#Jang Nangam

[catrlarbeno]

I can't believe that lee tang and jang nangam interacted for three minutes in the entire tv show

[mayorraa]

Detective Jang Nam-gam from A Killer Paradox

[toastinthegrass]

[andaniellight]

guys... whatever is wrong with this pathetic guy i think he just needs someone older guys....

[hrgves]

This is the choice I'm making - A Killer Paradox 2024

The absolute brainrot i got from this show....lord

[diamonddolljeanette]

I see no difference.

"Lord, let me find him. That I may see him safe behind bars. I will never rest til then. This I swear. This I swear by the stars!"

[greenteabelle]

on episode 4 of a killer paradox and wow i have ideas

like , a grim reaper au where jang nangam is the grim reaoer who's tired of being sent out to reap lee tang's soul , who just can't seem to die .

one day , he's supposed to get hit by a delivery truck , so jang nangam is just standing by the road , waiting . then just a split second before lee tang crosses the road , he bends down to tie his loose shoelaces and the truck just whizzes right past him .

on another day , lee tang is supposed to get mugged by some rando and die , so jang nangam is looking down at the alleyway from the rooftop of a building . then the mugger trips over his groceries and just drops dead ( imagine if it's fresh fish lee tang was excited to try to make sashimi out of when he got home ) .

then on yet another day , lee tang genuinely tries to jump off a building because he's sick and tired of having near-death experiences every other day .

then .

he lands on a discarded mattress .

idk if i want lee tang to be able to see jang nangam or no , because either way it would be so funny . imagine you almost see your life flash before your eyes and you're thanking whatever god you believe in , only to look up and see a 40-year-old man fall to his knees in despair .

[ye-xiu]

I WANT SWEET REVENGE AND I WANT HIM AGAIN I WANT TO GET HIM BACK, I'LL GET HIM BACK

[seawherethesunsets]

No but the last ep of a killer paradox and ssk’s potrayal of being so frustated, so in pain, controlling himself from emoting is just sooooooooooooo much like we all know he’s good but HE’S GOOD

[yohankang]

son seok koo the actor you are!!!!

[drrav3nb]

"He's a character who has a lot of conflict between his professionalism and work ethics as a detective...I acted with caution on Jang Nangam's change to the point that it raised doubt if he's going to became a more dangerous person than the culprit" - Son Sukku on his character in 'A Killer Paradox'

[oddbiscuit]

I'm incapable of forming a coherent thought about Netflix's A Killer Paradox because the moment I try to think critically about it Son Sukku's gorgeous face takes over my brain. He's a great big fog dominating every thought I have. Detective Jang Nangam was so hot I forgot to get angry at anyone in the show. Like I cannot give an unbiased review at ALL because I don't know how enjoyable the show was for someone who wasn't eagerly awaiting the next scene of Son Sukku looking disheveled and beautiful. Personally I devoured the whole show in a day and I don't regret anything

[toastinthegrass]

[andaniellight]

Currently gathering materials for a short edit but then caught this funny wordplay that i didn't catch on my first watch

Yong-jae you lil shit 😂 He's using Nan-gam's name as an apologetic pun by saying "난감하게 죄송함다" (nangamhage joesonghamda) and it's LITERALLY to express how awkward he feels even though he IS sorry... For embarrassing Nan-gam... In front of "the kid" (possible murder suspect).... lmao

Also high praise for the translator/interpreter to manipulate the pun into "Jang-ry" to get onboard with Yong-jae on making fun of this grumpy, awkward Jang Nan-gam sdkjsdfjhskdfhj 💀

[feuqueerfire]

A Killer Paradox Live Blogging

Might be ill-advised to start this right now because there are 2 days and a few hours left of March and I'm someone who wants to finish series that month I started them/not have carry-over. I also have a bunch of stuff to do this weekend, so might not be able to watch 8 hours of show rip.

I've been anticipating this since early last year back when it was Murder Dieary and I heard about it on Certified Noonas 2023 show releases where they mentioned it's by the same director of Strangers From Hell, which I really liked. I've heard meh things about it though, so I'm trying to keep my expectations low and hoping to be surprised lol

Ep 1 (Mar 29)

I too feel directionless and aimless is life <3

ah, parallels before he hammers that man's head

the blind woman walking by and not realizing why her dog is behaving strangely since she can't see the dude or the dead body was really good

fun to make him be a cheater and a thief who's used to getting away with his misdeeds or crimes

oh, another person died that night? is it the old man?

are we gonna have a killer and a detective sort of dynamic? Love that

so the dude that our guy Lee Tang killed first hit that old man in the head with a brick or whatever? Makes sense since I think the synopsis was that Lee Tang can tell who is evil or something

ohhh Lee Tang killed a serial killer mans. I knew that from the synopsis but didn't expect it to be some guy with a hidden identity lol

I was not expecting to see sex and topless woman in here

that was so disgusting with the hands

dog and hammer

So the insect over the hammer meant that the detective didn't see Tang take it out right?

Ep 2 (Mar 29)

hearing people be glad that the man he killed is dead, even hearing his mother say that the murder was "God's retribution" oh

omg ?! so the girl with the dog wasn't actually blind and indeed was Lee Tang and the murdered guy?

Is he gonna kill her?

Detective Jang is trying to find the police officer who killed his father (I'm guessing his dad was a cop too?)

So that hammer is with the woman, I was wondering what's up with that but I guess she came back and picked it up?

oh, she's so fucked up and fun, I love her

ah, as expected, he aims to kill her

but extremely little planning my guy, doing this in broad daylight and leaving evidence like fingerprints in blood. that's not surprising though, he's clearly in a tight spot

she was doing research on Lee Tang, ig it'll help the Detective make the connection

and she also had a body in her backyard wowie (as the synopsis said he had a knack for killing evil people)

I like all the little scenarios of him imagining different situations or him seeing his victims' faces/bodies

ah, dog licking over all the blood really saving Lee Tang's ass rn ig?

ahh the other friend did know Tang stole his iPad

he killed the two teenagers by himself and dragged them to that pit or what?

oh somebody else helped him? Telegram OnlyForHeroes?

I read some people's opinions and people were saying it's slow and also gets sadder + some other old guy is introduced? idk but so far, I'm quite liking it and it's not that slow for me for now (esp cuz I'm watching 1.1-1.2x speed lol)

Ep 3 (Mar 30)

Yeo-ok backstory woah

oh, those fuckers who Tang killed raped that girl who then committed suicide? and his mother godddd what a fucking useless pos, was making a scene at the girl's funeral? kys

plss not the female part-timer being like yep Tang broke the "welcome!" sound thing at the door when she even told Tang that if it breaks one day, know that she herself did it loll

how does the detective who quit and his family relate to this? Also, Nan-gam? Is the name of this show smth Nangam?

oh this Telegram Heroes was also helping the girl's father to kill these high school fuckers?

The times where the reality blends with imagination or memories is so good

The bag with hammer and evidence got thrown into the river by the thief?

I stopped watching this last night with like 8 mins left of the ep lol

nooo man don't kill yourself, you're supposed to give Tang answers

oh the pit was just on the other side

whoo is this batman/hero telegram guy

Lots and lots of shows have a story of a young girl being raped, not seeing justice as the law is useless, and committing suicide and then having a (usually male) relative take justice into their own hands (most recently, the Sign with the brother aiming to avenge her). I get why they do it, it's a scenario that's very easy to empathize with and the first part of the scenario (girl is raped but the perpetrators get off scot-free) is very common but it's so sad every time.

Also... I wish the girl wouldn't kill herself every time... like the pattern being that she's sympathetic because she was innocent/pure/naive and also died too soon is like yes true, but girls and women who are sexually active/not "pure" or "good" still deserve empathy and the only action after being raped isn't that they must take their own life

Ep 4 (Mar 30)

I read 1 line about ep 4 from the on-air and it's that the detective gets fired or smth

Heroes killed some office dude, I guess he'd done something bad

wait what? the batman shirt guy, is it the same as guy who was wearing glasses + batman shirt during convo with the father? but he was doing a broadcast discussing the cases or whatever, I don't think the real Heroes dude would do that... who is this guy and how does Detective Jang know him?

what does Detective Jang know about this batman kid?

So much mystery around Batman and Detective

and is the helmet guy with Batman in any way related to the helmet guy who stole Lee Tang's bag? don't remember his face

next up on this Batman's hitlist: Detective Jang wtf this beating

but also Detective seems to know about Batman getting other people to do murders? (like urging the father to kill those boys)

lol hidden cameras

He says he's Roh Bin (Robin) but he's posing more like Batman

Lee Tang has already met the second person who worked with Roh Bin (the father? he's dead now tho) and he says they should hope to never meet the first person...

he's just talking around with the OnlyForHeroes sweater?

oh this is kinda fun, I didn't realize it was actually Lee Tang who killed the prosecutor in the beginning of the ep but I guess he's listening to his powers now

bruh, wait, was it Lee Tang who came to Roh Bin's house with the helmet? I'm so bad at recognizing faces since he didn't have his hair down the same way...

oh I just rechecked and indeed it is him...

so Jang is kicked out (what's his first name even) and also he has the dog who might lead him somewhere

and Lee Tang is going around killing people

Song Chon cop - I guess this is the new guy people mention when being like they didn't care about the old guy's story in the second half

So I'm guessing the first person who worked with Roh Bin is also the person (cop?) that Detective (well not anymore) Jang is searching for

I feel like the story in the next 4 eps is just supposed to be about Lee Tang murdering people, Jang doing some shady stuff to chase him because he's no longer a detective + also trying to uncover the cop who maybe did something bad to his father (he's bedridden in hospital now), and ig Song Chon is also pursuing Lee Tang from the cop side (unless idk, Song Chon is the missing cop who was Roh Bin's first partner and is the dude Jang is looking for). So idk how it goes sideways enough for people to say it's bad writing or whatever. we'll see ig

Ep 5 (Mar 30)

oh same florist girl as before?

is she paranoid that all the men have seen her video online?

what's gonna be her place in this story? Is she the one who got pregnant with the prof or was that a diff person? Is the person/people who are putting up her video gonna be murdered? Is she gonna be a love interest?

my facial recognition is so bad bruh, so the guy who was writing in the diary is the same guy she saw today (+ is he suspicious... idk). is the fiance of the dude who he was on a date with the same as Lee Tang's sister or anything? i guess not since he's having dinner with her in Busan while Lee Tang's sister was giving some info to the cops in Daejeon or wherever

so is this friend really also having his videos spread? is he being genuine? i'm suspicious of him...

ah, indeed, seems like he's got some other motivations aghhhhh

I hope Lee Tang's gonna kill him soon, please, I can't deal

Lee Tang being more and more haunted by his murders

noooo "fall in love" ?!?! D: Gyeong-a no

auughhhhhh fuck

that motherfucker killed her fr?!?!

parallels of opening the doors and such but also can't believe the other 2 cops just let Song Chon just walk past them when he must have exited out of the apartment they just came out of, like what???

Ep 6 (Mar 30)

there are just so many open threads, like Lee Tang (+ Roh Bin) vs suspended Detective vs ex-cop and the guy in the elevator as well

this Song Chon isn't like as fun to follow because he's just a dickhead, like why is he terrorizing the rude teenagers like that, they don't deserve this

I guess the point of him is that like we're gonna want to take him down more than we hate either of the other 2 main characters?

Who are the people Roh Bin is working with? people granted by the grandfather of the girl who was killed?

oof, Lee Tang crying, saying he's scared

what even happened this ep? I'm okay with a slow ep where we explore the characters more or find out more but it feels like we barely learned anything except for Song Chon's tendency to just murder ppl and like i don't care about him enough, you know

Oh, now I get that the book is apparently significant because the mosquito drank blood from the prosecutor and Lee Tang killed it in that book (+ probably has his own fingerprints in that book?), so the prosecutor and Lee Tang would be connected that way. I wouldn't have realized w/o the r/kdrama on-air comment tbh.

Ep 7 (Mar 31)

Song Chon is arrested but will he remain that way? like idk what the actual point of this show is, is it too early for him to be dealt with? bc the focus is so much on him, I can't tell if they want to bring him back later for most Song Chon vs Detective or if we're supposed to finally turn out attention back to Lee Tang

nvm, he's already evaded the cops as expected useless fucks

agh, I get why the story now has the two of them as Wanted in relation to Song Chon but it's still frustrating

the way i like don't care about what's happening like this storyline just isn't the reason I came into the series for and although that can be fine (story doesn't have to focus on only 1 aspect or character), this isn't hooking me

Ep 8 (Mar 31)

It just seems like Roh Bin is gonna die and I saw a comment in the on-air that Detective hides Lee Tang's location or something

so did Detective end up shooting Roh Bin? Or was that Song Chon's gunshot?

lol good thing Song Chon killed the Detective's dad what an evil pos

0.1 second of Roh Bin mourning

woahh Roh Bin you're my fave character and what a mastermind after all, fr had plans A - Z

Lee Tang's luck to have a blank shot him

Ah, poor's Roh Bin corpse getting caught up in the fire

Lee Tang's luck that the book with his fingerprints also burns away

Ah, Lee Tang got cleared

oh, Lee Tang's back to killing?

Pretty good last episode actually since all the storylines merged and a satisfying enough ending.

Overall:

Really enjoyed the first few episodes (up to ep 4), then eps 5 - 7 were kinda meandering and it felt like not much was happening (that I cared about anyway), then ep 8 was engaging again. In the second half, we focused a lot on Song Chon and his story to me wasn't as engaging as Lee Tang's and we also strayed away from Lee Tang and his thoughts.

I liked the fun shots and the imagination scenes, it was interesting.

I feel like the show didn't have many twists and turns, like it was all a bit anti-climactic, which dampened it.

From a comment on the On-Air thread, I learned that apparently he's also part of the Wooga squad and I searched up the rest of the people and I've actually watched 1 thing from each actor: Choi Woosik (A Killer Paradox), Park Seo Joon (Midnight Runners), and Park Hyun Sik (Happiness). I didn't watch Hwarang so technically haven't seen V act but I did stan BTS in 2017 so I'll count it. Don't know who Peakboy is though lol

Had high hopes because of the concept + Strangers From Hell director but that show was a lot more atmospheric and insular and the character focuses were more engaging.

Rating: 6/10

[thisdaynews]

PROBLEM: Over 54 villages Crushed, Occupied and Renamed By Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen In Plateau.

New Post has been published on https://www.thisdaynews.net/2018/07/01/problem-over-54-villages-crushed-occupied-and-renamed-by-jihadist-fulani-herdsmen-in-plateau/

PROBLEM: Over 54 villages Crushed, Occupied and Renamed By Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen In Plateau.

When the alarm was raised, many thought it was false, some were complacent, calling it an ethnic crisis. But bit by bit, the fear became a reality; the subtle attacks which began over a decade ago have seen native communities in Plateau State taken over by invading herders.  Fulani herdsmen turn National Assembly to grazing land in Abuja yesterday. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan The natives, mostly Berom by tribe watched helplessly as their homes were occupied, the people killed and farmlands taken over and in some cases, the original names of the villages changed. They wandered if their children would ever return to their ancestral land.

It will be recalled that the immediate past governor of the state, Jonah Jang, a Berom by tribe; the Member representing Riyom/Barkin Ladi in the National Assembly, Istifanus Gyang; the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Buba; all Berom Socio-cultural groups especially its umbrella body, Berom Educational and Cultural Organization, BECO and other tribes in Bassa local government area among others had consistently appealed to the Federal Government to tackle land occupation by foreign herders but all entreaties were ignored.

According to a document obtained by Saturday Vanguard, showing the various attacks in the area, over 54 communities have been taken over by the invaders which many of the occupied communities renamed. The occupied communities include “Rotchun (aka Rafin Acha), Dankum (renamed “Mahanga”), Hywa (renamed”Lugere”), Fass (renamed “Tafawa”), Davwak, Chwelnyap, Lyoho Dakar, and Angwan Dalyop which were all attacked Between September 7 and 10, 2001 with the original inhabitants displaced.

Others are, “Janda, attacked on 8th February, 2010; Darin, attacked on 28th April, 2013;, Shong I, Shong II; Rakweng; Dashugu; Diyan-Hei; Maseh (renamed “Lugel”) all attacked on 29th June, 2012. It’s worth noting that it was in this same community that Senator Gyang Dantong and Hon. Gyang Fulani, a legislator representing Barkin Ladi Local Government Area were killed. Also occupied by the invaders are Kampwas; Kasa; Zere; Ninja-Hei; Seh; Nicha; Pwabeduk; Hyai; Kufang; Sharu; Dogo; Ningon; Rantis and Angio which were all sacked and occupied on the 7th of July, 2012. Kachin community was sacked on the 7th of November, 2012.

“On the 26th of December, 2014, Shonong community was invaded and sacked, even as the surviving inhabitants had not returned since. So also were Rahol and Chikogo communities. Ranchol was attacked and occupied on the 7th of October, 2013. Nangam was overran on the 30th of April, 2014, as well as Kak and Dajak. Rarin was invaded on 30th August, 2015; Kujei on 2nd February, 2015; Attakar attacked on 14th March, 2014, as well as Nantwa and some parts of Bisichi.

“Rahol-Mazat was attacked and occupied on 14th April, 2015; Kai and Luk-Fei on the 19th February, 2014; Mallel, Bel between 8th and 9th of March, 2015. That of Rahei took place on the 3rd of April, 2015; Zim, Jong, Rabuk, Lobiring and Gwara Dadep on the 19th of June, 2015.

However, in all these attacks, no Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp was provided for the displaced persons as most of the sacked residents were accommodated by relatives while they found a way of integrating themselves into safer communities where they ran to.

Disturbed by this invasion, a youth group, APC Youths Online Forum has appealed to relevant stakeholders to work with Governor Simon Lalong to “reclaim the villages and lands occupied by the herdsmen and hand them over to the natives of the communities”.

On his part, the State Governor, Simon Lalong had done his best to ensure peace in the State and lamented the spate of killings and displacement of settlements saying that his administration would not tolerate land grabbing in any part of the State.

According to him, “those fighting, killing people and destroying their settlements with the intention of taking ownership of such places would not be allowed to do so. If you think you can chase people out and grab their land, we as a government would not allow you to own the land. My administration is working out modalities for prosecuting land grabbers to discourage the act.” – by By Marie-Therese Nanlong (Vanguard