SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung Wang-ok, 78, never thought that he would not be able to see his eldest brother again when his sibling was forcibly enlisted and taken by North Korea’s army during the 1950-53 Korean War. It was not a temporary farewell, but a decades-long painful wait with no promise of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea expressed hope Wednesday that the two Koreas would stage reunions as scheduled next month for families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. Ju Chul-ki, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, made the comment a day after North Korea warned that it could cancel the reunions in anger [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 16 (Korea Bizwire) – People lining up at train stations for tickets home may be one of the most universal urban landscapes all around the world in holiday seasons. People spend their precious time on the road to have long-anticipated family reunions. Koreans are no exception in this. September, the month in which [...]