On ‘The Return of Superman’, brothers Eun-woo and Jung-woo, who challenged their first-ever Mt. Eungbong climbing in the new year, and the bungeoppang rich man Kang Jae-joon and 4-month-old Hyun-jo made their first appearance, opening up 2025 with energy.

KBS 2TV ‘KBS2 ‘The Return of Superman’ (directed by Kim Young-min) episode 555 was the ‘The Year of the Blue Snake is Full of Happiness and Love’ episode, with the 3MCs Park Soo-hong, Choi Ji-woo, Ahn Young-mi, and Superman Kang Jae-joon and Kim Jun-ho. Among them, comedian Kang Jae-joon and his 4-month-old son Hyun-jo made their first appearance, making everyone laugh with the power of their strong genes with their bungeoppang looks. The trio of Kim Jun-ho, Eun-woo, and Jung-woo successfully completed their first mountain climbing and dumpling-making challenges in 2025, making everyone happy with their growth starting the new year.

Comedian Kang Jae-joon and his 4-month-old son Hyun-jo made their first appearance that day. Kang Jae-joon said, “I will work hard to raise my son for the rest of my life. I am currently on leave to focus on raising him,” expressing his affection for his precious son whom he had after 7 years of marriage. Kang Jae-joon showed off his superman side by accurately identifying and solving what his son wants, such as running to feed Hyun-jo formula milk or changing his diaper whenever he cried. Kang Jae-joon especially surprised everyone with his meticulousness in keeping a feeding diary. After putting Hyun-jo to sleep, Kang Jae-joon took responsibility for the housework, from vacuuming to cleaning the bathroom. Kang Jae-joon showed off his multi-tasking skills as a parenting expert by doing the dishes while checking Hyun-jo‘s sleeping situation in real time, drawing admiration.

Kang Jae-joon then headed to take a commemorative photo for Hyun-jo’s 100th day. They not only wore matching clothes, but also boasted visuals that seemed to have been copied and pasted with their chubby cheeks and facial features, and surprised everyone with their identical father-son expressions, from their frowning to their crying expressions. Kang Jae-joon wrote Hyun-jo‘s parenting diary in the diary he had written in the hospital room when Hyun-jo was born, and warmed everyone’s hearts by saying, “I want to show it to Hyun-jo later.” Choi Ji-woo gave Kang Jae-jo a thumbs-up, saying, “You‘re a great dad.”

Immediately after the broadcast, netizens commented on various SNS and communities about the father-son duo’s resemblance, saying, “I laugh every time I see Kang Jae-joon and Hyun-jo. How can father and son be so similar?” Kang Jae-jun also reacted with comments such as “It’s amazing to see Hyun-jo on ‘Superman Returns’. So nice to see him”, “When I see Hyun-jo drinking powdered milk, I think Kang Jae-jun is eating”.

Meanwhile, Kim Jun-ho, Eun-woo, and Jung-woo challenged their first-ever climb of Mt. Eungbong. Eun-woo was bewildered by the countless stairs from the beginning, but soon he showed off his older brotherly demeanor by taking the lead and climbing the stairs, saying, “Jung-woo, you can do it. Do it like my brother does.” Even when Kim Jun-ho asked her to take a break, Eun-woo said, “You can’t rest then go” with a determined expression as she stormed toward the summit. Once at the summit, the trio had tea time with warm tea, which was very pleasant. At that time, Kim Jun-ho caught everyone‘s attention by giving Eun-woo a dinosaur egg as a New Year’s gift. Eun-woo, who had an exciting dream of hatching the dinosaur egg, named it, saying, “I‘ll call it Ankylo,” and showed her affection by covering it with a blanket and giving it a kiss when she returned home.

The trio of Kim Jun-ho, Eun-woo, and Jung-woo then challenged themselves to make dumplings to celebrate the New Year. When the filling for the dumplings appeared, Jung-woo immediately shouted, “Rice!” and started using his “table language,” and after taking a bite of the filling, he said, “It’s tofu! Give me some more,” improving his language skills. Eun-woo stepped forward as an assistant chef, putting water on the dumpling skin and adding the ingredients, showing off her delicate touch. At that time, Eun-woo was excited to hear the news that a dinosaur had been born and ran to it, but was surprised by the terrifying visual of the unexpected toy dinosaur and said, “It‘s scary. He ran away saying, ”Close the door.“ Even Jung-woo, who is usually straightforward, just circled around the dinosaur and became his dad’s gum. After that, the ‘Woo Brothers’ tasted the dumplings they made themselves, and Jung-woo clearly said, ”Cut it up!“, showing his talent as a language genius in the food field at 19 months. Eun-woo, who is now 5 years old and has become more energetic, and Jung-woo, who has learned to speak food at 3 years old, made us look forward to the future of the upgraded ‘Woo Brothers’.

The viewers of ‘The Return of Superman’ also said, ”Last year, we laughed a lot watching the lovely baby Eun-woo become a cool older brother, so we‘re looking forward to this year too,“ ”Jung-woo is cute even when he’s being held, standing, or drooling,“ ”Jung-woo is so cute when he politely puts both hands together and holds a cup,“ ”Jung-woo is talking more and more. He showed affectionate reactions towards his brother Woo, saying, “It’s so special.”

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Reporter Lee Seul-bi, Donga.com misty82@donga.com