The Spy Gone North (Yoon Jong-bin, South Korea, 2018)

In 1993 South Korea discovers to its horror that the North has a functioning nuclear program so Director Choi (Cho Jin-woong) of the National Intelligence Service orders Major Park (Hwang Jung-min) to enter the hermit state posing as a businessman in order to find out more. To do this Park must win the trust of the North’s Economic Council – … Read the rest

North and South (Kim Kee-duk, South Korea, 1965)

During the Korean war Northern army officer Jang Il-gu (Shin Yeong-gyun) defects to the South to find the woman he was forced to leave behind when he was conscripted into the Japanese army six years earlier. Under questioning from Captain Lee (Choi Mu-ryong) and his superior, Colonel Kwon (Nam Kung-won), Jang agrees to trade information about enemy positions if the … Read the rest