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One "Orphan" Every Hour (2025)
Nearly 250,000 South Korean children were adopted to the West as “orphans” in the 60 years following the Korean War. Some to loving homes. Others to tragic ends. Raised in places where they looked like nobody else, many were told to forget their past and be grateful. But the innate desire to understand where you came from has led many Korean adoptees to search for their roots. In the process, they discover lies in their past and families they never knew existed. In this documentary series, correspondent Wei Du travels around the world to meet Korean adoptees and accompany a few on their journey to reclaim who they are. Together, they reveal how an “orphan rescue” mission separated families and erased the roots of hundreds of thousands.

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Nearly 250,000 South Korean children were adopted to the West as “orphans” in the 60 years following the Korean War. Some to loving homes. Others to tragic ends. Raised in places where they looked like nobody else, many were told to forget their past and be grateful. But the innate desire to understand where you came from has led many Korean adoptees to search for their roots. In the process, they discover lies in their past and families they never knew existed. In this documentary series, correspondent Wei Du travels around the world to meet Korean adoptees and accompany a few on their journey to reclaim who they are. Together, they reveal how an “orphan rescue” mission separated families and erased the roots of hundreds of thousands.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: English, 한국어/조선말, svenska

Release Date: 31 August 2025

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Runtime: 92m

Company Credits

Company: MCN International Pte Ltd, MediaCorp, cna insider

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Writing Credits

Wei Du

Wei Du

Writer

Production Crew

Wei Du

Wei Du

Producer

Mark Pestana

Mark Pestana

Executive Producer

Tan Lek Hwa

Tan Lek Hwa

Supervising Producer

May Tan

May Tan

Production Manager

Lock Weiping

Lock Weiping

Production Manager

Jackie Joseph

Jackie Joseph

Associate Producer

Andersen Xia

Andersen Xia

Associate Producer

Lexi Tian

Lexi Tian

Production Assistant

Tom St. John Gray

Tom St. John Gray

Consulting Producer

Sookyoung Lee

Sookyoung Lee

Researcher

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Timothy Martin de Souza

Timothy Martin de Souza

Camera Operator

Timothy Martin de Souza

Timothy Martin de Souza

Drone Cinematographer

Andy Tan

Andy Tan

Camera Operator

Ooi Kim Keat

Ooi Kim Keat

Camera Operator

Marco Cervi

Marco Cervi

Additional Camera

Andersen Xia

Andersen Xia

Additional Camera

Aron Prigg

Aron Prigg

Drone Cinematographer

Jack Anderson

Jack Anderson

Drone Cinematographer

Jan Forbes

Jan Forbes

Drone Cinematographer

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Georgette Soh

Georgette Soh

Opening Title Sequence

Other Crew

Sang Hyuk Yim

Sang Hyuk Yim

Translator

Allan Nylander

Allan Nylander

Translator

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