Boy from 'Don't Cry, Tonj' Becomes a Doctor... "Another Special Bond"

[Anchor] The story of the late Father Lee Tae-seok was featured in the film "Don't Cry, Tonj." Has the South Sudanese boy from that documentary finally achieved his dream?

[Reporter] Yes, Joseph Jol, originally from South Sudan, recently completed his residency at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia and has become South Sudan's first-ever neurologist.

[Anchor] Having nurtured his dream of becoming a doctor after meeting Father Lee Tae-seok in his childhood, Joseph is now able to treat suffering patients in his home country.

[Reporter] It is said that a photograph of Father Lee Tae-seok still hangs on the wall of Joseph's examination room.

[Anchor] Behind this achievement, however, lies another special connection.

[Reporter] The parents of the late Kwon Sung-hyun, who had been accepted into Seoul National University College of Medicine but passed away from leukemia, donated six years' worth of tuition to the Lee Tae-seok Foundation to carry on their son's unfulfilled dream.

[Anchor] Using this donation, the foundation selected Joseph as the "Kwon Sung-hyun Scholar" and supported his specialist training.

[Reporter] This case is reportedly the first major milestone of the medical self-reliance project for South Sudan pursued by the Lee Tae-seok Foundation.

(Photo courtesy of the Lee Tae-seok Foundation)

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