1990年末至1991年初,尚未成为联合国会员国的韩国与朝鲜为获得加入的资格,在非洲各国进行较量。但当两国在索马里针锋相对时,当地恰逢内战爆发。在断水断粮断电的困境,以及政府军与叛军的两面威胁下,双方大使馆人员被迫暂时放下立场,暗中联合,以设法逃出危机重重的摩加迪沙。
Han Shin-Sung (Kim Yun-Seok) works as an ambassador at the South Korean Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. A civil war breaks out in the country. Han Shin-Sung, his wife, and embassy officials are trapped in the embassy building. Meanwhile, Kang Dae-Jin (Zo In-Sung) works as a councilor at the North Korean Embassy in Mogadishu. The North Korean Embassy experiences the same threat of violence as the South Korean Embassy. Han Shin-Sung and Kang Dae-Jin work together to get people from both embassies out of Somalia.