and enters Korea wishing to regain her fame. What she gets, however, is a ridiculous mission to marry top star Kang Woo...
Kang Woo (Eric Mun): Hallyu star
• One of the most prominent figures of the worldwide 'Hallyu star boom'. He grew up as an orphan, and gained his position through strict training and his times as a newbie. As he has gone through difficult times in order to be the person he is now, he is always thorough in everything. At first the mysterious Myung Wol was a simple curiosity but soon his emotions start to wander into the unknown...
Choi Ryu (Lee Jin Wook): Spy, previous Special Agent Major
• He is Myeongwol's direct boss and knows about her pains and her dreams, but is strict toward her. He comes to Korea with a different mission, but even though he is strict he wishes to always protect Myeongwol. He is a perfect expert at work but his values waver in matters related to Myeongwol. That Myeongwol keeps meeting Kang Woo begins to bother him...
Joo In Ah (Jang Hee Jin): Actress and heiress to a hundred million wons hotel business
• She is President's Joo's granddaughter and the heiress of a rich family. She grew up in an affluent environment which shaped her present ego. Everything in the world went as she pleased, but her love won't go the same way. She is as famous as the Hallyu star Kang Woo, but she is bothered by the cold way Kang Woo treats her. She still thought she was the only one who could understand Kang Woo but who is this mysterious Myung Wol figure...
Han Hee Bok (Jo Hyung Ki): Resident spy / Late 50s
• "I'm going to go crazy. It's been quiet for 20 years but what is this?" A resident spy who has become more used to the Korean ways. He has lived in Korea for a long time and so his life in Korea has become his daily routine. He owns a detective agency but the sudden appearance of Myung Wol is making him busy. He tries to help Myung Wol with the unexpected and ridiculous mission but in his opinion, this mission is close to impossible...
Ri Soon Ok(Yoo Ji In): Resident spy / Late 50s
• "Keep your head hot and your body cool. If your body goes before you, this mission will fail". A North Korean agent who is able in short swords, daggers, combat, bombing, camouflage... or used to be. She used to have exceptional ability in using her beauty. North Korea stopped sending her missions at some point and now, she is hiding as a coffee shop madam in the outskirts.
Lee Dae Kang (Lee Kyun): Detective agency staff / Early 20s
• "I'll get everything done fast, but only roughly". He helps Hee Bok in the detective agency but he always leaves out crucial pieces of information or makes a mistake, so most of his clients are in an uproar. He has no idea about Hee Bok's real identity.
Kyung Jae In (Park Hyun Sook): Head of entertainment agency / Late 40s
• "Stars? They aren't born; they're made". The president of 'Star Entertainment, she is also known as 'the Midas's Hand of showbiz'. Star Entertainment used to be a small corner shop, but she is the one who built it up to what it is now. It was her who first found and trained 'Kang Woo', the walking enterprise.
Bang Geuk Bong (Shin Seung Hwan): Kang Woo's road manager / Mid-20s
• "Hyung and I are like brothers". It has been 5 years since he has started working with Kang Woo through thick and thin. He can never say anything directly to Kang Woo's face and when Kang Woo's in a bad mood he even tries hard not to breathe too loudly, but deep inside he respects Kang Woo.
Yoo Da Hae (Lee Da Hee): National Intelligence Service (NIS) staff / Age 24
• "Kang Woo! Freeze. You've been picked up by my radar". She has an outgoing personality, and wants to show off her abilities. She works hard to find her own career under parents who force her to marry, but many suspicious events happen. She actively attaches herself to work, but her situation becomes worse as time passes.
Yoo Jung Shik (Lee Byung Joon): NIS agent / Early 50s
• "Da Hae, you're the daughter that was born from my heart". Da Hae says she is proud that I am an NIS agent, but I want her to find her own happiness in an average and normal life. I don't know why the conflicts we never had even in her teens are starting now.
Kwak Ji Tae (Lee Ji Hoon): NIS office agent, cute bragger / Mid-30s
• "That guy has something fishy. Even if he doesn't, he has to". I've been pushed back to an unimportant post, so now my main missions consist of taking care of the NIS cafeteria tickets, but you'll be surprised at the information I have. Shh! Don't try to learn any more. You'll get hurt.
Jang Han Soo (Cha Seung Joon): NIS office agent, sensitive fat boy / Mid-30s
• "I am so sensitive every cell in my body breaths individually". I failed in an important mission with senior Ji Tae and both of us were pushed back to unimportant posts. Everyone thinks I'm dim, but I am so sensitive every cell in my body is alive. I can even tell we're soon going to be unhappy by this wisp of wind...
President Joo (Lee Duk Hwa): President of Galaxy Hotel (In Ah's grandfather) / Late 60s
• "A breakfast meeting with the Chairman of Congress? Tell him to wait! Can't you see my princess is eating??". A man who lives with his own strong wills. Although he is strict and exact in his work, he has great interest in and affection for his granddaughter. He collects special artifacts and is pressured by the presence of Kang Woo due to their past, but as his granddaughter starts to show interest in Kang Woo and suffers from it, he feels tangled himself. President Joo knows about Kang Woo's past, so he becomes more taken aback as his granddaughter starts to obsess over him more and more...
Joo Kyung Joo (Kim Ga Young): President's Joo granddaughter and heiress Joo In Ah's younger sister
Kim Young Tak (Kim Ha Kyoon): North Korean high-class general / Early 50s
• His only daughter he went through great pains to get is now crazy over a Hallyu star, so now his job is at stake. He tries to hide his mistake by ordering the removal of Myung Wol, and he is the one who gives her the mission to marry the Hallyu star Kang Woo.
Kim Eun Joo (Jung Da Hye): Kim Young Tak's daughter / Teens
• Kim Young Tak's only daughter. She’s a big fan of Kang Woo, a spoiled child who was treated as a cute little girl all her life.
Kim Sung Oh as (cameo)
Source: KBS's official Spy Myung Wol site
Translation: orisic @ Shinhwa.biz