A band of thieves from North and South Korea come together to severe inequality by stealing a large sum of money. In this adventurous and thought-provoking drama, we are invited to explore the 'Joint Economic Area'
There are many things to watch out for in the upcoming Korean remake of the Spanish Netflix series La Casa de Papel. Besides bringing talented actors such as Yoo Ji-tae (PROFESSOR), Kim Yunjin (Seon Woojin), Park Hae-soo (BERLIN), Jun Jong-seo (TOKYO), Lee Won-jong (MOSCOW), Park Myung-hoon (Cho Youngmin), Kim Sung-o (Cha Moohyuk), Kim Ji-hun (DENVER), Jang Yoon-ju (NAIROBI), Lee Joobeen (Yun Misun), Lee Hyun-woo (RIO), Kim Ji-hoon (HELSINKI), and Lee Kyu-ho (OSLO) together, the show sheds light the pressing problems the nation faces in the present time.
The Korean peninsula is on the verge of unification, and a band of robbers in Hahoe masks (Korean masks used to perform ancestral rites or to drive away evil spirits) roams around Unified Korea Mint (UKM), the place where the first step toward a peaceful unification will take place. North and South Korea establish the Unified Korea Mint and are printing one common currency as the groundwork to build a stable joint economy
Realising that “only the rich get richer,” The PROFESSOR gathers his troops and plans an unprecedented heist–stealing money that has yet to exist.
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Below are reasons why people should watch out for this new drama:
1. Korea Reimagined
Money Heist: Joint Economic Area provides a glimpse of North and South Korea on their way to reunification. In the process, both nations seek to print one common currency as a groundwork to build a stable joint economy.
"The themes of a common currency and a mint built in the Joint Security Area (which divides North and South Korea today) are the premise of the series, which adds the Korean flavour and excitement to the original story," said the writer Ryu Yong-jae.
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