Jul 31, 2026 · 52 min · 12 segments
In August 1997, police responded to an emergency and found a woman unconscious in a pool of blood. Thirty-five meters away, behind a temporary construction wall, her coworker Go Chun-ja lay beneath a…
It is an isolated volcanic island off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula.
Throughout the late 20th century, Jeju was universally romanticized as the premier honeymoon destination.
These are small basement or alleyway drinking establishments like a mix between a lounge and a private karaoke bar.
Patrons can pay for private rooms, fruit plates, beer, drinks, and entertainment.
Working in these establishments required long late night hours where employees were out well past 3 a.m. And it was in this nightlife scene that all of the victims in today's case worked.
Following the death of her parents, Go Chun-ja took on the sole financial responsibility of raising her younger siblings.
She took on that late night job at the lounge specifically to keep her family afloat.
And in the lounge that she worked at, she worked with the bar's manager, a 49-year-old woman identified in court documents only by her surname, Hyun.
Because her full name is withheld from the public archives because of privacy laws, we will refer to her as a pseudonym based on common names for women her age.
Every night after closing up the bar, Go Chun-ja and Hyun Jung-suk would lock the doors and walk the quiet streets of Samdo-dong district together.
It is an isolated volcanic island off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula.
Throughout the late 20th century, Jeju was universally romanticized as the premier honeymoon destination.
These are small basement or alleyway drinking establishments like a mix between a lounge and a private karaoke bar.
Patrons can pay for private rooms, fruit plates, beer, drinks, and entertainment.
Working in these establishments required long late night hours where employees were out well past 3 a.m. And it was in this nightlife scene that all of the victims in today's case worked.
Following the death of her parents, Go Chun-ja took on the sole financial responsibility of raising her younger siblings.
She took on that late night job at the lounge specifically to keep her family afloat.
And in the lounge that she worked at, she worked with the bar's manager, a 49-year-old woman identified in court documents only by her surname, Hyun.
Because her full name is withheld from the public archives because of privacy laws, we will refer to her as a pseudonym based on common names for women her age.
Every night after closing up the bar, Go Chun-ja and Hyun Jung-suk would lock the doors and walk the quiet streets of Samdo-dong district together.
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