Korea Divided: A Sister’s Long Wait and a Defector’s Bid to Save His Mother The reunion program that briefly brought Kang Myung Sook and her brother back together serves as a poignant reminder of the devastating human cost of Korea's artificial division.
The 38th parallel, hastily drawn by two American colonels in August 1945, has become a permanent fixture on the peninsula, separating families, communities, and even individual lives.
Since 1988, over 134,000 South Koreans have registered with the government as separated from family members in North Korea. However, these numbers only scratch the surface of the story.