(Government Complex)
If you see Article 1,
it says, "the Minister of Labor has the right to prevent..."
Let go.
I'm here because I have something to say.
I'm sure you're waiting to hear something from me as well.
What are you doing, Ms. Gong?
- What is that? - It's arsine.
(Arsine: highly toxic arsenical compound used as poison gas.)
Ms. Gong! What do you think you're doing?
You can't act like this here!
I see you're all avoiding it?
Since you know that arsine is toxic and dangerous.
It's oxygen.
- Goodness. - Take your seats.
Get out.
Do you think you can prank us like that?
Sit down and listen to me.
Let's sit down for now.
Gosh.
The methanol case is just the same.
The victims who have gone blind.
If they were educated like you,
they would have avoided it or quit working,
but no one taught them about the danger.
And the state institution in charge is always late.
Your job is to develop measures to prevent industrial accidents, sir.
We aren't preventing industrial accidents!
That is why we made UDC and work our butts off...
to change this darned reality.
And we obtained the search and seizure right.
But we're still a step behind.
What have we done...
when 11 people have gone blind?
Aren't we supposed to prevent that?
To prevent it beforehand, not afterward.
Why do you keep telling us to handle the situation...
only after everyone is hurt and dead?
Give UDC back...
the search and seizure right.
Or I'm really going to get angry.
Ms. Gong.
I understand what you mean,
so please leave.
What are you looking at?
Give this back to Hye Mi.
You're going to go meet her, right?
I found that in the Evidence Storage Room.
I see you picked up a lot today.
You're always so diligent.
- How much will this cost? - Let's see...
That's a lot. It's six cents per kilo,
so 5 dollars and 40 cents.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Ms. Park Hye Mi?
Ms. Park.
Who is this?
Oh, Mr. Huh, right?
Come on. You took all the fun away.
Hey.
You can recognize me right away now.
Of course.
I still have a lot of the bread you bought for me the other day.
Hey.
Why do you still have it? You should eat it quickly.
That way, you'll...
Were you working on your drawing?
Yes.
Here.
I'm sorry for not returning it sooner.
Oh, it's the notebook.
But I have to say, you're...
My gosh.
You can still draw so well.
Thank you.
Hye Mi, I'm sorry.
Gosh, I have to run to the washroom.
I'm sorry.
Be careful. My gosh.
You're doing great. Be careful. That's good.
My gosh.
Make sure you hold on tightly. Good. Go on.
One. Great.
Another step. My gosh, you're doing so well.
One more step. Good, that's it.
Yes. You're doing great.
You're doing much better than yesterday.
My sweet pea, Hye Mi. You're the best.
Yes, that's it.
(Black Pork, Welcome)
(Bukang CNC)
Well, they said they'd terminate their contract...
if we didn't lower the cost. What was I supposed to do?
Those jerks at TL are the ones that deserve to be punished.
(Bukang CNC)
What the... What is this?
Do you understand?
(Confidentiality Agreement)
(Press Release, Official Statement)
(We must work together to prevent the vision problems from recurring.)
Thank you, sir.
(TL Group Did Its Duty to Oversee All Safety Procedures)
I have to say, Mr. Moh is good at his job.
Things would've been so easy if he had been on our side.
Right?
Yes, no doubt.
I haven't seen that before. It's very cool.
Oh, this?
Min got this for me for my birthday.
Oh, I see.
Here.
Min is very worried about Father.
Did she not say...
anything else to you?
Well, you know.
He collapsed the other day.
He vomited a lot of blood too.
How did that happen?
He's regained his consciousness though.
He got through the critical stage.
Hey, let's drink until we drop today.
All right. Thank you.
Let's go.
- Gosh. - Oh, boy.
Please get him home safe and sound.
- Get home safely. Salute. - All right.
Bye.
I've made it clear to you that you should never visit...
or contact me before I get in touch with you.
We'll get caught if we aren't cautious.
I've never been tailed in the past three years, so don't worry.
Right, that's true.
Like I've said to you countless times,
TY won't let it slide if he finds out that I had a hand...
in what happened with Doh Joong Eun three years ago.
Forget TY. You should aim higher now.
Yes, of course.
I heard the chairman vomited blood and collapsed.
Go find out what happened.
"TL is faithfully carrying out its duties..."
"by diligently overseeing and managing all safety procedures,"
"and the company has no direct connection to this incident."
TL is seriously... Does this make sense to you?
Apparently, they've done their duty, and they're not responsible.
Those people at TL truly blow my mind.
Moh Sung Kuk is really something.
Mr. Moh at least writes good papers.
That's why I can't stand him.
I mean, both Moh Sung Kuk and TL.
It is true that they have no direct relation to it.
They outsource everything that may be subject to criticism...
and always manage to weasel out of responsibility.
The law must change so that those who cause such incidents...
have no choice but to take responsibility.
So that neither TL nor Moh Sung Kuk can weasel out like this.
What was that? What just happened?
Goodness gracious!
Get out of my way. Darn it.
Hey!
What's going on?
(I hope you guys mess it all up too!)
No one's hurt, right?
Yes. We should clean this up quickly.
You should wash your shirt as soon as you can.
I think I'll have to throw this out.
Are you all right, Mr. Ko?
Yes, I'm fine. It's just that my legs are weak.
Whenever you have to carry heavy things,
please ask me or Jin Hak to do it for you.
By any chance, do you suffer from Parkinson's disease?
Yes. Ms. Gong knows about it.
I'm fine though.
I just get a bit of hand tremors at times.
Make sure you always take your medication on time.
You'll be fine if you take good care of yourself.
- Okay? - Yes, I will.
- I'll take this. - Thank you.
"I hope you guys mess it all up too".
A company that went bust because of us, perhaps?
Don't you think it's TL?
You think TL would break our windows by hurling stones at us,
hoping we'd "mess it all up too"?
Who did this? Who could it be?
The Baker.
Gosh, that owner.
He must've hired someone.
His business got suspended because of his own fault.
I can't believe he's taking it out on us.
What a jerk.
We should call the police first.
No, don't.
We won't mess anything up if you guys do your jobs well.
Still, what if someone gets hurts?
Let's all be careful for the time being, okay?
- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you
- Happy birthday, dear Hye Mi - Happy birthday, dear Hye Mi
- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you
- Can I blow out the candles now? - Yes, here.
Thank you.
All right.
Here.
I got it for you.
This is a camera. Why did you buy such an expensive camera for her?
Hye Mi told me that she wanted to take pictures.
Thank you, Ms. Doh. I really wanted a camera.
I like going to the beach in winter.
I always made sure to go at least once a year.
When I get discharged, I'd like to travel wherever I can go...
whether it's abroad or within the country...
and take pictures.
How are you going to take pictures though?
It'll be hard.
Even though I can't see, I want to express the things...
that I feel at each moment.
Right, I see.
I didn't think of that.
My bad. I'm sorry.
Hye Mi, shall we go to the beach after our meal here?
How about we take pictures together?
I'd love that, Ms. Doh.
Grandpa, I'll take a stunning portrait of you today.
All right, sounds good. Our food is here.
All right. Let's put this away.
Thank you.
I'll mix this for you.
I always mixed your noodles for you...
whenever we ordered jajangmyeon, you know.
All right, you can get out now. Be careful.
Be careful.
You can smell the sea air, right?
How do you feel?
I've been stuck in my hospital room, so it's really nice...
to be out like this.
I did think I'd much rather die than live like this,
but I'm glad I chose to live.
Ms. Doh, you're such a wonderful person.
Thank you so much for treating me as if nothing has changed.
Everyone else keeps crying...
every time they see me after this happened to me,
and it makes me sad.
At times,
I prefer silence to consolation.
Please continue...
to treat me as if nothing has changed.
All right.
I will, of course.
Photographer Park Hye Mi,
how does it feel to be doing your first outdoor photoshoot?
I'm getting a feeling that I'll take some amazing photos today.
Then shall we go ahead and take your first photo?
Oh, then would you please be my model?
Me? Okay.
Make sure you're at the center of the frame.
All right. This is awkward.
I'll take it now.
1, 2, 3.
(Special thanks to Bae Noo Ri for her guest appearance.)
(The Epilogue)
One, two, three.
I love going to the beach in winter.
I always made sure to go at least once a year.
When I get discharged, I'd like to buy a camera...
and take as many photos as I can...
while traveling abroad as well as within the country.
Even though I can't see, I want to express the things...
that I feel at each moment.
A normal, young woman in her 20s...
who liked taking photos while traveling.
That was Jin Hee's life up until just three years ago.
What kind of person am I?
A pretty young lady with a positive mindset?
Jin Hee can't see the pretty color of her lipstick...
or the screen on her cell phone,
which is glued to her hand at all times,
and it's because of cell phones.
This is a company in Bucheon, that makes cellphone parts.
Last month, Ms. A, aged 29,
who was working here as a part-timer...
found out that both her eyes had been damaged...
and that she was in danger of losing her vision.
Jin Hee enjoyed helping others and volunteering,
so she gave up her college studies...
to become a social worker.
I had to pay rent to live on my own,
so I found a part-time job.
A job that paid well and allowed her to study as well.
It was cleaning cellphone parts...
at a factory at night.
There were bottles of some kind of liquid.
They had to run machines, so I thought it was fuel.
But it turned out to be methanol.
Since I collapsed,
I also had a brain hemorrhage as well as cerebral infarction.
I just thought it was always night.
Since I couldn't recognize...
whether it was day or night.
The optic nerves on both eyes had been damaged,
which meant that she couldn't even have transplants.
(December 5, 2017, National Assembly Briefing Room)
Five young adults...
other than Jin Hee also lost their vision,
those companies avoided their responsibility...
and hid the case again.
I don't know why this country...
tries to cover everything up when an accident takes place.
It makes me very angry.
It pains me that I can't see my family members.
The victims had to take the case...
to the UN to make an appeal.
No one told me it is illegal to dispatch workers...
in the manufacturing business in South Korea.
No one told me methanol is dangerous.
Those who used it are bad, but the supervisors are worse.
I never knew methanol could be that toxic.
It has been three years since they could no longer...
see the faces of their family members...
and feel their warmth.
Now, to the left.
It is because they began to have other complications as well...
and don't know when they will be able to get out of the hospital.
It's jajangmyeon.
The short night out Jin Hee is allowed to have every other week...
is the only hope that allows her to take a break.
We can share this.
Thank you for the food.
The world hasn't changed a bit,
so she might be better off not seeing it,
but just because she lost her sight...
doesn't mean she lost her heart too.
She's my oldest daughter, so she's so precious to me.
She's the apple of my eye. Words aren't enough to say it.
I used to think that I would have been better off dead,
but now, I'm thankful that I'm alive.
I think I prefer them to treat me like they used to.
I think silence is better than comfort.
She is telling us through silence...
that we need to see with our heart, not our eyes,
and that the one who cannot see is not her,
but the society who turned a blind eye...
to the danger the workers were facing.
(Doctor Detective)
- Seo Rin. - Yes?
Do you miss your mom?
Seo Rin!
It has been three years since we all gathered like this.
Did you get some kind of threat?
The fact that I was threatened...
is my weakness.
I guess you don't think...
that I can make use of your weakness.
This is the letter TL received.
I need UDC's help.
We're here to have fun with you today.
So you're saying someone intentionally went after my father?
Keep in mind.
Nothing will show up in the test results.