Author name: Hyeon Su

Political fiction in popular culture operates on both global and local levels. In this Hyeon Su Seo and Mikko Poutanen discuss two television shows with explicit political dimensions: Designated Survivor (US) and Designated Survivor: 60 Days (South Korea).

While representing two conflicting worlds deadly divided ideologically, South and North Korea have confronted each other since the Korean War. The current efforts of South Korean government and civil society to build a peaceful co-existence regime therefore deserve closer attention.