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Culture
War-separated families meet for first time in 65 years
Relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War tearfully reunited at Mount Geumgang in North Korea, Monday, for the first time in 65 years. Participating from the South were 89 people who registered with the Korean Red Cross to find their relatives in the North, accompanied by family members. Kim Choon-sik,…
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East Asia
Tearful reunion: 181 South Koreans to meet separated family in North on Aug. 20-26
One hundred eighty one elderly Koreans _ 93 from the South and 88 from the North, will meet their relatives during a reunion of separated families scheduled from Aug. 20 to 26. The list was finalized and exchanged between the Red Cross organizations of the South and North, Saturday, through…
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East Asia
Family Reunion after 23 Years Abduction
Cheng Chaoyang hugs his biological mother Lian Huazhen (L) during a family reunion at a police station in Liujiang County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 30, 2011. Twenty-three years after he was abducted and sold to a Cheng family in central China’s Henan Province, Cheng Chaoyang, now 27,…
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