President (TV series)

President
Promotional poster for President
Genre	Drama, Political
Written by	Son Young-mok Jung Hyun-min Son Ji-hye
Directed by	Kim Hyung-il
Starring	Choi Soo-jong Ha Hee-ra
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	Shin Chang-suk Kim Sang-hwi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 (KST)
Release
Original network	KBS 2TV
Picture format	16/9
Original release	15 December 2010 (2010-12-15) – 24 February 2011 (2011-02-24)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Fugitive: Plan B
Followed by	The Thorn Birds
External links
Website

President (Hangul: 프레지던트; RR: Peurejideonteu) is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes.

The drama follows the presidential election process to shed light on the right way of politics, the qualifications of a future Korean president, and also the personal tribulations and ambitions of politicians hidden behind the power struggles. Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il-joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam-Chuk. There is little doubt that the accident and the nomination of Jang Il-joon are related. Meanwhile, Yoo Min-ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother's sudden death and headed for Sam-Chuk. As he cast his mother's ashes in the sea, he thought of his childhood: his father always blurt out that Min-ki was not his own son whenever he was drunk. Min-ki believed that his father was telling the truth because he had seen his mother tearing up and looking at an old photograph of a man often. Min-ki discovered that the photograph was gone when he was cleaning up his mother's belongings. After the funeral, Min-ki returned to Seoul and Jang Il-joon asked Min-ki to work as a PR agent to record the election campaign process. Min-ki asked Il-joon why he was chosen, and Il-joon confessed that Min-ki was his son. The man in the picture Min-ki had seen was Jang Il-joon. However, Min-ki felt something had gone wrong as he realized that the picture had disappeared. Now Min-ki suspects that his mother's death was not an accident and that Jang Il-joon had actually killed her.