essed ▁news ▁producer ▁Cha ▁D ae - e un ▁( Le e ▁Ge ung - you ng ) ▁who ' ll ▁do ▁anything ▁to ▁beat ▁the ▁other ▁TV ▁stations ▁in ▁their ▁coverage ▁of ▁the ▁bomb ing . ▁Then ▁Y oon ▁strik es ▁a ▁dangerous ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁terror ist ▁to ▁exclus ively ▁broadcast ▁their ▁phone ▁convers ations ▁live , ▁in ▁real - time , ▁as ▁the ▁whole ▁nation ▁watch es . ▁ ▁The ▁news room ▁er u pts ▁in ▁cha os ▁as ▁Y oon , ▁Cha , ▁the ▁police , ▁other ▁broad c aster s ▁and ▁the ▁Blue ▁House ▁all ▁explo it ▁terror ism ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁ag enda . ▁The ▁only ▁exception ▁is ▁Y oon ' s ▁ex - w ife , ▁a ▁rep orter ▁who ▁volunte ers ▁to ▁report ▁from ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁terror ist ▁attack . ▁As ▁the ▁live ▁show ▁progress es , ▁Y oon ▁gradually ▁real izes ▁how ▁little ▁control ▁he ▁has ▁over ▁the ▁situation . ▁The ▁terror ist , ▁who ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁ 5 0 - something ▁construction ▁worker ▁who ▁lost ▁three ▁of ▁his ▁cow ork ers ▁in ▁a ▁sens eless ▁industrial ▁accident ▁while ▁fixing ▁the ▁bridge , ▁says ▁the ▁families ▁of ▁the ▁vict ims ▁wer en ' t ▁compens ated ▁and ▁dem ands ▁a ▁public ▁ap ology ▁from ▁the ▁president ▁for ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁his ▁colle agues . ▁With ▁several ▁people ▁remaining ▁on ▁the ▁bridge ▁as ▁host ages , ▁the ▁terror ist ▁threat ens ▁a ▁second ▁explos ion . ▁He ▁also ▁reve als