It was belatedly revealed that MBC weathercaster Oh Yoanna, who passed away in September last year at the age of 28, had taken her own life, and part of her will has been disclosed.
According to a report by Maeil Newspaper on the 27th, the deceased, born in 1996, wrote a 17-page will in her phone’s memo app at around 1:05 AM on September 15 last year, right before taking her own life. The will included details alleging that she had been bullied by two fellow weathercasters.
Following the report, parts of Oh Yoanna’s will, saved on her phone, were shared and circulated in online communities.
The will stated: “Please hold my funeral outdoors, like a party. Everyone should wear dresses or pretty clothes, eat finger food, and send me off with smiles. And please don’t bury me anywhere. Cremate me and scatter my ashes into the sea. Any sea is fine, or a river is okay too.”
Oh Yoanna confessed, “Living is so, so exhausting. I hate not being understood even when I try to explain myself, and I hate not being able to love the work I love to my heart’s content. I’m so sick of the pain I feel in my back that feels like it’s splitting, and the pain in my chest that feels like it’s tearing apart.”
She continued, “I don’t like how the people who love me put themselves in inconvenience while trying to save me. Waiting for God’s timing is also too hard. (Cont’d) You said all human relationships are like that, right? Keep living that way, deleting uncomfortable relationships as you go.”
The omitted parts of the will are assumed to mention individuals suspected to be perpetrators.
It has been reported that the deceased, who was hired as an MBC weathercaster in May 2021, became a target of bullying starting in March the following year.
Fellow weathercasters reportedly shifted blame onto her for mistakes they made, called her back to the office after she had already gone home, claiming she ‘needed to be taught,’ or prevented her from leaving work.
When she was invited to appear on tvN’s You Quiz on the Block in 2022, they allegedly asked, “What could you possibly say there?” and criticized her skills for quite a long time.
Before her death, she informed four MBC staff members about the bullying, but it is said that MBC took no action, sparking controversy. MBC has yet to release a statement regarding this matter.
