In 1971, a Korean man walked into a London bank with a photo of an empty beach and a banknote — and talked his way into a fortune to build one of the world's biggest shipyards. He had no shipyard, no experience, and no money. And somehow, it worked.

In this episode of The Story Real Korea, we tell the story of Hyundai and its founder Chung Ju-yung — the farm boy who ran away with a stolen cow, failed at running a rice shop, and then refused to accept the word "impossible." From selling supertankers before the dock existed, to launching Korea's first car, to sinking a giant tanker to beat the tide, to driving 500 cows across the DMZ into North Korea — this is one of the most audacious lives of the 20th century.

In this episode: • The boy who ran away with a cow • The rice shop that failed • The 500-won banknote and the London loan • Se ...