At first glance, Netflix’s The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies doesn’t have a clear, specific framework. The eight-episode docu-series is a follow-up to 2023’s In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal , expanding its focus beyond Korean cults to examine other horrific events that continue to cause trauma and pain in Korean society today . However, as the series goes on, a loosely overarching theme becomes clear: an examination of the lengths people will go for money in a society that allows for, encourages, or rewards the accumulation of wealth above all else.

The eight-episode series covers four different events in Korean history—including Busan’s Brothers’ Home, a follow-up on the legal cases connected to JMS church, the “Chijon family” gang murders, and the Sampoong Depa

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