Seo Hye Rim is a hot-tempered news announcer who was fired by the broadcasting company, but is later elected to the National Assembly and became the first female president of Korea. She faces political pressure and potential impeachment from Kang Tae San and his followers, but survives with the aid of the prosecutor Ha Do Ya.

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  Ko Hyun Jung (Seo Hye Rim)

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  Kwon Sang Woo (Ha Do Ya)

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  Cha In Pyo (Kang Tae San)

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  Lee Soo Kyung (Jang Se-Jin)

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  Lee Soon Jae (Baek Sung Min (former President))

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  Kim Tae Woo (MinKyu)

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• Jul 10, 2011 24 of 24 episodes seen

  Jeaniessi
  10 of 10 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  9
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  7
  • Rewatch Value  4

  If you are very, very into politics than you'll like Dae Mul. If you are not, you may not like it. But I liked it a lot and felt it was a pretty good drama. It had a well thought out story with a solid trajectory that shows the progression of a woman who goes from wanna-be reporter/housewife to the President of The Republic of Korea. I found it had enough drama and included enough comic relief to keep me interested and entertained. The politics are mostly believable. There is a healthy dose of political intrigue and sometimes fascinating machinations of politicians both corrupt and hmmm...only slightly corrupt. Along with the politics, there is a background friendship and long standing love that is lovely and sweet.
  
  I wasn't sure how I felt about Kwon Sang Woo before this but I enjoyed his character a lot. He plays an honorable son, prosecutor and a loyal, steadfast friend. He's hot headed, prone to fight and often very funny. Go Hyun Jung is wonderful, as always. I like her so much. She has such range; from What's Up Fox to Queen Seon Duk (Evil Misil!) to Dae Mul, she is an undeniably great actress.
  
  This is one drama that uses its side characters well. They all orbit around the leads in believable ways. They are necessary to the story and not distractions, which if you have ever read any of my reviews, you'll know this kicks up a drama's rating for me.
  
  At 24 episodes, I felt the pacing was just fine. It took me a long time to finish this but I blame the springtime glut of obsessive fare like Greatest Love and others for stalling me on this and not a lagging storyline. This drama is worth your time if you are into politics and more adult storylines. It's written well, directed well and most of all, acted well. There is some strange editing at the end/beginning of some episodes but they always clean up the story during the hour.
  
  I'm giving it an 8 over-all. My Re-watch value is low. Not because I didn't like it but because I'm more apt to watch light romantic fare over and over rather than a long political drama.
  
  Again, this drama is worth it if you like political stories or if you are a fan of the leads. They do a great job in this drama. read more

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• Dec 30, 2011 24 of 24 episodes seen

  i_am_andi
  9 of 9 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  9
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  7
  • Rewatch Value  5

  The very reason why I watched this drama merely because of curiosity. It's kinda controversial in Korea so it really got my interest. The fact that it has a really different story to what is usual to kdramas is a plus. Then, when I started watching it, fair enough. It's more of an educational drama for me. It made me understood better how politics go in Korea. If you are the type of person with so much interest in politics then this fits to you really well..but if not, I'll still recommend this drama specially to women. Why? just watch and learn.

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  City Hall

  Both have a female politician,in CH it’s a town mayor.Politics in CityHall is more shallow than in DM, it’s more a contrivance for romance to develop in the context of political ambition.CH’s more about personal growth and sentiments,while DM focuses more on realization of political dream

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  Korean Peninsula

  even if their context is different, both dramas deal with ordinary people who are led to run for presidency to change society ; both are great political dramas, with a very realistic approach of politics.

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