Athena: Goddess of War

Title: 아테나: 전쟁의 여신/ Athena: Goddess of War
Genre: Action / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS, Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-13 to 2011-Feb-15

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Main Cast

Jung Woo-Sung	Cha Seung-Won	Su-Ae	Lee Ji-A	Kim Min-Jong	Choi Si-Won
Lee Jung-Woo	Son-Hyuk	Yoon Hye-In	Han Jae-Hee	Kim Ki-Soo	Kim Joon Ho

Synopsis

Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor and other countries want the technology.

To prevent terror in the aftermath of the TWR breakthrough, the government establishes a new organization named NTS (National Anti-Terror Service). Jung-Woo (Jung Woo-Sung) is transferred to the NTS group from the NIS. He’s excited about the transfer and hopes to live the life of a real agent, but then discovers his main responsibility is to watch North Korean defectors.

One day, Jung-Woo is given the order to travel to Italy to track terrorists from North Korea. Jung-Woo goes to Italy with Ki-Soo (Kim Min-Jong). Ki-Soo is a former North Korean agent who has defected to South Korea. Ki-Soo’s specialty is information on the European region. Up until now, Ki-Soo was one of the North Korean defectors that Jung-Woo had to monitor.

While in Italy, Soo-Young (Lee Bo-Young), the daughter of the South Korean President Jo Myeong-Ho (Lee Jeong-Kil), is kidnapped by terrorists. To solve the case the Korean government sends additional NTS agents including Jae-Hee (Lee Ji-A) to Italy. The NTS agents are able to negotiate with the terrorists, but during their negotiations Hye-In (Su-Ae) suddenly appears. Jung-Woo and the other agents are surprised. Hye-In works as a guide at the exhibition hall in the NIS building. Jung-Woo has always held strong feelings towards Hye-In, but he has never expressed his feelings towards her. Following Hye-In, Son-Hyuk (Cha Seung-Won), the chief of the East Asia branch of Department of Homeland Security in the U.S., suddenly appears as well. The NTS agents are mystified by their appearance.

Jung-Woo learns that there is a secret “solutions” group within the NTS whose sole responsibility is to solve problems that others agencies can not. More surprisingly, Hye-In is part of that group.

Other mysterious cases start to occur and Jung-Woo’s intuition leads him to believe that there is unfathomable conspiracy occurring to rearrange the power structure of the entire world. That conspiracy is led by Athena.

What is the real identity of Athena and what does Hye-In and Son-Hyuk hide in their NTS “solutions” group?

Notes

1. “Athena: Goddess of War” (taken after the mythological goddess of war) is a spin-off of the 2009 KBS2 drama “IRIS” with new characters and will be aired on SBS
2. Production company Taewon Entertainment, responsible for the original “Iris”, will produce “Athena: Goddess of War” and the upcoming “IRIS 2” (KBS2 will air the sequel to IRIS sometime in 2011).
3. Filming for “Athena: Goddess of War” is expected to start in June 2010. Locations will include 6 different countries including Singapore, New Zealand and Japan.
4. On April 15, 2010 it was announced actress Lee Ji-A will play NTS (National Anti-Terrorist Service) agent Han Jae-Hee. Her character is described as strong physically, beautiful, & the perfect special agent. She is somewhat the anti-thesis of double agent Yun Hye-In (Su-Ae) who will be calm & cold. Both ladies will have relationships with main characters Lee Jeong-Woo and Son-Hyeok.
5. “Athena: Goddess of War” will takeover the SBS Monday & Tuesday 21:55 time slot previously occupied by drama “Giant”.
6. Related titles:

1. IRIS (KBS2 / 2009)
2. IRIS: The Movie (2010)
3. Athena: Goddess of War (SBS / 2010)
4. IRIS 2 (KBS2 / 2011)

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Athena OST



Subs Credit: With S2

Ep. 01: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 02: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 03: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 04: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 05: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 06: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 07: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 08: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 09: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 10: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 11: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 12: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 13: Part 1 | Part 2 or MQ + Eng subs
Ep. 14: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 15: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 16: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 17: Part 1 | Part 2 or MQ + Eng subs
Ep. 18: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 19: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs
Ep. 20: Part 1 | Part 2 + Eng subs

Special Ep.[2011-01-25] + Eng subs