The story of late Korean missionary and physician Father Lee Tae-seok will be featured on a special children’s radio program next week, in a show titled The Greatest Love of All, reports The Korea Herald.

Fr Lee devoted his live helping people in southern Sudan.

Kim Kang-hoon, the producer of the show, said the program aims to provide an opportunity for its young listeners to learn English while they are introduced to famous Korean figures.

The show on KBS CoolFM (89.1 Mhz) will have the Korean introduction by actor Sohn Hyun-joo and child actor Yang Han-yeol. In the show Sohn will play the father of Yang, who tells his son about the Lee’s life.

The story of the priest will then be told in English, voiced by Lee Geun-cheol and John Valentine, the hosts of KBS CoolFM’s long-time English-language show, Good Morning Pops.

Fr Lee was born in Busan in 1962, and studied medicine at Inje University in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province. In 2001, he was ordained as a Catholic priest and began serving in the small town of Tonj, in southern Sudan. There, he worked as a doctor, teacher and priest.

The Greatest Love of All will be aired from 6:30 am to 7 am local time on Sept. 12-13.

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KBS radio to feature life of late Catholic priest in English (The Korea Herald)