We are familiar with the good and bad overlapping to triumph over greater evil and have watched numerous shows where the opposite sides come together for the greater good. Another such drama is Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, which premiered on April 12th, 2023, on the TvN network.
The Show’s plot follows the story of Hwang Dae Myung whose double life as an investigative official of the cultural heritage administration in the day and a cultural asset thief named ‘Skunk’ is threatened. This ongoing South Korean TV series claims to pack exhilarating action, gripping secrecy and crazy comedy to keep the viewers’ eyes jammed to the screen. However, in the initial stages audiences are still deciding where they stand with this new release. The Choi Joon-Bae directorial is set to air about 12 episodes till 18th May, 2023 with two episodes coming out every Wednesday and Thursday.
The main cast in the drama includes experienced artists: Joo Won ( as Hwang Dae Myung), Lee Joo-woo ( as Choi Min Woo), Jo Han-chul ( as Jung Tae In), Kim Jae-won (as Shin Chang Hoon), and Choi Hwa-jung (as Lee Chun Ja), to bring the characters to life and create an unforgettable chemistry on-screen.
The airing of the first two episodes of ‘Stealer: The Treasure Keeper‘ have garnered much attention as the mysterious case commenced leading to fans keeping an eye out for the latest release, all about which we will inform you in this article.
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper : Show Premise
A government official, Hwang Dae Myung’s routine life is turned upside down when he is accused of being the infamous ‘Skunk,’ a wanted cultural asset thief who has dodged the law various times. While he is trying to save his boat, an unorthodox cultural asset recovery team by the name of ‘Karma’ approaches Skunk to team-up with him to bring other dangerous and powerful criminals down who cannot be detained easily using the law.
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, Episode 2- Recap
Minwoo is delighted to get to work with the Seoul Metropolitan Police’s cultural heritage team and learns the the job from them, about how the thieves are catgorized based on the area of specialty.
The first category is that of Goltong- the stealers of the anitiques that is the middleman buyers. After them are the deliverers known as the Dilbari who witfully deliver the stolen asset. The magicians assist in skillfully concealing the stolen treasures and the last group belongs to Goldo, specializing in the stealing of artifacts.
Minwoo also learns more about how ‘Skunk’ got his name from his signature style of leaving a rotten smell in his wake using peculiar gases and how his partner-in-crime Lee helps him from behind the screens to ensure his endeavors are successful.
In the last episode of Stealer we get more familiar with the robbery style of Skunk as the thief is shown in live action conducting a robbery with his trusty aid. The dark mask he is associated with not only helps him hide his identity but, also provides him with the data Lee sends him.
Skunk aka, Hwang Dae Myung is masterful in his art albeit a bit clumsy. Another peculiar characteristic is revealed as the cultural heritage recovery team shows Minwoo all the items stolen and delivered by Skunk. But this does not exonerate Skunk from his thievery for which he still needs to be put to justice. The captain of the team also explains how Skunk has been accused of being the killer of Chairman Yang and his men.
The story behind a file named – ‘Retrieval of Cultural Assets Illegally Owned by Those of Power,’ is conveniently skipped as the captain moves ahead.
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper Episode 4 Release Date
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper airs every Wednesday and Thursday with the episode 4 of the series releasing on 20th April, 2023 at 10:30 pm for South Korean audiences. For international audiences we provide the release time and date of the show for the following countries in the list below:
- For viewers in the US: 9:30 am EST on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in Canada: 9:30 am NT on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in India: 7:00 pm IST on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in Australia: 12:30 am AEST on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in the Philippines: 9:30 pm PHT on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in Japan: 10:30 pm JST on Thursday, April 20th.
- For viewers in Britain: 1:30 pm UTC on Thursday, April 20th.
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper: How To Watch
Although all the episodes of Stealer: The Treasure Keeper air on TvN Network every week and are available on the South Korean streaming platform Tving and another more global Viu, they are not accessible in certain regions. In such a case, interested people may utilize legal VPNs to watch the show.
