Money Heist: Korea

After a six-month wait between volumes, who's ready for the six-episode part 2 of Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area?

For the established Money Heist and Money Heist – Korea heads, It’s been a six-month wait for part 2 of Joint Economic Area. And the Professor is trying to navigate the sliver of reality between his personal and criminal worlds. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, All Music Guide, Pitchfork Media, and Nicki Swift. And now that it’s here, the classic heist movie components are all swirling on the big board. Remember the polar bear on Lost, wandering around aimlessly in the woods, looking for a place to insert himself into the storyline? And in Park Hae-soo, who plays Berlin here, there’s also a direct connection into the thriving Netflix ecosystem of The Money Heist mothership is alive and well, of course. Our Take: There are lots of disconnected groups in Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, groups who are extremely interested and/or worried about what the others are doing, so that the whole affair can feel stratified across all of the different scenes of people learning information through telephone calls, huddled around computer screens, or in the case of the heisters, challenging one another within the tenuous hierarchy of power established by the Professor. The robbers, from Japan to Rio (Lee Hyun-woo) and Moscow (Lee Won-jong) are eyeing each other warily. Structurally, all of this makes it easier for the Money Heist: Korea writers to keep us constantly guessing. Gaining entry to the building, Cha also does some snooping, and manages to lift an X-acto knife for fingerprinting. But he’s also operating solo, and on thin ice with the hostage negotiation task force.

Nairobi is rejected by the Professor in her drunken state so instead she shares a touching moment with both Helsinki and Oslo. Back in the present, Oslo is ...

However, the place appears to be out of business and they haven’t found anything awry. During the commotion though, the hostages are all up on the roof, being led up there to be evacuated and to jump down to an inflatable below. He forces her to read a note, which simply reads: “Bring us the former warden of Gaecheon Detention Camp 14.” That warden happens to be Jeon Yongsu. Given it’s a rare disease that he’s suffering from, Woo-Jin and the others suspect they can use that to flush them out. The place they find happens to be their old HQ building, which is complete with numerous banners and flyers for liberating the Korean peninsula. He informs them that the hostages have rebelled and they’re not in a good way. Denver and Nairobi are brought in, where they’re shocked to see what Berlin is up to. He hurriedly phones Woo-Jin to let her know that the hostages have tried to escape and proceeds to spray the office with bullets, destroying the computers on the desk and hurrying out the room. The Professor’s team are outnumbered and don’t have enough guns to go around, but Nairobi gives them a height advantage, spraying bullets from the balcony, while Berlin manages to topple over a large shelf, forcing them out. Chulwoo ends up fighting with Helsinki when he shows up, buying them all precious time as the others hurry down and try to get out of the Mint. Nairobi manages to get the back-up generators running, and the cameras go back online just as the Professor realizes they’re all heading for the backdoor. The hostages scramble to find an exit and get out.

'Money Heist: Korea Part 2' continues to parallel events from the Spanish original and adds tension about the fate of Berlin in the finale.

With Berlin alive after the Money Heist: Korea Part 2 finale, where does this leave the character for the next season? But the storyline may change drastically with Berlin alive in the K-drama remake. Money Heist: Korea Part 2 reveals Berlin is alive and with Seoul. A flashback reveals that during the chaos in the square, when pig balloons release the money to the public, Berlin and Seoul emerge from a manhole. In the past, Berlin was born in the North and defected with his mother. In an emotional farewell, Berlin says goodbye to his brother and tells him he will be waiting for him on the other side with their father when the time comes. As the Professor and the others find the escape route, they are greeted by the rest of Berlin’s team. As the Professor and the others escape through the tunnel, Berlin stays behind to open fire on the police. Seeing the obstacle, Berlin tells Nairobi to go, and he will stay behind. His story does parallel the original with being terminally ill and the Professor being his brother. Tensions rise by the Money Heist: Korea Part 2 finale and fans fear the worst for Berlin, knowing what happens to the character in the original series. While Money Heist: Korea Part 2 continues the original Spanish series’s storyline, there were [changes to Berlin and his backstory](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/money-heist-korea-drastically-changes-berlins-backstory-make-more-chaotic.html/).

Money Heist Korea Joint Economic Area Part 2 struggles to find its identity in this messy caper, but manages to end on a high.

The political issues don’t get a resolution and the show gives a birds-eye view of them, which is a bit of a shame. There was something novel and fresh when it began, because it had the North-South reunification in the background, with essence of Hallyu in it–like the BTS-bopping Tokyo. So it is all a boiling mess of chaos, with tinges of romance and panic, and I don’t use the word mess loosely, because that’s what the series delves into halfway.

As Netflix released the second part of Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area Pt.2, let's take a look at those first two episodes.

Here he was the emotional aspect of the group as he is the youngest and emotionally immature. In Part 2, he slowly lost his cool with his identity almost being exposed and losing communication with his group at The Mint. The reason she received was shocking to her and from then she realized there is more to their plan than just money. She serves as the narrator of the series. While people who watched the original were aware of Oslo’s death, it was just as painful to see it again. The maknae of the heist group and skilled hacker. In Part 2 of the series, the last story of the robbers unfolds. He tends to resort to violence and tries to use fear to threaten the hostages, unlike the Professor's intention to not harm anyone. In Part 2’s first two episodes, he continued to steal the attention with his amazing acting skills and suspicious personality that follows him everywhere. Im Hyung Guk plays the role of Jeon Yong Soo, a leader who came down from the North for inter-Korean economic cooperation. "The Professor" ( [Yoo Ji Tae](https://www.pinkvilla.com/topic/yoo-ji-tae)), a criminal mastermind, plans to pull off a heist in the reunified Korean Peninsula inspired by those in Spain.

Berlin and the Professor's backstories are far from over as 'Money Heist: Korea Part 2' explores how the brothers met and what happened to their father.

As the team robs the Bank of Spain, Berlin appears in flashbacks of him and the Professor making the plan. [Money Heist: Korea Part 2 has a different spin on Berlin’s ending story](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/money-heist-korea-part-2-finale-berlins-story-has-surprising-twist-compared-original-series.html/). Fans of the original series know Berlin does return in the third and fourth seasons, but under different circumstances. [successfully unify the Peninsula](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/money-heist-korea-explaining-joint-economic-area-setting-k-drama.html/). It is unclear if a possible Money Heist: Korea will get that far or adopt that portion of Berlin’s original story. Flashbacks of the past show that Berlin and his mother were escaping with the Professor and their father before separating. Amid the yelling, Berlin falls and has a seizure as Nairobi is revealed to be the traitor. Before the finale, fans learn a crucial detail about the Professor’s past. Berlin calls out his lies when a live stream from Seoul reveals the truth. To save Seoul, Berlin started the riot fans saw in Part 1. After the sad death of Oslow, the heist team knows there is a traitor. Berlin was denied the proper medication for his illness.

The Part 2 of "Money Heist Korea: Joint Economic Area" keeps it interesting with multiple revelations and the final escape. It is a South Korean adaptation ...

People were now aware that the politicians planned to use JEA as a disguise to use the money sanctioned for the unification to fund conglomerate companies. She found the postcard that he once showed her and discussed the place he wanted to visit. The politicians had to stop the team to ensure that the money they intended to sanction after the unification was still available. This confirmed her suspicion that the man she thought she had met by chance in a car accident was the Professor. She informed him that she was off the case, and during their conversation, the Professor mentioned that his father also suffered from dementia like her mother. With the heist team engaged in fighting the task force, the hostages ran from the basement to the roof and jumped off the inflatable that was set by the task force. He managed to inform Woojin, by threatening Rio, that the hostages were trying to escape, and they needed the assistance of the task force to make it out of the mint. As the task force tried to enter the basement, the heist team fought back and forced them to leave. Under the leadership of Park Chulwoo, the hostages came up with a plan to fight the heist team together. He had dedicated his life to protecting North Korea, but he soon realized that his efforts were meaningless after the decision for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula was declared. He entered the café and tried to find out what Park Sun-ho was hiding. Meanwhile, Inspector Woojin learned that the heist team was printing money at the mint, and the amount of money they were printing would be considered legitimate because the 4 trillion won had been sanctioned for the unification of the Korean Peninsula.

'Money Heist: Korea Part 2' has the team print four billion won to steal, but a darker political agenda between North and South Korea is revealed.

The four billion won is the money the heist team is printing to steal. In the aftermath of Money Heist: Korea Part 2, their heist sparked a global revolution against capitalism and political greed. The Professor and the heist team escape Korea with millions in newly printed money. The Professor reveals he was the one who created the plans for the country’s unification. [the Joint Economic Area](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/money-heist-korea-explaining-joint-economic-area-setting-k-drama.html/) paved the way for citizens of both countries to live together with jobs and the same currency. The summit was a cover-up for selling the country’s future for mass profit. In return, they successfully have the public’s backing and spark a revolution that the money is for the people. Part of the Professor’s plan involves strategic displays to show the public the truth about greed and how the thieves are not the enemy. With the underlying story of a unified North and South Korea, there is a dirty game at play. While the heist is taking place, there will be a grand summit between the North and South to unify the countries further. The underbelly of their scheme is to help show the world how officials care more about money than people’s lives. [K-drama](https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/k-drama/) takes place where North and South Korea have joined forces to achieve economic prosperity in a Joint Economic Area.