All posts tagged "family reunion"

  • Cho Gap-soon, 82, cries after finding out that she was not included among 500 preliminary candidates for the reunion of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War, at a Korea Red Cross office in Seoul, Wednesday. The candidates were chosen through a computer draw. (Yonhap)
    663 to 1: Odds of being chosen for next month’s family reunion

    By Do Je-hae Five hundred preliminary candidates to attend family reunions of the two Koreas were selected Wednesday through a random computer draw. From these, the Korean Red Cross will choose 200 people after examining their health....

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • Jang Sa-in, 74, reads a letter from his brother who died in North Korea last year, at his Sadang-dong home in southern Seoul, Thursday. (Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul)
    For many others, reunions put on shelf forever

      By Yoon Sung-won While about 200 separated family members from South and North Korea are enjoying their long-overdue reunions at Mount Geumgang, many more here have to look to them with envy. One of those is...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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  • Mr. Kim Myung-do, now 90-years old, cannot wait to see his sister again. (Newsis)
    Koreas agree to hold family reunions this month

    (Yonhap) — South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to stage reunions later this month for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. The reunions — the first since October 2010 — will be held at Mount Kumgang,...

    • Posted February 5, 2014
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