(Episode 4)
You're here.
- Get up. - They didn't get us pickled radish?
All right.
Our agency, Aeguk Newspaper,
has been transformed into an agency suffering from oppression...
due to the dictatorship of Chief Director Yang Dong Shik.
My conclusion is that we must release the video...
we have obtained yesterday to the public.
So we must...
initiate a project of betrayal.
Edit the video we will leak to the public.
We must handle this.
The later we release, the less valuable the video will be.
But if we get caught?
It won't be a problem.
We will sell the video and pay the debts. I'll take the blame.
I like it. I'm in.
Through this incident, we will be able...
to establish the spirit of true journalists.
Mu Young, just tell him that you'll give him incentives.
Then we wouldn't have a problem now.
Besides, we are media jackals. We don't have spirit of journalists.
Because we are media jackals, we are not even journalists?
If we are journalists, then the flies must be birds too.
Hey, tell him to shut his mouth.
Shut it. Shut your mouth.
Since he's a newbie, I don't think he knows how Mu Young works.
What? What don't I know?
To put it simply, these people from Aeguk Newspaper...
are known as journalists to the public.
But they have different genes or something. How should I put it?
They will do everything to get what they want.
But how do you know so well about them?
Other journalists didn't have a clue about them.
I'm not just an average journalist.
I'm a journalist from Daehan Newspaper.
There shouldn't be anything that we don't know about.
Gosh, this country is so small, and yet there are so many show-offs.
Pardon? Did she say something?
It was nothing. I just said you're different since you're from Daehan.
So can I hear your amazing information?
The areas that average journalists can't handle...
are playgrounds for Daehan Newspaper.
Information about the entertainment area and violent, criminal cases...
Did you witness it personally?
No, I didn't.
I heard they get ahold of the information faster than the police.
(He caused a scene and made a mess.)
This is only possible...
because...
Youngbum Gang, the national ring, is backing them up.
You're saying that Youngbum Gang and Aeguk Newspaper...
are working together?
I didn't say that.
Those two organizations are not connected or anything.
I think Aeguk Newspaper is receiving tips about cases that happened...
in their turf.
That doesn't make sense.
How can that be possible? They are not partners.
The journalists...
got involved in the process of electing the new leader of the gang.
The new leader of the gang?
I don't know how they pulled that off. Anyhow,
it is widely known Aeguk Newspaper contributed the most in electing...
- Yang Chu Sung as their leader. - I see.
Anyway, they neither get scared...
nor are aware of others,
but it's the same reason why we shouldn't provoke them...
because if you provoke them the wrong way,
you'd be sorry.
What are you talking about now?
Why would I be sorry?
By any chance, do you remember that incident?
So tell me. What incident was that?
One time, Mu Young printed an exclusive.
The prosecutor who was in charge of investigating the slush fund...
of Mirae Group received requests from the company.
He was only able to take a photo...
of the prosecutor and the someone from the group having soup together.
But with that photo,
a lot of things were explained.
For example, this dog meat soup...
is worth 300 million dollars.
What?
So what happened?
- What do you mean what happened? - What do you mean what happened?
(3 months ago)
- It was a disaster. - It was a disaster.
Darn it.
Who would like the media jackals when we declared a war on...
the prosecution and a conglomerate?
("Prosecutor Bribed While Having Dog Meat Soup")
What's happening with the exclusive we printed today?
The number of views is so low.
No journalists are writing about this.
Chief Director,
I told you that this kind of article doesn't fit with our agency.
You don't think I don't know that?
Seriously?
But if you are a citizen of dutifully paid your taxes,
shouldn't there be at least one day the citizens should raise questions?
Hey, take a look.
Mirae Group took and spent 300 million dollars as their slush fund.
The investigation cleared the company of its suspicion.
But this jerk, the chief prosecutor in charge,
had soup with the personnel who takes care of the finances...
of the company.
It was us, who captured these two together.
Do you think it's easy to find this kind of mind blowing...
and honest article these days? Do you?
But how can our scoop attract no attention? How is this possible?
- The number went up. - Where?
It went up by one.
- You know Mirae Group... - Goodness.
and the prosecution office are experts in handling the press.
There's nothing we can do if they use their influence.
All we, media jackals, can do is just stay quiet and watch.
It hurts.
Hey, where is Mu Young at a depressing time like this?
I think he's already in the area of the operation.
What? Area of the operation?
Hey.
You'd better brace yourself today.
You have to listen to my instructions well today. Okay?
You got that, right?
You shouldn't be enjoying yourselves right now.
Gosh, those media jackals.
I ought to break their fingers and make soup out of their fingers.
Hey, who's in the press room right now?
Goodness, what an exciting turn of events.
I thought he was just going to cover it up,
but he's trying to water down our article.
I'm Chief Prosecutor Jung Jae Pil of Western Branch of Seoul District.
(Press Conference)
I can't hid how disappointed I am.
Some of journalists are criticizing me for having dog meat soup.
That's right.
It is true that I had dog meat soup.
I admit that.
However, please take a look. 2 bowls cost 28 dollars.
The meal didn't cost more than 30 dollars.
You can clearly see that I paid for the whole meal.
As an officer of the law,
I would like to point this out.
I didn't violate anti-bribery and graft act.
Look at this joker.
At this point,
I can't help myself but question their intention.
Through this incident,
under the pretense of the anti-bribery and graft act,
they are trying to criticize the culture of eating dog meat soup...
and to form unfavorable, public opinions of me.
To be honest, eating a bowl of dog meat soup in Korea...
is not illegal.
Don't you agree with me?
Hey, Mu Young, he is trying to...
make slight of our exclusive by using anti-bribery and graft act.
Do you really have a plan?
This has completely turned sour.
Hey, Chief Director.
Have you ever seen me just give up when someone takes a shot at me?
Just wait.
I'm Song Jae Hee. I'm at the Western Branch of Seoul District.
May I ask what you are doing here?
To be frank, all of us...
have received a warrant.
We were thinking what we could do to get on the good side...
of the prosecutor as our family members are in their care.
- What are you doing? - Tell them to stop that.
I heard that the prosecutors here loves dog meat soup.
Hey, come on.
- So, right now... - What are you doing? Hide me well.
I'm doing my best to prepare a bowl of soup for him.
So do you mean to say that...
you are planning to cook dog meat soup right here?
Do you plan to prepare the dog yourself?
I heard that a chairman whose slush fund was 300 million dollars...
squashed his case with a prosecutor of a high status with dog meat soup.
Our family members are just petty criminals.
I wondered why we couldn't do the same.
- What is that? - Who is that?
Which dog should I kill first?
What are you doing?
What's wrong with him?
Come here.
All right. I'm going to kill this one first.
Hey, stay focused.
Try to act scared.
Okay. I'm going to do it now!
- Come on. - I can't believe it.
(At Western Branch of Seoul District)
Here I go!
(Is he killing a dog?)
- This is too cruel. - Poor dog.
- I have to share this video. - He went too far.
- I can't believe this. - This is too harsh.
- No way. Look at this. - What is it?
How can this be possible?
They say we are the enemies here.
Kwon So Ra... Hold on. What is this?
I'm about to lose it.
Breaking news. Chief Prosecutor Jung Jae Pil of Western Branch is ruined.
It's a mess in front of the branch.
The life of Prosecutor Jung, who tarnished the reputation...
of the prosecution, will be just as messy as this incident.
Congratulations. You'll have to say goodbye to your job as a prosecutor.
From Aeguk Newspaper.
Oh, my. He set up...
a secret operation?
Don't you think this is amazing?
If I may be bold, it marked a new era in the history of journalism.
Anyway, let's get to the point.
Where do I have to go...
to meet journalists from Aeguk Newspaper?
(Incredible Media Jackal)
(Journalist Na, come to the park.)
You asked where you can meet the journalists?
Well, I don't know. I don't know that far.
What are you talking about now?
I told you I knew about Aeguk Newspaper.
I didn't say that I knew where they are.
Hey, Journalist Na.
Are you trying to start a fight with me or what?
That kind of scaring tactic doesn't work on journalists.
I don't think you've met a lot of journalists, have you?
Anyway, when we meet again, let's not be strangers. Okay?
- See you later. - Hey.
Hey! Goodness.
He's worse than a media jackal.
I even ditched a prosecutor to see you.
Tell me the truth now. Do you really have information on Park Eung Mo?
Have you ever seen us lie about something?
To be honest, when we're in an economic crisis,
shouldn't they issue a mobilization order on the girls?
- Where did you get this? - The shorter their skirts are,
- You're an incredible media jackal. - the braver the soldiers get.
You only contacted me, right?
There's no use going to someone else.
Your news agency is most successful and most cunning as well.
By the way, why is it only one-minute long?
When are you going to hand over the whole video?
First off, I have to check if you guys are gutsy...
enough to release this.
How about five big ones?
If you want the whole video, add nine more.
Hey, are you a loan shark or something?
You're asking too much. We are both journalists.
Okay, fine. Let me bring this up first.
Don't give this to other agency.
- Okay? - Okay.
Hey, by the way, you should be careful.
- What do you mean? - The prosecutor in charge...
is asking about you guys.
Who is the prosecutor in charge?
I heard she used to be a hotshot prosecutor, but right now,
she's just a nasty prosecutor whose sole goal...
is to return to Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office.
Her name is Kwon So Ra.
- Kwon So Ra? - I'll get going now.
Is it that difficult to prove if a game was manipulated or not?
I only told you the truth.
It's your responsibility to prove that.
A person needs to be qualified to tell the truth.
Stop begging me to believe you. That's what kids do.
A foe has stepped onto the mound.
The shorter their skirts are, the braver the soldiers get.
Who is your source?
I can't reveal my source. I'm sorry.
We can get the entire video only after we print about this?
- Yes. - We must release it online now.
If we miss this opportunity, it will go to Seoul Post.
Run this by the legal team to check if we can release this.
If it's a green light, we'll release it tomorrow.
Tell your source we'll release it tonight.
Before that, secure the entire video first.
Yes, sir.
Daehan Newspaper released an exclusive video...
regarding the human trafficking case.
It seems the video was filmed on the scene...
of the illegal activity in Incheon.
To check the authenticity of it, the authority in charge...
of the investigation announced that they requested an analysis to NFS.
In addition, it is speculated that the skeletons found...
on the scene may be connected to Park Eung Mo.
They announced they will investigate Mr. Park for murder as well.
Daehan Newspaper revealed that...
they will release the full video of the one-minute clip...
they had posted by tomorrow night.
(No Trespassing)
Where did this jerk, Han Mu Young go?
Because I told him not to release the video, he leaked it instead?
Is this how you're going to play?
(Please keep your conversations short.)
Hey, I prepared nine big ones.
Yes.
I'm turning into a nervous wreck. So please give me the video.
He's good. He sounds greedy too.
But where did he learn to be greedy like that?
That punk.
(1 Minute Exclusive Video of Mr. Park on the Scene)
(Daehan Newspaper)
Goodness, what a ridiculous jerk.
He got all the evidence of the scene form Aeguk Newspaper.
How dare he act like he knew nothing?
Prosecutor Kwon!
Inspector Park, tell this jerk from Daehan Newspaper...
to cough up the video.
Have a seizure and search warrant ready in case he doesn't cooperate.
Prosecutor! Something better than that exclusive video just happened.
What? What is it?
We found Park Eung Mo's DNA on the crime scene.
(DNA Results)
(Two subjects show a 99 percent match.)
(Subject 2's hair confirms Subject 1 and 2 are the same person.)
With this, we can arrest him.
This is definite evidence, right?
We will arrest him for the murder charge.
We have the public on our side.
This is a done deal. No one can stop us from arresting him.
This is perfect.
You missed something.
If Park Eung Mo hasn't been prosecuted...
for the past 10 years after being booked for criminal charges,
that implies someone is backing him up.
Then,
you should've set up a trap so that not even an anchovy can get out.
Only after that you should've released the video.
Why did you treat this as such a simple matter?
Is that how I taught you?
Lee Suk Min, the Great Journalist...
Suk Min, I hear you.
Can we go over this later? I'm too busy trying to think right now.
How dare you try to get smart with your senior journalist?
Hey, you should've judged first...
if you made your report...
for your track record or for the truth of this case.
Goodness. Suk Min.
Can't you give up already?
- What? - You have to get your articles...
printed to be a journalist. If not, you can't call yourself one.
It's not a good sight to see you like this.
So please stop crossing the line here.
Oh, my. It stinks.
I think your intestines are rotting.
They must be dead.
Generally speaking,
how can the smell be diffused from there to all the way here?
Do you know the heart of a mother who has to climb...
the ladder as she takes of her 27-month-old child?
Do you understand what it's like...
to run out to catch a story while changing your baby's diaper?
Do you know what that's like?
- Goodness. Darn it. - "Darn it"?
From now on, don't expect getting a single photographer.
Take photos with your cell phone. Got that?
Someone who doesn't respect their seniors deserves this.
No, it's only fair that you are treated like this.
What did you say?
Hold on.
This one is going to be a big one.
This one is going to reek.
Why don't we talk later? Okay?
Yoo Kyung, we'll talk later.
Her fart smells like a rotten egg.
Smell this, jerk.
You were the leader of Splash Team once.
He's a baby compared to you.
I don't feel so bad though.
He said what I wanted to say to you.
You're unbelievable.
Are your mouth and intestines in charge of releasing the malice...
you've been gathering until now?
Why are you so mean? Isn't Seung Ho good to you?
What are you talking about?
I'm happy since I don't have to see an annoying journalist.
Oh, dear. Fine. I will give you that.
I'm glad I ran into you though.
Do you know anyone in Gyeonggi Provincial Police agency?
Why do you ask? It doesn't matter who's in there...
because Seoul and Gyeonggi Province are like my neighborhood.
So don't ask the wrong person.
And just ask me.
If that's the case, we should go for a drive.
That was sudden. To where though?
So you're telling me that...
Lieutenant Jeon was helping Park Eung Mo in secret?
We definitely tipped him off as we gave up printing the story.
But only now this incident has come to light after all these years.
In order to stay above the law for a long time like this,
he needs help from both sides.
I'm just saying that we should find out...
if Lieutenant Jeon is the end of Park Eung Mo's connection or not.
My goodness.
But Suk Min, you really don't know how to give up on things.
Wouldn't it be easier if you wrote articles they assigned you?
I think it's your fate that you bring ordeals onto yourself.
I'm with you on that.
Where are you rushing to?
You ought to have a cup of coffee with me before you go.
Goodness.
I'm not a correspondent.
You were being so hard to please...
that I had to bring him with me.
Do you see him?
He's in charge of all cooperation in Gyeonggi Province.
He said you have to cooperate,
so now it's your duty to do so.
Even if I want to cooperate,
there's nothing I can do.
Isn't that true? Think about it.
You must have gone to the dark side.
I don't remember you as this kind of cop.
Let me ask you this as person to person.
Why did you do it?
We trusted you. So we gave you the information on Park Eung Mo.
But,
why did you not catch the bad guy and become the bad cop?
It's not that I didn't try.
But no matter how hard I tried, it didn't work.
I go through all the trouble to lock in the bad guys,
and the mighty ones up high spit them back out.
How am I supposed to catch the bad guys?
So you're not the only one who's covering for Park Eung Mo?
How far is he connected?
Tell me.
Who's up high?
Look.
I'll tell you one thing.
If you continue to go around digging for answers,
you'll get into big trouble.
Just get your life together and live in peace, like me.
I thought you'd just be your normal corrupt cop,
but you're a total good-for-nothing, aren't you?
There are laws and ethics in this world.
Why are you still here if you don't have common sense,
or the will to get to the bottom of things?
Then what about you?
Do you even have the resources to get to the bottom of things?
Just wait.
Something big will happen soon.
Just watch how the law and ethics...
you trust so much...
crumble down.
So,
is this all I can hear?
Is there a bigger secret left?
You threatened someone who used to be our own.
I don't feel good about it.
You forget who put me here in the first place?
Because of that one stupid girl,
I had to send in three poor fellows too.
I understand what you mean.
If you do,
talk to the old guys.
You know, right?
If I start talking here,
it's only a matter of time before things get out of control.
Anyways, you are all incredible.
I didn't think there'd...
be bigger incidents than the Min Young Ho case...
from five years ago.
I heard a reporter was taken out...
to cover up that incident, right?
Incredible.
I thought he lost contact...
with the old ones a long time ago.
But I guess not?
He knows a lot.
It's not easy to completely cut him off.
And now he's threatening us?
The elders...
want to hear your opinion.
Should we hear him out?
Or,
do we involve Park Eung Mo's family...
I wish it'd play out like this.
I want to cut off...
this unseemly past at once.
Why don't we take care of it?
It'd be too risky to do it inside the jail.
Outside would be best.
Even if we do something,
we can't stop his prosecution.
Human trafficking is one thing,
but there's clear evidence for murder.
I know that the NFS isn't finished with their investigation.
Why don't they adjust the victim's time of death?
Are you...
referring to the statute of limitations?
Even if the system changes,
laws always have loopholes.
We don't have a lot of time, so we need to hurry.
In the end, only we can...
protect ourselves.
That's not my daughter.
I...
can't recognize her.
The DNA confirms that it's Seo Hae Young,
who disappeared 21 years ago.
The process was short thanks to the blood sample we received.
Why is my Hae Young like that?
Why is my daughter there?
I'm so sorry.
Next is Lee Myung Hee's family. Please come in.
- No! - My daughter.
My baby!
(National Forensic Service)
- No! - No!
I think the family needs more time.
Why don't we have a talk in the mean time?
It's an honor that you called for me.
Here.
I heard two suns have been rising for Daehan Newspaper these days.
Wow.
I knew you'd do this well.
Even if I don't get sleep at night,
I wanted to make sure I keep all my old friends close.
But life gets in the way.
You have no need to say that.
We don't share any blood, but we're two families under the same roof.
- Have another one. - Okay.
- Here. - Thank you.
This place has good eel.
- Is that so? - Or maybe you don't need eel?
Let's eat.
You always wanted to be at the political desk?
You got your wish.
Isn't this easier?
Still,
if we end things like this, my career will become nothing.
You'll take sole responsibility for what you just said.
You think the company will let you...
ruin their face?
What if I don't...
take sole responsibility?
What source gave you the video?
They were the ones who did wrong in the first place.
Right?
Yes.
Daehan Newspaper has issued an apology for the confessions video...
that was planned to be released yesterday.
Apparently, the video was falsified.
Meanwhile, the source that created...
the problematic video turned out to be Aeguk Newspaper.
According to a source at Daehan Newspaper,
Aeguk provided the video...
requesting for money in return.
Aeguk is an online news tabloid media...
that was established only five years ago.
Daehan plans to take legal measures against Aeguk...
for purposefully providing false information.
The person you are trying to reach is unavailable.
I'm going to kill Na Sung Shik.
Good job. It's fantastic.
If you wanted to close the company, you should have told me.
Dong Shik,
something's wrong. I'll go and...
Go? Go where?
You still don't get it?
- What? - The game's over.
The heaven's just sent an angel to help Park Eung Mo.
- What? - Daehan Newspaper...
made it public that the video's been falsified,
so the video's forever gone.
Just wait and see. Something will go wrong in the police investigation.
This game is too big. If you can't handle it,
you shouldn't get involved.
The beasts have come out to hunt.
They can do everything except change a man into a woman.
We'll get destroyed if we get involved in this.
The devil lured me...
into committing an unforgivable crime.
Please...
forgive me.
Okay.
Please.
Are you saying we should...
give the blame to someone else?
Goodness.
What do you mean blame?
The police said that...
this Chinese-Korean guy is the real perpetrator.
He led the whole thing.
Who would believe that this 28-year-old Chinese-Korean kid...
led a massive criminal organization?
It's clear that he's Park Eung Mo's front.
We have to indict him...
for both human trafficking and murder.
Kwon So Ra.
Are you telling me what to do?
What did I say?
Be better than a toad.
Don't you want your old job back?
Look.
He said himself that the DNA...
is irrefutable and admits to committing murder.
When Daehan Newspaper is in the dumps because of that video,
who cares who the real boss is?
I'm not saying this twice.
Just indict him for murder,
and bury everything else.
Alright?
(Actual boss)
- Stop there! - Hey!
Stop there!
- Hey! - Stop there!
Stop there!
Go forward!
Run!
Hey, come out. Come out.
The ship will sail out at 2am from Incheon.
Just go back home and don't think about coming back.
Am I being hustled out...
because of that Park Eung Mo?
Just go.
Don't try to know anything and don't ask questions.
You good-for-nothings.
That jerk.
If you get caught roaming around, you'll be done for. Don't forget.
("Boss of Human Trafficking Organization escapes to China")
- What? - Hey.
What?
Shouldn't you come apologize after stabbing someone in the back?
I didn't expect to see you here.
You have something with Park Eung Mo, right?
Right?
The video turns out to be fake,
just as the fake boss escapes?
The coincidence is just too strange, isn't it?
You're writing stories now.
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
Hey, how far are you planning to go?
- Let me go! - You jerk!
- Let go! - Aren't you embarrassed?
- You good-for-nothing! - Let go!
What are you doing?
What did you say happened?
There's an issue with applying the statute of limitations.
When did the victim die?
We don't know yet.
But if she passed away before August of 2000,
Then we can't extend the statute of limitations.
In that case,
the statute would be expired.
- My kid died in there! - Why can't we go in?
- This is exhausting. - Let us through!
- Hey! - What's going on?
Let us in!
- Please stay back! - I have to go in!
- Let us pass! - Stay back!
He's coming!
How do you feel right now?
What was your motive for murder?
I'm sorry.
I will reveal everything to the police.
I regret everything.
- That murderer! - Get him!
Get him!
The victim passed away sometime...
between 1998 and 1999.
No, there's no way.
There must be a mistake.
- Let us pass! - Get him!
Get back!
Take care of that.
- Hey! - Come here!
- How dare you! - Hey!
- That police officer pushed us! - Someone died in there!
(The projected time of death is between 1998 and 1999.)
Are you sure it's between 1998 and 1999?
Answer me with your life,
and the lives of the four victims!
Yes, I'm sure.
If this is true, Park Eung Mo is...
This is ridiculous.
- Stop there! - Stop him!
- Get him! - You murderer!
- Hey! - Stop him!
- Stop there! - Don't let him go!
- Hey! - Get him!
- Bring him here! - Get him!
- Murderer! - Stop him!
(Stay tuned for the preview after the ads.)
I trusted the law and people once.
But they don't deserve my trust.
Media jackals have their own ways of doing things.
The article's been dumped, the law's ruined,
and all the rules of the game are ruined.
So from now on, I do things my way.
(Falsify)
(Next Monday at 10pm)