“Before I die, I need to know what I did wrong to suffer like this … I picked money out of my father’s pocket. I lied to people …” One day in November 2019, Kim Gyeongil, 67, was walking down a street in Seoul alone, tired and melancholy, at odds with the bustling atmosphere around him.
In a daze, Kim moved with heavy steps as past events swirled in his mind like clouds. Once a famous disc jockey and producer of MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), a popular South Korean television network, he had been overwhelmed with praise and glory when his programs became MBC’s signature programs….