Nam Gyu-ri recalls her days living in an attic room and a boarding house for exam takers... "When it rained heavily, water would overflow" [Kkoko-mu]

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Group Cya member Nam Gyu-ri reflects on her difficult past.

On the 27th afternoon, SBS's 'The Story of That Day' (hereinafter 'Kkoko-mu') will air an episode titled 'Shadow City - The 1971 Gwangju Large-Scale Housing Complex Incident,' featuring Nam Gyu-ri, Yoon Byung-hee, and Lee Kwang-gi as listeners.

In this episode, 'Kkoko-mu' discusses the first large-scale urban poor struggle demanding the right to survive since the establishment of the government. During the Park Chung-hee administration, one of the projects promoted by Mayor Kim Hyun-ok, known by the nickname "bulldozer" for pushing forward Seoul's redevelopment without hesitation, was demolishing shantytowns across Seoul and relocating residents to 'Gwangju Large-Scale Housing Complex.'

However, the problem was that relocation preceded development. Citizens arrived in a barren wasteland lacking even basic infrastructure such as hospitals and transportation, let alone water and electricity. They had no place to work, no food to eat, and were forced to fight illnesses. At some point, horrifying rumors began to spread: "A pregnant woman, driven by starvation, boiled and ate her own newborn baby." This gruesome urban legend circulated among the people.

Hearing this story, Nam Gyu-ri expressed strong empathy, saying, "Things were happening that we could never have imagined," and confessed that she too had once been in a vulnerable housing situation. She recalled, "I lived in an attic room, in a semi-basement, and even stayed in a boarding house for exam takers. When it rained heavily, water would not drain from the attic. By the time I got home, everything was floating as if submerged—it was that dire."

Whether the rumor about a mother boiling and eating her baby in 'Gwangju Large-Scale Housing Complex' was true, and what the reality behind Mayor Kim Hyun-ok's "Substandard Building Cleanup Plan" was, will be revealed in the full broadcast of 'Kkoko-mu.' The episode airs at 10:20 PM on the 27th.

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