Endlessly longing to see their families, the Ministry of Unification
will do its best to address the issue of separated families.
Vice Minister Moon Seoung-hyun visits and consoles an elderly
separated family member living alone ahead of the year-end season
(December 22)
On December 22, Unification Vice Minister Moon Seoung-hyun visited
Kim Boknyeo, a 96-year-old separated family member living alone
originally from Hamgyeong-do, to console her pain from being separated
from her family. He also expressed gratitude for her active engagement
in the government’s project for addressing the issue of separated
families so far.
Kim expressed her hope to see her younger siblings in North Korea at
least once in her lifetime.
Vice Minister Moon deeply empathized with Kim’s heartbreaking story
and stated, “The Unification Ministry will do its best to address the
issue of separated families.”
