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• Drama: The King: Eternal Monarch
• Revised romanization: Deo King: Youngwonui Gunjoo
• Hangul: 더 킹: 영원의 군주

• Director: Baek Sang-Hoon
• Writer: Kim Eun-Sook
• Network: SBS
• Episodes: 16
• Release Date: April 17, 2020 —
• Runtime: Friday & Saturday 22:00
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

The Devil is released into the human world and soon opens a door into a parallel world. The Devil asks if he lived a better life in the other world, if he could live in the other world. Against the Devil’s question, Korean Emperor Lee Gon (Lee Min-Ho) tries to close the door to the parallel world and South Korean Detective Jung Tae-Eul (Kim Go-Eun) tries to protect the lives of people and the person she loves.