New episodes of the hit K-Drama “When The Phone Rings” may be postponed once again

New episodes of the hit K-Drama “When The Phone Rings” may be postponed once again

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MBCit’s the new K-Drama, When the phone ringsadapted from GeoneomulnyeoWebtoon, keeps viewers in suspense. He is the protagonist Yoo Yeon Seok AND Chae Soo Bin.

Paik Sa-Eon (Yoo Yeon-Seok) comes from a prestigious political family and has become the youngest presidential spokesperson in Korea. His background also includes time spent as a war correspondent, hostage negotiator and principal anchor. He married Hong Hee-Joo (Chae Soo-Bin) 3 years ago. She is the daughter of a newspaper owner. She has mutism due to an accident she had when she was little. He works as a sign language interpreter in court and on television. Paik Sa-Eon and Hong Hee-Joo got married largely out of convenience. For the past 3 years they have not communicated with each other or had lunch together. They pretend to be a happily married couple. One day, Hong Hee-Joo is kidnapped by an unidentified person. This changes their married life.

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The lead actors’ chemistry and “BookTok” vibes have put netizens in a grip. Many anticipate new episodes every week.

International distributor Netflix it also knows its audience, as a preview scene was released before the release of episodes 5 and 6. This only fueled further anticipation…

…and fans eagerly woke up to watch When the phone rings on Friday, only to find that the broadcast had been cancelled.

The cause is due to the current political climate. It was previously reported that on Tuesday, December 3, the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law” via a televised briefing, vowing to do so “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order.” He accused the opposition of “controlling parliament,” of “sympathizing” with North Korea and of immobilizing the government through anti-state actions.

President Yoon Suk Yeol | Kim Hong-Ji/AP
President Yoon Suk Yeol | Kim Hong-Ji/AP

The National Assembly immediately called for the lifting of the president’s emergency martial law. All 190 members present (out of a total of 300 members) voted unanimously to block martial law.

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Sik
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Sik
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As martial law was lifted, South Korea prepared to impeach President Yoon. The vote was supposed to take place on Saturday, and here’s when When the phone rings Episode 6 was originally scheduled for broadcast.

As a result, MBC released a statement prior to the scheduled broadcast of episode 5, announcing that both episodes 5 and 6 had been canceled for that week. Instead, the broadcast was scheduled for the following week, December 13th and 14th respectively. MBC explained that this was due to news specials that had taken over the K-Drama timeslot.

Fans of When the phone rings they were distraught, waiting a week for the broadcast, only for it to be canceled at the last minute.

Some joked that the postponement of the broadcast was due to the main characters’ need at the moment. Sae Eon is the presidential spokesperson in Korea in K-Drama.

Well, Sae Eon might be needed again. The opposition has reportedly announced a new impeachment vote scheduled for this Saturday, December 14. So it’s very likely that When the phone ringsEpisodes 5 and 6 may be postponed again.

So, it is not sure when broadcasts will resume as usual.

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