Family

Kang Family (강가)
🏢 General Information
The Last Name: Kang (강)

The Company: Kang Global Group (Multinational Chaebol conglomerate focused on heavy technology, luxury construction, and entertainment).

Family Biography: Known worldwide for their impeccable elegance, superficial philanthropy, and immeasurable fortune. Behind the gala balls in Seoul and magazine covers, the Kang family hides corporate manipulation, hidden addictions, and a morbid emotional dependence among its members.

Traditions (Public): Mandatory monthly charity dinners at the family compound in Seongbuk-dong; the formal autumn ceremony; all heirs must graduate from Seoul National University (SNU) or foreign Ivy League universities.

👑 The Leaders
Matriarch: Kang Seo-yun (강서윤)
Relationship with other family members: Extremely possessive of her husband, whom she blindly idolizes. She treats her children as extensions of herself or mere accessories; she would sacrifice them all without hesitation if it meant saving or pleasing the patriarch.

Personality: Narcissistic, vain, elegant, cold to strangers, manipulative, and obsessed with control and public appearance.

Appearance: She has classic and delicate features, with an oval face shape, almond-shaped and expressive eyes, and lips shaped like a well-defined cupid's bow. Her hair is long, wavy, voluminous, and black, parted in the middle and falling over her shoulders.

Favorite food: Fresh oysters with spicy Korean sauce (Chojang) and champagne.

Least Favorite Food: Any very simple or rustic street food (considered "vulgar").

Patriarch: Kang Jin-wook (강진욱)
Relationship with other family members: Viewed as a pillar of ice within the home. He is ruthless with his children, but maintains an unwavering and almost symbiotic loyalty to his wife.

Personality: Extremely cold, calculating, pragmatic, and treacherous in the business world (a ruthless chaebol who will run over competitors), but rigorously faithful to his wife in his personal life.

Appearance: She has very symmetrical facial proportions, with an oval face shape, dark almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and well-defined lips. Her hair is black, straight, and short, with slightly layered bangs and styled naturally.

Favorite food: Gukbap made with rare premium beef / Galbi cooked to perfection.

Least Favorite Food: Overly sweet dishes or modern fusion cuisine.

👦 The Sons (Men)
Eldest Son: Kang Si-woo (강시우)
Relationship with other family members: The perfect heir in the public eye, but harbors a deep, silent resentment towards his mother and father for having been raised under extreme pressure.

Personality: Ambitious, perfectionist, arrogant on the surface, but emotionally exhausted and secretly dealing with severe anxiety attacks.

Appearance: She has a longer, thinner face with soft features, almond-shaped eyes, and a delicate nose. Her most striking feature is her long, straight, light ash-blonde hair, parted in the middle.

Favorite food: Hanwoo (premium Korean beef) grilled in truffle butter.

Least Favorite Food: Industrialized Instant Ramyeon.

Middle Child: Kang Do-jin (강도진)
Relationship with other family members: The "pacifist" of the family who prefers to stay away from corporate dramas, which causes his parents to treat him with disdain and indifference.

Personality: Artistic, cynical, observant, and the only one who sees the circus of horrors that the family has become, using sarcasm as a shield.

Appearance: She has an oval face shape with soft features, dark, almond-shaped eyes, and striking, full lips. Her hair is black, straight, short, and styled with a parted fringe that leaves part of her forehead exposed.

Favorite food: Tteokbokki, a very spicy street food (he eats it in secret).

Least Favorite Food: Excessively sweet traditional Korean sweets (Hangwa).

Youngest Son: Kang Min-hyuk (강민혁)
Relationship with other members: The master of hypocrisy; he knows exactly how to manipulate the image of the "exemplary son" in front of his parents to continue supporting his double life.

Personality: He only looks like a saint. He appears to be the most reserved, studious, and well-mannered young man in Gangnam's high society, but he spends his nights in clandestine Gangnam clubs, VIP casino lounges, and high-class brothels.

Appearance: He has strong, symmetrical features, with a defined jawline, large, expressive dark eyes, and a high, straight nose. His hair is dark brown, voluminous, straight, and cut with long bangs that cover almost his entire forehead.

Favorite Food: Crispy Samgyeopsal with homemade Soju.

Least Favorite Food: Green salads or healthy food.

👧 The Daughters (Women)
Eldest Daughter: Kang Ji-woo (강지우)
Relationship with other members: She competes relentlessly with her brothers for her father's attention and approval in the company, hating being sidelined because she is a woman.

Personality: Competitive, cold, perceptive, ruthless strategist, and obsessed with corporate status.

Appearance: She has an oval-shaped face with a well-defined jawline, dark, almond-shaped, expressive eyes, straight and striking eyebrows, a straight nose, and thin lips. Her hair is dark brown, straight, and layered, with bangs slightly swept to the side.

Favorite food: Oven-baked fish with herbs and a light soy sauce.

Least Favorite Food: Very hot soups (Guk/Jiggae) in hot weather.

Middle Daughter: Kang Ha-eun (강하은)
Relationship with other members: Obsessive and unhealthy relationship with her stepfather (Jin-wook). As she is only Seo-yun's daughter (from a previous hidden marriage), she does anything crazy, dresses the way he likes, and seeks extreme validation just to be noticed and romantically loved by him.

Personality: Needy, emotionally unstable, seductive at inappropriate times, desperate for affection, and extremely jealous of her own mother (whom she sees as a rival for the patriarch's love).

Appearance: She has an oval face with large, round, and expressive eyes. Her nose is small, and her lips are full and well-defined. Her hair is dark brown, straight, and of medium length, with a characteristic straight fringe covering her forehead.

Favorite food: Strawberry bingsu with dark chocolate.

Least Favorite Food: Seafood (such as octopus or squid).

Youngest Daughter: Kang Seo-ah (강서아)
Relationship with other family members: The rebellious youngest daughter who tries to escape the family's constraints through controlled scandals, testing the limits of the matriarch's patience.

Personality: Rebellious, impulsive, dramatic, artistic, and uses the group's unlimited money to fund eccentric causes just to shock Korean high society.

Appearance: She has a round face with delicate features and soft cheeks. She has dark, slightly slanted eyes, well-defined eyebrows, and full lips. Her hair is dark brown and is completely pulled back in a high, polished bun on top of her head.

Favorite food: Colorful French macarons and elaborate sweet coffees.

Least Favorite Food: Steamed vegetables.

🔒 Private Traditions and Secrets
Kang (Private) Traditions:

Only the Matriarch and Patriarch dine in the main hall of the mansion on the last Friday of each month; the children are banished and must eat in their rooms as a symbolic punishment of submission.

Any external scandal (especially involving leaks to the media or social networks) must be resolved and hushed up by the family's Public Relations and security team in less than 2 hours, under penalty of financial ban for the heir involved.

Rotten secrets of the Kang family:

The empire was built in the 1990s through bribes to politicians, massive tax fraud, and the cover-up of the mysterious disappearance of former partners who threatened to spill the beans.

Within those four walls, the mansion is a true psychological battleground: Ha-eun's fixation on her stepfather is a tense secret that Seo-yun pretends not to see for fear of displeasing her husband, while Min-hyuk uses his siblings' dirty secrets to blackmail them when he needs extra money for his nights out.