Ko Woo-Rim, making her first appearance as a listener on Kkokkomu, wells up at the poignant maternal love of a woman in late pregnancy.
The SBS program Tails of Tales, which airs on the 12th (directed by Ahn Yoon-tae, Lee Keun-byeol, Kim Byung-gil; hereinafter Kkokkomu), will present the "2011 vanished city - Great East Japan Earthquake" episode and shed light on the story of a Korean who survived in the middle of the Great East Japan Earthquake 15 years ago. The listeners appearing are singer Ko Woo-Rim, actor Choi Jin-hyuk, and singer Billy Tsuki.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 quake struck the Japanese archipelago. A mega tsunami approaching a maximum height of nearly 40 meters inundated northeastern Japan in an instant, leading to nuclear plant explosions and a worst-case scenario. At the time, the number of Korean students and residents living in the Tohoku region was about 12,000, and Kkokkomu meets Korean survivors who lived through the desperate struggle to hear their stories.
At the time of the earthquake, Ko Woo-Rim bows her head at the story of a Korean pregnant woman 33 weeks along and mother of three. Hearing testimony that she sensed death as huge ships were swept along by the tsunami, Ko Woo-Rim, moved by the urgent and desperate situation, said, "It must have been harder because there was no hope." In particular, the maternal love of a mother of four who fought to survive with her children makes Ko Woo-Rim's eyes moist.
Meanwhile, Choi Jin-hyuk offers a heartfelt consolation, saying "a sorrow I dare not imagine," in response to the story of a Korean father who held his beloved wife tightly as they were swept away by the tsunami and the confessions of people who survived after a desperate struggle but were left with trauma. Tsuki reportedly bursts into a violent cry, saying, "Even with time passing, I don't think I'll be able to believe it and I'll miss it."
The desperate stories of Koreans who were at the scene of the Great East Japan Earthquake to survive and to save others can be found on Kkokkomu, which airs today, the day after the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Kkokkomu is a program in which three storytellers study on their own and convey what they have felt one-on-one to their respective "story friends" in the most ordinary spaces, and it airs every Thursday at 10:20 p.m. on SBS.
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