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TEMPEST

You're entering my world now.

Forget everything that's been protecting you.

Your natural rights, the Constitution and laws of this country,

your diplomatic immunity…

and your tremendous inheritance.

From this point on, one person controls everything.

Are you afraid?

-Yes.

Does she look afraid to you?

Show her what real fear is.

Show her what true hopelessness and despair feel like.

Make her so miserable she wishes she had never been born.

Mom, where are we going?

What are you planning?

Junsang, what do you know about women?

Women want to have the biggest, and the most powerful thing in the world.

And I am about to get my hands on it.

Anyone who gets in my way tonight won't make it out alive.

That's how your brother died.

Munju will meet the same fate soon.

You're going to inherit everything I have.

And that means that I'm doing this for you.

You murdered Junik for me?

So what do you think you should do?

CERTIFICATE OF THE ORDER OF MERIT YU UNHAK

CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION YU UNHAK

BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,

AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

YU JONGGIL

She wants to see you, Munju.

Junsang.

I remember the day you became a prosecutor

and the day you won Prosecutor of the Year.

Junik was so proud

to have such a talented and tough prosecutor as his little brother.

Junsang, listen.

Junik was murdered by your mother.

And tonight, because of her, countless lives are gonna be in danger.

You're the only one who can stop her.

Nobody else can.

Shut up.

You don't know what you're talking about.

I have a question, Mother.

How long have you been Stella Young?

Since 1983.

My family was exiled to the US because of my husband's bribery scandal.

A few days ago, I was at some charity art auction,

sticking my hand in the air to win this beautiful piece,

but lost out. So I turned around to see who'd won

and was blinded by a knockout.

Then three days later…

Would you believe it? That painting showed up at our front door.

And to think we'd meet again this way, and me without my sunglasses…

That's when I discovered my hidden talents,

talents for socializing, secrecy, and conspiracy.

As the wife of a corrupt politician,

I was exactly the kind of contractor the CIA needed.

Someone to report on Korean politicians and collect dirt on them.

We need to drive him out slowly without him even realizing it.

While supporting pro-American politicians,

our company thrived with US backing.

Then we started helping American defense contractors

sell weapons to the South Korean government,

and that's when I finally found my true path.

-Minister… -A typical arms dealer measures profits

by how many machine guns, mortars,

and surface-to-air missiles they can sell.

But I thought about how many hearts the bullets I sold would pierce,

how many tanks the rocket launchers would destroy,

and how many fighter jets the missiles would take down.

From then on, submarines became my dream.

Strategic nuclear submarines that could launch ballistic missiles

without anyone ever knowing.

Suspect appears to be North Korean agent, Paik Sanho.

-Is North Korea doing this? -We've shut down all major access roads.

All standby units are moving to the scene.

Shut down all surrounding roads.

All roads around the Blue House have been shut down.

Paik Sanho. What do you want?

The NIS director is stepping out now.

He's got one kilogram of C-4 strapped to him.

It will go off if either of us dies.

We need to secure a minimum safe distance of 20 meters.

Security Unit One, move back beyond a 20-meter radius.

First, let me show you what one kilogram of C-4 can do.

Stand by.

"Be faithful unto death…

and I will give you life."

Oh, my God. Did you see that? Hey, what's going on?

Do you have any injuries?

Director Yu's house just exploded!

You blew up my house?

Was that a verse from the Bible?

Your father was the head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command.

He became a legend by purging 3,000 leftists.

Was he also the one who would say that…

"If you can't find communists,

-make them"? -Son of a bitch!

What do you want?

I want to see the president immediately.

The president has arrived.

"THE BLUE HOUSE"

Just one minute.

If I can have just one minute to speak face-to-face with the president,

you can arrest me afterwards.

And I'll release the NIS director unharmed.

Shoot him! I don't care what happens to me!

Don't let one more word come out of his mouth!

Not another word!

Don't let her hear another word from this goddamn North Korean spy!

Madam President, you can't give in to the terrorist's demands.

Time is on our side, Madam President.

Even in the worst-case scenario, we're only looking at Director Yu's sacrifice.

Hold your fire until I give the order.

Madam President.

I'm staking both the director's life and my own on that one minute.

Countless lives are depending on it.

There's no time.

If any of you have even an ounce of courage, shoot him right now!

I'll commend you for it!

What are you waiting for?

Shoot him, you worthless bastards!

No, Madam President!

Don't speak to him!

Let him go.

Don't do it! Listen to me. Don't do it!

You'll be colluding with a spy!

Start talking.

You have one minute.

Go.

August 13th, 2007.

I'm sure it's a day you'll never forget.

Do you like Proust, Madam President?

Proust? The French novelist?

I don't.

I really can't stand long-winded writing.

We could spend our precious time debating my taste in literature,

but I am very impatient,

like a true Korean.

Anything else you want to say?

If not, then we're done here.

His minute's up. Arrest him.

You son of a bitch!

You're plotting something, aren't you?

But you won't live to speak with the president ever again. You understand?

I will make sure of it.

And your grandmother?

She died two days ago,

waiting for you.

See?

I told you to lose that woman and leave with your grandmother.

You brought this on yourself, you bastard!

I built my reputation by quietly handling problems for troubled countries.

Becoming the world's top arms dealer wasn't simple,

even so, I could always keep shipments moving,

and I had good relationships with dictators.

Then one day, it hit me.

I had the power given by the United States

and the privilege of accessing North Korea.

Aseom Shipping stated…

The most secretive land on earth

where high-quality weapons could be produced at any time.

I built factories there, developed technology,

and sold weapons to sanctioned countries,

all under complete secrecy.

Because my power came from the fact that no one knew who I really was.

However, I know this business won't last forever.

That's why I had to create the weapon of my dreams while I still could.

Nuclear weapons are actually a blessing for small countries.

Mutually assured destruction.

If I have a weapon that can annihilate my opponent even if I die,

in the final judgment,

that puts me on equal footing as our biggest and strongest enemy.

The great powers always think they're the only ones

with the money and technology for nuclear weapons.

But…

what if you had a nuclear submarine, Your Majesty?

Idisha would be unbeatable in any war.

Before the submarine is yours,

let the world know that you fear no one,

that you can press the nuclear button at any time.

On August 13th, 2007, in Basel…

we were desperate.

The four-party talks for peace on the Korean Peninsula

were going to break down the next day without any concrete results.

Oh, sorry. I'm late.

Oh, not at all. We've only just started.

It's great to see you, Munju.

We were discussing my meeting with Kim Jongkwan,

the North Korean representative, last night.

Oh, I'm all ears.

Well, we met in the hotel lobby at 10 o'clock.

N'allez pas trop vite.

Slow down.

I beg your pardon?

It's what Proust would've said, Mr. Hughes.

Please slow down a bit. Otherwise, we'll miss the most important things.

How he came to be there, whether it was by chance or arrangement,

whether he came alone or with someone.

Hmm. Ah, yes. Proust, the madeleine.

But I'm pretty sure he said, uh…

Mais précise mon cher monsieur n'allez pas trop vite.

Wow, that really, really takes me back

to my French lit graduate thesis.

Wow.

But, Munju,

Patrick is the representative of the United States.

They are Hemingway fanatics.

Mmm.

They believe that the most important thing is the one true sentence.

Didn't you know?

That is quite true. However, today, in honor of Munju,

I shall attempt a Proustian explanation.

If you'll excuse me, I need to go to the restroom.

As a Korean, I'm not so patient.

-Of course.

China has just persuaded North Korea.

They're asking us to get the US to shift its position.

The US won't want to be pressured three-against-one.

So tell him that if they back off a little,

we can turn it around and pressure North Korea three-against-one.

The plan succeeded.

And the next day, the four countries agreed to issue a joint statement.

It was incredible…

like watching four rivers, each flowing in different directions,

finally come together as one.

So, did you bring me a message that might change the course of the rivers?

But nothing anyone did changed our lives.

While politicians and diplomats negotiated, issued statements,

held summits, and repeated cycles of success and failure,

we starved, worked like dogs.

And we died

like it all meant nothing.

Nuclear missiles were built after all.

I'm not South Korean, or North Korean, or American.

I came here to deliver a message to make sure

no nuclear bombs fall on any land.

Madam President,

you have to make that happen.

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Please hand over Paik Sanho now.

You're really crossing the line, Madam President.

You're the one who's crossing the line.

What do you want?

I'm Kang Gyeongtae from the Corruption Investigation Office.

Director Yu Unhak, you're under arrest for fabricating six espionage cases.

Hold on, asshole.

When did you decide to come after me?

When you told me about your plan to frame Seo Munju as a spy.

I couldn't let that kind of manipulation happen under my administration.

What do you think a spy is, Madam President?

A spy is someone that I…

that we have determined does not belong to this country.

And now, the daughter of a spy returns and tries to become president?

If the NIS can't even stop that from happening,

then what reason is there for us to exist?

Thank you for your statement, Director.

You can explain the rest in court.

You're under arrest. You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you…

Once the submarine is delivered tonight…

…the King of Idisha will threaten the United States.

He will claim that Idisha's newest submarine

is sitting in the middle of the Pacific,

with sixteen missiles aimed at the US.

I've been waiting for this day for a long time.

-What is that? -I've always believed

the King of Idisha was a coward, too scared to actually fire the missiles.

Now, it's been 80 years since nuclear bombs were invented,

but they've only ever been launched once.

You're not planning to launch it yourself, are you?

If I put the missile launch code in here and fire the missiles right now,

how do you think today will go down in history?

"The King of Idisha went mad and launched nuclear missiles at the United States"?

Do you get it now?

I can commit the most destructive act in human history

without ever leaving my name behind.

I told you.

Even when I sell a single bullet, I think about the heart that it will pierce.

We have received intelligence

that a submarine is currently headed to the middle of the Pacific.

By tomorrow, the King of Idisha could announce

that he'll point a nuclear missile at the United States.

With all due respect, Madam President,

you don't mind my asking,

what are you basing this on exactly?

Do you believe the King of Idisha's statement to be true?

You're looking at the transaction records for 38 accounts across five banks.

Camila, I can prove to you that the one billion dollars transferred

over the last 72 hours is being used to purchase weapons of mass destruction.

You need to freeze that money before it reaches the North Koreans.

Anderson, you need to calm down.

If this is true, of course, we're going to freeze the accounts and impose sanctions.

But this is a tremendous amount of data,

and it's going to take time to check everything.

Understood.

The money is coming from Idisha and going to Aseom Shipping.

Wait. Are you trying to tell me this has to do with that submarine?

Okay. I'm sorry, Camila. I know I'm putting you on the spot,

but you have to trust me and freeze those accounts right now.

Anderson, you know I'm taking a big risk just by talking to you on the phone.

All I can promise you is that I'm going to do my best.

-Don't move! -Freeze! On your knees!

Keep your hands up in the air!

Anderson Miller.

Mr. President?

First, you claim that this submarine doesn't exist,

and now, you're insisting that it's heading out to the Pacific Ocean.

And tomorrow, it's going to have these fair United States in its crosshairs.

Do I have that right?

Yes, sir.

Initially, I didn't believe there was a submarine.

There just wasn't enough evidence.

But something didn't add up.

It was capability. They didn't have the money or the materials.

So to make up for that, their strategy was to show off the weapons

that they did have in order to make us think

that they could use them at any time.

I mean, you expect me to believe that North Korea built a nuclear submarine

but wanted to keep it a secret?

No. That doesn't track, sir.

But what if they got the money and the materials

from somewhere else?

Mr. President, I can show you five years of financial transactions

showing that Idisha is purchasing

the submarine from North Korea.

Well then.

What exactly is it you expect us to do?

Freeze the funds from Idisha to North Korea.

Stop the transfer from happening.

Sir.

You have the power

to take us back to a world before this thing existed.

Madam President.

-Aseom Shipping. -Hello? Who's calling?

-What do you mean? -Which bank did you say?

Looks like our payment accounts have all been frozen.

If we're gonna send the payment up north by midnight,

-we need to report to the chairwoman.

Yeah. I got it.

Junik was miserable his whole life because of you.

What?

You were so opposed to our marriage he considered cutting ties with you.

He wanted to understand why you were acting that way.

And that was how he found out he wasn't your biological son.

Junik? He knew about that?

And he knew about your childhood also.

She was a poor kid.

She grew up all alone near a US military base, like a stray dog.

When she was nine, her mother ran off with an American soldier.

So she fed herself by babysitting for busy mothers and doing their chores.

-What is that? -When I married

into the salt merchant's family as his second wife,

I decided that I would marry her off

to the eldest son,

lying that she spoke good English and went to university.

I wanted to have my own person in the house.

I had no idea back then how crazy she really was.

When you were nine years old, no one knew.

Ever since then, you've been throwing stones at them.

The stones became bigger and bigger,

and now, they've become missiles.

I was born to the weakest woman in a powerless, small country

that let other countries decide its wars and fate.

And even that woman abandoned me. Isn't it incredible?

That someone like me can now pay them back for everything?

All those letters you sent to America looking for your mother…

Mom, please write back to me.

If you'd let me know where you are,

I'll send you a big Christmas present one day.

I'm sending you a photo I took recently.

It was a beautiful day, and I spent the whole day thinking about you.

Come on, hurry.

"MAIL"

"RETURNED"

They were returned as "recipient unknown."

But missiles tend to find the recipient, don't they?

You seem to think

I'm some kind of child trying to fire a nuclear missile at my own mother.

You're wrong.

I wanted to become the most powerful person in the world.

And how would I make that happen?

By quietly pressing a button.

Some people brag about having the world's strongest military,

about their territories, their resources, and their weapons.

But I'm going to press the button.

No one will know.

And I'll be greater than the President of the United States.

And why not?

America has no problem starting wars

that could kill millions of lives in other nations

just to protect itself from a potential threat.

You wasted your breath running around trying to stop this war.

But it'll be me in the end who truly brings peace.

Because when I press the button,

everyone in the world will forget about some war on the Korean Peninsula.

They'll be thinking about one thing.

Peace, and nothing but peace.

And for the next thousand years,

humanity will remember tonight.

You think that you're a god or something, don't you?

Yeah, I can see the thrill you're getting from all this.

What could be more thrilling than this?

Tell me, Mother.

Has it ever occurred to you that someone could try to stop you?

They're freezing your shell company accounts.

Doesn't matter.

And, Mom,

I just received an arrest warrant from the court.

"ARREST WARRANT LIM OKSEON"

You're under arrest on suspicion of Jang Junik's murder.

-Shut up.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Just hold on until midnight.

You have the right to remain silent. And you have the right to an attorney.

Are you insane?

The true source of the money you sent under Yeo Miji's name to Kim Yongjun.

The list of illegally imported firearms

with the serial number of the gun Kim Yongjun used.

I listened to every recording from your room and Junik's

before and after the incident, while I was in Germany.

Set up an account

under Munju's aide's name and then send the money through it,

so we can use it as evidence later.

"YEO MIJI"

The serial number of the gun Kim Yongjun used

was found on your list of illegally imported firearms.

That's how I was able to secure all the evidence.

You really think that's enough to send me to prison?

That day…

you were crying when it happened.

In Junik's room.

Assemblyman Jang.

Right up until the phone rang.

You didn't murder him because of me.

Did you really think I was that much of a scumbag?

Just once…

Just once, I wanted to have a real conversation with you, Mom.

I guess we can speak at the Prosecutors' Office.

There's a prosecutor here who wants to arrest me.

He must think he's on dry land. Come here and take care of it.

The Coast Guard is on our tail. You should go. Try and escape.

Shots fired! Hey, get over here. Quick!

Get over here! Move!

We are not running.

We fight.

This is the Coast Guard. You are surrounded.

Stop your vessel immediately and stand by.

I repeat, stop your vessel immediately and stand by.

Attention, all hands.

Come on, it's time to get up.

All hands, man your battle stations.

-We are being pursued.

All hands, man your battle…

This ship has two hotlines connected to North Korea.

One's in the control room we were just in,

and the other's up top, in my mother's bedroom.

Let's call Kim Hansang from there and tell him the accounts were frozen,

and try to convince him to turn the submarine around.

"RESTRICTED AREA"

Let's go! Come on!

Requesting backup!

Crew members on the cargo ship are resisting with heavy weapons!

-Requesting backup!

Go get them.

Kill them if you have to.

Yes, ma'am.

Junsang.

I think I'll be okay.

Of course. You'll be fine.

Munju.

Go press one on the phone. It'll connect you to him.

Go.

Turn this thing around.

When I was a kid…

Junik was all I had.

I always wanted to be at least half as good as he was.

When he died, that was the first thing I thought.

"Just be…"

"…half as good as he is."

Junsang, you're going to be okay.

I'll be back. Just hang in there.

I'll be back, okay.

We've found the ship Seo Munju is on.

Find her and bring her back, no matter what.

However, you're still going to be held accountable

for the abduction of the NIS director, for bombing his home and the shootings.

Make sure you come back.

Get her!

No, this way.

-Yeah. Here.

I thought I'd die before I saw you again.

I told you I'd be here.

Closing in at over 700 knots.

-Likely a fighter jet. -I'll report the situation.

Connect me to the Control Room.

Something's approaching from the northeast. Likely a fighter jet.

What do we do?

-Air Force fighter jets are inbound.

You need to leave now.

Is the payment ready?

The payment won't be made.

The US has frozen all Aseom Shipping accounts connected to Idisha.

Who is this?

This is Seo Munju.

I'm a former UN ambassador.

Huh, Chairwoman Lim's daughter-in-law.

You have to turn the submarine around.

Lim Okseon is planning to launch a nuclear missile

at the US on her own.

If she succeeds, Idisha and North Korea

will face indiscriminate retaliation.

The damage would be unimaginable.

The nuclear briefcase is in Idisha.

It'll only be activated once the payment is made.

Lim also has a briefcase.

This was her plan from the start.

Once the submarine is delivered,

she was going to push the nuclear button herself.

We communicate with the submarine every two hours.

And we can't reach them for another hour.

Is Lim already at sea, heading into the Pacific Ocean?

That's right.

We've deployed a surface ship near the submarine.

Once the submarine comes within range,

the command will be transmitted in real-time.

You're transmitting commands through the briefcase?

-That's correct. -So if I destroy the briefcase,

the launch command won't go through?

Yes, but you have to be careful.

If Lim has the briefcase,

she may have set it up with a dead man's switch…

Wait, what's that mean?

Closing in on the target's stern, maintaining speed,

radar is clear, preparing to engage.

Drop your gun.

Step back now.

-Are you okay?

She's up there.

It's all over, Mother.

The launch system

in the control room will automatically activate if I die.

And the missile will be fired at the United States.

"A dead man's switch."

Once the command is given, the missile will launch in ten minutes.

To cancel it, you need to enter this launch code in the control room.

And now it's gone.

Soon it'll all be over.

I've spent my life…

dreaming of this moment.

Ten minutes, Munju.

As soon as I'm dead.

There must be a device where we can enter the launch code.

It's here.

You should stay out here.

Lim Okseon is dead. Give me the launch code.

The launch code is in the nuclear briefcase.

The King of Idisha.

He has a briefcase, right?

Is the code the same? We have to speak to him.

Yes, it's the same code.

It has to match the one for the submarine.

Hello?

I received a call from Kim Hansang.

Are you prepared?

Your Majesty.

Eight, seven…

three, four, nine,

three, zero, two,

six, one, five, four.

That's everything.

It's done.

Thank you.

Hope we talk again soon.

-Likewise.

What's going on?

It's a pressure-release bomb.

There's also a timer set, just like last time.

If I leave this booth, then the bomb's going to explode.

-We can stop it if we get the code right… -There's over 20 kilos of C-4.

So the whole ship is at risk.

We have to evacuate those people.

It's not working!

Go. Make them evacuate.

What about you?

I'll try to defuse the bomb.

I'm not leaving.

If I have eight minutes to live,

I want to spend all eight of them with you.

The more urgent the mission is, the more calmly I proceed.

We're having a normal conversation, all right? Nothing out of the ordinary.

Do it just like before.

Slowly,

like it's nothing special.

I can't. I want to be here.

There are too many people down there.

Peace. And everybody's safety.

Think about the things you want to protect, Munju.

I don't need peace anymore.

If I leave now, I'll be

living in hell the rest of my life.

Munju, I need you to leave right now.

Give me a chance to defuse the bomb.

Last time, the bomb went off anyway.

But you weren't hurt. And I still made it back to you safely.

Go to him. The head of the special forces.

Come back with a bomb technician.

Three minutes down, and three minutes back.

Even if I get one minute with you, I'll come back.

Stay down!

-Down! -Don't move!

Over here. -I said don't move!

-No. Shut up!

Here!

Is there a bomb technician here?

There's explosives near the engine room.

-It's going to go off in four minutes! -All units, evacuate.

Evacuate! -Evacuate immediately.

-Come on! Go, go! -Move!

Is there a bomb technician here? There's someone still inside!

Move! -Hey, hurry up! We gotta…

Let me go! Let me go! Now!

No, I have to go! Let me go!

We'll get you on a lifeboat.

No, I have to go back.

Let go of me!

-Let go of me right now! I have to go! Come on.

Let go of me! Let go!

I have to go back!

Munju…

don't come back.

I want you to keep going. Don't stop.

Just keep going.

Keep moving forward.

I can see you from here.

Let me keep watching over you.

The path you'll be walking…

the people you'll meet.

Grandma.

I think I had a dream.

A dream where I met a woman I could die for.

I wish I could stay asleep

forever.

Peace talks between the US and Idisha have begun.

Anshar Nabu, the King of Idisha, and UN ambassador Adele Zimmerman

met at Kirus Alaila Palace today to sign a cease-fire agreement

as well as to discuss the withdrawal of US troops…

Is it true that your father was a spy?

My father, Seo Hyeongsik, was falsely accused by the KCIA…

No, no. Just answer the question. Is it true or not?

He was a spy.

You were recently accused of espionage yourself, correct?

I was cleared of that

after Yu Unhak was arrested for fabricating espionage charges.

You also were involved in an affair with North Korean defector Paik Sanho,

an audio recording too disgraceful to mention

played for the entire nation. Was that fabricated, too?

Because of that, our party's name was dragged through the mud.

Everyone in the country saw it and heard it.

So how can you even show your face here?

Explain yourself and apologize!

We have all unanimously voted to expel candidate Seo Munju

for disgracing the party's honor

and violating the duty to uphold dignity.

-Oh, wait! Miss Seo Munju! -[clamoring]

The rumors of my relationship with Paik Sanho are real.

I don't believe that loving another person

is something that can ever diminish anyone's dignity.

But if the party has judged

that my relationship has blemished its reputation,

I will respect that.

However, I firmly believe that Paik Sanho

was more dignified than anyone who sat on the ethics committee today.

No question.

You've been through so much. And I'm sorry.

We've searched through the wreckage and the surrounding area.

But we haven't found Paik Sanho's remains.

Even so, we'll find him no matter what.

I promise.

And I'd like to apologize.

It must've been so painful

having to make a choice between handing over North Korean territory

or risking a war to achieve reunification.

I prayed for days, hoping I wouldn't have to make that choice.

But it's the president's job to make those kinds of hard decisions.

I'm so sorry.

I appreciate it.

Because of you, I made it back from hell,

but you lost too much.

All my decisions were my own.

The US has requested you be sent as a special envoy.

They need your help mediating with Idisha and North Korea

on the submarine's dismantlement.

And they also have some questions about the Eagleton-Coldrain scandal.

If I speak out, won't it stir up public opinion against you?

I'll take care of that. There's a lot I want you to do.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

We're almost there. Um…

Remember, keep it simple for the president.

North Korea built it,

Idisha bought it, Aseom Shipping connected the two. Um…

Whenever you mention Eagleton, mention Coldrain and Stella Young.

Um…

Be ready to discuss dismantling the submarine,

but let him ask you.

Make him feel good, you know.

-Uh, hey. -Hmm?

You got this.

You're not nervous, are you?

About this?

No.

Hey, I, um…

I never visited Korea because I didn't feel like I had anybody,

but I guess I have you now.

Yeah.

You do have me.

Um…

I wanted to be the first to tell you

that the president is considering giving the medal of honor to Paik Sanho.

That's right.

He was an American.

You know,

part of me believes

he's still alive somewhere.

I wish I could've met him.

The president will see you now.

Hey.

You're our only hope now.

I guess

we're in trouble then.

"One of the greatest talks I've had in years."

"A strong woman who brought peace to the world."

Did you see the poll results from this morning?

Candidate… I mean, Ambassador,

even though you were disqualified as a candidate,

you're still polling first for the New Republican Party

at all eight polling agencies. First place!

Calm down, Miji.

And remember. I'm not a candidate.

It's not just within the New Republican Party.

Your approval rating among all presidential candidates

has gone up significantly.

Presidential candidate registration is open…

…until next week.

You can always still run as an independent.

Miji, Changhee, I can't do it.

When I was running before,

it was only because I wanted to find out why my husband died,

not because I thought I deserved to be president.

Still though, Miss Seo.

If you ask me,

I don't believe that anyone even comes close to being as qualified.

So just say the word, all right?

And I'll cancel my flight to the US.

You know, I've kept my schedule open if you need anything.

Hey, listen. Know when to stay in your own lane.

She's my ambassador.

She's my ambassador.

Hello?

I'm leaving for Beijing.

Madam President.

I did a lot of thinking last night.

About how crucial the next few days,

the next few months,

and the next few years will be for the future of the Korean Peninsula.

And about how important the subsequent leader's role will be

once my term ends.

I believe it should be you.

You know the strength it takes to face the difficulties of our time.

I'm thinking of leaving the party and finding a way to support you

when I get back from Beijing.

I don't think I can do it.

Why?

Because I'm still…

too heartbroken.

That's the type of president I want.

Someone who's suffered deeply,

but still has the strength to push through it,

and becomes stronger from it.

Even though you were a candidate from the opposing party,

if I endorse you, it would send a message of unity.

A leader trying to reunify the Korean Peninsula

should be capable of at least that much.

Think about it carefully.

-Not from your personal perspective…

…but from a historical perspective.

I had a dream. I was this woman.

I didn't believe in God,

but there was a church in my heart.

A place built with pillars made from my father's bones,

walls plastered with my mother's flesh,

floors washed clean with my husband's blood,

and where I sent the soul of my precious little child up to heaven.

Before I came here,

I buried my love in the black hills and prayed.

Take my place, and bestow it upon this land.

And when there is enough peace for everyone,

enough that no one needs it anymore,

then please, return to me my poor, lost love.

Even though I don't believe in God, the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body, or life everlasting,

I know he will live inside me forever.

On, my Polaris.

Seo Munju! Seo Munju! Seo Munju!

"YOUR BATTLE IS OUR BATTLE, SEO MUNJU"

"YOU GIVE GREAT STRENGTH TO US"

[crowd chanting] Seo Munju! Seo Munju!

Hello, citizens.

Welcome.

My name is Seo Munju.

I stand here today to officially announce my candidacy

for the 22nd presidential election of the Republic of Korea.

Seo Munju! Seo Munju!

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