First aired in 1992, Unanswered Questions is one of South Korea’s longest-running investigative documentary series, dedicated to examining unresolved crimes, social injustices, and institutional failures. The program goes beyond reporting facts, reconstructing cases through field investigation, interviews with victims and perpetrators, forensic analysis, and narrative inquiry to question how truth is revealed, obscured, or ignored. Comparable to Frontline or 60 Minutes, it plays a critical public role by revisiting cases society has moved past and asking why certain questions were never fully answered—and who benefits from that silence.
As a lead director on the program, I was responsible for long-term investigations and editorial decisions across cases involving homicide, fraud, and major social controversies. This role required synthesizing months of reporting—field investigation, interviews, and evidence review—into coherent narratives under strict broadcast timelines, balancing factual rigor with ethical responsibility and narrative clarity.
Role: Lead Director
Format: Investigative Documentary (60-minute episode)
Format: Investigative Documentary (60-minute episode)
This trailer introduces an episode that investigates an emerging form of fraud in South Korea in which perpetrators exploit Korean shamanistic beliefs to manipulate victims. By convincing individuals that they are destined to become shamans, the scammers extract large sums of money, isolate victims from friends and family, and pressure them to abandon their jobs. Through this investigation, the episode examines how belief systems and personal vulnerability are systematically weaponized to exert control and dismantle a person’s life.
This video is a summary trailer for an episode examining a fatal case of gaslighting within a mother-daughter relationship. The perpetrator, a mother who was publicly known as a kind and capable YouTube influencer, maintained a positive external image while subjecting her daughter to prolonged abuse and psychological control within the home, ultimately leading to her death. The episode focuses on how gaslighting operates in domestic settings, why such abuse often remains invisible to outsiders, and what social awareness and intervention are necessary to prevent similar tragedies from occurring again.
(You can watch this video with auto-generated English subtitles via the YouTube link below)
(You can watch this video with auto-generated English subtitles via the YouTube link below)
