Bae Kyung-mi

Bae Kyung-mi is an 85-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, which she experienced at the tender age of five. Her family, like many ethnic Koreans in Japan during World War II, kept their traumatic experiences a secret due to stigma and fear of discrimination. After the war, they returned to South Korea where Bae continued to conceal her past, only revealing her history to her sons when she registered at a special center for atomic bomb victims in 1996. Bae has since faced health issues linked to her exposure to radiation.