I Am a Survivor
I Am a Survivor
This series centers on the testimonies of survivors of Brothers Home, JMS, and the collapse of Sampoong Department Store. It follows the lives that continued after the harm and the process of demanding accountability, documenting the traces that experiences difficult to speak about have left in society.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-centered
An eight-part documentary that directly records survivor testimony about actual events, including Brothers Home, JMS, the Jijonpa case, and the Sampoong Department Store disaster.
Human rights abuses at Busan Brothers Home
An incident in which human rights abuses, including assault, sexual violence, and forced labor, were perpetrated against people held at Brothers Home.
Sampoong Department Store collapse disaster
A disaster in which the collapse of Sampoong Department Store in 1995 caused large-scale loss of life.
Sexual violence harms and criminal proceedings related to JMS's Jeong Myeong-seok since 2018
A group of ongoing events spanning a long period, encompassing testimony from survivors of sexual violence related to JMS's Jeong Myeong-seok that was brought forward since 2018, as well as related investigations, trials, injunction proceedings to prohibit broadcasts, and other proceedings, within the scope covered by the current work.
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11 records<I Am a Survivor> is a Netflix documentary series released in 2025.
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- Netflix's official page identifies it as a 2025 documentary.
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- 나는 생존자다Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
It consists of 8 episodes in total.
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- Netflix's official page lists 8 episodes.
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- 나는 생존자다Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
It is a follow-up to <In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal>, directed by producer-director Cho Seong-hyeon.
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- A Yonhap News report on the production presentation confirms this.
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- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The series covers the Brothers Home case, focusing on survivor testimony.
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- The descriptions of Episodes 1 and 2 on Netflix and Yonhap News confirm this.
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- 나는 생존자다Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
The series covers testimony from survivors harmed in connection with JMS.
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- Yonhap News identifies JMS as one of the four key cases.
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- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The series covers the experiences of survivors of the Jijonpa case.
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- Yonhap News identifies the Jijonpa case.
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- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The series covers the experiences of survivors of the Sampoong Department Store collapse disaster.
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- Yonhap News identifies the Sampoong Department Store disaster.
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- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
Before the release, JMS's side sought an injunction to prohibit the broadcast, but the court dismissed the application.
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- Yonhap News's legal report confirms this.
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The dismissal of the injunction application does not constitute a final judgment on every individual claim made in the documentary.
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- The court held that the need to prohibit the release had not been sufficiently substantiated.
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- JMS 방송금지 가처분 기각연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The series was released on August 15, 2025.
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- JMS 방송금지 가처분 기각연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
Survivors' personal testimony is important firsthand material about historical events, but every detail of each account should not be equated with independently established fact.
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- The work is a documentary centered on survivor testimony, and some of its content has also been the subject of legal disputes.
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- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- JMS 방송금지 가처분 기각연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
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- 나는 생존자다Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 나는 생존자다 제작발표회연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- JMS 방송금지 가처분 기각연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →