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.

References

External links
 Korean Peninsula official TV Chosun website 
 

2012 South Korean television series debuts
2012 South Korean television series endings
Korean-language television shows
TV Chosun television dramas
South Korean political television series
South Korean action television series
Television series by RaemongRaein