Tempest (북극성)

TEMPEST

Mr. Im.

You're here.

UNITED MOTHERLAND

-You published a new book? -I did.

Although I didn't really wanna have anything printed. Those poor trees.

THE FATE OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA

BY IM DUJIN

Why didn't you visit me sooner?

I thought if I did, I'd cry the second I saw you.

So what if you did? Your husband had just died.

I still have so much to do.

Oh, really? Like what?

I never did anything for him when we were married.

So the least I can do is find out why he was murdered.

If he risked his life for something, I wanna finish it for him.

I guess you feel like you didn't show Junik

enough affection when he was alive.

I thought eventually I could open up to him.

He was always such a warm and sweet man.

All I had to do was just sit next to him.

Peace and unity are hard to achieve.

Even in the case of husband and wife.

I saw your number in Junik's call history pretty recently.

Were you two seeing each other?

Yeah. Over a month ago.

He showed me the letter he received from his friend, the one in America.

I thought reunification

was just an option that was available to us.

But I realize now we're sitting on a time bomb that is war.

Like death, reunification is inevitable.

No matter how we try to avoid it.

It's something that we have to face.

I still have so much to learn, sir.

Teach me, please.

After that, he asked me to join his campaign

to oversee the reunification initiative.

Did you accept?

The New Republican Party, I just couldn't imagine joining them.

By the way, are you moving soon?

It looks like you're packing.

Yeah.

Over to Argentina. I have relatives with a ranch.

Argentina?

You know that I introduced Junik and Father Yang.

Just because they spoke out about peace and reunification,

they were both killed horribly.

People in this country love hate more than peace.

They're obsessed with faction and division,

and I just don't… I don't want to live here anymore. So…

Sir.

I'm planning to run for president.

You're the one who taught me about the North

when I first returned to Korea to work at the ministry of foreign affairs.

Even though I did all my studying in the US,

you were the person I actually learned from.

Your predictions about North Korea,

their actions and motives, have always been accurate.

I need your help, Mr. Im.

Munju.

North Korea is helpless and they're collapsing.

The US has to intervene. The North has nuclear weapons.

It's inevitable that war is near.

Those with compassion

will be crushed under the wheels of history.

I'm fine with getting crushed,

and so was Junik, and so was Father Yang.

But if you're willing to help me,

MUNJU CAMPAIGN OPERATION PLAN

I'll do my best

to change the course of those wheels.

How were you able to capture that photo?

As soon as I heard the gunshot, I just kept pressing the shutter.

I was stunned to see a woman suddenly enter the frame.

My God, who is that woman?

How could she stand at gunpoint staring him down?

I think that that's the question on everyone's mind.

It is evident that Ambassador Seo just exhibited extraordinary bravery

as she stood unarmed and faced the man who had just shot and killed her husband.

The newsmaker of the week is Seo Munju.

Former UN Ambassador and the widow of the late assemblyman Jang.

Look at Ambassador Seo's eyes.

The courage and anger.

Even in an extreme situation, she remains completely composed.

People are now saying

she should've been the one running for president

and that they'd vote for her without giving it a second thought.

If Seo does decide to run for president,

which party do you think she'll join?

I strongly think she should join the New Republican Party

and carry out her husband's political legacy for him.

Her candidacy will only have meaning if she does.

However, Seo Munju has been

a symbolic figure in the administration of Chae Kyungsin,

the very face of our government, in fact.

I know

that you went out of your way

to make sure Junik lost the primary.

Assemblyman Jang truly was a-a valuable asset to our party.

Thanks to him, we gained a strong base of young supporters,

but that was really it.

There are principles that define who we are as a party,

and a key value is anti-communism.

Our party was built on the blood spilled across the 38th parallel.

And well, someone who doesn't understand that…

He couldn't be our candidate.

So then,

you were glad the day Junik died?

Why would you say that, ma'am?

In September, 2015, in Santa Barbara, California…

…a drunk driver crashed her car into a bar.

Two were killed and three seriously injured.

Two Koreans were arrested at the scene.

A local masseuse and a prosecutor

who was supposedly there for overseas training.

Prosecutor Jang Junsang.

She was just someone I met that night.

I saw her being sexually harassed and tried to help.

But she panicked and then ran to her car.

There wasn't enough evidence to charge me.

There wasn't enough then.

What if there is now?

You know, when my husband died, he, um…

he left me this huge file cabinet with drawers.

Kind of funny, right?

After all those years in politics,

the only thing he left behind was one file cabinet.

The thing is,

one of those drawers had your name on it.

HWANG MANGI

And when I opened it, I found some very interesting things.

So today…

I thought I'd share this.

Look at that face, like father, like daughter.

I mean, it'd be embarrassing to deny it.

That was over 20 years ago!

Everyone in politics had illegitimate kids then!

The woman told the police that she was the driver, okay?

I don't remember anything!

Come here, get over here!

Shut up! You better not say a word…

I spoke to your wife for the first time in a long time.

-You hear me? -She's willing to testify against you.

She was gonna stay silent for her kids.

But she couldn't bear the thought of her abusive husband

running for president.

Mom did this?

You got my own mother to help you.

Seo Munju had an excellent global reputation

as a UN ambassador.

Plus, she's a woman, and female leadership is the dominant trend worldwide right now.

Leave.

Just say you're going to Germany to see your kids while they study abroad.

This is what she always does.

She does, she…

She always makes me feel like trash.

Well, you can tell her

that since this is where she's taking things, I'll see you all in hell.

And you should also remember

that when I leave the country,

I won't be empty-handed when I return.

After this,

your political career will be finished for good.

I gotta say,

I've always wondered…

What gave you the audacity to plot with all of those people against Junik?

You remember, showing up at our house for the New Year

knowing that you didn't belong there?

Okay, so what is it that you want from me?

Junsang leaves for Germany tonight.

And Munju runs for president this year.

And I want you to stay out of her way.

Considering her background with the UN,

some folks are skeptical about her skill set in managing the government, right?

Well, regarding past presidents who were diplomats, we've had Choi Gyuha.

South Korea is among the ranks of the world powers,

which makes diplomacy a matter of survival.

That's right.

First of all, I'm going to turn her into a spectacle.

Then, the spectacle will grow into a phenomenon.

And eventually…

she'll become a legend.

Representative Hwang, hello!

Is it true Seo Munju will run in the presidential primary

for the New Republican Party?

As far as I am concerned,

Ambassador Seo Munju is entirely focused on determining the ideal way

to share the vision of the late Assemblyman Jang with the world.

You know, truthfully, the biggest criticism I've faced from my party lately

is that I didn't bring on Ambassador Seo any sooner!

-Excuse me. -When will the primary…

What was it that made the Ambassador decide to run?

Report any issues from the advance team's inspection,

double-check the contact network of the local authorities.

Oh, yes, hold on, please.

Uh-huh. Let me know if anyone gives you a problem.

And which hospital did you speak to?

Hi, Miji Yeo, campaign manager. Yes? Yeah. Uh, three people?

Ms. Seo.

Six different organizations did a flash poll