Yong Pal
On SBS
A high-stakes medical thriller that pairs surgical intrigue with chaebol conspiracy and romance, sustaining tension and paranoia across a single, tightly plotted season.
Operating under the alias Yong-pal, a surgeon gets enmeshed in a dark conspiracy involving a chaebol heiress forcibly put in a medically induced coma.
Essence
Ensemble
Joo Won
Kim Tae-hyeon
Kim Tae-hee
Han Yeo-jin
Jo Hyun-jae
Han Do-joon
Chae Jung-an
Lee Chae-young
Jung Woong-in
Chief Lee
Stephanie Lee
Cynthia Park
Jo Bok-rae
Park Tae-yong
Park Hye-su
Kim So-hyeon
Kang Ji-woo
Han Yeo-jin (child)
Choi Shang
Sung-Hoon
Jeong Dong-gyoo
Representative Choi
Choi Byung-mo
Han Do-Joon's secretary
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