Jisoo is all set to return to acting with the upcoming zombie K-drama Influenza. Korean zombie titles like Train to Busan and the recent All of Us Are Dead tend to garner significant buzz. Jisoo’s involvement in the show has generated all the more excitement. Fans are curious about the rest of the cast, including Park Jung-min, although his role is still unconfirmed.

Influenza is a gripping story that begins with a strange flu outbreak, causing people to turn into zombies. Set in a bustling Seoul tower, the plot follows Lee Jae-yoon, who is serving in the defence unit, and his girlfriend Kang Young-joo (played by Jisoo). As the sickness spreads, chaos ensues within the building as infected individuals transform into zombies.

Amidst the zombie threat, Jae-yoon and his colleagues find themselves in a desperate situation. They must protect themselves and others as the number of zombies in the building continues to grow. In a twist of fate, Jae-yoon and Young-joo unexpectedly reunite while facing the relentless horde of the undead.

Influenza marks Jisoo’s second K-drama project after Snow Drop, and she has expressed that her role in the series is very challenging.

Jisoo has mentioned that she will undergo training to handle the action scenes in Influenza. The series is expected to stand out due to its storyline and the involvement of screenwriter Han Jin-won, renowned for his work on the critically acclaimed film Parasite. Han Jin-won, along with director Bong Joon-ho, made history as the first Asian storytellers to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.

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Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Lok Sabha following an Ethics Committee report into the ‘cash for query’ charges against her. Ms Moitra, 49, was accused of taking bribes, including Rs 2 crore in cash and “luxury gift items”, from businessman Darshan Hiranandani, in exchange for asking questions critical of the Narendra Modi government in Parliament.

Ms Moitra was also accused of surrendering log-in credentials to a confidential account on the parliamentary website so Mr Hiranandani could post questions directly. A fiery critic of the Modi government, Ms Moitra had denied the bribery charges but admitted to sharing the log-in details.

READ | “Serious Misdemeanours Call For…”: What Ethics Report On Mahua Moitra Says

After a tempestuous discussion and voice vote, Mr Birla said, “This House accepts the conclusions of the Committee – that MP Mahua Moitra’s conduct was immoral and indecent. So, it is not appropriate for her to continue as an MP…”

#WATCH | Cash for query matter | TMC’s Mahua Moitra expelled as a Member of the Lok Sabha; House adjourned till 11th December.

Speaker Om Birla says, “…This House accepts the conclusions of the Committee that MP Mahua Moitra’s conduct was immoral and indecent as an MP. So, it… pic.twitter.com/mUTKqPVQsG

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2023

Hours earlier the Ethics Committee presented its report – a nearly 500-page tome – in the House, triggering a furious row between the ruling BJP and the opposition, including Ms Moitra’s party.

In the brief discussion that followed, apoplectic opposition MPs from the Congress and Trinamool demanded more time to study the material, and fought for Ms Moitra to be allowed to speak.

However, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla refused permission, citing the 2005 expulsion of 10 MPs, including six from the BJP, who were caught in a similar controversy. Then Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, said the MPs had lost the right to speak in the House after the report was tabled.

READ | Mahua Moitra Denied Permission To Speak During Discussion On Ethics Report

The report against Ms Moitra noted “allegations of accepting illegal gratification (are) clearly established and are undeniable”, and that “taking gifts from (a) businessman to whom she handed over log-in (details) amounts to a quid pro quo… unbecoming of an MP and is unethical conduct”.

On the point Ms Moitra accepted cash as part of the bribes, the report called for the government to “criminally investigate and unearth the ‘money trail'”, for which it said it “does not have expertise”.

The Ethics Committee’s final recommendation was that “…Smt Mahua Moitra, MP, may be expelled from the membership of the Seventeenth Lok Sabha”. It also called for “a legal institutional inquiry by the Government… in view of unethical, heinous, and criminal conduct of Smt Mahua Moitra…”

This morning, as she walked into Parliament, a typically fierce Ms Moitra paused only to tell reporters, “Maa Durga aa gayi hai, ab dekhenge…Jab naash manuj par chhata hai, pehle vivek mar jaata hai (Maa Durga has come! Now we will see.. when destruction comes, conscience dies first).”

#WATCH | TMC MP Mahua Moitra says, “Maa Durga aa gayi hai, ab dekhenge…Jab naash manuj par chhata hai, pehle vivek mar jaata hai. They have started ‘vastraharan’ and now you will watch ‘Mahabharat ka rann’.”

Ethics Panel report on her to be tabled in Lok Sabha today. pic.twitter.com/r28o2ABVbB

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2023

Trinamool boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of having “planned” the expulsion of Ms Moitra – who is one of the ruling party’s fiercest and most vocal critics. “… but this will help her before the election,” Ms Banerjee said. The 2024 Lok Sabha election is just months away.

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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra – expelled from the Lok Sabha today – accused the parliamentary ethics committee that looked into cash-for-query allegations against her of “breaking every rule”.

“The committee broke every rule… Tomorrow, the CBI will be sent to my home to harass me,” Ms Moitra told reporters outside parliament today.

The ethics committee submitted the report in parliament today after weeks of cross-examining all the people involved in the matter, including the complainants lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and BJP leader Nishikant Dubey.

Ms Mahua was not allowed to speak on the matter in parliament today, which drew protest from some Opposition leaders who said she should be allowed to present her view too.

“… The Lok Sabha has presided over the most tenacious witch-hunt of one of the 78 MPs, a first-timer, a single woman, with no political lineage… This Lok Sabha has also seen the weaponisation of a parliamentary committee,” Ms Moitra told reporters today.

“Ironically, the ethics committee which was set up to serve as a moral compass for members, instead has been abused today to do exactly what it was never meant to do – which is to bulldoze the Opposition and become another weapon to thok do us into submission. This committee and the report have broken every rule in the book,” the visibly furious Trinamool Congress MP, flanked by Opposition MPs, told reporters on the steps outside parliament.

The ethics committee doesn’t see Ms Moitra’s allegations that she was not allowed to speak today as a valid one. She had walked out during her cross-examination, calling the committee’s questioning “filthy”.

Any question of her not being allowed to speak today doesn’t arise as she was given an opportunity to present her views at the committee’s meeting. It was up to her whether she waned to speak or not at the committee meeting held on November 2, but she can’t later claim she has not been given an opportunity to speak – this appears to be the committee’s reasoning.