The Ministry of Unification will share the yearning of separated
families for their family members and offer solace during the Chuseok holiday
Minister Kim Yung Ho visits separated families to provide solace
during Chuseok (September 26)
On September 26, ahead of the Chuseok holiday, Unification Minister
Kim Yung Ho visited Im Bo Bae, 92, from Hwanghae-do, who became
separated from her family after arriving in the South during the Third
Battle of Seoul in the Korean War.
Minister Kim sympathized with Im Bo Bae’s anguish of displacement
and her longing for her family and promised to do his utmost to
address the issue of separated families, wishing her to stay in good
health until the day that the promise is fulfilled.
Im Bo Bae thanked the minister for his visit and expressed her hope
to at least find out whether her family in the North is alive or not.
