Kkokkomu spotlights Park Wang-yeol, who became a transnational international criminal involved in running illegal gambling halls in the Philippines, murdering three Koreans on a sugarcane plantation, and distributing drugs on Telegram.
The episode of SBS Tails of Tales airing on the 15th (directed by Lee Keun-byeol, Lee Dong-won, Kim Byung-gil 'hereinafter "Kkokkomu") will air the first of a three-part K special, "Special: Target K I — the birth of the devil."
The three-part K special covers transnational international crimes targeting Koreans such as drugs, murder, voice phishing and romance scams, with episode 1 "the birth of the devil," episode 2 "Narco-Saints true story," and episode 3 "drug lord Frank" scheduled to air. Also, Kkokkomu will be a global-scale broadcast featuring the program's longest-distance overseas reporting, on-the-ground reporting in the largest number of countries, interviews with current and former National Intelligence Service (NIS) agents and the first interview with the civilian agent K from the drama Narco-Saints true story, interviews with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigators and domestic and international narcotics experts.
In the first released episode, "the birth of the devil," actress Cheon Woo-hee, singer Lee Ki-chan and actor Seo Hyun-cheol appear as listeners to reveal the outrageous reality of Park Wang-yeol, known as "the devil worldwide."
Park Wang-yeol, who was also the model for Kim Kyung-young (Lee Seok) in the OTT drama Big Bet, ran an illegal private casino gambling business in Angeles, Philippines, and after fleeing Korea on fraud charges, murdered three Koreans on a sugarcane plantation and fled. He was arrested 37 days after the incident following the dogged pursuit by Detective Lee Ji-hoon of the Angeles Korean desk. However, Park Wang-yeol ripped off the ceiling of the Bicutan immigrant detention center and escaped, and later ripped off a restaurant bathroom vent and escaped again, an incredible series of two jailbreaks. Thought to have disappeared in the Philippines, Park Wang-yeol's name began to be heard again across the sea in Korea. Under the Telegram drug seller name "the devil worldwide," he reappeared as the overseas boss supplying drugs to Korea. Because his drug supply unfolded like a shopping mall event, most of the domestic drug offenders arrested were first-time offenders in their 20s and 30s, and there were even elementary school students, adding to the shock.
Park Wang-yeol, rearrested in the Philippines, was sentenced to 60 years in prison, but reports that he was treated as a VVIP in prison and lived in luxury have provoked anger.
In this Kkokkomu episode, Detective Lee Ji-hoon, who helped capture Park Wang-yeol in the Philippines, will appear to reveal the tense scene at the time. Detective Lee Ji-hoon said, "I tracked him, sometimes sleeping less than four hours a day. When I met him, along with the thought 'it's a pleasure to meet you,' my whole body tingled."
Meanwhile, listener Cheon Woo-hee, stunned by Park Wang-yeol's unbelievable crimes, said, "What on earth is this, I'm speechless," and Lee Ki-chan said, "It doesn't seem like something that happened in Korea," expressing his shock.
The story of Park Wang-yeol, the first of Kkokkomu's three-part K special on transnational international crimes targeting Koreans, can be seen in detail on this week's broadcast.
Meanwhile, Kkokkomu is a program in which three storytellers study on their own and convey what they felt to their respective "story friends" one-on-one in the most ordinary spaces, and it airs on SBS every Thursday at 10:20 p.m.
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