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You know, The In a nation rebuilding from war and political upheaval's

a dark chapter unfolds behind the closed doors of a little-known state-run welfare facility.

Dubbed Korea's Auschwitz by some,

the brother's home in 1970s to 1980s, Busan,

was a brutal playground of abuse, forced labor and corruption,

where vulnerable children and the poor were exploited under the guise of rehabilitation.

How did this all come to be?

And how was it able to persist for so long without outside pressure?

And is there any truth to the claim that this labyrinth of corruption, brutality and scandals

inspired the dystopian setting and premise of Netflix's Squid Game?

Let's find out right now on a particularly bittersweet episode of Red Thread.

Oh, it hurts.

Isaiah, why is this episode in particular so bittersweet, even just beyond the horrible content

that we're about to endure?

Yeah, so as horrible as the information about children going on to inspire TV shows about murder,

it is also bittersweet because I am sad to announce that this is my final episode as a primary host of the Red Thread as a lead host.

I'll certainly be back on for like guest spots in the future.

But this is my last time as a host of this show.

So yeah, that's why it's Bear Sweet Jackson.

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