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I was able to learn a lot, thanks to you.

What to kill, and what to spare.

What to seek, and what to extort.

And what to tend and grow as well.

You're an industrial health expert,

but you've taught me the basics of business management.

I'll take that as a compliment.

It's dead.

Instead of this tea,

why don't we drink whiskey?

I'll be frank with you.

If you keep ostracizing me as you've done so far,

you'll have a lot to lose from now on.

And if you do the opposite, you'll have a lot to gain.

I'll assume you understood me.

I don't know...

Are you suggesting we join hands...

or threatening me?

I'm sure I made myself clear.

I won't...

hold back anymore.

I handed you the cards...

so it's up to you to make the choice.

By the way,

this might...

be your last chance.

(Case Database, Search: TL)

- Have some cake, you guys. - Thank you.

You all did a good job, staying up all night.

We now have to narrow it down among the industrial accident cases...

Moh Sung Kuk and Oshem failed to resolve.

My speculations are that this letter is from one of the many cases...

that were concealed and fabricated.

You all know that Dr. Moh is in charge of TL's industrial accidents.

And he's also a doctor who conceals industrial accidents.

Yes. He works on the side of the company.

He takes the company's side to analyze...

all the industrial accidents,

poisonings, and manufacturing of the products.

Of course, they also conceal and fabricate the cases.

I guess we should focus on cases after Oshem was established.

Yes. 98.

Let's start from 1998.

I've narrowed it down to the cases...

that have to do with "98" and "arsenic".

You will have to go and meet up with the victims and their families...

and single out the suspect...

who might have sent this letter.

You two can take TL Electronics,

who used arsenic since 1998.

Ms. Byun, please look into the death case...

of a TL Foundation High School graduate who was born in 1998.

Mr. Huh,

you can take the 1998...

arsenic trioxide poisoning case at the TL pesticide factory with me.

(Industrial Accident Workers Council)

If they concealed the case,

it wouldn't have been reported as an industrial accident,

since TL would've paid them to cover it up.

That means this pesticide case was approved as an industrial accident.

Even if it was accepted,

if the side-effects were severe, they would've hidden something.

Are you all right?

Of course! I have great stamina, you know.

Go on!

Why is it that activists always rent offices in buildings like these...

that don't even have elevators?

You shouldn't have bought so much in the first place. Hurry up.

Hurry up and follow me!

We have to go before the elderly changes his mind.

- Sorry? - But...

Are you there, sir?

- Come in. - Come on in. We're here, sir.

Hello, sir.

Hello.

You can tell these doctors everything.

It's all in the past. Why would you want to know?

Sir, you don't have to tell us anything.

We're here to have fun with you today.

Have some refreshing watermelon and makgeolli,

and just have fun with us.

It's too hot to talk, anyway.

This is...

(You'll suffer the same!)

So it is "J".

J...

- Gosh. - Just tell me about that.

Please leave. Why must you bother us?

- How could you... - Ask someone else. Why bother us?

But...

(The Family of the Gas Inhalation Victim Settled with the Company)

(Jungang Mechanical and Technical High School)

(Teachers' Office, Automated Machine Department)

Thank you very much for your help.

Horrible, right?

Every industrial accident victim...

becomes poverty-stricken after suffering the accident.

There's no exception.

By any chance, do you know if any of the elderly man's colleagues...

chose not to apply for the accident benefits?

- Maybe persuaded by the company... - Right.

I recall hearing about such a case...

from him.

Well, but I'd like to ask you...

why you're digging up a case from two decades ago.

You know the company, TL Oshem, right?

We're looking for a case they covered up in the past.

(Lung Cancer Caused by Chromium-6 Accepted as Occupational Illness)

(Depressed TL Chemical researcher died by suicide)

(Depressed TL Chemical researcher died by suicide)

- The researcher, Kim Yang Hee? - Yes.

Why is the labor union looking into it?

It was suicide due to depression. It had nothing to do with her job.

Oh, Ms. Doh.

It's been a while.

Yes.

What brings you here?

I'm here for work as well.

Well...

I heard you went through a lot because of us.

You even had to leave your job.

I know this is late, but I do apologize.

About Yang Hee...

The researcher, Kim Yang Hee.

Soon, it'll be the third anniversary of her death.

I'll see you again then if your time allows.

I'll drive this time.

- Really? - Yes.

- Jin Yi, hold on. - All right.

Give me a second.

Help me. Please.

Jin Yi.

I have something to say to you.

What do I do?

No.

No. Please, no.

Don't.

No...

You see,

I actually...

Thanks, Jin Hak. How did you know?

I'm actually...

getting married this fall in Hawaii.

What? Hawaii?

- Hawaii... - I'll invite the entire UDC family.

See you later in the office.

Aren't you going to drive with me?

(Ha Jin Hak)

I'm having such a hard time.

(Letter of Resignation)

I understand how you feel,

but what am I supposed to do if even you're going to do this?

This is how I really feel.

Hey, think about our friendship. If you pull this on me,

what am I supposed to do?

My gosh.

I can't keep wasting my time trying to force it to work.

Jin Hak, get up. Get up already.

I know how you feel, but you need to understand where I'm coming from.

What am I supposed to do if you're going to pull this on me?

Why won't you accept it?

I've done enough, so you should accept it already.

My feelings...

Gosh, my goodness.

Il Sun.

Getting a look inside someone's heart...

is like experiencing a whole new universe.

Hey, what's with you?

And when you meet such a universe,

an infinite world unfolds before your eyes.

What are you talking about? Are you all right?

I think you've got a bit of a fever.

Don't leave him there all alone.

Don't you pity him?

Me?

Does he have feelings for me?

Where is Seo Rin?

Excuse me, could you put this away?

I asked you where Seo Rin is.

Do you actually think you deserve to see her?

She is my daughter.

I have the right to see her on the visitation days.

You're stripped of that right until you can earn my trust again.

Min.

Bring results if you don't want to be treated like this.

- Why have you changed so much? - Don't you know the reason?

I don't want this to drag on for a long time.

You should take care of it soon.

I'm not like my softhearted brother.

We've terminated our contracts with the subcontractors...

with any occupational accident or illness claims as per your order.

That's great.

Three years with clean records. We can do it.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

The next item is about TL Chemical and Chemistry.

It's regarding the withdrawal of the claims...

made by the worker suffering from an illness due to a toxic substance.

The worker, Kim Seok Jun, is changing his words,

which will negatively affect the company's reputation.

So we plan to send out our official statement...

to all media outlets except for "Daehan Daily" and "Hanmin News".

Could you please?

So no one has managed to identify any suspects, right?

Yes.

Ms. Gong.

No success. There are many cases,

but no suspect.

I've done some thinking.

1998 and arsenic poisoning.

I think we approached it a bit too carelessly...

when those two clues were all we had.

After meeting some of the victims,

I've come to realize that they're in no shape to threaten anyone.

Yes, I agree. Some are already dead,

and others are living as if they're dead.

Excuse me. We'd like another bottle of soju.

- Sure. - The fish cake soup too, please.

Ms. Suk.

What's with you today? Did something happen?

- Here you go. - No, the soup here is so good.

Drink up. Eat up.

Ms. Doh.

It's not that I don't understand the situation you're in.

This is work, you know. That's why I did it.

But I didn't have to put work first.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Thank you for understanding, Ms. Byun.

By the way, those born in 1998... How old would they be this year?

- They're 20. - I can't even calculate that.

I feel ancient compared to kids born in 1998.

They're 20? When I was 20 years old,

I met my first love during the frosh week.

That obnoxious jerk.

The worker born in 1998 that I visited...

died during his on-the-job training.

He'd only be 20 this year.

The school...

sends the kids to TL for their on-the-job training,

and all of them are so excited to work at TL.

They have no idea they're being used as a source of cheap labor.

Apparently,

the company gives gifts to the parents from time to time...

and even gives out tickets to amusement parks.

Their labor isn't the only thing that is cheap.

Their lives are considered just as cheap.

Such young kids lost their lives as well as some senior citizens.

In this country,

five people a day...

lose their lives due to industrial accidents or illnesses.

Where is Seo Rin?

Do you actually think you deserve to see her?

She is my daughter.

I have the right to see her on the visitation days.

You're stripped of that right until you can earn my trust again.

- Mom! - Seo Rin.

Seo Rin!

When I heard your voice,

I thought I was dreaming.

(An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.)

Hello, sir.

I'm calling about the elderly victim.

He remembers that person.

His surname was Kim.

Right. But the thing is,

he doesn't know his name.

All he knows is that he was Yang Hee's dad.

I see.

I couldn't believe him at first.

Please look into it and find out if this girl, Yang Hee,

is the Yang Hee that we know.

His delusional disorder was quite serious.

He always said he'd kill all the jerks at TL.

After what happened with Yang Hee, he lived in some shantytowns...

and ended up in a homeless shelter in Yeongdeungpo.

But to tell you the truth, we lost touch with him a long ago.

Kim Yong Deok.

You get this color when you mix arsenic with copper.

The paint was banned in the 1960s because of its toxicity.

So someone deliberately formulated the toxic paint.

But how can ordinary people obtain arsenic and copper?

Through Amazonnet. Anyone can buy them.

Are you saying Kim Yong Deok made this?

He went on Amazonnet while living in the shantytown?

It doesn't really sound plausible.

- It sounds unlikely. - We don't know where he is.

No one's heard from him for three months.

You're here.

Dad, Kook Shin is here.

I haven't talked to you in a while, so I came to see you in person.

Why?

Are you here to see what's going on with this old man?

- Dad. - Shut it.

I was worried that my daughter, who's the apple of my eye,

might know nothing about the real world,

so I hired you to accompany her to places and carry her purse.

But I could tell what you're after the moment you moved...

into our place with all your stuff.

Both of my children...

are such bad judges of character.

Dad, but he's been a member of our family for many years.

Min, you were supposed to be where he is now.

I gave him the position which was going to be yours.

Right. In any case, I'm glad to see you well, sir.

I should get back to the office.

Kook Shin.

Hold tight on to the position I gave you.

And never forget that I have eyes, ears, and limbs...

at every corner of TL.

Min, just because he eats with us on the same table...

doesn't mean he's a member of our family. Do you understand?

Thanks, honey.

We should visit him together often from now on.

He'll get used to it soon if he sees me often.

This is all I can do for you.

What?

I brought you here today to show you...

that your position within my family will never change.

Min.

It should just be about you and me.

Let's just have a happy marriage, okay?

Give up on your vain ambitions.

I don't want to see you get hurt.

I'm sure it was Kim Yong Deok.

We must find him before anything happens.

It's me, Huh Min Ki.

What are you up to?

Here.

Your warm iced Americano.

Thank you.

I've done some thinking. He's homeless, you know.

Maybe he ended up at an abandoned factory...

after wandering from place to place and got his hands on some arsenic.

Don't complicate things. Let's think simple.

Is anybody inside?

Sir.

(8 Arsenic Poisoning Victims from TL Insecticide Plant Hospitalized)

(Regular Employee Health Checks Required Due to Lead Poisoning)

(Depressed TL Chemical researcher died by suicide)

(Eye, Tooth, Ms. Suk, Scared)

(Ha Jin Hak, Suk Jin Yi)

(276 Mucheon, Yongseong)

A green dye formulated by dissolving copper...

in an arsenic solution.

A place that is spacious enough to make such toxic paint.

Maybe he ended up at an abandoned factory.

Ms. Doh.

I'm coming in.

Gosh, seriously.

Aren't you going home, ma'am?

I still have some work left to do.

Ma'am, what do you say we go and have some soju tonight?

I'd love that, but I have to finish up this paper.

You two enjoy.

- See you tomorrow, ma'am. - Good work today.

(Doctor in the Chimney)

(1987)

Abolish the Constitution! Overthrow the dictatorship!

1987 was a time when people fought...

to overthrow the dictatorship and for democracy.

Abolish the Constitution! Overthrow the dictatorship!

Amongst all this, there were those who fought...

for the labor environment instead.

In 1987 and 1988,

the democracy movement...

and the labor movement grew,

and people started to see industrial diseases as a social issue.

The huge operation on the working place began...

due to a textile factory,

which was everyone's dream company.

I have so much to say.

About my personal issues,

but also for those who died.

It was a leading company in export within Korea,

but the truth was that it was a deadly factory...

that constantly produced carbon chloride,

which is what the Nazis used for genocide.

The company did not take responsibility,

and the government ignored it, afraid it would ruin the Olympics.

The festival of nations and traditional art...

has grandly begun.

Those who stepped forward in place of the government...

were there Occupational and Environmental Medicine doctors,

and thanks to their efforts, 910 people were recognized...

as industrial accident victims...

in the biggest ever industrial disease case.

It is the Wonjin Rayon Case.

It is still known as the first-ever...

large-scale epidemiological survey,

and the case that played an important role...

in changing the perspective on industrial diseases...

and seeing them as a social issue in Korea.

With that,

one doctor worked at the forefront of industrial accidents...

to help the workers in cases...

such as the Mun Song Myeon Case, the Shooting Range Case,

the Vietnamese War Defoliant Case, and much more.

He was like a medical detective.

He was a doctor who ran many epidemiological surveys.

He was practically a detective.

When he went to the site, he worked just like a detective.

You could say he even had superhuman powers.

His outstanding reasoning skills were possible due to...

the hard work he put in to earn degrees in Preventive Medicine,

Family Medicine, and Occupational and Environmental Medicine...

and write a surprising number of 350 dissertations.

These are the 354 dissertations.

These are the ones on Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

While going against the Yushin regime,

he got involved in the Federation of Democratic Youth Incident...

and paid a painful sentence in jail,

which made him set a new goal in life.

During his time in jail, he realized that a lot of people...

weren't as serious about the social movement as he was.

He swore to live his life working for the weak.

Dr. Lim Hyun Sul...

was a doctor and a detective who paid attention...

to the pain and agony of the weakest people from the bottom,

and relieved the victims from their pain faster than anyone else.

Thanks to him, many doctors are now...

bravely following in his steps to step in the chimney...

to let out the cries and agonies of the workers...

that are concealed inside.

We call them "Doctor Detective",

or "Doctor in the Chimney".

(Late Lim Hyun Sul, 1952 to 2018)

(Doctor Detective)

Side with those who have power. That's how it works.

They made all the loopholes to avoid the law.

The business we have to conceal is TL Display.

This is the beginning of a new era for TL.

Why don't you give up your studies?

The time has come.

- What is it, Min Ki? - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

- Roast duck! Eel! - Okay.

I know nothing about you!

It's a new world.