Park Shin-hye (박신혜) is set to return to the small screen with tvN’s upcoming weekend drama ‘Undercover Miss Hong (언더커버 미쓰홍)’, premiering Saturday, the 17th at 9:10 p.m. The series promises a suspense-filled chase and sharp satire, wrapped in retro office comedy set in the high-stakes world of 1990s Korean finance.
‘Undercover Miss Hong’ follows Hong Geumbo (홍금보), a sharp and ambitious financial inspector played by Park Shin-hye, who goes undercover as a 20-year-old entry-level employee at Hanmin Securities after discovering suspicious money trails. The drama unfolds as she infiltrates the corrupt corporation in search of a mysterious whistleblower known only as “Yebbi (예삐),” who disappeared after obtaining secret slush fund records.
To track down Yebbi, Hong gives up her fame as the “Yeouido Witch” and begins her double life at the very bottom of the company ladder. However, the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that the corruption is not just personal but systemic, reaching to the top of Hanmin Securities’ ownership—Chairman Kang Pil-beom (이덕화) and his secretive right-hand woman, Secretary General Song Juran (박미현). Tensions rise as Hong prepares to go head-to-head with a powerful and untouchable chaebol family.
Hong soon narrows the potential identity of Yebbi down to three employees and begins a deduction game based on their suspicious behavior. The candidates include Trading Department head So Kyung-dong (서현철), a legendary and well-respected trader with an almost...
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