Heart wrenching stories of the second round of inter-Korean family reunion
  • 6 years ago
이산가족 2차 상봉, 총 81가족 재회

Staying with the family reunions.
This time we're going to turn the spotlight to the many heart-breaking stories of the individuals who have been kept from seeing their loved ones for too long, in fact nearly all their lives.
To help us do that, we have our Lee Ji-won with us in the studio today.
Jiwon?

Daniel, just like the first set of reunions there were many heart wrenching stories in these sets of families as well.
One is of course the oldest South Korean participant Kang Jung-ok's reunion with her younger sister.
Kang Jung-ok is 100 years old this year,... and though she still seems very healthy,... the organization of this reunion was all the more thrilling for her.
She's flown from Jeju with her other younger sister to meet their long lost sister, Kang Jung-hwa, in the North.
Kang Jung-ok and her family lived on Jeju,... while Kang Jung-hwa, who was only 17 years old, worked in a factory in Seoul.
But when the Korean War broke out, the family got lost contact with Jung-hwa.
Kang Jung-ok says her mother, right up until her death, missed Jung-ok's lost sister.
And now, after 68 years, Kang Jung-ok has finally met her sister.
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