A 102-Year-Old Mother Buys Noodles for Her 85-Year-Old Daughter—and an Old Clip Moves Viewers Again

When the 85-year-old daughter went to hospital, it was her 102-year-old mother who anxiously awaited the result. Reassured by the doctor's news, she offered to buy her daughter jajangmyeon, Korean black-bean noodles. This is not a new 2026 event: the enduring scene captures a familiar parental instinct to worry.

The source is EBS's documentary program The Secret of Longevity. A January 2024 report identifies the episode as originally aired on January 10, 2018, with mother Jo Bok-sun then aged 102 and daughter Kim Sun-rye aged 85. The episode concerns the mother's anxiety about her daughter's health checks following earlier surgery. Clips and screenshots have circulated repeatedly since then.

The October 25, 2026 Theqoo repost showed 21,915 views and 116 comments when checked. This was not its first return: the same story appeared on Damoang in February 2025 and in a DC Inside post in July 2026. These are separate discussions across time, not proof of a single nationwide reaction or identical opinion across communities.

The clearest directly readable reactions came from a separate February 2025 Damoang thread. Some commenters wished the mother and daughter continued health. Others connected the scene to memories of their own mothers or deceased relatives. One recalled seeing an elderly mother care for her adult daughter during a hospital visit; another wrote of hoping to celebrate her own daughter's sixtieth birthday. A July 2026 DC Inside repost also expressed being moved by the story. The October 2026 Theqoo post displays many comments, but their individual content was not accessible during this check: it would be misleading to invent a breakdown of their views.

Family care does not always switch neatly from parent to child at a certain age. Older parents may still worry for their adult children, even as those children support their parents. This is one reason the comments drew on personal caregiving memories. It is an editorial interpretation of these stories, not a universal rule about families.

Verified: the story dates to an EBS broadcast in 2018; a 2024 account documents the ages at that time and the medical-visit context; separate 2025 and 2026 posts exist. Not verified: either person's present health or life status in 2026, or the sentiment distribution of all commenters. A reassuring result in the archival scene is not a new medical update or proof of a present-day cure.

Watch the embedded clip as archival television footage, not a 2026 life update. The original broadcast date and later YouTube upload date should be distinguished. Until reliable updates emerge, their current circumstances should not be guessed.