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'Department Head Kim' star Joo Sang-wook has put So Ji-sub, Choi Tae-hoon, and Yoon Kyung-ho in a difficult situation.
In the ninth episode of SBS's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Department Head Kim,' which aired on the 24th, Department Head Kim (played by So Ji-sub) is shown searching for Lee Jae-yong (played by Lee Jae-yong) and looking for a way to escape.

In exchange for sparing the life of Joo Kang-chan (played by Joo Sang-wook), Department Head Kim received information on where Lee Jae-yong was located and devised a plan together. They eventually found Lee Jae-yong, but Department Head Kim repeatedly faced attacks from North Korean agents.
Meanwhile, Sung Han-soo (played by Choi Tae-hoon) and Park Jin-cheol (played by Yoon Kyung-ho) discovered Joo Kang-chan and said, "That guy has guts."
Joo Kang-chan showed them a video on his phone. The video captured his children, Da-bin and Tae-hoon, who had been kidnapped, pleading, "Why are you doing this to us, sir?" and "Please let us go."
Sung Han-soo and Park Jin-cheol became enraged, and Joo Kang-chan threatened, "If you so much as touch me with a finger, the kids will die."
Park Jin-cheol said, "If anything happens to Da-bin, I'll chew you up bone by bone," while Sung Han-soo asked, "Where are the kids?" But Joo Kang-chan simply replied with a bitter laugh.
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