Kimsamsoom

If JTBC keeps their words, and the plot becomes a romantic love triangle between SK Agent, NK Agent and a college girl, that just so happens to be setback during a time of political unrest that is fine.

But if one of the characters die from being tortured, because he/she refuses to turn in the ML or another activist, then this is literally, word for word what actually happened, and the claims of "Fiction" become harder to believe as the plot follows very parallel to the real thing.

So it all depends.

also, I want to add, in 1987, protest were still happening, but not as strong as in 1980. But when Park Jong-cheol was tortured and killed, it reignited the movement, which eventually led to a fair elections.

If, one of the side characters does die from torture, that could be Park Jong-cheol, the student who died, and eventually led to the June Democratic struggle, that led to the elections.

Even today, there is many South Koreans who fear there are NK spies in SK. Look no further with the way NK defectors are treated in South Korea, they have very limited rights, and are treated as second class citizens.

Because Korean modern history is quite short, the people remember.

there is not a lot of ratings, so even 50 new ratings can swing it decently enough.

Someone asked about the history of the Time Period in Question, so here is a short history lesson. Of course this is based on articles on the internet, so how accurate, I cannot tell, as I am not Korean.

Sometime after the assassination of Park Chung Hee, His successor was Choi Kyu Ah, who is ousted from his position by General Chun Doo Hwan, in what is known as the Coup d'état of December Twelfth. This all happened around 1979. After this South Korea entered into a militaristic regime, also called Martial Law.

After Chun Doo Hwan was in power, approximately 100,000 protestors, mostly students, started the pro democracy movement. This all happened in 1980 remember. Gwangju, became the epicentre of radicalism as this region has had a long legacy of radicalism and protest dating back to as far as the Japanese Invasion of Korea. So this was where the Gwanghu Massacre took place, in a span of a few weeks in May 1980, reputedly 170 students were killed and tortured. Modern estimates brings this number up closer to 2,000 - 3,000 people dying. The government at the time has defined these protestor as North Korean and Communist sympathizers.

The 1980 Korean constitution already limits the presidency for up to 7 years. So when Chun Doo Hwan came into power, there was no way he could rule forever. But there was a chance he can directly vote for his successor.

Ever since the Gwangju massacre, Chun Do Hwan became more gun shy about fully flexing his military might, and obviously his popularity took a huge nose dive. After the Gwangju Massacre from 1980 - 1987, college teachers, students and etc, continue to protest and strive for true democracy in South Korea.

Sometime in January 1987, a student by the name of Park Jong-cheol died from torture from the government, after refusing to oust his colleagues. This reopened old wounds from the 1980 gwangju massacre, and reignited the passion of koreans to protest which led to the formation of the June Democratic Struggle which eventually forced Chun Doo Hwan to hold a real election which culminated in December 1987 and finally end his 7 year military rule. At around June Roh Tae Woo had informal power, and was promising sweeping democratic reforms in June of 1987, he is formally elected in December of 1987.

I don't think it's very clear whether Snowdrop is happening before Park Jong Cheol has died or after. Or, they maybe will use a fictional character to represent Park Jong Cheol, which will later lead to the June Elections.

But that's the history in the nutshell.

I don't know.

Have you seen the recent ads luxury brands ran in China?

It was so offensive, that nobody knew how big the blowback would be. I am talking about nationwide cancellation and boycott of brands.

I think it was DNG or something.

Sometimes people just don't estimate properly the public blowback.

Let's give her a chance. Who knows maybe she's really talented like D.O.

I think jisoo or yg wanted meatier roles and thus snowdrop came about.

I'm going to find a way to VPN this.

The controversy is not with the actors, writer or staff it's the subjecct matter

Really? How is it her fault? She just does what yg tells black Pink to do.

Or do knetz not know how the girl groups work in South Korea.

A little mean...

Same here. I tend to be a bit of a history buff.

The more I research though the more I can see where some of the flak is coming from.

Either way, best to just try to stay neutral on the politics of this.

Ahh, A kdrama in media's res would be extremely intriguing.

I won't judge jisoos acting till I have seen it.

She may surprise us.

Wait, there is a kdrama where the ending is spoiled in EP 1? That's Intriguing

I still feel they could have kept the same plot at just a different timeline.

Regardless if no history was distorted the plot was littered with unecessary landmines.

To be fair. Even a movie about 9-11 would have the families speaking out against it, regardless of how well the movie is made.

It's the fact that the victims or families have to relive the tragic events that is triggering.

JTBC should just stop defending to be honest.

The people who dislike the controversy, will keep disliking it regardless if evidence is mounted. All the constant defending is just not making them look any better.

Chill

It's not an uncommon angle. It's been done before in other dramas of the guy or girl changing sides due to love. It's nothing unique.

I think maybe just because at the time people got killed and falsely imprisoned that made it controversial.